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Tuesday, 18 March 2003
Birmingham at a distance
18 March 2003 - Anticipating when the real racing starts is one of the exciting aspects of watching distance running, and in the respect of 'real races'the competition over 1500m and 3000m races in Birmingham at the 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (14-16 March), did not disappoint.
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World record for Feofanova brings Birmingham’s World Indoor Championships to spectacular close
16 March 2003 – Birmingham, UK – Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova won the women’s Pole Vault final in the last session of the 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (14-16 March) in the National Indoo...
Pappas looks for another healthy autumn
16 March 2003 - Tom Pappas asks for another autumn when he is healthy. Then, says the new Heptathlon World Indoor Champion, the world record might just be within his reach.
Ireland a Nation of Sprinters?
16 March 2003 - Few observers would have expected to see two Irish sprinters in the men's 400 Metres Final at the World Indoor Championships.
Hansen and Devonish send Birmingham into double World Indoor frenzy – Saturday’s evening session summary
15 March 2003 – Birmingham, UK – Home gold is usually good for the atmosphere of any championships stadium and so it was again proved at the second day of the 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships...
Dwight Phillips takes World Long Jump title back to the States
15 March 2003 - The real action started when the athletes took their fourth attempt by which time Dwight Phillips (USA) was in the lead with a second attempt effort of 8.23m followed by Spain’s Yago Lamela
Jackson in, Dragila out, in Birmingham – Saturday’s morning session summary
15 March 2003 – Birmingham, UK – The second day of the 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics (14-16 March) got off to a fascinating morning of competition with contrasting qualification fortunes for two of the Wor...
Kluft's golden procession
15 March 2003 - Birmingham, UK - It was billed as a day-long, five-event battle. But Carolina Kluft turned the women's Pentathlon at the 9th World Indoor Championships in Birmingham yesterday into a procession from the first discipline, as the 20-year-old Swede far exceeded...
Gatlin guns down the world’s best – Friday’s evening session summary
14 March 2003 – Birmingham, UK - Justin Gatlin, the US 60m champion added World gold to his fast developing sprint reputation, in the process dashing the hopes of a home gold for the British duo of Jason Gardener and Mark-Lewis Fra...
Kluft’s display makes Birmingham’s atmosphere bubble - Friday Morning Session Summary
14 March 2003 – Birmingham, UK – In the first session of competition Sweden’s Carolina Kluft immediately took a firm grip of the women’s Pentathlon, spicing up the atmosphere in the National Indoor Arena.
