Category: ATHLETICS

  • IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics a towering success

    June 12, 2014: Nestlé Kids’ Athletics, Long before she became an Olympic champion or set 14 national records, Jenn Suhr remembers the first time she was asked to pole vault. “I was like, ‘Oh no way. I’m not doing that. You’ve got to be crazy to do that,”” laughed the 32-year-old London 2012 Olympic Games…

  • World and Olympic champions in Broadway

    Monaco, June 10, 2014: Jamaica’s 2011 World 100m champion Yohan Blake and USA’s 2000 Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene are among the star athletes ‘past and present’ who will gather in the heart of New York City on Wednesday 11 June to support a demonstration of IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics. Blake, the second fastest…

  • IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics to star on Broadway

    Monaco, June 4, 2014: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is delighted to announce that IAAF Kids’ Athletics | Nestlé Healthy Kids, the flagship development project of its School / Youth programme, will be demonstrated in the heart of New York City on Wednesday 11 June. IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics, which is one…

  • 1st IAAF World Junior Coaches Conference

    Monaco, May 26, 2014: The 1st IAAF World Junior Coaches Conference will be held in Eugene, USA, on Monday 28 July, giving the opportunity for coaches from nearly 180 national teams assembled for the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships the chance to attend. Held at the University of Oregon campus in the Erb Memorial Union…

  • $1.4 million in prize money up for grabs in Nassau – IAAF World Relays

    Bahamas, May 21, 2014: A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 24-25 May. Team prize money for each race (all amounts are in US$) 1st – 50,000 2nd – 30,000 3rd –…

  • Press Accreditation & Accommodation announces

    Monaco, May 20, 2014: Written press journalists and photographers wishing to cover the IAAF World Junior Championships, to be held in Eugene, Oregon, USA from 22 to 27 July 2014, are kindly asked to note the following important deadlines: Accommodation deadline: 20 June 2014 Press Accreditation deadline: 1 July 2014 Media representatives wishing to attend…

  • 2014 World Juniors set to be biggest ever

    Monaco, May 12, 2014: With the deadline for the preliminary entries now closed, the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, which will be held between 22-27 July in Eugene, Oregon, is set to be the biggest ever IAAF event to be held on US soil. In terms of athletes, the biggest ever World Athletics Series event…

  • IAAF Diamond League guaranteed until 2019

    Qatar, May 8, 2014: The next five years of the IAAF Diamond League are guaranteed following a new agreement announced by IAAF President Lamine Diack in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday (8). “The IAAF Diamond League is a valuable asset for the IAAF,” President Diack told the traditional pre-meeting press conference that was being streamed live…

  • IAAF President Diack hosts media breakfast

    Doha – Qatar, May 7, 2014: media breakfast, IAAF President and Diamond League AG Chairman Lamine Diack, and Qatar Athletics Federation President and IAAF Vice President Dahlan Al Hamad, held a breakfast meeting with international journalists and key opinion formers from nine countries in Doha, Qatar, on Wednesday (7). Although the two men will meet…

  • IAAF Ambassadors for World Juniors in Eugene 2014

    Monaco – The IAAF has appointed Ato Boldon, Joanna Hayes and Jackie Joyner-Kersee as Ambassadors to the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, which will be held in Eugene, USA, between 22-27 July. The trio will be very busy while in Oregon. Among their activities, they will conduct interviews with local and international media, provide their…