Category: ATHLETICS
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Athletics 100 days to go Moscow 2013
Monaco – May 02, 2013: With exactly 100 days to go until the start of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia, which take place from Saturday 10 to Sunday 18 August, the final countdown to the greatest sporting event of 2013 has begun. The biennial IAAF World Championships are often trumpeted as being the largest…
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World Championships Marathon course is tested
Monaco – April 29, 2013: The IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013, came several steps closer over the weekend with the staging of the Russian marathon championships on the course which will host the world title races in August. The IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia takes place from 10 to 18 August, with the women’s Marathon…
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IAAF Combined Events Challenge
Monaco – April 26, 2013: The 16th edition of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge starts with in exactly a week and the first of 15 meetings which will decide this year’s men’s and women’s winners will be the famous Multistars – Trofeo Zerneri Acciai meeting, which this year will be in the Italian city of…
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2weeks to go to start of IAAF Diamond League
Monaco – April 26, 2013: There are exactly two weeks to go to the start of the 2013 season of theIAAF Diamond League which blasts out of its blocks on Friday 10 May inDoha, Qatar. The IAAF Diamond League, which is entering its fourth season, is comprised of 14 of the best invitational track and…
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Record numbers likely in Moscow
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Record numbers of athletes and nations are expected to compete at the IAAF World Championships this year, which will be held in Moscow between 10 to 18 August. Preliminary entries received by the IAAF for the 14th edition of the Championships indicate that 205 of the 212 National Member Federations…
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Press Accreditation and Accommodation
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Accommodation, Press accreditation for the IAAF World Youth Championships which will be held in Donetsk, Ukraine from 10-14 July 2013 opened on 12 April 2013. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation and accommodation is Monday 10 June 2013. After this date, the Local Organising Committee may…
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Record participation expected in Donetsk
Monaco – April 17, 2013: The IAAF World Youth Championships, which will take place from 10 to 14 July 2013 in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, is on course to become the biggest gathering of participating athletes in the history of the Championships. With the deadline for the Preliminary Entries now closed, we are proud…
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President Diack condemns attack in Boston
Monaco – April 16, 2013: Further to yesterday’s initial reaction by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) concerning the horrific events that occurred at this year’s Boston Marathon. IAAF President Lamine Diack has this morning issued the following statement: “Our association mourns the loss of those killed in Boston, and offers its condolences and…
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Mutaz Essa Barshim IAAF Diamond League
Qatari hero: Mutaz Essa Barshim – IAAF Diamond League, One Month to go Qatari hero: Mutaz Essa Barshim – IAAF Diamond League, One Month to go Monaco – April 12, 2013: With exactly one month to go before the start of the2013 IAAF Diamond League we put the spotlight on a man who is expected…
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Media Conference Call with Holly Bleasdale
Dear Media Colleague, The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has the pleasure of inviting you to take part in an EXCLUSIVE media conference call to mark one month-to-go to the start of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League season in Doha, Qatar (Friday 10 May). We are delighted that the USA’s Jenn Suhr, Olympic champion…