Tag: Athlete
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IAAF Council Meeting, London 2012
London – UK, July 31, 2012: IAAF President Lamine Diack chaired the traditional Olympic Games meeting of the IAAF Council which took place today in the Pullman Hotel, St. Pancras, adjacent to the British Library Conference centre in which the IAAF Offices are based during the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012. President Diack…
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Biological Passport, Special Analyses, Re-Testing
Monte-Carlo, July 25, 2012: Within days of the start of the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is pleased to announce the latest successes in its fight against doping in Athletics, serving a warning to all those who attempt to cheat their sport and their fellow competitors…
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Can Gill, Miller and Bengtsson defend?
Monaco – June 22, 2012: Bengtsson, With just two weeks to go to the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain over 1800 athletes representing a record 186 countries are looking forward to what is likely to be the beginning of a long and successful career in athletics. Yet, for three of them the competition…
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2013 Meeting Calendar for Samsung Diamond League announced
Monaco – May 23, 2012: The International Association of Athletics Federations and the Diamond League AG are pleased to announce the 2013 Meeting Calendar for the Samsung Diamond League, the premier series of invitational track and field meetings in the world. The 2013 season will be composed of 14 meetings taking place from May to…
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Irena Szewinska to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame
Monte-Carlo, May 17, 2012: Poland’s Irena Szewinska, the multiple Olympic champion and World record breaker is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame. The announcement of this honour comes ahead of this weekend’s Samsung Irena Run on Saturday 19 May, a 5km…
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100 children – 100 metres – 100 years: Beijing celebrates IAAF Centenary
Monaco, May 11, 2012: The city of Beijing, China, which will host the 15th edition of the IAAF World Championships in 2015, will stage a special youth celebration on Sunday (13 May) to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary. 100 youngsters, split into 50 mixed teams (12-year-old boys and girls) of two runners will…
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2012 Samsung Diamond League season launched in Doha
Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2012: season launched, Speaking on the eve of the Samsung Diamond League meeting here in Doha, Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations and Chairman of the Board of the Diamond League, declared that the world’s top tier invitational track and field series which held its first meeting…
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How much to win, who can race, and how many to score? – IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Monaco – May 09, 2012: Over US$350,000 are on offer for the three senior races – men’s 50km and men’s and women’s 20km – from the IAAF as prize money at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Saransk, Russia, Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May 2012. Prize Money** Individuals (total US$210,000) 1st US$30,000 2nd US$15,000…
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Doha Provisional Entry Lists – Samsung Diamond League
Doha, Qatar-May 08, 2012: The provisional entry lists for the 2012 Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha, Qatar (11 May) are now available. Click on the following links to download the provisional entry lists (both correct as at 12:00 CET, 8 May) in pdf. Men’s events http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/48/29/64829_PDF_English.pdf Women’s events http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/48/30/64830_PDF_English.pdf Samsung Diamond League – 2012…
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IAAF Fantasy Athletics reopens for 2012 Samsung Diamond League series
Monaco – May 08, 2012: The IAAF is very pleased to announce that the IAAF Fantasy Athletics game has now reopened on www.iaaf.org. IAAF Fantasy Athletics is an exciting online game which will run through the 14 meeting series of the Samsung Diamond League from May to September. The goal of Fantasy Athletics is to…