Tag: Athlete

  • First doping violation concluded in Athletics on the basis of the Athlete Biological Passport

    First doping violation concluded in Athletics on the basis of the Athlete Biological Passport

    Monaco, May 03, 2012: Athlete Biological Passport, Hélder Ornelas, 38, a long distance runner from Portugal, has been found guilty of a doping violation and sanctioned with a 4-year period of ineligibility by the Portuguese Athletic Federation (FPA). The evidence against Ornelas comprised of a series of blood test results collected by the IAAF in the…

  • World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries

    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…

  • Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League

    Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League

    Monaco – April 27, 2012: Two weeks from today at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday 11 May, the opening meeting of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League takes place heralding the start of the third season of the sport’s top invitational circuit of meetings. In total the 14 meeting global series…

  • Lyon Aim to Create Best Sporting Conditions for IPC Athletics World Championships 2013

    Lyon Aim to Create Best Sporting Conditions for IPC Athletics World Championships 2013

    Bonn, Germany April 20, 2012: The organizers of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France have promised competing athletes that they can expect optimal sporting conditions when they arrive in the city in July next year. France’s second city will stage the Championship between 19-28 July 2013 and after two…

  • World Junior Championships Entries confirm 186 countries

    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…

  • Bekele, Cheruiyot, Dibaba and Jelimo headline first names for Doha

    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…

  • IAAF Hall of Fame created – 12 members announced

    IAAF Hall of Fame created – 12 members announced

    Istanbul, Turkey, March 08, 2012: At today’s Press Conference on the eve of the 14th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Istanbul 2012 (9-11 March), President Lamine Diack announced the creation of the IAAF Hall of Fame. To coincide with this announcement a dedicated IAAF Hall of Fame website has been opened –http://www.iaaf.org/mini/hof/Index.aspx “As…

  • Watt taking a patient approach toward London

    Injury may have clouded his Daegu campaign, Mitchell Watt writes in his first IAAF Online Diary, but a silver lining affords the long jumper the opportunity to minimise risk in the lead-up to London 2012. “Welcome to my 2012 diary, an Olympic year diary. “I achieved a lot in 2011, however it did not end…