Tag: Ashton Eaton

  • One week to go before the gun goes for Sopot

    Monaco, Feb 28, 2014: There is just one week to go before the starting gun is fired on the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, which will be held in the Polish city of Sopot between 7-9 March. With no global outdoor championship this year, this is the most important event on the 2014 athletics calendar.…

  • IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopot 2014

    Monaco, Feb 07, 2014: The athletics world has been treated to two world indoor records already this year, courtesy of Genzebe Dibaba, so hopes are high that there will be more record-breaking performances in Sopot when the Polish city hosts the IAAF World Indoor Championships (7 to 9 March) exactly one month from today. Since…

  • Portland 2016 and Birmingham 2018

    Monaco – Nov 15, 2013: Portland 2016 and Birmingham 2018, The IAAF Council chaired by President Lamine Diack today met in the Fairmont Hotel, Monaco, for the second and final day of its traditional autumnal session in Monaco. Dominating today’s meeting were the bid presentations by the potential hosts for three IAAF World Athletics Series (WAS)…

  • IAAF announces names of candidates Award

    Monaco – Oct 01, 2013: The IAAF is pleased to announce the names of the 10 men and 10 women who have been shortlisted for the 2013 World Athlete of the Year Award. The candidates have been selected by an IAAF panel of athletics experts*. An email poll involving the World Athletics Family begins today,…