Tag: Athlete
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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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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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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…
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Merga motivated to defend his Cross Country title
Monaco – Mar 14, 2013: Ethiopia’s defending senior men’s champion Imane Merga can hardly wait to stand on the start line at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, which will be held in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz on Sunday 24 March. “Training has been going very well. I feel very strong, very confident…
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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…