Monaco – Usain Bolt (JAM) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) were today named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2013. [Read more…]
Athletes of the Year – Women finalists
November 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Valerie Adams
With less than two weeks to go until the 2013 World Athletics Gala, the IAAF has the pleasure in announcing the names of the three female athletes who are still in contention to become the 2013 World Athlete of the Year. [Read more…]
Farah shortlisted for Athlete of the Year
October 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Mo Farah has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 World Athlete of the Year award. [Read more…]
Savinova ponders defeat
August 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Mariya Savinova
Considering how unbeatable Mariya Savinova has been for the last three years it was something of a surprise to see her eclipsed so comprehensively in the 800m in Moscow. [Read more…]
Olympic champions for Shanghai
April 27, 2013 By 1 Comment
Meseret Defar
Three more Olympic gold medallists and one world champion have been added to the star-studded roster for the 2013 Shanghai Diamond League meeting on 18 May. Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, British long jumper Greg Rutherford, and Ethiopian distance legend Meseret Defar have joined the entry lists for the second meeting in the IAAF’s 2013 Diamond League calendar, while world sprint hurdles champion Jason Richardson has been lined up to face Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt. [Read more…]
Willis runs World qualifier
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Nick Willis
Sydney Track Classic, Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre – 9 March 2013
Olympic Games 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis produced a qualifying time for the world athletic championships in Moscow in August with an impressive 1500m victory in 3m 34.68s in Sydney on Saturday evening. [Read more…]
The Beast, sprint power to Shanghai
March 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
Yohan Blake – The Beast
Yohan Blake, “The Beast”, bringing sprint power to Shanghai
The second fastest man of all time in the 200m, Yohan Blake, will head to Asia for his start of the summer season. Blake confirmed his participation on the 200m at the Samsung Diamond League in Shanghai, May 18 2013. It will be the first time for “the beast” to come to the Chinese metropolis. The introduction of Blake to the fast track in the Shanghai stadium will be a great sprint spectacle. [Read more…]
Birmingham Indoor Thriller 2013
February 19, 2013 By 4 Comments
MO – Birmingham Indoor
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team enjoyed six victories as the British Athletics Grand Prix returned to Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena, in arguably the world’s finest indoor event this afternoon. [Read more…]
Borzakovskiy awaits Cheboksary 2015
November 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
In his illustrious career, Yuriy Borzakovskiy has created a reputation for being the most extraordinary of distance runners because of the manner in which he times his final sprint to perfection. [Read more…]
Lemaitre takes on Ellington in London
June 28, 2012 By 2 Comments
Ellington takes on Lemaitre
Christophe Lemaitre, the 22-year-old French sprint sensation and Europe’s fastest man this year, will run in London for the first time ever as he takes on a host of global Olympic contenders over 200m at the Aviva London Grand Prix in Crystal Palace on Saturday 14 July. [Read more…]
