Tag: IAAF

  • $245,000 Prize Money up for grabs

    $245,000 Prize Money up for grabs

    Monte-Carlo – Oct 02, 2012: A total prize purse of US$245,000 will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday 6 October 2012. Prize Money (all amounts are in US$) Place / Prize Individual 1st – 30,000 2nd – 15,000 3rd…

  • Global legends of the last 100 years

    Global legends of the last 100 years

    Monaco – Oct 02, 2012: Legends, The IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain from 13 October to 25 November, one of the major events in 2012 celebrating 100 years of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), highlights many of the legends of Athletics who globally have graced tracks, infields, roads and cross country…

  • 20th IAAF World Half Marathon

    20th IAAF World Half Marathon

    Monte-Carlo – Sept 28, 2012: With just one week to go to the 20th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Kavarna, Bulgaria, Saturday 6 October 2012 – we take a brief look at a few of the big names expected to play key roles when the focus of the distance running world turns to this resort…

  • 5th Century BC to 2012 AD – IAAF Centenary

    5th Century BC to 2012 AD – IAAF Centenary

    Monaco – Sept 25, 2012: 5th century BC, The temporary collection of the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition, which will be hosted by Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch, Barcelona, Spain, (Saturday 13 October to Sunday 25 November 2012), will delight visitors with artefacts stretching from ancient history to the present day. The Exhibition…

  • Kavarna prepares to welcome road running elite

    Kavarna prepares to welcome road running elite

    Monaco – Sept 24, 2012: The 20th edition of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships takes place in Kavarna, Bulgaria, on Saturday 6 October 2012. Kavarna, a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria, was first founded as a Greek settlement in the 5th century BC and is…

  • IAAF,Toyota extend Sponsorship partnership

    IAAF,Toyota extend Sponsorship partnership

    Monaco – Sept 17, 2012: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is delighted to announce that, with the support of IAAF Marketing Partner Dentsu, the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has signed an agreement to continue as an official partner of the IAAF World Championships until 2017. Toyota, which was already committed to provide support…

  • Vladimir to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Vladimir to be inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame

    Monaco – Sept, 15, 2012: Ukraine’s two-time Olympic champion and multiple World record breaker Vladimir Golubnichiy is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary. The announcement of this honour marks…

  • Greatest ever collection of athletics memorabilia

    Greatest ever collection of athletics memorabilia

    Monaco – Sept 13, 2012: The IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition, boasting the greatest collection of athletics memorabilia ever assembled, will open to the public in one months’ time. One of the highlights of the year-long IAAF Centenary celebrations, the IAAF Centenary Historic Exhibition takes place in the ‘Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport Joan Antoni Samaranch’,…

  • IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

    IAAF World Half Marathon Championships

    Monaco, August 24, 2012: Media accreditation for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships which will be held in Kavarna, Bulgaria, 6 October 2012 is now open. The deadline for journalists and photographers to apply for accreditation is Friday 21 September 2012. The link for the IAAF Accreditation Registration System which allows media representatives (print media,…

  • IOC withdraws gold medal from Nadzeya

    IOC withdraws gold medal from Nadzeya

    London – GBR, August 13, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified, withdrawn the medal from, and excluded Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk (athletics, women’s shot put) from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. The athlete was first requested to provide a urine sample for a doping control on 5…