The men s high jump had been billed as one of the focal points of this weekend in Marrakech and it certainly proved to be the top field event on Saturday.
By any measure, Renaud Lavillenie has had an incredible season, losing just once in 23 contests, completing a hat-trick of European Championship golds, and adding a fifth consecutive Diamond Race victory to the iconic pole vault world record he broke d...
James Dasaolu won the closest ever men s 100m at an IAAF Continental or World Cup to become the first British winner of this event since Linford Christie completed his World Cup hat-trick in 1994.
IAAF President Lamine Diack hailed the organisers of the IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014 ahead of the start of the two-day competition on Saturday but also said that he had a note of regret at the traditional pre-event press conference on Friday (...
Veronica Campbell-Brown took a convincing victory in the women s 100m to lead Team Americas to a second successive IAAF Continental Cup one-two finish.
Russia s Maria Kuchina is the arguable top high jumper of 2014, sharing the world indoor crown and then winning the Diamond Race. Her only significant defeat came at the European Championships in Zurich, where she finished to the vastly experienced Rut...
The Americas will be targeting maximum points in this event via Francena McCorory and Novlene Williams-Mills, the two quickest in the field on this year s performances.
The top four jumpers on this year s world list will clash in Marrakech, and the talent-stacked event will be one of the highlights of the IAAF Continental Cup.
Five of the world s seven fastest quarter-milers in 2014 are in the field. LaShawn Merritt is the quickest of those, with 43.92, and the 28-year-old US sprinter the 2008 Olympic champion, two-time world champion and winner of the 2014 Diamond Race ...
All but two of the world s top seven one-lap hurdlers will compete in Marrakech, led by Diamond Race winner Kaliese Spencer who has headed the world list since the Jamaican Championships in June and won six of her seven IAAF Diamond League races plus C...
