SI.com (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) -- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
Cool Running: Top News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Monte-Carlo – Following the announcement of the five male athletes still in contention for the 2009 World Athlete of the Year award yesterday, the IAAF has the pleasure to announce the names of the five athletes who have been shortlisted for the female award.
Cool Running: Top News (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
After successful editions of World Athletics Series competitions in Jordan (World Cross), Italy (World Youths), Greece (World Athletics Final) and United Kingdom (World Half Marathon) and Berlin as well as all of the various IAAF 1-day competition circuits, the IAAF has conducted a three-week poll with members of the Athletics Family worldwide, in order to select the final candidates for athletics’...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Monte Carlo - Three-time sprint world champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica heads a shortlist of five men vying for the World Athlete of the Year award from the ruling body IAAF. Bolt, winner of the prestigious award last year, lowered his own world records...
Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I recently got some feedback from the members of the Delhi Runners group on aspects of the Delhi Half Marathon which can be improved for the run. My own thought as mentioned earlier on my blog was that this year's organization was particularly low key , and a lot of comments here resonate that feeling. My thought on this post was to collect the feedback, and let this be a medium to highlight areas...
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South African gold medalist Caster Semenya is the subject of racist attack on her gender identity. The people of South Africa have expressed outrage over these accusations which surfaced in Berlin during August 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Let us celebrate our world champions Support for Caster Semenya Courtesy of ANC Today November 6, 2009 The ANC NEC of 17-19 September...
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned double amputee Oscar Pistorius from racing in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later that same year, the ban was reversed. The back and forth centered on Pistorius’ specially designed, spring-loaded, prosthetic legs. The IAAF argued that artificial legs designed especially for running gave Pistorius an unfair [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
• ASA apologises for handling of gender verification tests • 'The board will lead a delegation to meet with Caster' Athletics South Africa (ASA) has issued a formal apology to the women's 800metres world champion, Caster Semenya, for its handling of her gender verification tests. "Athletics South Africa wishes to publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family,...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Winner of the first leg of the IAAF South America 10k Road Race series, Guyanese Cleveland Forde, stormed to another emphatic victory in the second leg of the race in neighbouring Suriname. While Forde copped the top spot, his counterparts also did themselves and country proud. Lionel D’Andrade clinched the third position in the male race, [...]
Tell-It-Like-It-Is (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, believes it will take time for people to believe that his performances are possible without doping. The 23-year-old Jamaican, who won three Olympic titles in world record times in Beijing last year, clocked the fastest 100 metres ever recorded in Berlin in August, winning the World Championship title in 9.58sec – an astonishing 0.11 faster than his previous...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The ANC Caster Semenya support task team recently released a statement advising the IAAF to declare the gender tests null and void.
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Usain Bolt, the 100-metre world record-holder from Jamaica, will run seven races next year in the new IAAF Diamond League.
Oil Is Mastery (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
"At what point do 'replacements' become enhancements?" -- Peter W. Singer, author, February 2009 Adelson, E., Bionic Athletes: Let 'em play , ESPN, Apr 2008 Prosthetic advances let athletes like Jerrod Fields and Anthony Burruto dream of keeping up with (or passing) the pros. If this sounds impossible - or unfair - you might want to keep reading. Fermoso, J., Prosthetic Limb Research Could...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Event lacks serious planning By Edison Jefford The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South America (SA) 10km Road Race has certainly outgrown the management mediocrity that was clearly evident at seventh edition of the road race outside the YMCA, Sunday. The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) risked major disasters in mismanaging some crucial aspects of the [...]
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krishpatel1212@gmail | 09/12/2009
Is Caster Semenya Female OR Male, OR Somewhere in Between ? Semenya blew away the competition at last month’s IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Berlin. But the runner's stunning times, coupled with her muscular build and deep voice, led many to question whether she was, in fact, a woman. The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body of international track and field,
jonson87 | 09/11/2009
The IAAF has received the results of gender tests on Caster Semenya, winner of the women's 800 meter world title last month, and will meet with the South African runner before completing its report. details here
leean123 | 08/30/2009
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