Olympic 800m champion and world record-holder David Rudisha will return to IAAF Diamond League action at the Doha 2014 meeting on Friday 9 May. [Read more…]
May in Bahamas for World Relay
March 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Close to 800 athletes are expected to compete at the first edition of the IAAF World Relays, which will be held on 24-25 May in Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas. [Read more…]
Doha 2014 prepares for Diamond League
March 17, 2014 By 1 Comment
Reigning World and Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will kick off her 2014 IAAF Diamond League campaign at the Doha 2014 meeting on 9 May, organisers announced on Sunday (16). [Read more…]
Appetite for IAAF World Relays
March 12, 2014 By 1 Comment
Last week’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot ended on a high with a world indoor record* in the 4x400m, 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. [Read more…]
Indoor Champs for Poland
February 22, 2014 By 2 Comments
In just two weeks’ time, the focus of the athletics world will fall on Sopot, Poland as the 15th edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships gets underway on 7 March. [Read more…]
2014 IAAF Indoor Meetings
January 24, 2014 By 2 Comments
There is just over a week to go until the start of both the 2014 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season and the 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. [Read more…]
Diamond League 2014 details
November 28, 2013 By 1 Comment
The IAAF Diamond League is delighted to announce the distribution of event disciplines for the 2014 season.
Commencing on 9 May 2014 in Doha (QAT), the fifth season of the IAAF Diamond League comprises 14 of the best invitational track and field meetings in the world. The meetings are spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA, and compose the top tier of the IAAF’s global one-day meeting competition structure. [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…]
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…]
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…]
