Category: ATHLETICS
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Youth Conference to mark IAAF Centenary
Monaco – July 11, 2012: Youth Conference, A special IAAF International Youth Athletics Conference is being held from 16 and 17 July in Barcelona, Spain, and will be opened by IAAF Vice-President Sergey Bubka. The conference, which is supported by the IAAF Centenary Main Partner VTB and Supporting Partners adidas and Mondo, takes place following…
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IAAF World Junior Championships 2012
Monaco – July 06, 2012: A press conference is being organized by the LOC of the IAAF World Junior Championships 2012 as per the following schedule: What: IAAF / LOC Press Conference When: 13:00 (GMT + 2 hrs), Monday 9 July Where: Auditorium, Barcelona Olympic Stadium Who: Lamine Diack – IAAF President Essar Gabriel –…
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100 years of the 100 metres World record
Monaco – July 06, 2012: 100 metres World record, “The World’s Fastest Man” isn’t a title granted as formally as “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” but it is much simpler to explain. For the last 100 years, the World record holder in the 100m has been, by definition, the fastest man in history, finishing their race…
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180 countries set to compete at IAAF Junior
Monaco – July 04, 2012: The IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, which will take place from 10 to 15 July 2012 are on course to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating national IAAF Member Federations in the history of the championships. With the deadline for the Final Entries now closed, no fewer…
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Relay teams qualified for London 2012
Monaco – July 03, 2012: Relay teams qualified, The qualification period for the men’s and women’s 4x100m and 4x400m Relays at the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012 ended on Monday 2 July. The IAAF is pleased to confirm the following 16 teams, per each of the four relays, which have qualified to compete…
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Keino to be inducted into the Hall of Fame
Monaco – July 02, 2012: Kenya’s Kip Keino, twice Olympic champion and multiple World record breaker, is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary. The announcement of this honour comes…
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Six World Records Broken on Final Day
Stadskanaal, Netherlands, June 28, 2012: The best was saved for last in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, as six world records were smashed on the final day of the IPC Athletics European Championships on Thursday (28 June) and Russia, Ukraine and Poland took the top three spots in the medal standings. Russia easily finished atop the medals…
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13 Final Candidates for Athletes’ Council
Germany, June 27, 2012: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Wednesday (27 June) announced the 13 final candidates nominated to fill the six summer representatives on the IPC Athletes’ Council. The IPC Athletes’ Council elections will take place from 27 August – 7 September during the London 2012 Paralympic Games at voting centres across the…
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Dutch Delight on Day 3 of IPC Athletics
Stadskanaal – Netherlands, June 26, 2012: Dutch, On the third day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, the sun came out for the first time at the event and the host nation starred with a sweep in the women’s 100m T43/44 race led by Marlou van Rhijn. Van Rhijn, who is…
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Field Events Highlight IPC Athletics European
Stadskanaal – Netherlands, June 25, 2012: Field Events, Three world and three European records were broken on Monday (25 June) at the second day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands, as several field athletes had spectacular performances. There were 31 medal events on Monday, and after two days of competition, Russia…