Category: ATHLETICS
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The World Anti-Doping Conference
Johannesburg – South Africa, Nov 13, 2013: Abby Hoffman, an IAAF Council Member and a Member of the IAAF’s Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, delivered a strong statement about the IAAF view of the new WADA Code to the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport organised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Johannesburg on…
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Athletics world focuses on Monaco
Monaco – Nov 12, 2013: This week the eyes of the Athletics world will be on the Principality of Monaco, home to the headquarters of the IAAF. As well as the staging of the annual International Athletics Foundation (IAF) World Athletics Gala, Monaco will be a hive of administrative work. A two-day sitting of the…
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Cross Country Permit series gets underway
Monaco – Nov 06, 2013: The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of the IAAF Cross Country Permit 2013/14 season will kick off in Soria, Spain, on Sunday (10). During the next four months, many of the world’s finest distance runners will be taking part in the series that traverses three…
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Countdown begins to the 2014 IAAF World Relays
Monaco – Nov 5, 2013: The 200-day countdown has begun to the inaugural IAAF World Relays, which will be held in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 24-25 May 2014. The IAAF World Relays is the latest addition to the list of IAAF events and it is anticipated that the top relay nations in the world will…
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Athletes of the Year finalists
Monaco – Nov 04, 2013: With less than two weeks to go until the 2013 World Athletics Gala, the IAAF has the pleasure in announcing the names of the three male athletes who are still in contention to become the 2013 World Athlete of the Year. The finalists were selected after a month-long poll of…
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World Athletes of the Year vote to get underway soon
Monaco – Sept 20, 2013: The beginning of next month will mark the opening of the voting process for the 2013 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the International Athletic Foundation World Athletics Gala on Saturday 16 November 2013. A list of 10 male and 10 female candidates will firstly be selected by an…
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More than 1900 blood samples collected
Monaco – Sept 20, 2013: As part of the IAAF’s sophisticated anti-doping programme at the 14th edition of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, blood tests were conducted from 4th to 18th August for profiling purposes in connection with the Athlete Biological Passport. This programme was conducted in partnership with WADA and the WADA-accredited…
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Winners of season-long IAAF Challenge contests
Monaco, Sept 17, 2013: The 2013 season of the third of three annual IAAF Challenge series which are decided on standings drew to a close last weekend as Talence hosted the final competition of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge. Earlier in the month, the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge ended in Rieti, while the IAAF Race…
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2014 calendar – IAAF Diamond League
Monaco, Sept 11, 2013: The 2013 IAAF Diamond League reached its conclusion last week in Brussels with the crowning of 16 Diamond Race winners, following the first 16 athletes who received their Diamond Trophies in Zurich one week prior. The calendar dates for next year’s IAAF Diamond League have already been approved*, but here we…