Category: ATHLETICS
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CAS confirms the life time ban Imposed
Lausanne, Mar 04, 2013: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeal of the Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings against the decision of the Disciplinary Panel of the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) on 22 November 2011 which sanctioned him with a lifetime ineligibility following a second anti – doping rule violation. In 2004,…
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Blake first big name signing for Doha 2013
Doha – Qatar, Mar 04, 2013: Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, the World 100m champion, will open his 2013 Samsung Diamond League campaign at the Doha 2013 meeting on Friday 10 May. The 14-fixture Samsung Diamond League, the world’s premier global circuit of invitational athletics meetings, will get underway in Doha, Qatar, as it has done in…
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Samsung Diamond League Bolt returns to Paris
Monaco – Feb 26, 2013: Usain Bolt will compete in the 2013 edition of the Meeting AREVA, the ninth leg of this year’s Samsung Diamond League, in Paris on Saturday 6 July. The Jamaican has confirmed his presence on the Stade de France track, venue of the 2003 IAAF World Championships. He will be taking…
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IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Monaco – Feb 21, 2013: With just over one month to go to the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the oldest of the IAAF World Athletics Series events, the spotlight will be shone again on the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, which was also the host of the 2010 edition of the Championships, on Sunday…
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IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2013
Monaco – Feb 20, 2013: The 11th edition of the annual IAAF Race Walking Challenge takes centre stage again after an exciting 2012 with the north Mexican city of Chihuahua and Hobart, Australia hosting the first two of the 14-leg series this weekend. Host of the Mexican stop of the Challenge since 2008, including the…
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IAAF launches ‘Inside Athletics’ with Ato Boldon
Monaco – Feb 20, 2013: The IAAF is excited to launch ‘Inside Athletics’, a new Social Media experience hosted by IAAF Athlete Ambassador Ato Boldon. Beginning today, each weekly episode will focus on a different theme, ranging from analyzing current World records – such as Usain Bolt’s 100m record, Aries Merritt’s 110m Hurdles record or…
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IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Monaco, Feb 06, 2013: Press accreditation for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships which will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Sunday24 March 2013 opened on 15 January. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation and accommodation is Monday 25 February 2013. After this date, the Local Organising Committee may not be…
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Bolt to compete in Oslo for third time
Monaco, Jan 23, 2013: Usain Bolt will return to Oslo, Norway and the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on Thursday 13 June 2013 where he will compete in the 200 metres. The meeting in Oslo will be the sixth of the 14 meetings that make up the 2013 season of the Samsung Diamond League. “I am looking…
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IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season
Monaco – Jan 18, 2013: Two weeks tomorrow, Saturday 2 February, the starter’s gun will sound the beginning of the2013 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season, an action-packed three week series of the world’s six finest indoor athletics competitions. The series begins with a triple-header weekend. The Weltklasse takes place in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Saturday 2 February…
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IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition ebook
Monaco – Jan 17, 2013: The IAAF is delighted to announce that a commemorative ‘page turning’ ebook which celebrates last year’sIAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition in photographs has been published on the IAAF website. “A Photographic Celebration of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition”offers an 88 page snap shot of the greatest collection of Athletics memorabilia ever…