Tag: IAAF
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Record numbers likely in Moscow
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Record numbers of athletes and nations are expected to compete at the IAAF World Championships this year, which will be held in Moscow between 10 to 18 August. Preliminary entries received by the IAAF for the 14th edition of the Championships indicate that 205 of the 212 National Member Federations…
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Press Accreditation and Accommodation
Monaco – April 18, 2013: Accommodation, Press accreditation for the IAAF World Youth Championships which will be held in Donetsk, Ukraine from 10-14 July 2013 opened on 12 April 2013. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation and accommodation is Monday 10 June 2013. After this date, the Local Organising Committee may…
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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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Mutaz Essa Barshim IAAF Diamond League
Qatari hero: Mutaz Essa Barshim – IAAF Diamond League, One Month to go Qatari hero: Mutaz Essa Barshim – IAAF Diamond League, One Month to go Monaco – April 12, 2013: With exactly one month to go before the start of the2013 IAAF Diamond League we put the spotlight on a man who is expected…
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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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IAAF World Challenge opens in Melbourne
Monaco, Mar 28, 2013: With the international indoor and cross country seasons completed, the focus of the athletics world is shifting to the outdoor track and field season with the world’s best athletes set to embark on another world-wide tour as the 2013 IAAF World Challenge series of one-day meetings begins in just over a…
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Course and scoring details – Bydgoszcz 2013
Monaco – Mar 21, 2013: Myslecinek Park, on the outskirts of Bydgoszcz, is being prepared to welcome more than 400 runners from 47 different countries at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday 24 March2013. The park was the venue for the championships three years ago but the circuit design has been…
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Bolt back in Brussels Samsung Diamond League
Monaco, Mar 20, 2013: For the sixth time in his outstanding career, Usain Bolt will compete at the Belgacom Memorial, the second of two finals of the Samsung Diamond League, on 6 September 2013. He will decide later in the season whether he will contest the 100m or 200m in Brussels, but either way he…
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Bolt to return to Rome Samsung Diamond League
Monaco, Mar 19, 2013: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m, will compete for the third time in a row at Rome’s Golden Gala, the fifth leg of the Samsung Diamond League, on 6 June 2013. To date, Bolt has left two impressive marks on Rome’s Olympic Stadium track…
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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…