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  IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Mozambiques Maria Mutola claim an incredible 6 gold medals in the womens 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.
iaaf-world-indoor-championships-in-athletics.iqnaut.net   (441 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
Former World Indoor champion, and World and Olympic 4x100m Relay gold medallist Bruny Surin of Canada has donated his 9.84sec 1999 World Championships 100m silver medal winning bodysuit to the IAAF humanitarian project Athletics for a Better World.
Outdoors at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg Surin took the 100m silver behind compatriot Donovan Bailey, with whom he teamed up to grab a superb win at the 4x100m sprint relay.
At the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Surin ran his fastest 100m race ever as he finished a close second in the final.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=32815,printer.html   (373 words)

  
 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1993 saw the last of the racewalking events included and a 1600 m medley relay was tried but dropped for future games.
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)

  
 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in Toronto, Canada in March 1993.
It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5000 metres race walk.
In addition, it was the first Indoor Championships to include heptathlon and pentathlon, albeit as non-championship events.
music.musictnt.com /biography/sdmc_1993_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships   (77 words)

  
 American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
The 1992 and '96 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m dash, Devers was the World Championships silver medalist in the hurdles in 1991 and 2001.
She is coming off of a phenomenal 2003 indoor campaign, where she twice broke the American record in the 60m hurdles (best of 7.74 at the USA Indoor Championships semifinals) and won her first World Indoor title in the event.
The 1997 World Indoor 400m gold medalist, Miles-Clark is a two-time World Outdoors bronze medalist in the 400 ('95, '97), four-time U.S. 400-meter champion and three-time U.S. 800m champion.
www.american-trackandfield.com /news/iaafworlds03paradechamps.html   (1035 words)

  
 IAAF Bans Johnson for Life After His 2d Doping Offense
The IAAF's credibility has been weakened by its suspension of Butch Reynolds of the United States, the 400-meter world-record holder, whose claims that his drug test had been mishandled resulted in his winning a $27 million lawsuit against the federation in a U.S. court.
Johnson, who was not represented at the IAAF session on Friday, made similar denials while he was being stripped of his Olympic medal in Seoul.
The IAAF doping commission had planned to judge the test data after the world indoor championships March 12-14 in Toronto.
www.iht.com /articles/1993/03/06/ben_.php   (997 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
She also won the IAAF World Cup 800 m and was the only person to beat Ellen van Langen throughout the whole year.
Although she has not come close to the world record, her consistency, her record at major championships and her ability to compete at the highest levels of the sport for well over a decade are unmatched.
For example, she won bronze in the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and silver in 1999.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Maria_Mutola   (1502 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | ATHLETICS | Records rain indoors
The IAAF World Indoor Games were held in Paris in January 1985, but as they coincided with the North American indoor season, it was very much a European affair.
The final record was broken in the penultimate event in the championships when Russia's women successfully defended their 4 x 400 metre title with a time they again broke in 1999.
the indoor championships may not have the exposure of the outdoor version, but the excitement and drama they produce is certainly not to be questioned.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/in_depth/2001/world_indoor_athletics/1169025.stm   (1166 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)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Indoor Championships 2004 - news
Monte-Carlo — The middle distances of 800m and 1500m will, as in past championships, provide some of the show case contests of the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, which will be held in the newly built Sportarena in Budapest, Hungary (5-7 March).
Zoom forward to the present day, to the Hungarian capital and, with another five World Indoor Championships contested and another four golds and one silver amassed, the same athlete is about to vie for her sixth World Indoor 800m title.
World outdoor bronze medallist Ivan Heshko of Ukraine (3:35.15 national record) is now consistently winning races as well as running fast, and has the pre-championships edge on 2001 World Indoor champion Rui Silva of Portugal (3:35.83).
www.iaaf.org /WIC04/news/Kind=512/newsId=24172.html   (756 words)

  
 CNN/SI - Athletics - Jamaican sprinter pulls out of worlds amid drug reports - Wednesday August 18, 1999 02:54 PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ottey, winner of 34 medals at major championships, had always been a silver or bronze medalist in individual events until winning the 200 at the 1993 World Outdoor Championships, after losing the 100 by.001 second.
She was undefeated in 73 consecutive finals (and 15 heats) from May 1989 to March 8, 1991, before losing to Irina Privalova of Russia in the 60 meters at the World Indoor Championships.
She was appointed a roving ambassador for Jamaica in 1993 and was Jamaican sportswoman of the year 15 times between 1979 and 1997.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/1999/08/18/ottey_withdraws_ap   (910 words)

  
 Husky Stadium Opener Kicks Off 2005 Outdoor Track Season :: After a record-breaking indoor season, UW turns its ...
While the Husky women boast particular strength in the pole vault, with an event-record four NCAA Indoor Championships competitors, Washington's men are loaded in the throws, with the Pac-10's top returning competitors in the hammer and javelin, and the conference's third-ranked returnee in the discus.
Seattle's Norris Frederick capped an outstanding indoor season with a sixth-place finish in the long jump, tops by a Husky in the event since 1965, while Wenatchee native Amanda Miller broke her own UW record in a ninth-place performance in the 800 meters.
A 1993 UW graduate, Metcalf was a two-time All-American in the steeple, and ran in the 1996 U.S. Olympic trials.
gohuskies.cstv.com /sports/c-track/spec-rel/031605aaa.html   (5782 words)

  
 World Athletics Championships review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Before the inaugural World Athletics Championships held in 1983 in Helsinki, there had been a few of single athletics races and events in which were thought to be World Championships in those events.
The World Athletics Championships is an event organized and controlled by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) who also governs world's major athletic events including World Indoor Championships in athletics and World Junior Championships in athletics.
Thus, World Athletics Championships was officially approved to be a separate event in 1976 at the Council Meeting of IAAF members in Puerto Rico.
sport.healthandbeautyjournal.com /worldathleticschampionshipsreview.html   (606 words)

  
 hicham
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.
In 2003 his lone indoor race was a 8:06.61 two mile, which was 2 seconds slower than the world record.
He won the 1500 meters world championship and took second in the 5000 meters at the world championships.
www.famousmuslims.com /hicham.htm   (773 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.
In 1993, he was named Male Outstanding Performer at the prestigious Penn Relays and, for his efforts, made the cover of the July 1993 issue of Track and Field News.
www.athleticsnorthwest.com /2006_Speakers.htm   (3390 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - TRACK and FIELD - U.S. women look to continue world championships sprint hurdle ...
Five of the eight 100m hurdles world championship medals won by Team USA athletes are due to the brilliance of two-time Olympic 100m gold medalist, Gail Devers, who won her first of two world championship silver medals in Tokyo in 1991.
Six months prior to the championships, Devers was bed-ridden and facing the possibility of having both feet amputated after being stricken with Graves Disease, a condition that caused her to miss competing in 1989 and 1990.
At the 1991 World Championships, Devers, who was mired in third place in the final in Tokyo, put on a furious charge in the final stages of the race to surpass Russia's Natalya Grigoryeva to capture one of the unlikeliest silver medals in track and field history.
www.usoc.org /11611_33125.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Leonard Scott
Ranked #2 in U.S. (#6 in the world) at 200m and ranked #2 in U.S. (#3 in the world) at 100m.
Ranked #2 in U.S. (#3 in the world) at 200m and ranked #3 in U.S. (#7 in the world) at 100m.
Ranked #1 in the U.S. (#4 in the world) at 200m and ranked #4 in the U.S. (#8 in the world) at 100m.
www.hsi.net /bios/biotext/Text_Leonard.html   (365 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)

  
 BYU Track & Field
Poole's teams have earned nine top-10 placements at the National Championship, indoor: sixth, 1999 and seventh, 1983; outdoor: third, 1998, sixth, 1987, seventh, 1992, eighth in 1991 and 1999, and ninth in 1982 and 1989.
Among the many awards and honors he has earned over the years are WAC Indoor Coach of the Year (1991, '93, '95, '96, '98 and '99) and WAC Outdoor Coach of the Year (1994,'95, '98 and '99).
In 1993, the Utah Network for Girls and Women in Sport recognized him for coaching his indoor and outdoor teams to WAC titles.
www.byutrack.com /WOMEN/Coaches/Profile/default.asp   (1155 words)

  
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Her personal bests demonstrate her all-round athleticism, and her speed was illustrated by her 2nd in the 1999 AAA indoor 60m and outdoor bests of 11.56 for 100m when 2nd in the Jubilee Cup Final and 23.30 for 200m when 5th at the AAAs, before a 200m win in the B international v France.
Janine pole vaulted in ten indoor meets in 1999, including a British record 4.29 for 5th at the Birmingham Grand Prix and 4.20 at the World Indoors in Maebashi.
With a World Record jump to win the Olympic Trials, she looks ready for the challenge...Under her maiden name of Mikaelson, Dragila competed twice in the California state HS meet in the hurdles and placed 2nd in the 1990 Golden West meet in the 400mH (63.70).
www.vaultworld.com /vaultngus/N_Newsletters/N_NewslettersVolume5_2000/05-96.txt   (4176 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)

  
 Facility
The USATF National Masters Indoor Championships will be conducted here for the eighth year in a row with nearly 200 world and US masters records recorded here at "Reggie".
The "crowning jewel" for the facility, though, is the arrival of the USA National Indoor Championships for a two year stay in 2003 and 2004.
The meet serves as the USA selection meet for the IAAF World Indoor Championships for both years, and having the best in the US visit the facility contributes to the growth of the sport in Boston, in Massachusetts, and in New England.
www.usatfne.org /masters/boston2006/facility.html   (674 words)

  
 AthleticsAfrica.Com - Mutola claims seventh world title
Mozambique's Maria de Lurdes Mutola has successfully defended her indoor 800m title for the fourth consecutive time and a record seventh overall at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.
After having missed the podium at the 2004 Olympic Games and at last year's World Championships in Helsinki, Mutola was obviously relieved to have answered the critics who wrote her off.
Ethiopia’s double World record holder and Olympic 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele took the 3,000m crown in 7:39.32 to become the first man to win world titles on three surfaces - outdoors, indoors and in cross country.
www.athleticsafrica.com /Outgoing/mutolawichamps_ns_120306.html   (275 words)

  
 AugustaSports.Com: The Augusta Chronicle's Sports Coverage: Double gold for Gebrselassie, Szabo 03/08/99
He has won the world outdoor 10,000-meter title three times, the world indoor 3,000 twice, the Olympic 10,000 once, and last year he shared the Golden League $1 million jackpot with two others.
He also holds the world outdoor records in the 5,000 and 10,000, and is unbeaten in the 10,000 since June 1993.
Like Gebrselassie, she had to run three races at the championships, the heats of the 1,500 Friday, the 1,500 final Saturday, winning in a championship record 4:03.23, the fastest in the world for 1999, and winning the 3,000 for the third consecutive time Sunday.
augustasports.com /stories/030899/oth_124-6460.shtml   (845 words)

  
 The EastAfrican
The IAAF made a number of landmark decisions during a meeting at the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland last December.
Prize money will now be available for the top eight athletes in the World Outdoor Championships and for six in the indoor championships, including members of relay teams, besides the medallists.
In 1997, a policy was introduced to give defending champions a right to compete at IAAF World championships, but this has caused occasional conflicts with affiliate federations regarding the normal selection procedures.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/26022001/Sports/Sports1.html   (466 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)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - TRACK and FIELD - U.S. men’s world championships long jump domination began in ...
Lewis once again won the long jump gold medal at the 1987 Worlds in Rome, and at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Mike Powell made history in wresting the gold medal from Lewis in an epic battle that Powell won emphatically by setting the world record of 8.95m/29-4.50.
It was his second world title of the year, having won the world indoor crown in March.
Phillips was the world's dominant long jumper outdoors in 2004, soaring over the 27-foot barrier in eight consecutive meets and 10 overall.
www.usoc.org /73_32927.htm   (805 words)

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