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He had a 1500 meters pr of 3:51 in 1991 and in 1992 he made his debut at the international level as a member of the Moroccan junior team for the 1992 world cross country championships, finishing 14th.
Early in the 1997 season he broke the world indoor records in the 1500 meters and the mile and then won the world indoor championships at 1500 meters.
At the end of the season he was sick and withdrew from the World Athletics Final but won the Iaaf male athlete of the year award for a third straight time.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships in Athletics 2003 - News
In each of the global championships since the 1991 World Championships except for the 1995 Worlds, Japanese woman has won at least one medal in the marathon.
The bronze medallist at the 10,000m in the 1997 World Championships, Chiba had finished fifth at the same distance in Atlanta in 1996.
She competed in the 1997 World Cross Country championships and finished sixth at the 10000m in the 1998 Asian Championships.
www.iaaf.org /WCH03/news/Kind=2/newsId=22178.html   (1624 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Michael Johnson | PBS
For much of the decade he was virtually unbeaten in the long sprints—the 200-metre and 400-metre races—and he held world records in the indoor 400 metres and the outdoor 200 metres.
In 1991 he lowered the world indoor mark at 200 metres, winning that event outdoors at the world championships.
In 1995 he twice broke the world mark in the indoor 400 metres and won both long sprints at the world championships.
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/michael_johnson.html   (362 words)

  
 Welcome to the Track World Championships - Time-to-Run - runner's track information
In 1983 Helsinki held the inaugural World Championships, and since then the IAAF has had countries host this prestigious Championships, second only to the Olympic Games.
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 - Athletics South Africa (ASA) today announced that its team to the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki would attend an international training camp in their final preparation for the World Championships.
Athletics Canada is pleased to announce 28 athletes who have been selected to the national team which will represent Canada at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics taking place in Helsinki, Finland, August 5-15.
www.time-to-run.com /track/worldchamps/index.htm   (349 words)

  
 SI.com - Athletics - World Athletics Championships History - Thursday August 14, 2003 11:00 AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Czechoslovak Jarmila Kratochvilova was untouchable in the women's 400 and 800, setting a world record in the one-lap event while East Germans Marlies Goehr and Marita Koch demonstrated the strength of the formidable East German women's team with wins in the 100 and 200 respectively.
Athletics, the most elemental of sports, had never seemed so attractive in the clear, clean Nordic air.
The mark is one of a dozen women's world records set in the 1980s which have survived into the new millennium.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2003/08/14/worlds_history   (1639 words)

  
 Australia wants to host world athletics -DAWN - Sport; April 2, 2006
Beattie said the track and field world championships were sport’s biggest event outside the Olympics and football World Cup and that they had never been held in the southern hemisphere.
The last time the world titles were staged in Asia was in Tokyo in 1991 and they will return to Japan next year when Osaka hosts the event.
Athletics Australia has fully supported the Queensland bid for the world titles, which follows suggestions by Beattie last year for Australia’s third-largest city to host the 2024 Olympics.
www.dawn.com /2006/04/02/spt8.htm   (266 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - 13th FINA Diving World Cup Begins Tomorrow in Sevilla, Spain
In addition to the European Swimming Championships, international events such as the 1991 World Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1998 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships and the 2001 World Badminton Championships have taken place at the centre.
Davison — From Columbia, S.C. and the University of Miami, Davison was a 2000 Olympian and the 2001 Indoor National champion on synchronized 3-meter.
Dumais — From Ventura, Calif. and the University of Texas, Troy was a 2000 Olympian and the 2001 Outdoor National champion on synchronized 3-meter and synchronized platform.
www.usoc.org /73_5564.htm   (654 words)

  
 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Paris 2003 St-Denis - official web site
The 6th World Championships in Athletics were marked by the emergence of a new star.
The second World Championships in Athletics are remembered for Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s double gold medal in the heptathlon and long jump, a breathtaking performance she matched the following year at the Seoul Olympics.
The final of the 400m hurdles at the 1987 World Championships had all the ingredients of a classic — the aging champion, the old rival and the hungry pretender battling it out in one last head-to-head.
www.paris2003saintdenis.org /en/competition/retroarchives.html   (839 words)

  
 In Iran's all-women games: a US athlete -- Middle East Times
In the meantime she will focus on her athletic disciplines, two out of 18 being run at the event, which runs until September 28.
Athletics, shooting, table tennis and taekwondo have attracted the most participants.
When she returned to Algiers she was hailed as a national heroine and as a model for Arab women who wanted to break away from restrictive roles.
www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20050926-034815-1202r   (915 words)

  
 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS
From Trinidad, he obtained an athletic scholarship to Michigan State University and represented his University with such a degree of success that he was selected to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan.
Edwin Roberts first made an impression on the athletic world at Guaracara Park in 1961, when he defeated Milka Singh, who had placed fourth in the Olympic Games in Rome the previous year.
He later accepted an athletic scholarship at the North Carolina College and was a regular on national teams from 1964 to 1972, winning gold in the 200 metres, and three silver medals in the 100 metres and both relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico in 1966.
www.nalis.gov.tt /Sport/Sports_TTOlympicMedalists.html   (1778 words)

  
 Greek Press on the 6th World Athletics Championships
World shot put champion Aleksandr Bagach was stripped of his gold medal yesterday and lost $60,000 prize money after testing positive for the stimulant ephedrine.
Marie-Jose Perec's world championship campaign ended in tears on the training track yesterday when she pulled a leg muscle while warming up and was forced to pull out of the 200 meters semifinals.
Haile Gkebresselassie, Ethiopian world record winner in the 10 thousand meter race decided to compete in the world championships in Athens because it was a national duty saying, "I'll carry the national banner, represent my country and lead the Ethiopian team.
www.hri.org /news/special/wac97.greek.html   (11837 words)

  
 Feedback of Biomechanical Information for Japanese Elite Athletes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sport scientists and coaches, along with most of the athletic federations in the world have recognized the importance for scientific support in the improvement of athletes' performance.
The 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics, held in Tokyo in 1991 gave us a great opportunity to re-organize the JAAF biomechanics group into a very active research group.
From 1991 to 1993, the emphasis was on the collection and accumulation of biomechanical data, understanding major biomechanical factors in the techniques performed by elite athletes, and the distribution of the information in various ways such as publication, VTR tapes, workshops, and coaching clinics.
www.coachesinfo.com /category/athletics/48   (2756 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
Pole vaulter Sergey Bubka burst on the international scene when, as a 19-year-old, he scored an upset victory at the inaugural World Championships of Athletics in 1983.
He is still the only athlete in any event to win six world championships.
In 1991, Bubka became the first person to clear 20 feet, which he did both indoors and outdoors.
www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=38618   (192 words)

  
 2009 World Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available.
The 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held in Berlin, Germany in 2009.
The Championships will be staged in the 74,845-seat 1936 Olympic Stadium, which has undergone a €242 million ($US325 million) renovation ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup of Soccer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics   (213 words)

  
 CBC.CA - IAAF World Track and Field Championships
Also in 1991, Michael won a silver medal in the decathlon at the World Track and Field Championships in Tokyo.
In 1993, Smith won a silver medal in the heptathlon (seven disciplines) at the World Indoor Championships held in Toronto.
Smith captured the bronze medal at the 1995 World Athletics Championships in Sweden.
www.cbc.ca /sports/iaaf/hosts/smith.html   (266 words)

  
 Texas A&M Athletics Aggie Track Coach to Head U.S. Team at 2006 IAAF World Cup
The first IAAF World Cup was held in Dusseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany on Sept. 2-4, 1977 and had 313 athletes from 52 countries competing.
The first three editions of the Cup fulfilled their initial goals, though when the first World Championships in Athletics were held in Helsinki, Finland in 1983, a change in the frequency of the meeting - to every four years - was necessary.
At the IAAF Congress of 1991, it was agreed to bring forward the 1993 Cup one year to 1992.
www.aggieathletics.com /pressRelease.php?PRID=10596   (272 words)

  
 rediff.com: East German dope still leaves tracks
Heidi Krieger was a champion shot putter for communist East Germany, winning the gold medal at the 1986 European athletics championships with powerful "man-like muscles" in a body pumped up with steroids supplied by her coach.
Koenig, who set a world record with the East German 4x100 metres freestyle relay team in 1984, has said taking the pills was commonplace.
Katrin Krabbe, who won two sprint gold medals at the 1991 world athletics championships, was later banned along with fellow eastern German Grit Breuer after they admitted taking the forbidden drug clenbuterol.
www.rediff.com /sports/2000/sep/15germ.htm   (840 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
The proposed dates for the Championship are 24 August to 2 September, subject to Council approval.
I believe the IAAF has a responsibility, as the world governing body, to rotate our biggest event, as long as the highest standards of organisation are guaranteed.
Among the Osaka delegation was the former Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshirou Mori, the Vice President of the Japan Athletic Federation, Hiroaki Chosa, the Vice Mayor of Osaka, Jun-Ichi Seki and the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix champion at Hammer Throw, Koji Murofushi.
www.iaaf.org /news/Kind=512/newsId=20017.html   (643 words)

  
 CBC.CA - IAAF World Track and Field Championships
But Ben Johnson’s world record was eliminated, and his gold medal stripped, after the sprinter admitted -- in the wake of his disgrace in the 1988 Seoul Olympics -- to taking drugs at the time of the championships.
After dominating the world of sprinting for over a decade, Lewis did not qualify for the 100m in Stuttgart, but he did come away with a bronze in the 200m.
The performance of the championships came from Michael Johnson, who not only set a world record in capturing his fourth title in the 400m, but captured his unprecedented eighth gold medal at the championships.
www.cbc.ca /sports/iaaf/history   (1252 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Different approaches to the basic compromises they face during the take-off phase of the jump are: between the velocity and the height of the center of mass, and between the accumulated muscle force and speed transformation in order to achieve the maximum efficiency with precise timing.
METHODS AND PROCEDURES Data was obtained during men long jump final of the 1991 World Championships in Athletics using two NTSC cameras, one viewing from the right side and the other from the front.
These two different approaches might be possibly used as guidelines in selecting and structuring the training basis for an athlete, with due consideration of his or her individualities, training and competitional backgrounds.
www.sportscience.org /presentations/Unclassified/LONGJM.DOC   (910 words)

  
 World Championships History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The first world championships were in the Velodrome du Sud in Antwerp from 14-18 August, 1903.
The format for the Worlds was changed in 1991 to alternate among an event finals only format, a team and all-around format and the Olympic Games format (team, all-around and event finals).
Swimming was dropped after the 1922 World Championships, "group exercises" where groups of gymnasts performed routines in synchronization, were eliminated at the 1926 Championships and in 1954, track and field events were discontinued.
www.worldchampgym2003.com /media/wchistory.html   (837 words)

  
 Lynette Woodard Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Woodard was a three-time All-State and a 1977 All-America selection at Wichita North High School, and led her team to state championships in 1975 and 1977.
She also earned medals at the 1983 (Silver) and 1990 (Gold) World Championships, the 1983 (Gold) and 1991 (Bronze) Pan American Games, and a Gold Medal at the 1979 World University Games.
Woodard has been elected to the National High School Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Kansas Athletic Hall of Fame, and in 1992 became the first female to be enshrined in the GTE Academic All-American Hall of Fame.
www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/Woodard.htm   (503 words)

  
 Player Bio: Shelagh Donohoe :: Women's Rowing
Shelagh Donohoe is in her first year as head coach of the women's rowing team after spending nine year at Northeastern as the coach of the Huskie novice women's program.
A perennial member of the U.S. National Rowing team, she has competed in three World Championships, the 1990 Goodwill Games, and the 1992 Olympiad in Barcelona, earning a silver medal as a member of the U.S. four-without.
In the 1991 World Championship in Vienna, Austria, she silvered in the four-without, and as a member of the U.S. eight she also won world silver in 1990 and '92.
gorhody.cstv.com /sports/w-rowing/mtt/donohoe_shelagh00.html   (195 words)

  
 Stanford University Cardinal | Traditions | An Official Athletic Site
No athletic department in the country can boast of the kind of success that Stanford has accomplished since the 1980's.
The award honors the nation's top overall athletic program and with 12 straight victories in the competition, it is no wonder Stanford is considered the dominant athletic program in the nation.
The best athletic year in school history arguably came in 1996-97 when Cardinal teams set an NCAA record by winning six NCAA team championships in a single academic year: men's and women's cross country; men's and women's volleyball; and men's and women's tennis.
gostanford.cstv.com /trads/stan-trads-homeofchamp.html   (1070 words)

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