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SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (AP) -- American sprinter Michelle Collins was reinstated Wednesday by track and field's governing body, the IAAF, after serving three-plus years of a BALCO-related suspension.Her ban for using performance-enhancing drugs was to expire in July, but it was reduced because Collins cooperated with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and federal investigators. The 37-year-old Collins is eligible...
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Timpu (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Cheboksary (Russia) May 11: India’s Harminder Singh finished on 63rd place with 4 hrs 35 min 24 seconds while Basanta Bahadur Rana (4hrs 43:09 sec) and Jalan Parayil Surendran(5hrs 04:31 sec) crossed the line on 69th and 71st position respectively in the 50km walk final of 23rd IAAF World … Click Here To Read the [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Monte Carlo - The tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu is the 213th member of the world governing athletics body IAAF. The IAAF said on Wednesday that Tuvalu has been granted provisional membership. The formal membership is due to be confirmed at the ...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
A five-member athletics team will represent India in the IAAF World Race Walking Cup, a qualifying event for the Beijing Olympics, to be held in Cheboksary (Russia) on May 10 and 11.
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Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Heike Drechsler was nominated for a seat on the IAAF's women's committee by the German athletics federation, the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband and in August last year in Osaka was elected as the German representative. A very significant role, as the 2009 IAAF World Championships will be held in Berlin. At the same meeting Lord Coe (AKA Sebastian Coe) was elected a vice chairman of...
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
SECONDARY schools athletics star Isoa Me will represent Fiji at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Poland in July.
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Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
AS EXPECTED, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has urged organisers
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Virgin Islands Daily News (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
TORTOLA - Despite a busy five days at home where she was honored for winning the territory's first medal at the IAAF World Championships level, Tahesia Harrigan found time to complete a training session as she prepares to make her outdoor debut at the Hampton Games in Trinidad on May 17.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Athletic Kenya have postponed the IAAF Tusker Permit Meet from May 11 to September. Isaiah Kiplagat, the AK chairman, said the decision was arrived at between organisers and sponsors after athletes expressed reservations with the original date.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Just when the IAAF should be enjoying the life-enhancing glow of another Olympic summer looming, the sport is yet again rife with allegations about doping involving one of its greatest champions. Tom Knight reports.
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Danwei (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Opening walk The photo reproduced here is from the inaugural event at the Bird's Nest, from a series by Janek Zdzarski . It shows competitors in the Women's 20km IAAF Race Walking Challenge. First, second, and third place all went to Chinese athletes. Zdzarski's first impressions of the Bird's Nest: "huge, modern, very stylish, with helpful volunteers speaking good English, and a great sound...
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The Dragon Wisdom (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Opening walk The photo reproduced here is from the inaugural event at the Bird's Nest, from a series by Janek Zdzarski . It shows competitors in the Women's 20km IAAF Race Walking Challenge. First, second, and third place all went to Chinese athletes. Zdzarski's first impressions of the Bird's Nest: "huge, modern, very stylish, with helpful volunteers speaking good English, and a great sound...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Australian Jared Tallent won the first athletics event at China's new "Bird's Nest" National Stadium on Friday when he claimed victory in the IAAF 20km race walk.
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Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
After months of waiting I finally got to into the National Beijing Stadium. I went to the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Women’s race in the afternoon. The men’s 20 kilometer race was held in the morning. It was quite a warm day in Beijing, so the men got a better deal. Security was very tight going into the stadium. No food or drinks are allowed to be taken into the stadium. My bag was search...
