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DETwelve Olympic champions set to compete in London – IAAF Diamond League
Some of the world’s biggest athletics stars will turn out for the Müller Anniversary Games on 9 July as 12 Olympic champions, 23 Olympic silver and bronze medallists, and 11 world champions are set to take part at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Wlodarczyk and Fajdek break meeting records in Ostrava
As expected, Anita Wlodarczyk dominated the proceedings at the Golden Spike Hammer Throw competition in Ostrava on Tuesday, collecting her 37th straight victory courtesy of a 79.72m meeting record. On the men’s side, 2015 world champion Pawel Fajdek added more than a metre to his own world lead with an 83.44m effort, the third farthest of his career, and also a record at this IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge meeting.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Paris provisional entry lists, as at 27 June – IAAF Diamond League
The provisional entry lists for the seventh meeting of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League in Paris on 1 July are now available.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Ruby the Red Panda revealed as official mascot for IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018
Ruby the Red Panda, the official mascot for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018, was unveiled on Tuesday (27) with the help of 2011 world 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
IAAF Inside Athletics - Floria Guei
The tenth episode of the current season of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online now and features an exclusive interview with European indoor 400m champion Floria Guei.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Bolt, joined by seven other Rio Olympic champions, returns to action in Ostrava
Eight reigning Olympic champions will top the bill at the 56th edition of the Golden Spike in Ostrava on Wednesday (28), an event capped by Usain Bolt's second 100m outing of his final season.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
My greatest challenge – Mutaz Essa Barshim
For Olympic silver medallist and 2014 world indoor champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, overcoming a serious injury in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games was his greatest challenge.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Olympic champions Thompson, Muhammad and Kipruto confirmed for Rabat – IAAF Diamond League
Three Olympic champions are among the first star athletes confirmed for the Meeting Mohammed VI D'Athletisme in Rabat on 16 July, the African leg of the IAAF Diamond League.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Pole vaulters to fly high again at Zurich Main Station – IAAF Diamond League
After an immensely successful event last year, the world’s leading pole vaulters will once again compete in Zurich’s Main Station on the eve of the main Weltklasse competition, the first of two IAAF Diamond League finals, on Wednesday 23 August.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Job vacancy: IAAF social media editor
The IAAF is seeking to appoint a social media editor.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Yohan Blake domineert sprintnummers op Jamaicaanse atletiekkampioenschappen
Yohan Blake heeft zondag de 200 meter gewonnen op de slotdag van de Jamaicaanse atletiekkampioenschappen in de hoofdstad Kingston.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Muhammad wins historic 400m hurdles race at US Championships
Dalilah Muhammad won the deepest women’s 400m hurdles race in history and Ryan Crouser produced the longest shot put in the world for 14 years on Sunday (25) to highlight the fourth and final day of the US Championships in Sacramento.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Freimuth and Schäfer take top honours in Ratingen
World bronze medallist Rico Freimuth showed he is back to his best at the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf Meeting on Sunday (25), winning the decathlon at the IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting with a world-leading PB of 8663.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
McLeod scorches to 12.90 110m hurdles win at Jamaican Championships
Omar McLeod’s national record in the 110m hurdles ensured that the final two days of the Jamaican Championships, which concluded on Sunday (25), matched the excitement of the first two days.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Germany wins European Team Championships
At the top of the team standings after the second day, Germany confirmed their domination to clinch the title at the European Team Championships, which concluded on Sunday (25) in Lille, France.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
De Morais sets continental discus record at South American Championships
Brazil’s Andressa Oliveira de Morais produced the most significant result of the 50th South American Championships, which took place in Luque, a suburb of Asunción, Paraguay, on 23-25 June.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
België ontloopt nipt de degradatie op EK atletiek voor landenteams
Ondanks de overwinning van de Belgian Tornados op de 4x400 meter is België er zondag op de Europese kampioenschappen atletiek voor landenteams niet in geslaagd de promotie naar de Super League te bewerkstelligen. Met 232,50 punten uit 40 proeven strandden de Belgische atleten in het Finse Vaasa op de negende plaats in de First League (tweede divisie).
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Teen sensation Sani Brown secures sprint double at Japanese Championships
Double world U18 champion Hakim Sani Brown won the 100m and 200m at the 101st Japanese Championships, which concluded on Sunday (25) at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Olympisch kampioen Omar McLeod loopt toptijd op 110 meter horden
De Jamaicaan Omar McLeod heeft zaterdag op de nationale kampioenschappen in Kingston de snelste 110 meter horden van het jaar gelopen. Bij een lichte meewind (0,7 m/s) kwam de olympisch kampioen van Rio over de streep in 12.90.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
Harrison dominates 100m hurdles at US Championships
Her wild card from winning the Diamond Trophy last year meant that Kendra Harrison was already guaranteed a spot at the IAAF World Championships London 2017.
Categorieën: Atletieknieuws
