Athletics News
Nazarov takes last-round hammer win in Karlstad
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 21:50
Asian champion Dilshod Nazarov notched up his second successive IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge victory of the season, taking a last-gasp win at the Karlstad Grand Prix on Wednesday (22).
Miller breaks 31-year British record
BBC - 22 Jul 2015 18:56
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Nick Miller breaks 31-year-old men's hammer British record in Sweden.
Ortega, Merritt and Martinot-Lagarde added to Stockholm's 110m hurdles field - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 15:40
Stockholm Bauhaus Athletics had already announced the participation of USA's world champion David Oliver in the 110m hurdles. Now four more sprint hurdlers have been added to the field for the IAAF Diamond League meeting...
Cali hosts successful 2nd IAAF World Youth Coaches Conference
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 14:30
The 2nd IAAF World Youth Coaches Conference was a resounding success with more than 190 coaches from 40 IAAF Member Federations attending the one-day seminar in in the Colombian city of Cali on Monday (20).
Hosts Canada enjoy strong start at Pan American Games
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 12:42
Canadian athletes had an impressive showing in front of their home crowd in the start of the athletics tournament of the Pan American Games at York University in Toronto, picking up five gold medals.
World youth title is just the beginning for Grimes
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 02:28
Moments after destroying the field to win the 400m hurdles title at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in Colombia last week, Norman Grimes walked up the steps to the mixed zone and, when asked about his prepa...
Stowers, Kohlmann and Ash among the meeting record-breakers in Bellinzona
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 01:37
Following three successive losses, US sprint hurdler Jasmin Stowers returned to winning ways at the Gala dei Castelli in the Swiss city of Bellinzona on Tuesday (21).
Throwers impress at Polish Championships
IAAF - 22 Jul 2015 00:41
For a country that won medals only in throwing events at the last IAAF World Championships, it came as no surprise that the top performers at the recent Polish Championships were all throwers.