Category: ATHLETICS
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IAAF launches WorldRunning.com
Monaco, Mar 18, 2014: The IAAF today announced the launch of World Running, a new global website which aims to bring the world of running together. Developed on behalf of the IAAF by The Real buzz Group, the free-to-access website is aimed specifically at non-elite runners and will also give them the chance to discover…
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Fraser-Pryce to make her IDL debut in Doha
Monaco, Mar 17, 2014: Reigning World and Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will kick off her 2014 IAAF Diamond League campaign at the Doha 2014 meeting on 9 May, organisers announced on Sunday (16). There’s not a bigger name in the world of women’s sprinting at the moment than the 27-year-old Jamaican, who dashed to…
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IAAF/Al-Bank World Half Marathon
Monaco, Mar 14, 2014: With two weeks to go until the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, five-time winner Zersenay Tadese has revealed he will be vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal. Without doubt the most successful athlete in the history of the event, the Eritrean is the reigning champion.…
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Online Media Accreditation is open
Monaco, Mar 14, 2014: Following the conclusion in Sopot, Poland last weekend of a wonderful international indoor season, the IAAF Diamond League has today opened its central Online Media Accreditation System for 2014. Via the Media Centre on the IAAF Diamond League website you can make accreditation applications for one or more of the 14…
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Broadcast to over 200 countries worldwide
Monaco – Mar 14, 2014: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and its broadcasting partners European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for Europe and Africa and Dentsu for the rest of the world, are delighted to confirm the successful coverage of last weekend’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland (7 – 9 March 2014). There…
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IAAF Ethics Commission members are appointed
Monaco – Mar 13, 2014: Following the approval by the IAAF Congress last year of the IAAF Code of Ethics which came into force on 1 January 2014, the seven members of the IAAF Ethics Commission have been appointed by IAAF Council for a four year term: Michael BELOFF (GBR) – Chairperson Kevan GOSPER (AUS)…
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USA’s world indoor record whets appetite
Monaco, Mar 12, 2014: Last week’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot ended on a high with a world indoor record* in the 4×400 m, providing a glimpse as to the kind of excitement that could be in store at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, on 24-25 May. The US teams won…
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Nearly US$2.5 million at stake in World Indoor
Monaco, Mar 5, 2014: A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this weekend’s IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot, Poland (7-9-March). As has become traditional, there is also a US$50,000 bonus for any athlete setting a new World record during the three-day championships. The 2014 indoor season has already…
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SPIKES moves closer to home as part of the IAAF
Monaco – Feb 28, 2014: For the past six years, SPIKES has given a fun, relaxed and engaged voice to our sport via website, social media and printed magazine. As of Thursday (27), SPIKES took up permanent residence as part of the IAAF website. While SPIKES has been “powered by IAAF” from the outset, this…
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One week to go before the gun goes for Sopot
Monaco, Feb 28, 2014: There is just one week to go before the starting gun is fired on the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, which will be held in the Polish city of Sopot between 7-9 March. With no global outdoor championship this year, this is the most important event on the 2014 athletics calendar.…