Category: ATHLETICS
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IAAF Response to Swiss Federal Tribunal order regarding DSD Regulations
Monaco, June 4, 2019: The IAAF received today (15:00 CET) from the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) a “super provisional order” instructing the IAAF to suspend the application of its DSD Regulations as they apply to the appellant. No other athlete covers by the order (Swiss Federal Tribunal order). As of this date, the order scheduls…
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Caster Semenya, Athletics South Africa and IAAF: Decision
Lausanne, May 01, 2019: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled on the requests for arbitration filed by the South African athlete Caster Semenya and Athletics South Africa (ASA) (“the Claimants”) against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) (collectively, the parties). The arbitration procedures concerned the “IAAF Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification…
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CARIFTA Games and Jamaican Schools become latest recipients of World Athletics Heritage Plaque
Monaco, April 23, 2019: While attending the 48th edition of the CARIFTA Games in the Cayman Islands (20-22 April), IAAF President Sebastian Coe confirmed the latest recipients of the IAAF World Athletics Heritage Plaque. “I delight to announce the award of the IAAF World Athletics Heritage Plaque to two internationally famous youth and junior competitions…
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World’s largest ever athletics exhibition opens in Doha
Doha, April 18, 2019: Six global champions were in City Center Doha this evening for the opening ceremony of the IAAF Heritage World Athletics Championships Exhibition. The exhibition, the largest ever of its kind, celebrates the history of the IAAF World Athletics Championships whose first edition took place in Helsinki, Finland, 36 years ago, and…
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IAAF releases Consensus Statement on Nutrition for Athletes
Monaco, April 18, 2019: The IAAF has today released a comprehensive guide to sports nutrition designed to offer athletes the latest information on fueling their training and performance (Consensus Statement on Nutrition). The IAAF Consensus Statement on Nutrition for Athletes, published in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, includes a summary of…
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Athletics timetable for Tokyo 2020 released
Monaco, April 16, 2019: The Athletics timetable for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games unveiled today during a ceremony in the Japanese capital. Spread over ten days, athletics competition at the 29th Summer Olympic Games will commence on Friday 31 July with the men’s 20km race walk, which will finish in front of Japan’s imperial palace,…
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Asian Athletics Championships set to welcome continent’s top athletes to Doha
By Dana Abu Naaj, Doha, April 7, 2019: Several world and Asian champions will go head-to-head in Doha in two weeks’ time to compete for top honours in Asian athletics when Khalifa International Stadium hosts the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships from 21 to 24 April. Nearly 700 elite Asian athletes from 44 nations will be…
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IAAF Air Quality Project presented at United Nations Environment Assembly
Monaco, Mar 13, 2019: The IAAF’s innovative IAAF Air Quality Project was one of the key talking points on the opening day of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi this week. The project also featured on the second day of the Science Policy Business Forum held on 10 March prior to the opening…
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IAAF Diamond League 2020 concept approved by Council
Monaco, Mar 11, 2019: As the IAAF Diamond League heads into its 10th year, the IAAF Diamond League Board and Meeting Directors, together with the IAAF have been reviewing the future of the Diamond League from 2020 onwards. Today the IAAF Council approved the core principles set out and agreed by the Diamond League Board…
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No change to Russian status in IAAF Council Meeting
Doha, March 11, 2019: The IAAF Council announced today that there had no change in status of the RusAF (No change Russian status). The Taskforce chairman Rune Andersen reported to the meeting in Doha today that two key issues remain outstanding for reinstatement of RusAF: • payment of the outstanding costs. RusAF has raised some…