Tag: IAAF
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IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season
Monaco – Jan 18, 2013: Two weeks tomorrow, Saturday 2 February, the starter’s gun will sound the beginning of the2013 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season, an action-packed three week series of the world’s six finest indoor athletics competitions. The series begins with a triple-header weekend. The Weltklasse takes place in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Saturday 2 February…
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IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition ebook
Monaco – Jan 17, 2013: The IAAF is delighted to announce that a commemorative ‘page turning’ ebook which celebrates last year’sIAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition in photographs has been published on the IAAF website. “A Photographic Celebration of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition”offers an 88 page snap shot of the greatest collection of Athletics memorabilia ever…
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German Public Service Broadcaster agreement
Monaco – Jan 11, 2013: Broadcaster Agreement, The IAAF is delighted to announce the conclusion of a broadcasting deal in Germany for the 2013 IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia. The agreement was concluded between Sport A, the sports buying rights agency of German public service broadcasters ARD/ZDF, and IEC in Sports, the IAAF’s exclusive media…
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2012 End of Year Reviews begin tomorrow
Monte-Carlo – Dec 20: It has become a tradition that the IAAF publishes its annual ‘End of the Year Reviews’ on the IAAF website – www.iaaf.org. The 2012 series, which is composed of eight event category reviews, will begin tomorrow. The authors, renowned statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN), begin their analyses…
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IAAF Centenary Gala Show brings together
Barcelona – Spain, Nov 25: The spectacular IAAF Centenary Gala Show which took place tonight in Barcelona’s Palau Nacional was the highlight of a momentous year of celebrations which have marked the IAAF Centenary. The Palau Nacional, built for the 1929 International Exhibition, is the home of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) and…
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Bolt and Felix are World Athletes of the Year
Barcelona – Spain, Nov 24: Usain Bolt (JAM) and Allyson Felix (USA) were today named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2012. Bolt, who won the award for the fourth time, and Felix, a first-time winner, received their trophies and US$100,000 prize at the Athletes of the Year Awards Ceremony in…
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Athletics: Spirit of World Plan Awards
Barcelona – Spain Nov 23: Spirit, Marking the conclusion of the IAAF’s current strategic policy, the Athletics’ World Plan 2003-2012 which was designed to ensure that the sport of Athletics and its world governing body was fit and ready for the tasks of the next 100 years, a special award ceremony took place in the…
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2015 World XC and Youth Champs
Barcelona – Spain, Nov 23: Guiyang, The second day of the IAAF Council meeting presided over by President Lamine Diack saw the confirmation of the host venues for two IAAF World Athletics Series events which will take place in 2015. 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Guiyang, China The delegation from Guiyang, China, was headed…
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IAAF Athletics: Spectacular IAAF Centenary celebrations
Monaco, Nov 20: Centenary, The focus of the Athletics’ world shifts to Barcelona, Spain, this week with the Catalan capital preparing for one of the greatest ever celebrations in the sport’s history. The annual World Athletics Gala of the International Athletics Foundation, usually hosted in Monaco, has exceptionally moved to Barcelona, and will serve as…
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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…