Tag: Sebastian Coe
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Sebastian Coe became the sixth president in the history of the IAAF
Beijing, Aug 19, 2015: The poll promised very tight. Undecided through, provided the rumor. Its result, however, has left no room for doubt. Sebastian Coe became, in Beijing Wednesday, August 19, the sixth president in the history of the IAAF. The Briton beat his Ukrainian rival, former pole vaulter Sergey Bubka, with a wider gap…
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London 2012 legacy continues
Lausanne, July 25, 2014: London 2012 legacy, Almost two years to the day from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (27 July 2012), a new report from the British Government shows that the Olympic Games continue to provide significant legacies for the city of London – and Britain as a whole. International…
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1st IAAF World Athletics Forum
Moscow – Russia, Aug 07, 2013: Ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, the first day of the 49th IAAF Congress played host to the 1st IAAF World Athletics Forum, providing an environment for lively and open debate among Congress delegates about the future of athletics.jresident Lamine Diack and welcomed seven speakers and 17…
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Glorious’ Games end with British pop pageant
London – GBR, August 14, 2012: Pageant, There was music, there were lights and there were doubtless tears in a few eyes as the London Olympics ended on a night of celebration on Sunday. The Olympic Stadium that had served as a field of dreams for the past fortnight became a stage for ‘A Symphony…
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Giant Olympic Rings unveiled on Tower Bridge
By Tom Degun at Tower Bridge in London: A giant set of Olympic Rings have today been unveiled here at arguably London’s most iconic landmark to celebrate exactly one month to go to the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on July 27. The giant aluminium Rings, which were manufactured in Yorkshire at a…
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Bubka and Coe to be inducted into Hall of Fame
IAAF News – June 25, 2012: Monaco – Vice-Presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Sergey Bubka (UKR) and Sebastian Coe (GBR) are the latest two legends to be named amongst the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary.…
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London 2012 – Olympic flame lit at Olympia
Lausanne-switzerland, May 10, 2012: With only 78 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was today lit at Olympia during a ceremony organized by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC). The lighting symbolically marks the beginning of the Torch Relay that will bring the flame to the Olympic Stadium…
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Fusion Walk location of ATR Newsmaker Breakfast Moscow
Moscow, April 14, 2012: Breakfast with Seb and Dima–Monday’s Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast–is set for the Fusion Plaza restaurant, 2nd level (street mall) of the World Trade Center Moscow (Fusion Walk). The event is sponsored by ISM Ltd., the IOC’s worldwide exclusive interactive entertainment software licensee, and The Concerto Group, London’s premier events planning…
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Breakfast with Seb and Dima Coe, Chernyshenko Headline Newsmaker Breakfast Moscow
Atlanta-USA. April, 11, 2012: Looming deadlines–and perhaps a few memories–will be chief among the topics discussed when Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012, and Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and CEO of Sochi 2014, join Around the Rings editor Ed Hula for the Around the Rings Newsmaker Breakfast in Moscow next Monday April 16 (Breakfast Moscow). London…