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Typically, by this time in the season, Sanya Richards-Ross would be looking to make a statement to the rest of the world as to the level of her fitness heading into the summer’s major championship.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:03 +0000
Germany’s Michael Schrader, the former national champion and 2008 Olympian, has put behind him several frustrating years of injury to recapture his best form, winning the International Combined Events Meeting in Ulm with a world-leading score of ...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:28:19 +0000
For 16-year-old Russian sprint prodigy Kristina Sivkova, her life has changed in a short space of time. Last September she moved from her small native town in Siberia to Moscow. A few months later she ran 7.41 for 60m to break the national youth record...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 13:58:03 +0000
The ‘Dream Mile’ is always a feature event at Oslo’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games – the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League – and this year’s race on June 13 is no different.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 11:58:05 +0000
World champion Tatyana Chernova will headline the women’s Heptathlon at the Hypo Meeting – the second leg of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge – which will be traditionally held this weekend (25-26) in the picturesque Austrian villag...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 10:43:35 +0000
Tirunesh Dibaba, in many people’s eyes the greatest women’s long distance runner ever, will return to the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene to headline a loaded women’s 5000m field at the 39th edition of the Prefontaine Classic on...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:13:19 +0000
The iconic Bowerman Mile annually closes the Prefontaine Classic – the second US leg of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League – but this year’s finale on June 1 seems destined to send Eugene’s fans into orbit.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:13:19 +0000
The provisional entry lists for the third meeting of the 2013 season of the IAAF Diamond League on Saturday 25 May in New York, USA, are now available.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:09 +0000
The 13th episode of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 16:43:09 +0000
Allyson Felix, the 2012 IAAF World Female Athlete of the Year, along with another eight past and present Olympic medallists will compete at the BT Great CityGames Manchester on Saturday (25).]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:03 +0000
Christine Ohuruogu is not the sort to get ahead of herself. Even when she was at the golden peak of her quarter-miling powers, reeling in the opposition to claim the Commonwealth, World and Olympic 400m crowns back in 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Londoner ...]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:43:14 +0000
From an international perspective, much of the attention at the Oxy High Performance meeting in Eagle Rock was understandably on Great Britain’s Olympic hero Mo Farah but he was rather upstaged by US prodigy Mary Cain on Friday night (17).]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:43:02 +0000
The 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing, the first athletics meeting held at the Bird’s Nest Stadium since the 2008 Olympics, sent a clear message on Tuesday (21) evening in warm and nice weather.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 19:58:04 +0000
Clashes involving dozens of Olympic gold medallists and World champions will abound at the adidas Grand Prix – the first US leg of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League – on Saturday (25) at Icahn Stadium.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:05 +0000
“Come on guys: stretch, extend your toes!” shouts Rimas Kurtinaitis, 1988 Olympic basketball champion and current head coach of the Moscow-based Khimki team. As soon as Ivan Ukhov steps on to the basketball court, he’s straight to it,...]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 15:58:03 +0000
Nine gold medallists from the 2012 London Olympic Games will compete at Athletissima – the eighth leg of the IAAF Diamond League – in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 4 July.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 11:13:07 +0000
“Hi friends. It’s been a really busy month for me, with all the travelling between Tokyo, Sochi, Moscow, and now writing this before I fly to Beijing, where I compete at the IAAF World Challenge meet on 21 May.]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 09:13:39 +0000
The IAAF World Challenge moves on to Beijing for the fifth leg of the 2013 series on Tuesday, and the second Asian stop on the 15-meeting circuit, with the organisers hoping that the success of long jumper Li Jinzhe at the IAAF Diamond League meeting i...]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 09:13:39 +0000
Tirunesh Dibaba, in many people’s eyes the greatest women’s long distance runner ever, will return to the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene to headline a loaded women’s 5000m field at the 39th edition of the Prefontaine Classic on...]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 20:27:13 +0000
World and Olympic 400m champion Kirani James has come to the end of his studies for this year, and is gearing up for his first IAAF Diamond League appearance of 2013.]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:04 +0000