Tag: Athletics
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Canon new partner of World Athletics Series
Monaco – Nov 14: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) today announced a new global partnership with Canon Inc, who will become an Official IAAF Partner of the IAAF World Athletics Series of competitions for the period 2013-2016. Canon will sponsor a total of 15 IAAF events including the next two editions of the…
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2012 Athletes of the Year finalists are…
Monaco – Nov 06: With less than one month to go to the celebration of the 2012 IAAF Centenary Gala, the IAAF has the pleasure to announce the three Male Athletes who are still in contention to become the 2012 World Athlete of the Year. Following a three-week poll, the three male athletes who gathered…
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IAAF 2012/13 Cross Country Permit Series
Monte Carlo – Nov 02: One week, The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of the IAAF Cross Country Permit Event Series 2012/13 will kick off in Atapuerca, Spain, on Sunday 11 November 2012. Over the course of the next three-and-a-half months, many of the world’s finest middle and long distance…
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Welcome to the new IAAF Website
Monte Carlo – Oct 31, 2012: IAAF Website, The IAAF is delighted to unveil its new image on the internet with the launch of our new website. The IAAF Website, whose home page was last redesigned in 2007, offers the visitor a brighter, more visual, less cluttered visit. Our new platform is transparently searchable giving…
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Van Alphen and Chernova the overall winners
Monaco – Oct 24, 2012: Hans van Alphen of Belgium and Russia’s Tatyana Chernova were the overall winners of the 2012 IAAF Combined Events Challenge and will each receive a payment of $30,000 from the IAAF. Propelled by victories in both Götzis and Talence, 30-year-old Van Alphen, who was sixth in the Challenge in 2011,…
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Broadcasting rights deal with CCTV
Monaco – Oct 23, 2012: On the last day of his visit to Beijing, IAAF President Lamine Diack visited the headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV) to make a new broadcasting agreement in the world’s most populous country, China. President Diack signed the agreement with Controller of Sports Jiang Heping in CCTV Tower, the recently…
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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…
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Part 2: World records and great rivalries
Monaco – Oct 10, 2012: 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 have taken…
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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…
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Eurovision/VGTRK appointed Host Broadcaster
Monaco – Oct 05, 2012: The IAAF is delighted to announce that EUROVISION, through its wholly owned subsidiary Eurovision Production Coordination (EPC), together with VGTRK, the Russian state broadcaster, has been appointed as official Host Broadcaster for the next edition of the IAAF World Championships, which takes place in Moscow from 10-18 August 2013. EPC…