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  IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Indoor Championships 2004 - news
But more often than not, the indoor title is a decidedly tactical affair, and with eight others in the field who have shown 3:37 form or better, the title in Budapest is virtually anyone's for the taking.
Arriving in Budapest as the season's fastest in the hurdles and the tied as the third fastest in the sprint, her task, while difficult, is anything but folly.
World indoor record holder Jolanda Ceplak, who beat the Mozambiquan in Gent two years ago, knows the task is difficult, but not impossible.
www.iaaf.org /WIC04/news/Kind=2/newsId=24264.html   (1923 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.
1999 was a very fast year also as he ran 3:43.13 to break the world record in the mile.
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)

  
 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)

  
 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)

  
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 tribuneindia... Sports
Ludmila Formanova landed the biggest surprise win of the championships in the women’s 800 metres final, when she took the lead less than 10 metres from the line to snatch victory from two of the sport’s biggest star names, Svetlana Masterkova and Maria Mutola.
In the midst of debilitating chemotherapy sessions, Engquist is seeking to retain her 100-metre hurdles title at the world championships.
She was a mother at 18, won the world title in 1991, but in February 1993, was banned from the sport for four years after testing positive for steroids.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99aug26/sports.htm   (5115 words)

  
 Sports: Ottey withdraws amid drug reports
Ottey, winner of a record 14 medals at the world championships including four golds, expressed shock at the result of the test taken after a meet July 5 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
IAAF general secretary, Istvan Gyulai, confirmed the report, saying he was informed a couple of days ago.
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.
www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/8_18_s2.htm   (915 words)

  
 News & Notes
The two-time Olympian who was ranked #1 in the U.S. at 1500 meters in 1998, ran the fastest 5000 meters in the world this year with a clocking of 15:06.48 on March 18 in Long Beach, Calif. Suzy is entered in the women's special invitational 1,500 meters at Drake.
The 1993 silver medalist in the 400 meters at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Stuttgart, Natasha Brown, formerly known as Kaiser-Brown, returns to the Drake Relays where she enjoyed tremendous success as a prep.
A finalist at the 1999 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Seville, Spain, Woody had the third fastest time in the world last year of 47.97.
www.usatf.org /news/042700.html   (1307 words)

  
 Maebashi - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A world record is always a special event and when this is the result of teamwork, in a sport which is noted for its individualism, it becomes exceptional.
7 March 1999, Maebashi -The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships came to a close on Sunday as Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia and Gabriela Szabo of Romania each scored double wins in the 1500 and 3000 metres during the three-day program
The longest-lasting event of the seventh IAAF World Indoor Championships nonetheless provided one of the closest and most exciting of finishes.
www2.iaaf.org /WIC99   (129 words)

  
 5 Wildcats to represent U.S.
Dilworth, the 1999 U.S. Outdoor champion in the long jump, was fifth at this year's outdoor championship meet with a mark of 25 feet, 4.75 inches.
He was sixth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 1999 World Outdoor Championships.
Woods won six NCAA Division II individual national championships in both the high jump and triple jump during his ACU career, and in the spring of 2002 he capped his career by winning the outdoor championship in the triple jump and earning the NCAA Division II Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year award.
www.acu.edu /sports/track/news/00000000panam.html   (470 words)

  
 BBC - Birmingham Sport - The World Indoor Championships
In 1999 Greene won the 60m World title and is also still the 60m world record holder with a time of 6.39 seconds.
At the 1997 World Indoor Championships in Japan, O’Sullivan was narrowly beaten into second place by her arch rival, Romanian Gabriela Szabo.
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics will be preceded by the Norwich Union Grand prix on February 21st and the World Indoor Trials and AAAs Championships on March 1st and 2nd.
www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/sport/athletics/event.shtml   (567 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)

  
 Runner's & Triathlete's Web- Athletics: Nine Invaders To Compete At Usa Indoor Nationals
This is the sixth competitive indoor season for the Invaders since the initial formation of their athlete roster in the fall of 1998.
Since 1999 in addition to one World Indoor Champion, the Invaders have won one indoor title, had three runner-up finishes, placed 11 in the top five, and had 32 finish in the top 10.
Sanders, a graduate of the University of Illinois and Warren Central HS (Ind.), finished eighth in 2003, sixth in 2000 and seventh in 1999 at the Indoor Championships in addition to competing at the 2000 Olympic Trials.
www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20040227_Invaders.html   (826 words)

  
 American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
His third straight World Championships long race/short race double completed in March 2004 is the stuff of legend.
Kenyan runners seldom double at the World Cross for the simple reason that they hold their trial races all on the same day and so unless the selectors relent they are never given the possibility to qualify for more than one race.
World 5000m track champion and a former winner of the World Junior Cross Country title, Eliud Kipchoge is in the cross country form of his life.
www.american-trackandfield.com /news/worldxc05menpreview.html   (1073 words)

  
 The Running Network -- National News -- Article
Russia, which had only 13 medals at the 1999 World Championships, also had 19 in Edmonton but had only six gold (seven silver and six bronze) and fewer points on IAAF scoring tables that award points for the top eight places.
Greene won his third world title in the 100m with the third-fastest time in history (9.82), while running the final meters of his race with a severely injured leg.
World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco won his third world title in 3:30.68, with Bernard Lagat of Kenya second (3:31.10) and Driss Maazouzi of France third (3:31.54).
www.runningnetwork.com /news/worlds2001relayfinal.html   (655 words)

  
 JMU - Montpelier - Fall 2001 - Tiombe Abounds
At August's IAAF World Championships, Hurd was the leading American athlete in the women's triple jump.
With Farias at her side, Hurd has become the 2000 and 2001 U.S. indoor champ and the 2001 U.S. outdoor champ, and she placed second at the U.S. outdoor nationals in 1999.
This year, she surpassed the sought-after Olympic qualifying standard while at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portugal and became the first American female triple jumper to win a medal at a major international competition.
www.jmu.edu /montpelier/2001Fall/TiombeAbounds.shtml   (809 words)

  
 Team USA MN > Athletes > Carrie Tollefson
She was the bronze medalist in the 5000 meters at the USA Outdoor Championships with a PR of 15:21.
At the USA Indoor Championships, Carrie finished 2nd in the 3000m and was selected for the U.S. World Indoor team that would compete in Budapest.
In 2006, at the USA Cross Country Championships, Carrie won the 4k race and at the USA Indoor Championships, she won the 3000m in 9:05.80.
www.teamusaminnesota.org /athlete_bio.asp?id=1   (629 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Relocation will improve indoor audience
The track there is considered to be one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world and was the scene of Alan Webb's sub-four minute high school mile record last winter.
Maybe IAAF officials are the ones who need to increase their caffeine intake.
The IAAF is moving the World Indoor Championships to the even-numbered years so that the event will no longer fall into the same years as the outdoor editions.
espn.go.com /oly/columns/jeff_hollobaugh/1268148.html   (839 words)

  
 Hall of Fame / WICA 2003
The World Indoor Championships in Athletics (WICA) was the most significant athletics event to be staged in the UK since the 1948 Olympic Games, and was a huge triumph for the City of Birmingham and The NEC Group which hosted the event.
The mission statement was “To deliver an outstanding sporting spectacle of world significance, which inspires athletics excellence, celebrates cultural diversity and enhances Birmingham’s reputation as a leading international city.” The main organisers and stakeholders were Birmingham City Council, UK Sport and UK Athletics, whilst the event remained under the jurisdiction of the IAAF.
The IAAF were particularly impressed with the idea of the VIP Event Guide and asked to use the front cover design for their own publication.
www.necgroup.co.uk /visitor/halloffame/wica.asp   (1482 words)

  
 Welcome to Obadele.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Oba's top performance in 1998 is the World Cup Gold where he established a Championship record of 9.87 (Altitude) in Johannesburg, South Africa last year.
In March 1999, Obadele won Silver in the 200 at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Japan in 20.26, which places him third on the all time list behind Frankie Fredericks (19.92) and Linford Christie (20.25).
The world is an oyster for this improving elite athlete, and his dedication to the sport and strong faith that assures him that God is his refuge and strength, Oba should continue to grow in stature as he faces his greatest challenge in 2000.
www.obadele.com /about.htm   (399 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/boston2004/facility.html   (674 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The mark is both an overall world record as well as an indoor world record.
The IAAF on Friday also ratified the previous world and world indoor mark of 4.85m set by Russian rival Svetlana Feofanova on February 22 in Athens.
The IAAF certified the world indoor mark in the men’s triple jump by Sweden’s Christian Olsson.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040425/asp/sports/story_3170079.asp   (700 words)

  
 Frankie Fredicks retires from sprinting - WTAworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The World Championships title at 200m in Stuttgart in 1993 will stand as his greatest achievement but having both the fortune or misfortune of running in the era of the great Michael Johnson, he perhaps will never get the recognition he deserves.
A World Indoor champion in 1999 and a World Cup winner on two occasions, Fredericks took the last of two Commonwealth crowns only last summer in Manchester.
In 1991 he took fifth place in the 100m at the IAAF World Championships and then a silver in the 200m, where his long legs seemed to eat up the Tokyo track.
www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?t=90673   (2264 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)

  
 Bryn Mawr College Track and Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In 1997 he took over head coaching duties for cross country, and in 1999 track and field was elevated to varsity status and Talbot was hired full time to coach both sports.
In 2004 the Indoor team notched it's highest Conference finish ever, and Bryn Mawr had two National qualifiers including the school's first Track and Field All-American Joanna Simonis, who set a Centennial Conference record in the 800 meters and finished third at the NCAA Division III Championships outdoors.
At the 2006 USATF Indoor Championships, DiCrescenzo placed 9 th in the 1500m and during the Outdoor Championships she took 3 rd place in the 3000m Steeplechase which landed her as an alternate on Team USA for the World Championships.
www.brynmawr.edu /athletics/intercollegiate/track/coach.htm   (467 words)

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