World Athlete of the Year Usain Bolt, and another four IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors have been announced by the organisers of Athletissima for the meeting which will take place in Lausanne’s Pontaise stadium on 8 July.
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Injured Marvin Anderson will be ready next week
By Gary Smith, World-Track The dark clouds circling around the uncertainty of Marvin Anderson’s fitness for the Aviva London Grand Prix at the end of this month seems to passing on, with managements optimistic he will be ready for the meeting. Anderson pulled out of the 200m at the Lausanne Grand Prix last week after […]
Rawlinson wins in comeback race, Idowu beats Evora in Spain
By Symone Goss, World-Track MALAGA — In only her first 400m hurdles race of season Australian two-time world champion Jana Rawlinson returned to competition with boosting victory, after fighting off what she described as "the strongest winds I’ve ever raced in." Rawlinson, who has been sidelined by injures for over a year won her specialty […]
Rawlinson back on track for Berlin
Australian Jana Rawlinson has appointed Craig Hilliard as coach for the second time in her successful career. Five weeks after confirming her separation from husband and coach Chris Rawlinson, the two-time 400m hurdles world champion has officially linked with Hilliard in the lead-up to August’s track and field World Championships in Berlin and possible beyond. […]
2011 Calendar (UPDATED NOV 25, 2010)
Here is out calender of the meetings that will be going on throughout the 2009 season. If we got something wrong please don’t hesitate to shoot us an email for us to make the necessary adjustments.
Universal Sports, NBC and IAAF strike long term partnership
LOS ANGELES — Universal Sports and NBC Sports today announced a long-term partnership with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world’s governing body for track & field, and their commercial partner’s, Dentsu Inc. for broadcast rights to all major IAAF World Athletics Series events from 2010-2015, including the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2011, 2013 and 2015. The agreement extends the existing relationship between Universal Sports, NBC Sports, the IAAF and Dentsu already in place that covers this year’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.