Category: ATHLETICS
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2016 IAAF World Junior Championships in Kazan
Dakar – Senegal, Apr 16, 2014: In its second and last day of business in the Senegalese Capital of Dakar, the IAAF Council decided that the Russian city of Kazan will be the host of the 2016 edition of the IAAF World Junior Championships on Tuesday (15). Kazan is well-known as Russia’s ‘Capital of Sport’…
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Candidate cities for 2019 IAAF World Championships
Dakar – Senegal, Apr 15, 2014: Letters of intent from candidate cities interested in hosting a number of competitions of the IAAF World Athletics Series (WAS) 2017-2019 have been received by the IAAF. Emphasizing once more the universal reach and popularity of the sport of athletics, the IAAF Council, currently meeting in the Senegalese capital,…
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IAAF Council Meeting, Dakar, 14 April
Dakar, Apr 15, 2014: The IAAF Council is meeting for the third time in its history in Dakar, Senegal, with IAAF President Lamine Diack taking the opportunity to say farewell to his fellow Council Members in his home city on Monday (14). “It is a source of great pride and satisfaction for me to be…
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IAAF Launches ‘Athletics for a Better World
Monaco, Apr 8, 2014: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack today announced plans for ‘Athletics for a Better World’ (ABW) a new social responsibility programme that will use the universality of athletics to make a positive difference in the world. The IAAF will cooperate closely with organisations including Peace & Sport, The…
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Rudisha confirms Doha return, Ukhov to face Barshim
Monaco, April 7, 2014: Olympic 800m champion and world record-holder David Rudisha will return to IAAF Diamond League action at the Doha 2014 meeting on Friday 9 May. Rudisha’s appearance in the Qatari capital, the seventh of his career, will signal the Kenyan’s eagerly anticipated comeback after a knee injury cut his 2013 season short…
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IAAF Inside Athletics’
Monaco, Apr 01, 2014: The IAAF is excited to launch its second season of ‘IAAF Inside Athetics’, a new social media video experience hosted by IAAF Athlete Ambassador Ato Boldon. Beginning today, and exclusive to the IAAF, a new episode will appear on the IAAF World Athletics Club Facebook Page on the first and third…
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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Monaco, Mar 26, 2014: As part of its new Athletics Better World (ABW) project, the IAAF is delighted to support the first ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which is taking place on 6 April 2014. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development…
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IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships
Monaco, Mar 21, 2014: With little more than a week to go to the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on 29 March, we take a look at some of the key contenders, as well as some of the more interesting entrants. This will be the 20th edition of…
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Pearson and Oliver help launch IAAF / Nestlé Kids Athletics
Melbourne, Mar 19, 2014: It’s not usual to see kids lining up to hurl something at a poster of one of Australia’s most popular athletes, but if Kim Mickle had been at Melbourne’s Loreto Mandeville Hall on a sunny Wednesday morning she would not have minded one bit. For one thing, a woman who described…