Athletics News
Mo Farah coy on Anniversary Games bid for Moorcroft's 3,000m record
The Guardian - 24 Jul 2013 23:05
• Double Olympic gold medallist back at scene of 2012 triumphs• Farah broke Steve Cram's 1500m British record in Monaco Here's a thing. You, me - we - have almost certainly watched Mo Farah's victories at London 2012...
Kirwa, Kipruto and Kilel to be on the start line of the 2013 BMW Frankfurt Marathon
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 22:19
Two former BMW Frankfurt Marathon champions will return to the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on 27 October while the silver medallist of the2011 World Championships has also been confirmed, organisers announced on Wednesday ...
Sophisticated anti-doping programme planned for Moscow - IAAF World Championships
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 22:19
A comprehensive blood testing programme will be organised at the IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia, as part of a sophisticated anti-doping programme for the 14th edition of the championships which take place from ...
Powell vows to return to the track
BBC - 24 Jul 2013 20:08
Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell wants to return to the track as soon as possible after his failed drug test.
Lord Coe demands action against coaches and agents of doping athletes
The Guardian - 24 Jul 2013 18:30
• Lord Coe calls for athletes' entourages to be punished• 'We shouldn't be entirely focusing on the athlete,' he says Lord Coe has called on anti-doping authorities to "get tough" on coaches, agents and physios, insi...
Isinbayeva, Kolchanova and Kotulskaya are the second day stars at the Russian Championships
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 15:19
Pole Vault star Yelena Isinbayeva cleared 4.75m to provide the highlight of the second day of the Russian Championships on Tuesday (23), the final test event before the IAAF World Championships next month.
Kiprop commands attention at the Giro Podistico di Castelbuono
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 15:19
Kenya's former IAAF World Half Marathon Championships winner Wilson Kiprop will top the bill at the legendary 10km Giro Podistico di Castelbuono, an IAAF Gold Label Race, which is celebrates its 101st edition on Friday (...
Sweden's World youth champion Irene Ekelund confirmed for Stockholm - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 15:19
She has broken seven Swedish junior sprint records this year and on 22 August, at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Swedish capital Stockholm, the recent IAAF World Youth Championships 200m gold medallist and rising...
Greene to miss Anniversary Games
BBC - 24 Jul 2013 14:22
Injured Dai Greene pulls out of this weekend's Anniversary Games, only three weeks before the World Championships.
Kozmus the hammer king of Karlstad - IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 01:19
Slovenia's 2008 Olympic champion Primoz Kozmus came out on top of the latest round of the men's IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge, held in conjunction with the Karlstad Grand Prix in Sweden, throwing 77.69m on Tuesday (23).
Hug wraps up third consecutive 10000m title at the IPC Athletics World Championships
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 01:19
Marcel Hug clinched his third consecutive 10000m T54 title on a thrilling first afternoon of action at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France which saw four world records falling in the field events on Sat...
Home favourite Francois-Elie gets the cheers at the IPC Athletics World Championships
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 01:19
The crowds erupted as local favourite Mandy Francois-Elie clinched France's first gold medal on the track on day three of the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon on Monday (22)
Face of Rio 2016, Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, among the record setters at the IPC Athletics World Championships
IAAF - 24 Jul 2013 01:19
Nine world records fell on the second day of competition at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, but it was Brazil's Paralympic champion Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira who stole the show as he sped to v...