Category: ATHLETICS
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World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries
Monaco – The IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, which will take place from 10 to 15 July 2012, are on course to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating national IAAF Member Federations in the history of the championships. With the deadline for the Preliminary Entries now closed, we are proud to announce…
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IAAF/Nestlé Kids’ Athletics Programme developing fast
The IAAF is delighted with the progress of its new partnership with Nestlé. The latest IAAF/Nestlé Kids’ Athletics Lecturers’ course for Asian countries took place in the IAAF Regional Development Centre in Jakarta, Indonesia from 20 to 25 April 2012, and by the end of May, 60% of the planned events for 2012 will have…
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Tickets on Sale from Promotional Booths and Online
Doha, May 2, 2012 – The Organising Committee of the SAMSUNG Diamond League Doha 2012 has appointed Virgin Megastore as its official ticketing agent for this year’s event. Tickets for the 2012 SAMSUNG Diamond League are available at Diamond League promotional booths in City Centre, SoukhWaqif, Landmark and Villaggio. Tickets can also be purchased online…
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IAAF World Race Walking Cup – Truly a Worldwide Affair
Monaco – Monaco – April 27, 2012: Worldwide Affair, When the best race walkers on the planet make their way to Saransk in two weeks’ time to compete in the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, they may well be entering the mecca of the discipline, the Capital of the Republic of Mordovia where Race Walking…
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IAAF World Athletics Day – ‘lucky 12’ invited to IAAF Centenary Gala
Monaco – April 24, 2012: The IAAF’s annual worldwide festival of youth, the IAAF World Athletics Day, which was originated in 1996, is fast approaching, and in total across the various activities has attracted 158 IAAF Member Federations to take part in 2012. Now in its 17th year the IAAF World Athletics Day is one…
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Media Information Guide available – Samsung Diamond League
Monaco, April 23, 2012: The third season of the Samsung Diamond League will blast out of the blocks on 11 May 2012 in Doha, Qatar, and we are delighted to publish the 2012 version of the Media Information Guide to accompany the series. Click on the following link to download (pdf 4MB) http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/46/70/64670_PDF_English.pdf The structure…
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World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries
Monaco, April 16, 2012: The IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, which will take place from 10 to 15 July 2012 are on course to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating national IAAF Member Federations in the history of these championships. With the deadline for the Preliminary Entries now closed, we are proud…
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Bolt returns to Monaco – Samsung Diamond League
Monaco – April 12, 2012: Usain Bolt will return to Monaco to run the 200m at the Herculis Samsung Diamond League meeting on 20 July 2012. The series of 14 meetings spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA which compose the 2012 Samsung Diamond League season gets underway in just under a…
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Rudisha ready to rule again in the Samsung Diamond League – ONE MONTH TO GO
Monte Carlo – April 11, 2012: David Rudisha became the latest global superstar of the sport to commit himself to the 2012 Samsung Diamond League and heralding the fact that there is exactly one month to go before the opening meeting on Friday 11 May in Doha, Qatar, Kenya’s 800m World record holder and World…
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Bekele, Cheruiyot, Dibaba and Jelimo headline first names for Doha
Doha, Qatar, April 02, 2012: Bekele Cheruiyot Dibaba Jelimo, At a press conference today, Kenenisa Bekele, Vivian Cheruiyot, Genzebe Dibaba and Pamela Jelimo were among the headline acts announced for the opening meeting of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League season which blasts off on Friday 11 May in Doha, Qatar. Bekele (ETH), the World record holder…