Teen Trailblazer
Published by IAAF on September 21, 2015

Ghirmay Ghebreslassie caused one of the bigger upsets in Beijing last month for two reasons: 1) His marathon win at the World Championships delivered gold to Eritrea for the first time in...

Personal Bests - Shamier Little
Published by IAAF on September 21, 2015

Just 20 years old, Shamier Little has already banked world junior, NCAA and US 400m hurdles titles. The US athlete also won a silver medal at the IAAF World Championships i...

Kovacs Has Come a Long Way to Strike Gold in Beijing
Published by IAAF on August 23, 2015

When Joe Kovacs entered the Bird’s Nest Stadium last night, shortly before winning his first world title in the men’s shot put, his mind could...

Report: Men's 100m Final - IAAF World Championships
Published by IAAF on August 23, 2015

The sound you did not hear was the sound of Usain Bolt’s empire come crashing down....

More Than Seven Million Dollars on Offer in Beijing
IAAF Press Release

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Kimetto Feels Ready for Debut Championship Marathon
Published by IAAF on August 20, 2015

Only once in the history of the IAAF World Championships has the world record-holder won the men's marathon: 1983, when Rob de Castella ran 2:10:03 for the...

Rudisha and Bowie Find Their Feet in the Bird's Nest Stadium
Published by IAAF on August 20, 2015

Two days before the start of the IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015, two of the expected stars of the upcoming competition, Kenya middle dista...

New IAAF Era Includes Gender and Age Requirements, Term Limits
USATF Press Release

BEIJING -- Wednesday's elections at the IAAF Congress, which saw all five USATF candidates elected to the positions for which they were running, brought a h...

The Wait is Over; Bolt is Ready to Go in Beijing
Published by the IAAF on August 20, 2015

Usain Bolt gave a warning to his rivals that he is not about to surrender his seven-year reign as the undisputed boss of men’s sprinting by declarin...

Silva, Drouin and Tamberi Fly High in Germany
Published by IAAF on August 2, 2015

Two German cities hosted vertical jumps competitions this weekend with Yarisley Silva producing a world-leading mark in the pole vault in Beckum and Derek Drouin ...