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Sunday, 07 September 2003
El Guerrouj leads home World Junior Mile record in Rieti - all roads now point to Monaco
7 September 2003 - Rieti, Italy – With less than one week before the inaugural IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco (13-14 September), Alex Kipchirchir’s World junior record in the Mile (3:50.25) behind Hicham El Guerrouj’s winning 3:50.20 clocking, Venelina Veneva’s 2.01 in the women's High Jump and Sandra Glover’s meeting record with 53.34 in the women’s 400 hurdles were the best results of today’s Rieti IAAF Grand Prix meeting.
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Rieti - last stop before Monaco World Athletics Final
6 September 2003 - The Rieti IAAF Grand Prix meeting, the final leg of the international athletics circuit before the IAAF World Athletics Final (13 and 14 September) in Monaco, will certainly live up to its strong middle distance running traditi...
Woody stronger than Herbert in Helsinki
18 August 2003 - Helsinki, Finland - American Joey Woody's hard fought 400m Hurdles battle with Llewellyn Herbert of South Africa, and a 21 metres Shot Put by European champion Yuriy Bilonog of Ukraine were the highlights of tonight's IAAF Grand Prix meeting ...
Helsinki – last Grand Prix stop before Paris
14 August 2003 – Helsinki, Finland – The Asics Grand Prix which takes place in the Finnish capital’s 1952 Olympic stadium on Monday evening (18 August) is the very last IAAF Grand Prix stop on the circuit before the 9th IAAF World Championships in Athleti...
Chambers grabs significant 'Paris' scalps in London
9 August 2003 - London, UK - A dramatic and confusing men’s 100m, the second best women’s Pole Vault in the world this year, and another Triple Jump way beyond 15m from Yamile Aldama were the highlights of a hot and humid night of athletics at the...
Norwich Union London Grand Prix preview
7 August 2003 – London, UK - Whatever Maurice Greene is up to on Friday night, it must be good. With the World Championships in Paris starting in just over two weeks time, just about all of Greene’s main rivals for his 100m crown will line up at the Norwich Un...
Cloete hijacks Sweden’s jumping gala with 2.01m
5 August 2003 – Stockholm, Sweden – A 2.01m High Jump stadium record by Hestrie Cloete was the pick of a solidly entertaining 37th DN Galan – IAAF Super Grand Prix – meeting in the sold-out 1912 Olympic stadium.
Stockholm prepares for Jumping fest - DN Galan Preview
4 August 2003 - Stockholm, Sweden – Given the present golden era of Swedish athletics as exemplified by the exploits of Kajsa Bergqvist, Stefan Holm, Christian Olsson, Carolina Klüft it comes as no surprise that the DN Galan – IAAF Super Grand P...
J.J. Johnson sprints to double in Greece
3 August 2003 – American J.J Johnson’s sprint double was the highlight of the international meeting - IAAF GP II - in Thessaloniki, Greece tonight.
Satisfied Block finds competition hot in Heusden
3 August 2003 – Heusden-Zolder, Belgium - Two days after the rain in Linz in Austria the 7000 spectators at the 24th KBC Night of Athletics were enjoying lovely sunshine at this IAAF Grand Prix II meeting.