Tag: IAAF
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Helsinki re-tests reveal six adverse findings
Monaco – Mar 08, 2013: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has re-tested a selection of doping samples collected at the 2005 IAAF World Championships, Helsinki, Finland, from a wide range of disciplines and nations, and the results have revealed a further* six adverse findings. The IAAF, as part of its strategic anti-doping policy,…
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Pointers from IAAF Cross Country Permit
Monaco – Mar 07, 2013: The curtain came down on the 2013 IAAF Cross Country Permit series two weeks ago but traditionally many of the winners at these meetings make their presence felt at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. So just who could be a factor at this year’s edition, which will be staged…
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Blake first big name signing for Doha 2013
Doha – Qatar, Mar 04, 2013: Jamaica’s Yohan Blake, the World 100m champion, will open his 2013 Samsung Diamond League campaign at the Doha 2013 meeting on Friday 10 May. The 14-fixture Samsung Diamond League, the world’s premier global circuit of invitational athletics meetings, will get underway in Doha, Qatar, as it has done in…
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Samsung Diamond League Bolt returns to Paris
Monaco – Feb 26, 2013: Usain Bolt will compete in the 2013 edition of the Meeting AREVA, the ninth leg of this year’s Samsung Diamond League, in Paris on Saturday 6 July. The Jamaican has confirmed his presence on the Stade de France track, venue of the 2003 IAAF World Championships. He will be taking…
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IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Monaco – Feb 21, 2013: With just over one month to go to the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the oldest of the IAAF World Athletics Series events, the spotlight will be shone again on the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, which was also the host of the 2010 edition of the Championships, on Sunday…
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IAAF Race Walking Challenge 2013
Monaco – Feb 20, 2013: The 11th edition of the annual IAAF Race Walking Challenge takes centre stage again after an exciting 2012 with the north Mexican city of Chihuahua and Hobart, Australia hosting the first two of the 14-leg series this weekend. Host of the Mexican stop of the Challenge since 2008, including the…
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IAAF launches ‘Inside Athletics’ with Ato Boldon
Monaco – Feb 20, 2013: The IAAF is excited to launch ‘Inside Athletics’, a new Social Media experience hosted by IAAF Athlete Ambassador Ato Boldon. Beginning today, each weekly episode will focus on a different theme, ranging from analyzing current World records – such as Usain Bolt’s 100m record, Aries Merritt’s 110m Hurdles record or…
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Athletics world mourns the death of Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook
Monaco – Feb 12, 2013: It was with the deepest sadness that the IAAF received the news that IAAF Council Member and NACAC President Neville McCook, OJ, JP passed away on Monday 11 February, at the University Hospital, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. The Honourable Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook (DOB 27 April 1939), an IAAF Council Member since…
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IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Monaco, Feb 06, 2013: Press accreditation for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships which will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on Sunday24 March 2013 opened on 15 January. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation and accommodation is Monday 25 February 2013. After this date, the Local Organising Committee may not be…
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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…