Tag: IAAF
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IAAF Inside Athletics’
Monaco, Apr 01, 2014: The IAAF is excited to launch its second season of ‘IAAF Inside Athetics’, a new social media video experience hosted by IAAF Athlete Ambassador Ato Boldon. Beginning today, and exclusive to the IAAF, a new episode will appear on the IAAF World Athletics Club Facebook Page on the first and third…
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International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Monaco, Mar 26, 2014: As part of its new Athletics Better World (ABW) project, the IAAF is delighted to support the first ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which is taking place on 6 April 2014. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 6 April as the International Day of Sport for Development…
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IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships
Monaco, Mar 21, 2014: With little more than a week to go to the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on 29 March, we take a look at some of the key contenders, as well as some of the more interesting entrants. This will be the 20th edition of…
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Pearson and Oliver help launch IAAF / Nestlé Kids Athletics
Melbourne, Mar 19, 2014: It’s not usual to see kids lining up to hurl something at a poster of one of Australia’s most popular athletes, but if Kim Mickle had been at Melbourne’s Loreto Mandeville Hall on a sunny Wednesday morning she would not have minded one bit. For one thing, a woman who described…
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IAAF launches WorldRunning.com
Monaco, Mar 18, 2014: The IAAF today announced the launch of World Running, a new global website which aims to bring the world of running together. Developed on behalf of the IAAF by The Real buzz Group, the free-to-access website is aimed specifically at non-elite runners and will also give them the chance to discover…
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IAAF/Al-Bank World Half Marathon
Monaco, Mar 14, 2014: With two weeks to go until the 2014 IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, five-time winner Zersenay Tadese has revealed he will be vying for an unprecedented sixth individual gold medal. Without doubt the most successful athlete in the history of the event, the Eritrean is the reigning champion.…
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Broadcast to over 200 countries worldwide
Monaco – Mar 14, 2014: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and its broadcasting partners European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for Europe and Africa and Dentsu for the rest of the world, are delighted to confirm the successful coverage of last weekend’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland (7 – 9 March 2014). There…
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IAAF Ethics Commission members are appointed
Monaco – Mar 13, 2014: Following the approval by the IAAF Congress last year of the IAAF Code of Ethics which came into force on 1 January 2014, the seven members of the IAAF Ethics Commission have been appointed by IAAF Council for a four year term: Michael BELOFF (GBR) – Chairperson Kevan GOSPER (AUS)…
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USA’s world indoor record whets appetite
Monaco, Mar 12, 2014: Last week’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot ended on a high with a world indoor record* in the 4×400 m, providing a glimpse as to the kind of excitement that could be in store at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, on 24-25 May. The US teams won…
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Nearly US$2.5 million at stake in World Indoor
Monaco, Mar 5, 2014: A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this weekend’s IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot, Poland (7-9-March). As has become traditional, there is also a US$50,000 bonus for any athlete setting a new World record during the three-day championships. The 2014 indoor season has already…