Category: ATHLETICS
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Wlodarczyk and Fajdek win 2017 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
Brussels, Sept 4, 2017: For the fourth time in the history of the IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, Polish duo Anita Wlodarczyk and Pawel Fajdek topped the end-of-season standings (2017 IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge). The scoring system takes each athlete’s three best marks from the series and equates metres to points. Prize money is awarded to…
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World Athletics’ attention turns to Doha as IAAF World Championships Flag is handed over
By Nicola Milan, London, UK, August 14, 2017: Doha has become the next host city of the world’s third biggest sporting event following a momentous handover ceremony in the London 2017 Stadium, broadcast to a global audience as this year’s World Championships came to a spectacular end (Doha 2019 World Championships). Doha will host the…
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IAAF World Championships London 2017 – the most compelling and competitive championships of all time
London, August 14, 2017: Speaking ahead of the final evening session on Sunday (13), IAAF President Sebastian Coe described the IAAF World Championships London 2017 as the most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time. “I can’t remember a time when the competition has been so competitive and the stories around them so compelling,”…
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IAAF Athletes’ Commission voting to open on 1 August
London, July 31, 2017: Elections for six places on the IAAF Athletes Commission will run from 1-12 August with all athletes accredited for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 eligible to vote. The IAAF Athletes’ Commission represents the link between athletes and the governing body, ensuring the voice of the athletes is heard and fed…
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Largest ever biomechanics research project in athletics to be undertaken at IAAF World Championships London 2017
London, July 27, 2017: Leeds Beckett University, in cooperation with the IAAF, will carry out the biggest biomechanics research project ever conducted in athletics during next month’s IAAF World Championships London 2017 (Largest ever biomechanics research project). The aim of the project is to support athletes and coaches in optimisation and improvement of their training…
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IAAF Athletics Connect 2017 – 51st IAAF Congress
London, July 25, 2017: The 51st IAAF Congress takes place from 1st August to 3rd August 2017 with an innovative one-day convention called IAAF Athletics Connect on Wednesday 2 August designed to bring together and inspire the global athletics community (IAAF Athletics Connect 2017). Tuesday 1 August is Registration Day for delegates from over 200…
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IAAF approves the application of a further eight Russians to compete internationally as neutral athletes
Monaco, July 20, 2017: The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of eight Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes under competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair),…
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WADA Legacy Outreach Program joins forces with ADAK and the AIU
Nairobi, July 12, 2017 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is partnering with the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) and the newly-formed Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) to deliver the latest installment of its WADA Legacy Outreach Program, during the IAAF Junior World Championships in Nairobi, Kenya from 12 – 17 July. The Agency’s Legacy Outreach…
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IAAF approves the application of a further 16 russians to compete internationally as neutral athletes
Monaco, July 09, 2017: The IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of 16 Russian athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes under competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair),…
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Levelling the playing field in Female Sport: New research published in the British Journal Of Sports Medicine
Monaco, July 4, 2017: New research has been published today in support of the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) currently suspended Hyperandrogenism Regulations (British Journal Sports Medicine). On 27 July 2015 in a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case between the Indian athlete Dutee Chand and the Athletics Federation of India and the…