Tag: Athlete

  • Bolt to compete in Oslo for third time

    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…

  • IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season

    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…

  • German Public Service Broadcaster agreement

    German Public Service Broadcaster agreement

    Monaco – Jan 11, 2013: Broadcaster Agreement, The IAAF is delighted to announce the conclusion of a broadcasting deal in Germany for the 2013 IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia. The agreement was concluded between Sport A, the sports buying rights agency of German public service broadcasters ARD/ZDF, and IEC in Sports, the IAAF’s exclusive media…

  • 2012 End of Year Reviews begin tomorrow

    2012 End of Year Reviews begin tomorrow

    Monte-Carlo – Dec 20: It has become a tradition that the IAAF publishes its annual ‘End of the Year Reviews’ on the IAAF website – www.iaaf.org. The 2012 series, which is composed of eight event category reviews, will begin tomorrow. The authors, renowned statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN), begin their analyses…

  • 2015 World XC and Youth Champs

    2015 World XC and Youth Champs

    Barcelona – Spain, Nov 23: Guiyang, The second day of the IAAF Council meeting presided over by President Lamine Diack saw the confirmation of the host venues for two IAAF World Athletics Series events which will take place in 2015. 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Guiyang, China The delegation from Guiyang, China, was headed…

  • IAAF Athletics: Spectacular IAAF Centenary celebrations

    IAAF Athletics: Spectacular IAAF Centenary celebrations

    Monaco, Nov 20: Centenary, The focus of the Athletics’ world shifts to Barcelona, Spain, this week with the Catalan capital preparing for one of the greatest ever celebrations in the sport’s history. The annual World Athletics Gala of the International Athletics Foundation, usually hosted in Monaco, has exceptionally moved to Barcelona, and will serve as…

  • IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition

    IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition

    Barcelona – Spain, Oct 16, 2012: In the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch, Barcelona, on the evening of Monday (15) the Official Opening Ceremony of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition took place. IAAF President Lamine Diack and Deputy Mayor of the City of Barcelona Maite Fandos i Payà officially opened the Exhibition…

  • High Jump legends Balas and Kostadinova

    High Jump legends Balas and Kostadinova

    Monaco – Oct 13, 2012: To mark today’s public opening of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition in the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch, Barcelona, Spain, (Saturday 13 October to Sunday 25 November 2012), the IAAF is delighted to announce that High Jump legends Iolanda Balas (Romania) and Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) are to…

  • Part 1: World records and great rivalries

    Part 1: World records and great rivalries

    Monaco – Oct 09, 2012: World records, At the heart of the temporary collection of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition, Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch, Barcelona, Spain, (Saturday 13 October to Sunday 25 November 2012) are the artefacts related to World record performances and performers, and some of the great rivalries which…

  • Vladimir to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Vladimir to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Monaco – Sept, 15, 2012: Ukraine’s two-time Olympic champion and multiple World record breaker Vladimir Golubnichiy 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 marks…