It s not often that the 100m and 200m don t produce the highlights of the Jamaica International Invitational, but on a night of stiff headwinds the only world-leading marks at the IAAF World Challenge meeting on Saturday (3) came from US shot putter Ch...
May 5th 2014, 6:18am
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Ethiopia s Shumi Dechasa emerged victorious in a head-to-head duel with Kenya s Eric Ndiema for the Hamburg Marathon title on Sunday (4), the 24-year-old setting a personal best of 2:06:44 the third-fastest winning time in the history of the race.
May 5th 2014, 6:18am
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The impressive Taicang Library and Museum Centre, situated alongside the actual course itself, was the splendid venue for the traditional pre-event press conference ahead of the 26th IAAF World Race Walking Cup on Friday (2).
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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If race walking needed a better spokesman for the discipline, it s unlikely that it could do better than the eloquent and entertaining Jesus Angel Garcia, who will be contesting his 11th IAAF Race Walking World Cup when he stands at the start of the 50...
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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Following a stunning opening ceremony for the 26th edition of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup on Friday, with the opening speech given by IAAF Treasurer Valentin Balakhnichev, the first gun is ready to be fired for the five races that will be staged by...
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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Pre-event favourites Eelco Sintnicolas and Jessica Zelinka are the overnight leaders in rainy and chilly Florence at the 27th edition of the Multistars, part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge.
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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Mikhail Ryzhov produced a dominating performance over the second half of the men s 50km race walk at the 26th IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, China, to win in a world-leading time of 3:39:05 on Saturday (3).
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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A thrilling last 2km lap, with four men in contention at the bell saw Gao Wenkui triumph on home soil in the junior men s 10km race at the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Taicang, Chgina on Saturday (3).
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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After a bronze and silver medal at the last two IAAF World Championships, Anisya Kirdyapkina finally climbed to the top of the podium thanks to a triumph at the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, producing a stirring effort over the last third of the ra...
May 3rd 2014, 4:09pm
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Asbel Kiprop is only 24 but is already among the world s greatest milers of all time and he will lead the best field ever to run the signature event at the 2014 Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, on Saturday 31 May.
May 2nd 2014, 12:07am
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