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Chiba upsets the form book and wins Riga Marathon with course record
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
All the predictions of who would win the 24th edition of the Nordea Riga Marathon had pointed to a Kenyan runner winning in the Latvian capital for the fourth year in succession but Japan s Yu Chiba had not been listening to the pundits and triumphed a... [Read More]
IAAF President Diack returns to his roots with emotional visit to Champagnole
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
Friday, 16 May, will remain engraved in the mind of IAAF President Lamine Diack who finally fulfilled his lifetime wish to return to Champagnole, a small French town of approximately 8400 inhabitants tucked in the midst of the magnificent forests of th... [Read More]
Bondarenko, Ukhov, Lavillenie, Adams and Oliver all set for Lausanne IAAF Diamond League
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
With the men s high jump being one of the main events in the past two editions of the IAAF Diamond League in Lausanne, the 2014 Athletissima meeting will once again will gather together the best exponents of this event in the world, the meeting organis... [Read More]
Work, rest and play Chris Brown
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
London 2012 Olympic Games 4x400m champion and 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships 400m silver medallist Chris Brown will be among the star attractions at this coming weekend s inaugural IAAF World Relays on home soil in Nassau. The popular Bahamian of... [Read More]
El Sayed's spear stunner in Shanghai perhaps not such a shock after all
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
By any measure, Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed s performance in winning the javelin at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai was a stunning performance on Sunday (18). [Read More]
Krauchanka and Kasyanov among Europe's best combined events exponents on their way to Gotzis
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
Many of Europe s top combined events exponents will be making their way to the Austrian city of Gotzis for the 40th anniversary edition of the famous Hypo meeting, part of the 2014 IAAF Combined Events Challenge, which commences on 31 May. [Read More]
Ukhov out to hit the heights again in Beijing - IAAF World Challenge
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
Ivan Ukhov, perhaps the hottest man in the hottest event in the world right now, returns to the high jump apron at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Beijing on Wednesday (21). [Read More]
Stacked 5000m headed by Alamirew, Soi, Lagat and True heading for Eugene IAAF Diamond League
May 20th 2014, 12:46am | News Feeds
The fastest young talents in a decade are ready to challenge a 28-year-old defending champion and 39-year-old world champion at the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, over 5000m on 31 May. [Read More]
$1.4 Million on the Line at IAAF World Relays
May 19th 2014, 4:21pm | Insight
Kenya, Jamaica and US Target World Records at Inaugural IAAF World RelaysPublished by Inside the Games on May 19, 2014
Kenyan, Jamaican and US athletes will seek to break long-standing world records next weekend (May 24-25) at t... [Read More]
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What We Learned: Diamond League Shanghai
May 18th 2014, 11:30pm | Insight
U.S. Men Dominate Shot Put in ShanghaiBy Scott Bush
The second Diamond League meet of the season took place in Shanghai, China Sunday, where many of the world's best track and field athletes squared off with early season DL points on the line. Whil... [Read More]
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Tadese bidding to retain Gifu half marathon crown but faces Kenyan challenge
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
The fourth annual Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon - Naoko Takahashi Cup - on Sunday (18) should see a thrilling men s race as the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race organisers have secured the services of three men who have career bests of under an hour, headed by ... [Read More]
Foot healing fast, Lavillenie gets an advance look at China IAAF online diaries
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
Hi everybody! I am glad to give you some news from China, just before participating in the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on Sunday. [Read More]
Koech returns to Riga with a course record as his target
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
Kenya s Duncan Koech will be bidding to retain his Nordea Riga Marathon title and will start as favourite not only to break the tape but also set a course record in the Latvian capital at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race on Sunday (18). [Read More]
Americans look to reclaim crown at Freihofer s Run for Women
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
It has been a decade since the last American woman won the famous Freihofer s Run for Women in Albany, New York state, but this year there is a cadre of talented US distance runners looking to break this lengthy drought at the IAAF Silver Label Road Ra... [Read More]
Nine World champions from Moscow 2013 look to shine in Shanghai - 2014 IAAF Diamond League
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
The IAAF Diamond League opened in Doha on 9 May with one dominant thrower in action - New Zealand s Valerie Adams notching her 46th straight victory in the women s shot put - and now it s the turn of Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic to try to im... [Read More]
Press conference highlights in Shanghai IAAF Diamond League
May 18th 2014, 7:53am | News Feeds
Having soared magnificently over a bar set at 6.16m in Donetsk three months ago, supplanting Sergey Bubka as World record holder, France s London 2012 Olympic Games champion Renaud Lavillenie said in Shanghai on Saturday (17) that he is ready to go hig... [Read More]
World champions Merritt and Ibarguen the star attractions in Ponce
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
Local hurdling hero Javier Culson, 2013 IAAF World Championships gold medallists LaShawn Merritt and Caterine Ibarguen, as well as Hungary s London 2012 Olympic Games hammer gold medallist Krisztian Pars lead a field of 27 former and current World and ... [Read More]
Christian Taylor looking to make triple show in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
USA s London 2012 Olympic Games and 2011 IAAF World Championships triple jump gold medallist Christian Taylor will make his 2014 debut in his specialist event at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China, on Sunday (18). [Read More]
Cain and Simpson to do battle in New York - IAAF Diamond League
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
A two-time Olympic gold medallist, a three-time World champion, and the most dynamic young US middle distance runner in a generation are among the latest athletes added to the field of the adidas Grand Prix in New York on June 14, organisers for the IA... [Read More]
Norway stages the world's biggest simultaneous relay
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
More than 103,000 schoolchildren took part in the 2014 edition of the ‘TINEstafetten relay across Norway on Thursday (15). [Read More]
Perkovic planning Diamond League domination again starting in Shanghai - IAAF Diamond League
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
Sandra Perkovic is planning to dominate this year s IAAF Diamond League discus competitions again, starting with a Shanghai meeting record on Sunday (18). [Read More]
Manchester to witness Bekele v Kipsang battle and the return of Dibaba
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
The summer track season might now be in full bloom but a head-to-head between the 5000m and 10,000m World record holder Kenenisa Bekele and World marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang keeps some of the spotlight on the roads at the Bupa Great Mancheste... [Read More]
Nassau 2014 provisional entry lists as at 16 May 2014 IAAF World Relays
May 16th 2014, 6:18pm | News Feeds
The provisional entry lists for the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 24-25 May are now available. [Read More]
Seven global high jump champions set to feature in Oslo IAAF Diamond League
May 15th 2014, 2:00am | News Feeds
The women s high jump at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on 11 June is shaping up as one of the most eagerly anticipated competitions to be staged at the Oslo leg of the IAAF Diamond League. [Read More]
