Category: ATHLETICS
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International Paralympic Committee declare Doha 2015 ‘the best IPC athletics world championships to date’
By Nicola Milan from Doha, Qatar, Oct 31, 2015: The Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships have come to a close following an action-packed final evening of action, which saw five further world-records and the last of 212 world champions crowned. Following the end of competition, Mohammed Alhameli, Member of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC)…
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Omara Durand makes it a hat-trick of world titles and world records at Doha 2015
Doha, Oct 28, 2015: Cuba’s Omara Durand smashed her own 100m T12 world record in emphatic style as she was one of three athletes on Wednesday (28 October) to seal a hat-trick of titles at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The 23-year-old, who broke the 200m and 400m world records earlier…
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Hat-trick wins denied as world records continue to fall
Doha, Oct 27, 2015: Australia’s Angie Ballard and Canada’s Brent Lakatos were agonisingly denied their third Doha 2015 gold medals on Tuesday (27 October) night at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, as world records continued to fall. In arguably the race of the night, Ballard – the 200m and 400m champion…
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Richard Browne wins gold as world records continue to fall
Doha, Oct 26, 2015: The USA’s Richard Browne stormed home to take his first individual world title as multiple world records fell on the fourth day of competition (Sunday 25 October) at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The 24-year-old secured victory in the men’s 200m T44 in sublime style, coming off…
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Fourteen-year-old Holt claims world title with record breaking win
Doha, Oct 24, 2015: Australian teenager Isis Holt wrote herself into the record books on Saturday (24 October), the third day of the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, with a sensational world record to win the women’s 200m T35. The 14-year-old (28.58) took almost one second off her previous world record set in…
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Multiple world records fall on second day of Doha 2015
Doha, Oct 24, 2015: Five world records were broken on a sensational second day of action at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships on Friday (23 October), with Germany’s Markus Rehm and Cuba’s Omara Durand leading the way. Rehm topped the podium in the men’s long jump T44 with a staggering leap of 8.40m, to…
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Six world records fall on first day of the IPC Athletics World Championships
Doha, Qatar, Oct 22, 2015: Germany’s Vanessa Low was in scintillating form as she got the better of her great rival Martina Caironi to take gold in the women’s long jump T42 on Thursday (22 October), the first day of competition at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Low, who beat the…
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Doha 2015 IPC athletics world championships open with spectacular ceremony uniting and celebrating the incredible world of para-sport
Nicola Milan, from Doha Oct 21, 2015: The Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships have officially opened following a spectacular Opening Ceremony in Katara Cultural Village where the world’s most incredible para-athletes came together for a celebration of unity, diversity and achievement on the eve of the start of the competition. Speaking after the Opening…
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Seb Coe unveils new look of IAAF advisory bodies
Lausanne, Oct 16, 2015: In a key note speech delivered today (16) to the European Athletics Convention in Lausanne, IAAF President Sebastian Coe announced new advisory structures designed to assist the delivery of a fundamental programme of change to the sports global administration. President Coe, who was joined by IOC President Thomas Bach, EA President…
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First female to represent UAE in Paralympic Games features in fourth ‘my incredible story’
y Nicola Milan from Doha, Qatar, Oct 15, 2015: With just six days to go until the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, the Local Organising Committee have launched the penultimate film in the ‘My Incredible Story’ series. The fourth film features Thuraya al Zaabi who made history when she became the first female to…