Category: ATHLETICS
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New IAAF app available now
Monaco, July 13, 2015: New IAAF app, Ahead of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015, the IAAF has released a major update to the IAAF app. Existing users of the app will need to download the latest update to benefit from all the latest features. Available for iPod, iPhone, iPad and Android devices, the…
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Seb Coe launches IAAF Presidency Campaign Film Featuring Iconic Athletes and British Prime Minister
By Rob Fawdon from London, July 13, 2015,: IAAF Presidential candidate Seb Coe has today launched a campaign film featuring iconic athletes past and present as well as British Prime Minister David Cameron. The three minute film which features Haile Gebreselassie, David Rudisha, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jess Ennis-Hill and Valerie Adams is available to view at…
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Candidates announced for IAAF athletes’ commission elections
July 10, 2015: The IAAF has received 16 nominations for the six available seats on the IAAF Athletes’ Commission. All athletes accredited for IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 will have the right to vote in the elections, which will take place during the championships between 23 and 29 August in the official team hotels. To…
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Two weeks to go – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015
July 1, 2015: The IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 will get underway in exactly two weeks’ time and final entry figures confirm that it will be the biggest international athletics event to be held in South America. The Colombian city is set to welcome 1237 athletes from 153 countries between 15 and 19 July.…
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2nd Iaaf World Youth Coaches Conference to be held in Cali
Monaco, June 26, 2015: The 2nd IAAF World Youth Coaches Conference will be held in Cali, Colombia, on Monday 20 July, giving the opportunity for coaches from approximately 150 national teams assembled for the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 the chance to attend. It will be held at the Escuela Nacional del Deporte in…
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Seb Coe Calls for More Revenues to be invested in Member Federations will modernise IAAF Development if Elected President
By Amelia Fisher from Nicaragua, June 26, 2015: IAAF Presidential candidate Seb Coe today pledged to ensure that the IAAF invests more revenues more directly to its Member Federations for development purposes if he is elected President. Speaking from Nicaragua where he is attending the Greater Central American Championships, Coe also promised a full review…
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Mid-Season Diamond Race Update
June 17, 2015: The Diamond Race has reached its halfway point. The tables are beginning to take shape, and it looks set to be a nail-biting second half of the season. After seven meetings, only a handful of athletes have managed to establish a comfortable lead in their respective tables. CLICK HERE There are joint…
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Seb Coe Unveils 100 Day Plan for IAAF President
By Rob Fawdon from Oslo, June 11, 2015: Seb Coe has today unveiled details of a 100 Day Plan that he would put in place immediately if he is elected President of the IAAF on 19 August. The plan, which builds on his campaign Manifesto “Growing Athletics in a New Age” and follows consultation with…
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Seb Coe to Create IAAF Youth Communications and Marketing Division if Elected President
Rob Fawdon from Cairns, Australia, May 8, 2015: Speaking from the Oceania Area Championships and ahead of World Athletics Day celebrations this weekend, IAAF Presidential candidate Seb Coe has pledged to create an IAAF Youth Communications and Marketing Division to help Athletics connect more effectively with young people – empowering them to help shape and…
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The most successful athletes in IAAF Diamond League history
Monaco, May 7, 2015: The 2015 IAAF Diamond League gets underway next week in Asia, Doha on 15 May and Shanghai on 17 May, as once again the world’s best athletes will battle all season long in the series which offers a total of USD$8 million in prize money. Their goal is to win a…