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Kovacs Has Come a Long Way to Strike Gold in Beijing
Published by IAAF on August 23, 2015

When Joe Kovacs entered the Bird’s Nest Stadium last night, shortly before winning his first world title in the men’s shot put, his mind could...

Aug 24th 2015, 3:36pm 9K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Shawn Barber is a cut above in World Championships pole vault

World pole vault record-holder Renaud Lavillenie suffers shock defeat to Canadian in Beijing
This week s IAAF World Championships has been full of surprises so far and the theme continued in the pole vault when one of the biggest names in athletics was...

Aug 24th 2015, 2:55pm 233 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Hansen meets IOC President Bach in Beijing

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen met with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach ahead of the IAAF World Championships.

Aug 24th 2015, 2:39pm 560 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

More than 70 races sign up for European Week of Sport

With two weeks to go until the European Week of Sport (EWOS), 73 road races in 27 countries have registered for the event.

Aug 24th 2015, 11:58am 514 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Menkov leaves it late

Russia’s defending long jump champion Aleksandr Menkov showed nerves of steel to reach Tuesday’s final with a last round 8.08m at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing this morning.

Aug 24th 2015, 11:09am 934 views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments

Report: men s long jump qualifying IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015

It was far from a straightforward qualification round in the men s long jump.

Aug 24th 2015, 4:57am 1K views 0 likes 0 shares 0 comments