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	The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
		Five indoor world records in men's and women's events were marked in the 2nd World Indoor Championships.
		The other world record was set by Mikhail Shchennikov of USSR in 5000m walk on the last day of the Championships with 18:27.10, breaking his own world record marked in Indianapolis.
		Japanese athletes have been participating in the Championships in sprint and jumping events since Paris in 1985, and a Japanese high school student, Takahiro Watanabe of Niihama-Higashi High School was the first Japanese athlete to enter 400m.
	www2.iaaf.org /WIC99/history/PastEditions_3.html (253 words)

	IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today.
		The 200 m was absent from the 2006 championships in Moscow, as in recent years it has become too predictable.
		In their short history the championships have seen Mozambique's Maria Mutola claim an incredible 6 gold medals in the women's 800 m from 1993 to 2004, her only defeat coming at the hands of Ludmila Formanová of the Czech Republic in 1999 in a championship record of 1 minute 56.9 seconds that still stands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics (457 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Athletics \| World Indoors 2004 \| Records reign indoors
		In an effort to embrace global athletics in 1987, the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Championships were held in America.
		Ereng only entered the championships at the last minute and then waited to the bell before making his move from fifth to first to claim the first of two gold medals at the championships.
		The final record was broken in the penultimate event in the championships when Russia's women successfully defended their 4x400m title with a time they again broke in 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/athletics/world_indoors_2004/2828989.stm (1424 words)

	Athletics - MSN Encarta
		In indoor meetings a 15.9-kg (35-lb) weight is used in the same manner.
		The events in the women’s heptathlon, also a two-day event, are the 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m run, long jump, javelin throw, and 800 m run.
		The first national championships were those of England in 1866, organized by the Amateur Athletic Club.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562123_4____17/Athletics.html (966 words)

	Sports Venue Technology - 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Budapest.
		The World Indoor Games were first held in 1985 and renamed the World Indoor Championships in 1987.
		In February 2002 the Hungarian Local Organising Committee, set up specifically for the Athletics World Championship, submitted its proposal to the IAAF and set the first weekend of March (5-7) as the date for the Championships, which was duly accepted.
		Mainly because the arena is new, as part of its preparations, the hosts intend to hold two trial athletics meetings in spring 2003 and another two immediately prior to the big event in order to ensure all aspects of the new venue have been thoroughly tested.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/iaaf/index.html (702 words)

	The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
		The highlight of the Championships was world champion Wilson Kipketer, a naturalized Dane, originally from Kenya.
		In all, four world indoor records were marked in 3 events.
		Among the many highlights of the Championships, Yekaterina Padkopayeav of Russia became the oldest-ever world champion in the women's 1500m at age 44, followed by 38-year-old Mary Slaney of the US, who made a comeback in the athletic competition.
	www2.iaaf.org /WIC99/history/PastEditions_7.html (349 words)

	IAAF Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
		The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in some parts of the world as "track and field").
		However, the IAAF retained the word "amateur" in its name until its 2001 Congress at which the IAAF's title was changed to its current form.
		Lamine Diack was elected IAAF President at the IAAF's 2001 Congress.
	www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=IAAF (208 words)

	Courtesy of the IAAF media relations office
		The main scope of the meeting, chaired by IAAF President Dr Primo Nebiolo, was to ascertain the state of progress of preparations for this, the major sports event of 1999, which will bring more than 3000 athletes and an equivalent number of media from around the world to the capital of Andalusia.
		The President of the Organising Committee and President of the Province of Seville, Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirin, assured the IAAF Council of his city's pride in hosting the World Championships and that the event would be a cornerstone of future development of Seville, and not only in the field of sports.
		During the nine days of the Championships (from 21 to 29 August 1999), there will be only four morning sesssions, comprising eliminatory heats, with the exception of the 26 August when the 50km walking race will start at 7.45 in the morning, with the finish expected around 11.25 am.
	www.oztrack.com /answ4.htm (2146 words)

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		Patterson was a member of the 2003 World Championships gold medal team and won a silver medal in the all-around.
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	adidas Outdoor Championships Raleigh 2003 - DyeStat high school track and field
		During the indoor season, she was near the lead in the NIC mile until the final two laps and finished 3rd.
		Franklin was an indoor “power” as well as the Connecticut Group L Team State Champions, Wilbur Cross, powered by top 2 placers in the 100m and 200m(24.77 and 24.89), Shanea and Shantea Calhoun, and William Penn with the duo of Christina Smith and Juanita Broaddus, round out the field.
		She was silver medalist at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, won the shot put at Golden West and AOC last year and placed 3rd in the shot put at the USATF Junior Champs.
	www.dyestat.com /3us/3out/aoc-raleigh/preview.htm (9744 words)

	Player Bio: Tom Lancashire :: Track
		is the third outdoor performer of the year from FSU in six seasons and first to sweep both indoor and outdoor accolades...
		the ACC Indoor MVP took home the honors for his title-winning performances in the mile run and as anchor leg in the distance medley relay as well as a fourth-place finish in the 3000m run...at the league meet, ran a 4:00-minute mile to edge Virginia at the line for the event and team title...
		was in integral on the team that won the NCAA South Regional Championship title, running a collegiate personal best (10K) at the in a time of 30:11.99, good for 12th place.
	seminoles.cstv.com /sports/c-track/mtt/lancashire_tom00.html (734 words)

	Player Bio: Alan Drosky :: Women's Track
		Tech posted a second top-25 finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing in a tie for 21st place in Fayetteville, Ark. The Yellow Jackets posted a pair of top-25 finishes in `05, repeating its 21st-place indoor finish and finishing 18th at the outdoor meet.
		In 2004, Mahoney won ACC titles in the indoor 800 and mile, and the outdoor 800 and 1500 meter races en route to being named ACC Performer of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
		She won the ACC outdoor 1500-meter title in both 1998 and `99 and qualified for the NCAA championship meet in both the 800 and 1500 meters in 1999, as well as the 800 in 2000.
	ramblinwreck.cstv.com /sports/w-track/mtt/drosky_alan00.html (1324 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Seiko Extends IAAF Sponsorship Until 2009
		It was at the inaugural World Indoor Games, the precursor of the World Indoor Championships at the Bercy stadium in Paris in 1985 that SEIKO first provided timing services to an IAAF event.
		The new agreement covers the period 2006-2009 and includes the World Championships in 2007 in Osaka, Japan and in 2009 in Berlin, Germany, plus 21 other events, including the World Cross Country, the World Junior Championships and the prestigious end-of-season World Athletics Final.
		The IAAF championships are consistently among the most viewed sports events in the world, and we look forward to contributing our technology to their success in the next four years.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20051207_IAAF_Seiko.html (478 words)

	IAAF World Indoor Championships
		The IAAF first staged a World Indoor Games in 1985.
		The event was formally re-titled World Indoor Championships in 1987 and has been staged every 2 years since that date.
		The championships were held in successive years in 2003 and 2004 as the event was switched from odd to even years to alternate with the main IAAF World (Outdoor) Championships.
	www.gbrathletics.com /ic/wi.htm (108 words)

	Drake Relays News Release
		Favor Hamilton, competing in her first ever World Cross Country Championships, claimed fifth place in the Senior Women’s 4,000-meter race at the 30th IAAF World Cross Country Championships March in Dublin, Ireland.
		She was ranked No. 6 in the world in the 1,500 and No. 1 in the U.S. last year after winning the 1,500 (4:06.93) at the Prefontaine Classic and placing second in the 1,500 (4:06.61) at the 2001 U.S. Outdoor Championships.
		Mortimer burst on to the national scene as a freshman when she was second in the 3,000 (9:16.59) at the 2000 NCAA Indoor Championships and third in the 5,000 (16:07.26) at the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
	www.drakerelays.org /read.asp?articleID=3398 (1057 words)

	California Track and Running News -- Regional News Article
		The 2001 World Outdoor Championships long jump silver medalist, Stringfellow lived up to his "Superman" alter-ego in a big way this season by winning his second consecutive USA Outdoor title with a world- leading and personal best jump of 8.52 meters/27 feet, 11.50 inches.
		John Godina ended the 2002 season ranked #2 in the world by the IAAF after two solid runner-up finishes to Nelson at the USA Outdoors (21.91m/71-10.75), and at Portland (21.89m/71-10).
		Montgomery's world record in the 100m (9.78 seconds) at the IAAF Grand Prix Final was more than enough to put him at the top of the IAAF charts.
	www.caltrack.com /news/conning100902.html (5695 words)

	2006 Distance Clinic Speaker bios Clinic Schedule Registration Form
		Carmen Douma-Hussar (Villanova, '00) won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in the 1500m in 2004 and was a finalist in the event at both the 2004 Olympics and 2005 Outdoor World Championships.
		As an athlete, O'Sullivan is a four-time Olympian, three-time World Indoor champion in the 1500m, and previously held the world records for the indoor 1500m and the 4x1 mile relay.
		Travelled to Grosseto, Italy, for the 2004 IAAF World Junior Championships and placed fifth in the 5000m breaking her own national record by 18 seconds (15:52.88)...
	www.athleticsnorthwest.com /2006_Speakers.htm (3390 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Lincoln sets U.S. steeplechase record in Rome
		Congolese runner Gary Kikaya, the 2004 World Indoor 400m bronze medalist, ran the second-fastest time of the day in winning "Race 2" in 44.66 seconds, with Carter placing third overall with his runner-up finish to Wariner in the "Race 1" contest in 44.76.
		In women's events on the track, 2005 World Outdoor Championships silver medalist Sanya Richards continued her world domination of the 400 meters this season, winning in 49.31 seconds, the second-fastest time in the world this year.
		Reigning World Outdoor champion Michelle Perry was the runner-up in the women's 100m hurdles in 12.58 seconds, finishing closely behind Sweden's Susanna Kallur, who won the race in 12.52, and 2006 USA Outdoor champion Hazel Clark finished second in the women's 800 meters in 1:59.83.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20060715_USATF_Lincoln.html (638 words)

	Lured by Prize Money, Track Stars Run to Paris
		For the first time at a world championships, the winners will make money — up to $50,000 for each gold medal, plus $50,000 for each world record.
		In the last month Guerrouj has set world indoor records in the 1,500 (3 minutes 31.18 seconds) and the mile (3 minutes 48.45 seconds), breaking the 14-year-old mile record of Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland.
		Merlene Ottey, at 36, is scheduled to defend her 60-meter title against Gail Devers, the American who has twice beaten Ottey in gold-medal photo finishes at the outdoor 1993 world championships and the Olympics last summer.
	www.iht.com /articles/1997/03/07/track.t.php (582 words)

	California Track and Running News -- Regional News Article
		She also won the individual World Indoor 400m title in 1997, and has won multiple U.S. titles at both 400m and 800m, indoors and outdoors.
		Among those were his sister, Hazel Clark, a three-time national champ in the 800 meters and the SEC Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 1998 and 1999, and Becki Wells, a two-time victor in the mile/1500 meters and the 1996 SEC Cross Country Athlete of the Year.
		The indoor season comes to a close at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. on March 14 and 15.
	www.caltrack.com /news/conning012203.html (4141 words)

	Sprint Capitol, USA - Athletes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-09)
		Since winning the 2001 World Indoor and U.S. Outdoor 200m titles, Crawford has become one of the most dangerous sprinters in the world, and he proved it at the 2004 Olympic Games....
		Gatlin also won both sprints at the 2005 USA Outdoor Championships in becoming the first man to win U.S. 100 and 200-meter titles in the same year since Kirk Baptiste in 1985....
		A first-year member of Sprint Capitol, Kikaya, whose homeland is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, specializes in the 400 meters – the event in which he won an NCAA championship in 2002, while a member of the University of Tennessee Volunteers...
	www.sprintcapitolusa.com /athletes.html (616 words)

	hokiesports.com - Track & Field
		Placed second in the hammer at the ACC Championships with a new school- and personal-best throw of 203'10" (62.13m)...
		An NCAA Championships automatic qualifier after finishing fourth in the hammer at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 195'4" (59.54m)...
		Won the hammer throw at the USA Junior National Championships in College Station, Texas with her personal-best and meet record of 193'11" (59.11m)...
	www.hokiesports.com /track/players/2006/callan.html (593 words)

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