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Athletics News for 23 December 2016
Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian running legend, dies
IAAF - 23 Dec 2016 17:52
The IAAF is saddened by the news that Miruts Yifter, a double Olympic champion for Ethiopia at the 1980 Olympic Games, died yesterday (22) in Toronto, Canada, after being hospitalised for respiratory ailments. Yifter, co...
2016 End-of-year reviews - throws
IAAF - 23 Dec 2016 09:00
In the fourth part of our 2016 year-end review series, statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best throws performances of the year.
Ethiopian running legend Miruts Yifter dies
IAAF - 23 Dec 2016 17:52
The IAAF is saddened by the news that Miruts Yifter, a double Olympic champion for Ethiopia at the 1980 Olympic Games, died yesterday (22) in Toronto, Canada, after being hospitalised for respiratory ailments. Yifter, co...
IOC takes action against 28 Russian athletes for alleged test tampering
The Guardian - 23 Dec 2016 14:43
• McLaren report finds evidence of urine-sample manipulation at Sochi Games• Winter Olympians were identified after 95 samples sent to McLaren The International Olympic Committee has opened disciplinary proceedings a...
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