Category: ATHLETICS
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Record-breaking 43,317 people take part in 40th Paris Marathon
By Robert Fawdon from Paris, April 3, 2016: A record-breaking 43,317 people from 160 countries took part in the 40th edition of the Paris Marathon today with a further 250,000 spectators watching on and 3,000 volunteers helping to stage the race – highlighting the French capital’s capabilities and experience in hosting major global sports events.…
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IAAF World Indoor Tour expands
Monaco, Mar 30, 2016: The IAAF World Indoor Tour, which was inaugurated this year, will expand with the inclusion of two further meetings by 2018. The inaugural season of the IAAF World Indoor Tour was composed of four well-established IAAF Indoor Permit meetings. The tour ran from 6 to 20 February and opened in Karlsruhe,…
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IAAF statement concerning CAS decisions of six Russian athletes
Monaco, Mar 24, 2016: The IAAF is grateful to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for the decisions it published today upholding the IAAF’s appeals concerning the cases of six international-level Russian athletes: Olga Kaniskina, Yuliya Zaripova, Sergey Bakulin, Valeriy Borchin, Vladimir Kanaykin and Sergey Kirdyapkin. The IAAF will immediately proceed to the effective…
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WADA Statement on Russian Swimming Doping Claims
Montreal, Mar 23, 2016: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is aware of the claims that appeared in today’s The Times newspaper that suggested “systematic drug use” in Russian swimming. These suggestions are of concern to WADA and its partners in the anti-doping movement; and, arrive at a time when trust in clean sport is already…
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Fostering the new generation – On Camp with the IAAF
Portland, USA, Mar 22, 2016: In line with the IAAF vision to rebuild trust in the sport and foster the younger generations of athletes and fans, the first ‘On Camp with the IAAF’ was held last week, ahead of the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016. Four athletes who stood out from last year’s IAAF…
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Online media accreditation system for 2016 season is open
Monaco, Mar 8, 2016: With less than two months to go to its season launch in Doha on 6 May, the IAAF Diamond League has today opened the online media accreditation system for the 2016 season. To apply for media accreditation to IAAF Diamond League meetings, please follow this link. You can access the system…
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New innovations at IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016
Monaco, Mar 4, 2016: With two weeks to go until the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016, the IAAF and local organisers have promised a global athletics competition like no other. Several new innovations will be incorporated into the competition at the Oregon Convention Center on 17-20 March. One of the biggest changes will be…
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IAAF Diamond League expands into a fourth continent: Africa
Monaco, Mar 3, 2016: The General Assembly of the Diamond League meeting yesterday in Zurich, Switzerland has decided to include Rabat, Morocco as a new host city for the prestigious global series of one-day athletics meetings. The Meeting International Mohammed VI, which is annually held in the Moroccan capital’s Complexe Prince Moulay Abdellah, replaces New…
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Prezelj elected Chairman of IAAF Athletes’ Commission
Monaco, Feb 27, 2016: At the IAAF Athletes’ Commission meeting in Monaco on Saturday (27), Rozle Prezelj was elected as the new Chairman. Prezelj represented Slovenia in the high jump at three Olympics and four IAAF World Championships. A European under-23 champion in 2001, Prezelj set a national record of 2.32m in 2012 before retiring…
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Dubai marathon and road races largest ever with 37,000 participants
Dubai, Jan 22, 2016: IAAF President Sebastian Coe is presently visiting the Middle East where he met and presented medals to the winners of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, organised by the UAE Athletics Federation. Dominated by strong performances from Ethiopian athletes, the race holds the distinction of being the only event in the region…