Tag: IAAF

  • Moscow Turning the clock back to Moscow 1980

    Moscow Turning the clock back to Moscow 1980

    Monaco, May 16, 2013: The IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013, which takes place from 10 to 18 August, will be infused with memories of the last global athletics championship to be staged in the famous Luzhniki Stadium: the 1980 Olympic Games. It was a very different era politically and several major athletics nations boycotted the…

  • Spectacular Doha kick-starts Diamond League

    Spectacular Doha kick-starts Diamond League

    Doha, May 10, 2013 – It was a spectacular night for Olympic Champions as the 2013 Diamond League kicked off in Doha – even though the biggest crown of all in the Qatar event finally fell. The most eagerly awaited events of the night didn’t fail to impress, with some incredible performances across the board…

  • Lavillenie, Felix and Jeter the best all time

    Lavillenie, Felix and Jeter the best all time

    Doha – May 08, 2013: Renaud Lavillenie, Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter are the most successful athletes in the history of the Diamond Race, the season-long points scoring battle in 32 event disciplines, which is at the core of the annual IAAF Diamond League. The IAAF Diamond League, which starts its 2013 season in Doha,…

  • IAAF Fantasy Athletics Returns IAAF DL

    IAAF Fantasy Athletics Returns IAAF DL

    Monaco – May 07, 2013: An enhanced version of IAAF Fantasy Athletics, our popular fan game, returns for a new season in association with the2013 IAAF Diamond League, which begins in Doha, Qatar on Friday 10 May. With 14 world class meetings held over 4 months across 3 continents, the IAAF Diamond League features the…

  • 122 Members signup for IAAF World Athletics Day

    122 Members signup for IAAF World Athletics Day

    Monaco – May 03, 2013: 122 IAAF Member Federations have entered to take part in the 2013 edition of the IAAF

  • IAAF Website Fans section now opens

    IAAF Website Fans section now opens

    Monaco – May 02, 2013: The IAAF is delighted to announce the opening of the brand new Fans Section of its official website, www.iaaf.org The Fans section is the latest development of the IAAF communications and promotions strategy following the unveiling of the IAAF’s new image on the internet last October. Expected to become one…

  • Athletics 100 days to go Moscow 2013

    Athletics 100 days to go Moscow 2013

    Monaco – May 02, 2013: With exactly 100 days to go until the start of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia, which take place from Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 August, the final countdown to the greatest sporting event of 2013 has begun. The biennial IAAF World Championships are often trumpeted as being the largest…

  • World Championships Marathon course is tested

    World Championships Marathon course is tested

    Monaco – April 29, 2013: The IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013, came several steps closer over the weekend with the staging of the Russian marathon championships on the course which will host the world title races in August. The IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia takes place from 10 to 18 August, with the women’s Marathon…

  • IAAF Combined Events Challenge

    IAAF Combined Events Challenge

    Monaco – April 26, 2013: The 16th edition of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge starts with in exactly a week and the first of 15 meetings which will decide this year’s men’s and women’s winners will be the famous Multistars – Trofeo Zerneri Acciai meeting, which this year will be in the Italian city of…

  • 2weeks to go to start of IAAF Diamond League

    2weeks to go to start of IAAF Diamond League

    Monaco – April 26, 2013: There are exactly two weeks to go to the start of the 2013 season of theIAAF Diamond League which blasts out of its blocks on Friday 10 May inDoha, Qatar. The IAAF Diamond League, which is entering its fourth season, is comprised of 14 of the best invitational track and…