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  • World Athlete of the Year finalists announced

    Monaco, Oct 17, 2014: With little more than a month to go until the 2014 World Athletics Gala, the IAAF has the pleasure in announcing the names of the three men and three women who are still in contention to become the 2014 World Athletes of the Year. The finalists were selected after a two-week-long…

  • One week to go before the gun goes for Sopot

    Monaco, Feb 28, 2014: There is just one week to go before the starting gun is fired on the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, which will be held in the Polish city of Sopot between 7-9 March. With no global outdoor championship this year, this is the most important event on the 2014 athletics calendar.…

  • IAAF World Indoor Championships Sopot 2014

    Monaco, Feb 07, 2014: The athletics world has been treated to two world indoor records already this year, courtesy of Genzebe Dibaba, so hopes are high that there will be more record-breaking performances in Sopot when the Polish city hosts the IAAF World Indoor Championships (7 to 9 March) exactly one month from today. Since…

  • Close Diamond Race battles to resume post Moscow

    Monaco – July 31, 2013: The 2013 IAAF Diamond League has reached a mid-season break as the world’s best athletes prepare to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow. With just three meetings left in the series, there are still many events where the Diamond Race is wide open. The Diamond Race has already…

  • Lavillenie continues to fly high in the Diamond Race

    Lavillenie continues to fly high in the Diamond Race

    Monaco – June 06, 2013: With four of the 14 meetings of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League season completed, France’s Olympic Pole Vault champion Renaud Lavillenie, one of the stars of tonight’s Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Rome’s 1960 Olympic Stadium, continues to fly high above his peers in the all-time statistics of the Diamond…

  • Lavillenie, Felix and Jeter the best all time

    Lavillenie, Felix and Jeter the best all time

    Doha – May 08, 2013: Renaud Lavillenie, Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter are the most successful athletes in the history of the Diamond Race, the season-long points scoring battle in 32 event disciplines, which is at the core of the annual IAAF Diamond League. The IAAF Diamond League, which starts its 2013 season in Doha,…

  • Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League

    Two weeks to go to the start of 2012 Samsung Diamond League

    Monaco – April 27, 2012: Two weeks from today at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday 11 May, the opening meeting of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League takes place heralding the start of the third season of the sport’s top invitational circuit of meetings. In total the 14 meeting global series…