Tag: Athletics

  • Athletics world focuses on Monaco

    Monaco – Nov 12, 2013: This week the eyes of the Athletics world will be on the Principality of Monaco, home to the headquarters of the IAAF. As well as the staging of the annual International Athletics Foundation (IAF) World Athletics Gala, Monaco will be a hive of administrative work. A two-day sitting of the…

  • World Athletes of the Year vote to get underway soon

    Monaco – Sept 20, 2013: The beginning of next month will mark the opening of the voting process for the 2013 World Athletes of the Year ahead of the International Athletic Foundation World Athletics Gala on Saturday 16 November 2013. A list of 10 male and 10 female candidates will firstly be selected by an…

  • Door closed 396,548 attend Moscow evening

    Moscow – Russia, august 18, 2013: The International Association of Athletics Federations is delighted to confirm that at the conclusion of the final competition session, 268,548stadium spectators had attended the eight evening sessions at the 14thedition of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013. Adding VIPS, guests, media and athletes seats, the evening audience total is396,548.…

  • Bolt’s 100 M gold highlights dramatic evening

    Moscow, Aug 11, 2013: For once Usain Bolt had no need to call down the thunder from the sky. Just before the start of the men’s 100m final, a thunderstorm brought the special effects in for him. Indeed, at the start, Bolt mimed holding up an umbrella as the rain tumbled down. It was just…

  • IAAF President Diack says farewell to IOC President

    IAAF President Diack says farewell to IOC President

    Moscow – Russia, August 9, 2013: The IAAF Council met with the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee at the Radisson Royal Hotel in Moscow on Friday (9), ahead of the start of the IAAF World Championships on Saturday. IAAF President Lamine Diack took the opportunity to say farewell in an official capacity to…

  • 49th IAAF Congress concludes in Moscow

    49th IAAF Congress concludes in Moscow

    Moscow – Russia, August 8, 2013: The 49th edition of the IAAF Congress, the highest decision-making body of the association, met today at the Crowne Plaza at Moscow’s World Trade Center for the second and final session of its biennial two-day gathering ahead of the IAAF World Championships. During the Congress, the IAAF Council issued…

  • Athletics Injuries and Illness Surveillance Study

    Athletics Injuries and Illness Surveillance Study

    Moscow – Russia, August 8, 2013: The 14th edition of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013 will be the fourth occasion that the IAAF has employed an Injuries and Illnesses Surveillance Study at the biennial World Championships, which is the pinnacle of the IAAF World Athletics Series. The forthcoming study, which is in line with…

  • 2nd IAAF World Coaches’ Conference

    Moscow – Russia, August 7, 2013: The 2nd IAAF World Coaches’ Conference will be held in Moscow on Monday 19 August, giving the opportunity for coaches from over 200 national teams assembled for the IAAF World Championships to attend. Held at the Cosmos Hotel in the Russian capital, the World Coaches’ Conference will feature a…

  • IAAF council statement concerning anti-doping

    IAAF council statement concerning anti-doping

    Moscow, Aug 8, 2013: This morning during the second day’s working session of the 49th IAAF Congress, the following statement on Anti-Doping issued by the IAAF Council was approved by acclamation. “The IAAF Council would like to take the opportunity offered by the gathering of the World Athletics Family in Moscow on the occasion of…

  • INJURIES AND ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE STUDY

    Moscow – Russia, Aug 8, 2013: The 14th edition of the IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013 will be the fourth occasion where the IAAF has employed an Injuries and Illnesses Surveillance Study at the biennial World Championships, which is the pinnacle of the IAAF World Athletics Series. The forthcoming study, which is in line with…