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Lead Stories: Tuesday, February 9, 2010

With Diamond League, Organizers Hope to Encourage Marquis Match-Ups

Posted March 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

With yesterday’s announcement of the new IAAF Diamond League set to be launched in 2010, organizers of many of the world’s top athletics meetings hope that the new system will encourage more head-to-head competition between marquis athletes while eliminating the contrived battles between athletes who compete in completely different disciplines.

“The change is one step,” said Patrick Magyar, who directs the Weltklasse in Zürich, during a conference call with reporters yesterday. “Is change ever enough in a time like ours? Probably not. The world evolves at very high speed. It’s going to be a big change. It’s a system through which we allocate the disciplines which will allow the head-to-heads.” He added: “This is just one major step.”

Under the new Diamond League format, the current six-meeting ÅF Golden League program will be scrapped. While the Golden League offered suspense in the form of a winner-take-all Jackpot for any athlete who won their discipline in all six meetings, it failed to provide any real incentives for the top stars to compete against each other throughout the season.
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Eugene, New York Tapped for IAAF “Diamond League”

Posted March 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

IAAF Athletics logoThe IAAF announced on Monday that the Nike Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., and Reebok Grand Prix in New York City will be part of a prestigious new circuit of elite track meets known as the “IAAF Diamond League”, starting in 2010.

Replacing the current ÅF Golden League of six meets, the Diamond League will feature at least 12 globally televised meets on four continents, giving the IAAF a series that extends beyond the European confines of the current Golden League, into the United States, Asia and the Middle East.

The Diamond League also will expand the number of events contested in the IAAF’s showcase series, featuring 32 different event disciplines. All 32 events will have equal prize money, with each meet doling out $416,000. Top stars will be signed to contracts to compete in the series.
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Weekend Preview

Posted January 9th, 2009 at 8:54 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field, College

Here’s a quick overview of the major track and field, cross country, and road running action coming up this weekend.

International

Tomorrow, the BUPA Great Edinburgh International cross country meet will be held in the Scottish capital. 2007 World Cross Country champion Zersenay Tadese headlines the men’s field; he will face Olympic 5000m silver medallist Eliud Kipchoge, eight-time European cross country champion Sergey Lebid, and Commonwealth 5000m champion Augustine Choge. The women’s race features Britain’s Steph Twell, who won last week’s meet in Belfast; Team USA Minnesota’s Emily Brown will also be taking part.
More from IAAF.org

Another cross country event, the 66th Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza, will be held on Sunday in Elgoibar, Spain. World Cross Country silver medalist Leonard Patrick Komon will be running.
More from IAAF.org

Also on Sunday, Haile Gebrselassie will chase his own marathon World Record (2:03:59) at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. He stands to win a cool $1 million if he makes it.
More from The Standard (Kenya)
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Bolt, Isinbayeva Named 2008 IAAF Athletes of the Year

Posted November 24th, 2008 at 9:27 AM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo Olympic champions and world record holders Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia were named the 2008 IAAF World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala here tonight.

Bolt, 22, captivated the imagination of the sporting world when he captured three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in August, sweeping the 100 and 200 meters and running the third leg on the victorious 4×100m relay. His run of 9.69 seconds in the 100 and 19.30 in the 200m were both world records, as was the 37.10 performance by the Jamaican relay squad. In June, Bolt set his first world record in the 100, beating world champion Tyson Gay and running 9.72 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City.

Isinbayeva, 26, raised her own world record in the pole vault three times outdoors in 2008, first to 5.03m in Rome and 5.04m in Monaco in June, and again to 5.05m when she successfully defended her Olympic title in Beijing. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games in which Isinbayeva set a world record at the Olympic Games.
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Industry and Events News Wrap-Up

Posted November 19th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, Road Racing

2008 jesse owens award winner stephanie brown traftonCLAY, BROWN TRAFTON WIN 2008 JESSE OWENS AWARDS:
Olympic gold medalists Bryan Clay (decathlon) and Stephanie Brown Trafton (discus) on Tuesday were named winners of the 2008 Jesse Owens Award by USA Track & Field. Established in 1981, the Jesse Owens Award is USA Track & Field’s highest accolade, presented annually to the outstanding U.S. male and female track and field performers. Clay was the favorite to win Olympic gold, while Brown Trafton’s medal was one of the biggest surprises in Beijing. “All of us at USA Track & Field take great pride in saluting Bryan and Stephanie for their accomplishments during the 2008 season,” said USATF CEO Doug Logan.

IAAF WORLD ATHLETICS GALA TO BE STREAMED
LIVE ON IAAF.ORG:

For the first time in the history of the annual World Athletics Gala, the show will be shown via a video stream on the IAAF website, as well as the live worldwide TV broadcast. The event, which includes the announcements of the Male and the Female World Athlete of the Year 2008, will be hosted on Sunday 23 November at the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d’Eté, Monte-Carlo by International Athletic Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF & IAAF President Lamine Diack. More details available at IAAF.org.
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Note on the News: Ramsak Looks at Winning Streaks

Posted November 19th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Bob Ramsak, assistant editor at our partner service Race Results Weekly, takes a look at some of athletics’ key winning streaks, both those which ended and grew in 2008, in a new article published today at iaaf.org.

The direct link for viewing the published story is here:

http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=48346.html




Suspensions for Russian Women in Doping Case

Posted October 20th, 2008 at 5:18 PM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports

Olympics and Performance Enhancing DrugsRussian middle distance runners Yelena Soboleva and Tatyana Tomashova were among seven athletes who were handed two-year bans by the All Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) today, agencies are reporting.

The pair, along with middle distance runners Yulia Fomenko, Svetlana Cherkasova, and Olga Yegorova, and throwers Daria Pishchalnikova and Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, were provisionally suspended by the IAAF on the eve of the Olympic Games after a targeted investigation using DNA evidence found that they had tampered with the doping control process after fraudulently substituting urine.

Their bans are retroactive beginning on the dates that their samples were collected, according to the ARAF decision.
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With Dominating Performances, Tadese and Kiplagat Threepeat in Rio

Posted October 12th, 2008 at 10:10 AM by Bob Ramsak

Section: News & Results, Marathons

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2008 Rio de JaneiroProducing a pair of runaway victories, Zersenay Tadese and Lornah Kiplagat each collected their third consecutive victories at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships today in Rio de Janeiro.

Running in warm conditions, Tadese won handily in 59:56, nearly two minutes ahead of Kenyan Patrick Makau Musyoki (1:01:54), who also finished second a year ago in Udine, Italy.

In full control of the race from the gun, the Kenyan-born Dutchwoman Kiplagat won in 1:08:37, well ahead of Ethiopian Aselefech Mergia (1:09:57).
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Universal Sports Offering Live (and Free) Coverage of World Half Marathon Championships

Posted October 12th, 2008 at 6:42 AM by Adam Jacobs

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch

IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2008 Rio de JaneiroThe exclusive webcast by Universal Sports of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will begin this morning at 7:45 a.m. EST.

To tune in and watch the online broadcast, please visit: www.universalsports.com


What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast

Posted October 10th, 2008 at 12:29 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Columns, What To Watch, Road Racing

Track and Running on TVAction is beginning to pick back up as we head into marathon season. Headlining the coming week’s action are the Chicago Marathon and the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships. As always, all times are Eastern; check your local listings.

Bank of America Chicago Marathon
Universal Sports TV, 9:00 AM Sunday
UniversalSports.com, 8:45 AM Sunday
Surprise Olympic marathon champion Constantina Tomescu-Dita leads the field in the penultimate stop on the World Marathon Majors tour. For more, go to Chicagomarathon.com.

IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships
UniversalSports.com, 7:30 AM Sunday
The free webcast coverage of the IAAF’s World Championships will be live. The men’s race, featuring defending New York City marathon champ Marilson dos Santos, begins at 7:45 a.m. The women’s race, featuring ‘07 World Cross Country champ Lornah Kiplagat, begins at 8:15 a.m. For more on the race, go to the IAAF’s website.



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