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Women's Events PREVIEW - Doha 2010 World Indoor Champs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 GMT

9 March 2010 - Doha, Qatar - This preview of the women's events at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12-14 March) is based on entry information received by the IAAF but before the official start lists have been decided.

Men's Events PREVIEW - Doha 2010 World Indoor Champs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

9 March 2010 - Doha, Qatar - This preview of the men's events at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12-14 March) is based on entry information received by the IAAF but before the official start lists have been decided.

Combined Events PREVIEW – Doha 2010 World Indoor Champs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

9 March 2010 - None of the three women's Combined Events medallists from Valencia 2008 will be competing at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12-14 March 2010) but it’s nevertheless a high standard competition where results should be even better than two years ago.

Bett and Felix take Almond Blossom XC titles

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

8 March 2010 – Lisbon, Portugal – Mark Bett produced a gun-to-tape victory at the 33rd Algarve International Almond Blossom Cross Country, the final meeting of the IAAF 2010 Cross Country Permit series.

Doha 2010 - PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST - as at 8 March 2010

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Doha, Qatar - The PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar is now available.

Doha first big step in a big season for Ennis – IAAF Combined Events Challenge

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Reigning World Heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis got her season off to a great start with a series of indoor PBs and a national record. It’s momentum she hopes to carry through the World Indoor Championships and again through her summer campaign.

Doha, the first step in a new media partnership for the IAAF

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Monte-Carlo - IAAF’s new partnership with IEC in Sports for 2010/2013 World Athletic Series media rights in Europe and Africa, which was announced on 7 October 2009, has in its first five months produced “very satisfying media sales.”

Double triumph for Jackson at Jamaican Carifta trials

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

8 March 2010 – Kingston, Jamaica - Shericka Jackson of Vere Technical High School was a double winner at Jamaica’s Carifta Games trials, which ended at the National Stadium on Sunday.

Ecuadorians shine at South American Race Walking Championships

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:15:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Ecuadorians Rolando Saquipay and Mesías Zapata highlighted the 17th South American Race Walking Championships that took place in Cochabamba on 6-7 March.

Kotut’s 2:07:30 makes Barcelona the fastest marathon ever in Spain

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Kenyan Jackson Kotut, with a time of 2:07:30, currently the fourth best performance in the world this year, won Sunday’s the 30th Marató de Barcelona (7) in which 10,550 runner took part, smashing the race record and becoming the fastest ever race run in Spain.

Hurdles duo Lopes-Schliep and Felicien lead Canadian challenge in Doha

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT

8 March 2010 - Athletics Canada announced today the team that will compete at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar, 12-14 March 2010.

National records fall as indoor season commences in China

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

7 March 2010 - The first indoor meet of the 2010 Chinese season featured just a handful of the top athletes in Beijing, but there still were some notable performances too. The meet was held over two days on Saturday and Sunday 6-7 March.

Beating the wind and chill, Kiprop and Bayisa take Paris Half wins

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:45:00 GMT

7 March 2010 - Paris, France - Kenyan Wilson Kiprop won the 18th edition of Semi-Marathon de Paris, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, on Sunday, clocking 1:01:26 uin very cold and windy conditions. Ethiopia achieved a triple sweep in the women’s race, led by Atsede Bayisa in 1:11:05.

Isinbayeva clears 4.85m in Donetsk, Czerwinski improves to 5.82m

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:45:00 GMT

7 March 2010 – Yelena Isinbayeva won the Pole Vault Stars competition for the seventh time while Przemyslaw Czerwinski of Poland improved to 5.82m to take the men’s competition in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Saturday.

DiCrescenzo and King lead USA sweep at NACAC XC Champs

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:15:00 GMT

7 March 2010 - Mount Irvine, Trinidad & Tobago - Delilah DiCrescenzo and Max King each won the individual open women's and men's titles to lead Team USA to the respective open team titles Saturday at the sixth annual North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships at the Mt. Irvine Resort in Tobago.

Tsegay takes Lake Biwa crown

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

7 March 2010 - Breaking away from the lead pack after 22Km, Yemane Tsegay of Ethiopia won the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday.

Toledo continues to improve Javelin World Youth Best

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

7 March 2010 - Sixteen-year-old Argentinean Braian Toledo bettered the Javelin (700g) World Youth Best by reaching 89.34m on Saturday 6 March in Mar del Plata.

Robles wins in 7.45sec, more to come with better start in Doha – Liévin REPORT

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

6 March 2010 - Liévin, France - Dayron Robles confirmed his great form during the 21th edition of Meeting Pas de Calais in Liévin on Friday evening, the last 2010 IAAF Indoor Permit of the season.

For Tahri, patience pays

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

5 March 2010 - Patience and longevity have appeared to pay off for French steeplechaser Bouabdellah Tahri, who won his last indoor race of the season on Friday night (5) over 3000m in Liévin in 7:38.39, and will not compete in Doha.

Course record for Utura in Addis Ababa

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

6 March 2010 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - World Junior 5000m champion Sule Utura destroyed the course record to take victory in the 2010 Choice Women First 5km in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday (6).

Robles and Savigne lead 13-member Cuban squad to Doha

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT

6 March 2010 - World 110m Hurdles record holder and Olympic champion Dayron Robles and defending World Indoor Triple Jump champion Yargelis Savigne lead the 13-member squad who will represent Cuba at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar, 12-14 March.

Isinbayeva returns to Donetsk, her World record home

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

5 March 2010 - When Yelena Isinbayeva says that competing in Donetsk is like competing at home, she isn't just being diplomatic.

Focus on the locals as Portugal to select World XC squad at the Almond Blossom Cross Country

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

5 March 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal – Portugal will welcome participants to one of the most well-known winter Cross Country competitions in the world, the Algarve International Almond Blossom Cross Country, held on the Açoteias course which will host the 2010 European Cross Country Championships.

World-leading 2.38m for Ukhov, Vlasic scales 2.04m in Banska Bystrica

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

5 March 2010 – Banska Bystrica, Slovakia - Ivan Ukhov leaped a world-leading 2.38m, and Blanka Vlasic posted a 2.04m in the 17th Europa Shopping Center competition in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Thursday (4). It was the final competition for both as they head to Doha and the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the end of next week.

Course record in jeopardy at Lake Biwa Marathon? - Preview

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

5 March 2010 – With three runners in the field boasting times better than Antonio Peña’s 2:07:34 course mark set nine years ago, a record assault could be on the slate at the 65th edition of the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday, Japan’s oldest continuously held Marathon.

Course record assaults in the works at the Paris Half Marathon - preview

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT

5 March 2010 – A course records could be in the works at Sunday’s 18th running of the Semi Marathon de Paris, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race.

Six reigning and former World indoor champions lead USA squad of 53 to Doha

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

5 March 2010 – Indianapolis, USA - Led by strength in the hurdles and field events and boasting six past World indoor champions, a USA squad of 53 will head to IAAF World Indoor Championships, to be held from 12-14 March in Doha, Qatar.

Despite lightning and thunder, Oosthuizen and van Zyl impress in Potchefstroom

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

5 March 2010 - Potchefstroom, South Africa - South African javelin thrower Robert Oosthuizen and hurdler Louis van Zyl provided the highlights at the Yellow Page Track and field Meet in Potchefstroom in South Africa on Thursday.

IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors to compete at ‘Pre’

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT

4 March 2010 - Eugene, Oregon - Four of the superstars of the sport of track & field Athletics, Kenenisa Bekele, Yelena Isinbayeva, Tyson Gay, and Sanya Richards, will compete in the 36th annual Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, 3 July 2010. These Fabulous Four are Ambassadors of the inaugural IAAF Diamond League circuit that kicks off in Doha, Qatar on 14 May and arrives in Eugene the first weekend in July.

Rudisha opens with blistering 1:43.15 in Melbourne, promises 'more to come' – IAAF World Challenge

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

4 March 2010 – Melbourne, Australia - David Rudisha closed 2009 with something special - a 1:42.01 800m at Rieti which put him behind only Wilson Kipketer, Sebastian Coe and Joaquim Cruz on the all-time performers’ list.

Bekele back on track with record intentions – Liévin PREVIEW - UPDATED

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

4 March 2010 - Liévin, France - Kenenisa Bekele's first-ever indoor competition in France will have to wait as the multiple World record holder was forced to withdraw from Friday's Meeting Pas de Calais in Liévin with a calf injury.

Record breaking gathering expected in Doha - 150 countries confirm participation

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:00 GMT

3 March 2010 - Monte-Carlo – The IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha which will take place from 12 to 14 March 2010 are expected to become the biggest gathering in terms of participating nations in the history of these championships, exceeding the previous record set two years ago in Valencia.

Australia's 50km title opportunity in Chihuahua

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

3 March 2010 - Australia has been ‘near but no cigar’ when it comes to topping a team podium at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

Doha bound Campbell-Brown helps children of Haiti - IAAF Online Diaries

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

3 March 2010 - Getting ready for her first IAAF World Indoor Championships while lending her celebrity status to helping the children of earthquake ravaged Haiti, February was a busy month on and off the track for World and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown.

Gebrselassie hones in on third 10km title in Manchester

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT

3 March 2010 - Haile Gebrselassie will chase a third victory when returning to compete over one of his favourite courses at the Bupa Great Manchester Run – IAAF Gold Label Road Race - on 16 May 2010.

Melbourne offers a smorgasbord of delights – PREVIEW – IAAF World Challenge

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 - Melbourne, Australia – Such is the quality of the entry list it’s hard to forecast the likely highlight of Thursday night’s Melbourne Track Classic (4), which is as it should be for the opening meeting of the IAAF World Challenge series.

Liu Xiang to defend World Indoor title in Doha

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 - Former World and Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China has confirmed his participation at next week’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Large French squad heads for Doha

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 – A large, powerful squad of 27 athletes have been selected to represent France at the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12 – 14 March).

Vasco - constant in her desire for progress - IAAF Race Walking Cup

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 - The 24th IAAF World Cup of Race Walking at Chihuahua coincides with a fiesta entitled “Three Centuries, Three Celebrations”, celebrating 100 years of the Mexican Revolution, 200 years of Mexico’s Independence and 300 years of the city’s foundation. Its citizens may then appreciate an independent spirit in María Vasco, who refuses to be overawed by Russian dominance in her event.

Almachi and Melchor win South American Cross titles

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 - Ecuador’s Miguel Almachi and Peru’s Inés Melchor won the senior races at the 25th South American Cross Country Championships, held on 27 February at the field of “Campus La Salle”, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Shot central to Belarus hopes in Doha

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT

2 March 2010 - Minsk, Belarus - Belarusian team for the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12 – 14 March) consists of nine athletes, four from them will participate in Shot Put competition.

World Leads by Dunn, Trammell and Williams, Jeter jets 7.02 – USA Indoor Champs Day 2

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - Albuquerque, USA – World leading performances by Debbie Dunn, Terrence Trammell and Ivory Williams and another stellar dash by Carmelita Jeter highlighted the second and final day of the USA Indoor Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Sunday.

Ruiz takes thrilling 1500m contest to cap Spanish Indoor Champs + team list

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:40:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - Valencia, Spain - As has become tradition, the middle distance events were the main focus at the Spanish Indoor Championships held over the weekend (27-28 February) at the ‘Palau Velòdrom Luís Puig’, as the country's best athletes geared up for the World Indoor Championships to be held in Doha (Qatar) next 12-14 March.

Djhone breaks 18-year-old 400m national record, 8.24m world lead for Sdiri in Paris - French Indoor Champs

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - Paris, France – With a 45.85 performance, Leslie Djhone broke an 18-year-old 400m national record to highlight the French Indoor Championships in Paris over the weekend.

Rogowska close at 4.82m – Polish Indoor champs report

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - The Polish indoor championships, which took place in Spala on 27 and 28 February, featured some expected wins by established top performers, as well as good performances by the younger generation. The highlights of the competition included winning vaults of 4.60m by Anna Rogowska and 5.70m by Lukasz Michalski, as well as Artur Noga’s 7.65 in the 60m Hurdles and the 800/ 1500m double win from Angelika Cichocka.

Beijing gold medallist Kiprop joins hot Melbourne 1500m field – IAAF World Challenge

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

1 March 2010 – Melbourne, Australia - Until his plane landed in Melbourne early on Monday morning, Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop had not, as he put it, “taken one footstep on Australian soil.”

Svoboda makes his mark with 7.44 60m Hurdles national record in Prague – Czech Indoor Champs + Doha team

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - Prague, Czech Republic - The biggest headline of the weekend in Prague’s Otakar Jandera Hall came from hurdler Petr Svoboda, whose magnificent 7.44 NR win in the 60m Hurdles not only brought him to within 0.03 of the world lead in that event but catapulted him to the number-six performer all-time among Europeans.

Masai and Cheruiyot take crowns in San Juan

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - San Juan, Puerto Rico — Moses Masai upset Sammy Kitwara and Vivian Cheruiyot used all of her leg speed defend her title at the World’s Best 10K on Sunday.

Adere clocks 1:07:52, Lel beats Wanjiru at New Orleans Half Marathon

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:15:00 GMT

1 March 2010 - New Orleans, LA - February 28, 2010 – Former World Half Marathon champion Berhane Adere of Ethiopia won the inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans on Sunday (28), clocking the fastest time ever run by a woman on American soil for the distance.