Tag: Lamine Diack

  • New York’s Times Square takes the baton in ‘100-100-100

    New York’s Times Square takes the baton in ‘100-100-100

    Monaco – June 05, 2012: One of the world’s most famous landmarks New York City’s Times Square will be the venue on Wednesday 6 June for a ‘100 Kids – 100 metres – 100 years’ relay to mark the Centenary year of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). In staging this relay, Times Square…

  • 100 children – 100 metres – 100 years: Beijing celebrates IAAF Centenary

    100 children – 100 metres – 100 years: Beijing celebrates IAAF Centenary

    Monaco, May 11, 2012: The city of Beijing, China, which will host the 15th edition of the IAAF World Championships in 2015, will stage a special youth celebration on Sunday (13 May) to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary. 100 youngsters, split into 50 mixed teams (12-year-old boys and girls) of two runners will…

  • 2012 Samsung Diamond League season launched in Doha

    2012 Samsung Diamond League season launched in Doha

    Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2012: season launched, Speaking on the eve of the Samsung Diamond League meeting here in Doha, Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations and Chairman of the Board of the Diamond League, declared that the world’s top tier invitational track and field series which held its first meeting…

  • First doping violation concluded in Athletics on the basis of the Athlete Biological Passport

    First doping violation concluded in Athletics on the basis of the Athlete Biological Passport

    Monaco, May 03, 2012: Athlete Biological Passport, Hélder Ornelas, 38, a long distance runner from Portugal, has been found guilty of a doping violation and sanctioned with a 4-year period of ineligibility by the Portuguese Athletic Federation (FPA). The evidence against Ornelas comprised of a series of blood test results collected by the IAAF in the…

  • IWF PRESIDENT DR.TAMAS AJAN RECEIVED MEDVEDEV’S ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP AWARD

    IWF Press Release: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented on 22 November 2011 the highest state awards of the Republic of Russia at a ceremony held at his Presidential Residence in Gorki, outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian President gave the Order of Friendship award to the President of the International Weightlifting Federation IWF president Dr Tamas…