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	Sports Venue Technology - 2005 World Athletics Championships, United Kingdom
		At the IAAF council meeting in Nairobi during April 2002, it was announced that the 10th World Athletics Championships would be held in Helsinki, Finland.
		In April 2000 the IAAF accepted London’s bid to host the 2005 IAAF World Championships, an event considered to be the most important international sports event in the UK since the 1966 World Cup and one of the top three sports events on the international calendar.
		At the beginning of October 2001, the British Government announced that it was to withdraw London as the venue for the 10th IAAF World Championships.
	www.sportsvenue-technology.com /projects/2005_athletics (1162 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Sports \| Back to where it began (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The World Athletics Championship is to begin in the city which hosted the inaugural event.
		The 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be subject to the largest anti-doping programme ever conducted by the IAAF, including both drug testing and educational activities.
		Al-Guerrouj also indicated that 2005 would now be a sabbatical year for him competitively, that he would take a break from running, and that he would restart training possibly with the intention of competing in the next indoor season.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/754/sp1.htm (837 words)

	IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Championships 2005
		Helsinki, Finland - The ‘Helsinki 2005’ Official Commemorative Book of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland, 6-14 August 2005 has been published and is now on sale.
		25 August 2005 -Monaco - The IAAF is very pleased with the preliminary television data received for the 10th edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which took place from August 6-14 in...
		14 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Written coverage of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 — 14 August) was brought to you by the following...
	www.iaaf.org /WCH05/index.html (309 words)

	Canada: Athletics Team for World Championships - Time-to-Run - runner's track information
		Following the IAAF world championships, Adams and Mathieson will be joining other members of Canada’s national team for athletes with a disability to compete in the International Paralympic Committee Athletics Open European Championships taking place in Espoo, Finland, August 21-27.
		Athletics Canada is the national sport governing body for the sport of track and field including cross-country running and road running.
		Athletics Canada is a not for profit, charitable organization operating under a board of directors elected by provincial / territorial members.
	www.time-to-run.com /track/worldchamps/helsinki2005/news/280705b.htm (417 words)

	2005 World Championships in Athletics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (August 6, 2005 – August 14, 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983.
		One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of which were included as exhibition events.
		This was the first 800-1500 m double in open global championship since New Zealand's Peter Snell achieved it at the Rome Olympics in 1964.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics (1935 words)

	Athletics Canada -......................................................... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		July 16, 2005 WINNIPEG - Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., posted a solid victory in the women’s 100-metre hurdles while Kevin Sullivan of Brantford, Ont., fended off a strong challenge to win the men’s 1,500-metres on Saturday in windy conditions at the Surin Group Canadian track and field championships.
		July 15, 2005 WINNIPEG - Dana Ellis of Kitchener, Ont., broke her Canadian record in the women’s pole vault on Friday to highlight opening day action at the Surin Group Canadian track and field championships.
		Ottawa, July 5, 2005 - Athletics Canada is pleased to announce that The Surin Group has signed on as the title sponsor of the 2005 Canadian Track and Field Championships taking place July 15-17 in Winnipeg.
	www.athletics.ca /article.asp?id=5807 (282 words)

	Telegraph \| Sport \| Athletics: Wembley will not stage World Championships
		The 2005 World Championships will now be staged at the planned Lea Valley Stadium at Picketts Lock in north-east London after the chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) admitted that the ground would not be ready until the middle of 2005.
		When he replaced Chelsea's Ken Bates as head of WNSL, Walker was optimistic that athletics could be brought back into the fold but the delays to the project's funding and the beginning of the redevelopment work have forced him to re-assess the situation.
		Brendan Foster, the TV commentator and former athlete, believes the World Championships could be staged at existing stadia, such as Don Valley in Sheffield, or the soon-to-be-completed Commonwealth Stadium in Manchester.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/01/18/uwemb.xml (561 words)

	Cool Running :: Groundbreaking Webcast of World Championships to be available
		The live Webcast of all nine days of World Championships competition, August 6-14 in Helskinki, Finland, is available in the United States and U.S. territories for only $4.95 at wcsn.com.
		The live Webcast, available to all World Championships Webcast subscribers, will give fans a chance to experience live, TDK Golden League track and field coverage prior to the start of the World Championships on August 6.
		World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) is the first programming network dedicated to capturing the athletes and international sports federation competitions from around the world.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/3/3_1/groundbreaking-webcast-of.shtml (717 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)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: USATF announces marathon team for World Champs
		In 2005 Sell has continued his progress with a second-place finish at the USA 10 Mile Championships (47:37) and a ninth-place finish (first U.S.) at the Lilac Bloomsday Run on May 1.
		Clint Verran, 29, of Rochester Hills, Mich., is an IAAF World Championships Marathon veteran finishing 39th (2:16:42) in 2003 in Paris.
		The 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics marathon course runs through the heart of Helsinki and passes close to the Eläintarha sports field near the Olympic Stadium, inside which the competitors will cross the finish line after running the 10km loop 3.5 times.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050504_USATF_WC_Marathon.html (820 words)

	Finnguide: 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics : Finland news articles
		Over half of the 400,000 tickets available for the track and field event to be held August 6-14, 2005 have already been sold and the new track and grass surfaces of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium have been completed.
		In Helsinki World Championships all performances taking place in the Stadium will be synchronised better than ever before, believes Mr Antti Pihlakoski, CEO of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
		In addition to the World Championships, there will be events for young athletes, masters and the disabled.
	www.finnguide.fi /events/artdetail.asp?a=90 (536 words)

	Sprintic.com \| News \| Leonard Scott and Me'Lisa Barber won 60m at World Indoors
		His time of 6.50 equalled the world leading mark he had run in the semi-finals, having entered the Championships with the fastest time this year of 6.52.
		Barber, 25, has gold medals from the 4 x 400m Relay at the 2003 World Championships of Athletics in Paris and the 4 x 100m at the 2005 World Championships of Athletics in 2005.
		It was so close that Barber and her American teammate, Lauryn Williams, the outdoor World sprint champion, could not be separated on times, both closing with world leading marks this year of 7.01.
	www.sprintic.com /news/52 (470 words)

	Wire2005-36 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The 2005 World Championships marathon course runs through the heart of Helsinki and passes close to the Elaintarha sports field near the Olympic Stadium, where the competitors will finish after running the 10K city loop 3.5 times.
		Runner's World defines women's running shoes as shoes that do not have a male counterpart, and after utilizing 60 wear-testers with women-only shoes for this review - and hearing their positive responses - it seems clear that the trend is here to stay.
		Runner's World's companion website, RunnersWorld.com, is the largest running community on the Internet, featuring interactive, searchable, and targeted content for runners of all ages and abilities.
	www.runningusa.org /media/wire2005/Wire2005-36.html (2542 words)

	World Athletics Championships - 2005
		Norman Brierley, Solomon Ashoms and Oladipoh Alphonce went to Helsinki to report from the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
		Debbie Ferguson, Olympic 200m bronze medallist from the Bahamas missing from World Championships through injury shares her favourite Bible verse.
		Olympic and World 400m champion Tonique Williams-Darling on the difference her faith has made to her life.
	www.2kplus.org.uk /wac2005.php (199 words)

	Hanscom changes her mind about marathons - The Washington Times: Sports - May 08, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Just five weeks ago, when I asked Heather Hanscom when her next marathon was scheduled, she said she had none planned for this year and was concentrating on shorter races because the recovery time from a marathon was too long.
		The last time an Arlington woman ran the marathon in a World Championships in Helsinki was in 1983, and Marianne Dickerson earned the silver -- the only American female to win a medal at Worlds.
		According to the report, if you want to be in the largest race in the world, you go to New York City, with an all-time record of 36,562 finishers last year.
	washingtontimes.com /sports/20050508-010445-2859r.htm (644 words)

	Sporting Life - Athletics \| World Athletics Championships, Helsinki, Paula Radcliffe, News, Results, Schedule, Guides, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Paula Radcliffe led from gun to tape to give Great Britain their only gold medal of the World Championships in Helsinki with a dominant display of front-running in the women's marathon.
		Osleidys Menendez smashed her own world javelin record as she claimed gold in Helsinki.
		Tirunesh Dibaba became the first athlete to achieve the World 5000 and 10000 metres double in Helsinki.
	www.sportinglife.com /athletics/worldathletics2005/news (471 words)

	Cool Running :: 27 Olympic medalists, 16 World Champs medalists lead young Team USA to World Champs
		Team USA will look to match its typical World Championships medal tally of 17-19 medals in Helsinki and is coming off an Olympic Games in which it won a surprising 25 medals.
		World Championships individual medalists include Johnson, Phillips, Capel, Trammell, Nelson, Godina, Greene, Dragila, Hysong, Curt Clausen and Sandra Glover; relay medalists are Derrick Brew, Richards, Trotter, Suziann Reid and Lisa Barber.
		The 2005 World Championships will be broadcast in the United States daily on the PAX network; 58 hours of live Webcast coverage also is available for under $5 at www.wcsn.com.
	www.coolrunning.com /engine/3/3_1/27-olympic-medalists-16-w.shtml (620 words)

	Care2 Connect - Photos - 2005 World Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Russian Yelena Isinbayeva after breaking her own world record in the women Pole Vault final at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships on August 12, 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
		Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia celebrates breaking the world record in the women Pole Vault final at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships on August 12, 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
		American Chaunte Howard celebrates her silver medal in the women high jump finals at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki on August 8, 2005.
	www.care2.com /c2c/photos/view/53/433126520/2005_World_Championships (277 words)

	CNNSI.com - Athletics - Britain confirms bid for 2005 athletics worlds - Sunday January 30, 2000 11:20 AM
		BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -- The head of British athletics said Sunday that London would bid for the 2005 World Championships despite the absence of a venue.
		David Moorcroft, chief executive of UK Athletics, said the bid would be submitted Monday -- the deadline for submission -- at the IAAF office in Monte Carlo.
		Officials of the IAAF, the world governing body of the sport, are known to favor large metropolitan areas for upcoming championships.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2000/01/30/britain_2005_ap (326 words)

	American Track and Field -- Regional News Article
		The 2005 world leader with her time of 49.28, Richards is coming off of wins last week over Olympic gold medalist Tonique Williams-Darling, in Lausanne, and world champion Ana Guevara, in Rome, which earned her USATF Athlete of the Week honors.
		I wanted to be the best quarter miler in the world, and at the Olympics, being with Jeremy and Clyde, I felt if I wanted to be the best quarter miler it was time for me to make the change.
		I was at the World Championship [in 2003] when I was 18, running anchor on the relay.
	www.american-trackandfield.com /news/richards05teleconf.html (1963 words)

	Britain set to lose 2005 world event -DAWN - Sport; October 5, 2001
		The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirmed this week that Britain would lose the championships if they could not be staged in London.
		The championships are the third biggest sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and soccer World Cup.
		The decision on the venue will be made in 2005, just months after the world championships take place.
	www.dawn.com /2001/10/05/spt5.htm (221 words)

	Montgomery2k6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This NCAA® championship event is hosted by the City of Montgomery and Valdosta State University.
		In Tampa baseball's championship math, that is. Chris Rosenbaum's pinch-hit RBI single -- in his first national championship at-bat -- combined with Sergio Perez's first save in his first relief appearance gives Tampa its fourth national championship.
		NCAA is a registered trademark of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
	www.valdosta.edu /athletics/montgomery (232 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Athletics \| Bergqvist soars to high jump gold
		Swedish favourite Kajsa Bergqvist soared to her first world outdoor high jump gold with a world-leading effort of 2.02m in Helsinki.
		Once the title was secured in front of a roaring crowd, Bergqvist made three attempts at 2.10m in a bid to break the world record.
		The Swede failed to clear the bar but admitted she was in such high spirits she felt she had nothing to lose.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/athletics/4132214.stm (241 words)

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