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  IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - Inside IAAF - History
Faced with this commercially demanding world, the IAAF made changes to benefit the athlete, spectators and all other members of the "Athletics Family".
In 1968, a representative of each area in the world was elected to the IAAF Council and in 1995 two women were elected for the first time.
The IAAF Headquarters, which was initially the study of the General Secretary, now consists of two fine buildings - a total of 1200 square metres - in Monaco.
www.iaaf.org /insideIAAF/history   (833 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.
For the 2006 championships to be held in Moscow, Russia the 200 m.
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.
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 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004.
Lebedeva, fresh from her world record in the triple jump the previous day, jumped a world leading distance of 6.98 m to record her second gold medal ahead of reigning champion Kotova who jumped a seasons best and Sweden's heptathlete queen Klüft who set a national record.
This was a repeat of the events following the 1999 Indoor Championship when she had also taken the gold only for it to be taken away when she was given a two year ban for the same offence.
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 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.
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 The First IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
At this Championships, indoor world records were set in the men's 60m and 5000m walk and women's 200m,high jump, and 3000m walk.
IAAF introduced authorization of indoor word records from January 1, 1987, and the Championships became the world's first.
His victory in the World Championships and world record were cancelled with detection of the illegal anabolic steroid at the Olympic Games in Seoul the following year, and he had been banned from racing since June 1989.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships 2005 - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She is the European champion, and of course two-time World Indoor winner, and she has finished in the top five in the past four outdoor World championships, so no wonder she did not know quite what to do with herself when her victory was confirmed.
She was ecstatic and it was no surprise because she had established herself on the world stage with a routine that means if you blink you will miss it.
It was the best jump in the world this year and Howard could not respond, failing on her three attempts, though her smile never let up as she celebrated silver.
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 ipedia.com: IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were innaugreated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are...
The International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships were innaugreated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed in 1987 as they are known today.
In it's short history the championships has 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.
www.ipedia.com /iaaf_world_indoor_championships_in_athletics.html   (501 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Indoor Championships 2006 - News
Moscow, Russia — On the eve of the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships, guarded optimism was the prevailing mood shared by some athletes who are expected to be but a few of the key players this weekend at the first global championship ever to be held in Russia.
It’s a World championship and there can always be surprises.” Vlasic, who has fully recovered from a hyperthyroid condition that required surgery last year, added that she will miss her Swedish rival.
After jumping to the World outdoor title in Helsinki last summer, U.S. Triple Jumper Walter Davis said he needed little motivation during his off season training in an attempt to move up a notch from his silver medal showing at the 2003 World indoor championships in Birmingham.
www.iaaf.org /WIC06/news/Kind=2/newsId=33723.html   (897 words)

  
 Rico names President's Awards recipients
A track and field official at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Coram is an IAAF Area Technical Official, and a former assistant coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
In addition to setting the world 400-meter record of 44.1 in 1968, James also won the silver medal in the 400 meters, and the gold medal in the 4x400-meter relay at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
A national Masters champion and record holder in several events, she was also the meet director for the 1986 National Masters Outdoor Championships, and the co-meet director for the 2000 National Scholastic Indoor Championships.
www.usatf.org /news/presawards.html   (741 words)

  
 The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics
At this Championships, medley relay for men and women (800, 200, 200, and 400 metres) were introduced as non-Championship events.
Mikhail Shchennikov of the USSR won for the fourth time and set 3 world records since 1987, but the event was to be the last in the World Indoor Championships.
The Championships turned out to be memorable for Japan with the Japanese team placing third in the 4x400m relay.
www2.iaaf.org /wic99/history/PastEditions_5.html   (220 words)

  
 Frank Rutherford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1987, he competed at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships with a best jump of 17.24metres.
At the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis Indiana, Frank won the bronze medal in the men's triple jump with a best of 17.02metres.
At the 1987 Pan American Games, he won the bronze medal bettering his jump from the World Indoor Championships.
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 Hanne Haugland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In her early international career he finished eleventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships and the 1987 World Indoor Championships and thirteenth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships.
Her first international medal came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships where she won a silver with a jump of 1.96 metres.
In 1997 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships with 2.00 metres and the gold medal at the World Championships with 1.99 metres.
www.surfindark.com /index.cgi/000110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanne_Haugland   (255 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org
12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2009 are well on track
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www.iaaf.org /index.html   (310 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.
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 1999 World Outdoor Championships
George may not at the moment be in the world record shape she believes may be necessary to win the world title.
Her first steps in the world of athletics were taken, as is the case with most youngsters, at school, where she sprinted and did the long jump.
Two years ago, in the World Indoor Championships, she lost the title and the record to the USA's Stacy Dragila; this year in Maebashi, she didn't go through to the end of the competition, thanks to an injury, which curtailed her chances.
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 CNN/SI - Athletics - IAAF studies package deal for world championships - Sunday November 22, 1998 03:29 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Nebiolo said the International Amateur Athletic Federation was studying the possibility of awarding the championships of 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 at one time.
Nebiolo said the proposed package would also include the venues for the world indoor championships, the World Cup and other 'most important events' during the eight-year time frame.
Last Thursday, the IAAF awarded the 2001 world championships to Edmonton, Canada, the first ever North American venue for the IAAF's premier event.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/1998/11/22/iaaf_package   (423 words)

  
 IAAF World TV Seminar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
When we were assigned the World Championships, the group of directors that was appointed did not have any experience whatsoever in the coverage of a sports event of such an importance.
The preparations that led to the World Championships of September 1987 began with the encounter with the Finnish producer Raimo Piltz in July of 1985, more than two years before the event was to take place.
In July 1985, we anticipated the problems that might have been met concernig the direction of the championships and we were suddenly faced with two possibilities: the use of Central Direction and the use of a Terminal Direction Room (Switching Direction Room).
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 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations will be held in Moscow, Russia during March 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport Complex.
The announcement by the IAAF in November 2003 was a blow to Madrid, Spain who were also in the running to hold the event but the fact Spain had already held the competition twice increased Russia's chances.
It is initially planned that all athletes and officials will be accommodated in the Cosmos Hotel.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships 2005 - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Helsinki, Finland — James Dunaway continues his unique and often whimsical look at all events in and around the Olympic Stadium at the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
He was entered in the 800 in 1983, but some mysterious virus kept him from competing, and injury also prevented him from competing at the 1987 Worlds were held in Rome, and after an attempt to qualify for the Seoul Olympics in 1988 he retired.
After Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine finished one-two, out-sprinting Kenya’s Moses Mosop in a close finish, the medals were presented by IAAF Council member Isaiah Kiplagat, a Kenyan.
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 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This is the first major senior athletics competition to held in the country since the highly boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.
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 Peterson To Advance With Team USA To IAAF World Indoor Championships :: Former Tiger finished second in the men's ...
At Missouri, Peterson won two national titles in 1999 in the 800-meter run in both the indoor and outdoor seasons as part of his six all-American honors.
The IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics will be held next weekend, March 5-7, in Budapest, Hungary.
Christian Cantwell will throw in the men's shot put competition tomorrow afternoon in day three of the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships at 3:05 p.m., central time.
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 TENNESSEE LONG JUMPER MADISON REIGNS AT IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS :: Rising Lady Vol Junior Joins Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...
The American shrugged off the elements Wednesday evening and unleashed a career-topping and school-record leap of 22 feet, 7 1/4 inches to upstage a field of veterans and reign as world champion at the 10th IAAF World Track & Field Championships at Olympic Stadium.
Madison, who won NCAA Indoor and Outdoor titles and took second at the USA Outdoor Championships this season, capped her extended sophomore campaign by striking gold at the world.s most important track & field meet outside the Olympic Games.
The UT standout joined Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1987, 1991) as the only American women to win IAAF World Championships in the long jump.
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 colin jackson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Under coach Malcolm Arnold he started out as a promising decathlete before switching to high hurdles.
Colin still currently (as of June 2004) holds the World Record for 110 metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds set August 20, 1993 in Stuttgart, Germany, and the indoor world record at the 60 metre hurdles with a time of 7.3 seconds set in Sindelfingen, Germany on March 6, 1994.
Already the holder of the MBE that he received in 1990 for his services to athletics, in 1992 he was made a CBE.
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