Category: ATHLETICS
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Diamond Race update after 12 meetings – IAAF Diamond League
Monaco, August 5, 2015: The season-long marathon is nearly over; it is time for the sprint on the home straight. In London and Stockholm, the last few points were gathered before September’s IAAF Diamond League finals, and the scene is set for an exhilarating climax to the 2015 season. Events in the past week have…
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IAAF strongly rejects anti-doping allegations
Monaco, August 4, 2015: The IAAF takes the allegations published by The Sunday Times and ARD very seriously and has investigated them thoroughly. • The published allegations were sensationalist and confusing: the results referred to were not positive tests. In fact, ARD and The Sunday Times both admit that their evaluation of the data did…
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Statement on allegations related to IAAF anti-doping
Monaco, August 2, 2015: The IAAF is aware of serious allegations made against the integrity and competence of its anti-doping programme. The relevant allegations were broadcast on WDR (ARD) in Germany yesterday and have been repeated in an article in the Sunday Times newspaper today. They are largely based on analysis of an IAAF Data…
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Majority of tickets sold for IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015
Monaco, July 27, 2015: IAAF President Lamine Diack has endorsed a report on the latest promotional and ticket-selling programme of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015. This was delivered in person by Vice President of Chinese Olympic Committee Li Yingchuan and General Secretary of the Chinese Athletics Association and IAAF Council Member Du Zhaocai. “I…
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IAAF comments on interim award issued by the CAS on the IAAF’s hyperandrogenism regulations
Monaco, July 27, 2015: The IAAF has received the CAS’s interim award in the Dutee Chand case, where the validity of the IAAF’s Hyperandrogenism Regulations has been challenged. Those Regulations were adopted following a lengthy and comprehensive consultation exercise by the IAAF’s Expert Working Group in conjunction with the IOC, involving world-leading experts across various…
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CAS suspends the IAAF hyperandrogenism regulations
Lausanne, July 27, 2015: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued an Interim Award in the arbitration procedure between the Indian athlete Dutee Chand, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The CAS Panel in charge of the procedure (The Hon. Justice Annabelle Claire Bennett AO,…
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Seb Coe Promises Olympic Athletics Dividend to Member Federations if Elected IAAF President, Extra USD $22 million for Athletics Development
By Rob Fawdon, London, July 24, 2015: IAAF Presidential candidate Seb Coe has today promised an Olympic Athletics Dividend to all of the IAAF’s 214 Member Federations if he is elected President. The dividend would be funded through approximately half of the quadrennial fee received from the International Olympic Committee [IOC], and underpinned by a…
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Media Accreditation and information – IAAF Congress and IAAF / IOC meeting
There are four weeks to go to the opening ceremony of the 50th IAAF Congress in Beijing, China (Tue 18 Aug) which is followed by two full-day working sessions (Wed 19 / Thu 20 Aug). Following IAAF Congress, as is traditional prior to every IAAF World Championships, the IAAF Council and the Executive Board of…
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Resultados y comentarios en tiempo real en idioma espanol en www.iaaf.org
Cali, July 17, 2015: El sito de internet de la IAAF www.iaaf.org ha entrado en una nueva dimensión con su nueva página en el idioma español, dedicada al Campeonato Mundial de Menores de Cali 2015. El Mundial se está desarrollando en la ciudad colombiana que empezó el día miércoles 15 de julio y finalizara el…
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Lamine diack promotional efforts from BEIJING 2015
Cali, July 17, 2015: Lamine diack promotional efforts from BEIJING 2015, With just over a month to go before the start of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, IAAF President Lamine Diack has urged organisers to step up promotional efforts to ensure that the Bird’s Nest Stadium becomes, again, a motivating and inspiring stage for…