http://www.iaaf.org/index.htmlNews from IAAF.orgencopyrightMon, 03 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMTrssCategoryhttp://www.iaaf.org/images/template/rssheader.gifhttp://www.iaaf.org/index.html13072IAAF.org - International Association of Athletics Federationshttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=48189.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=48189.html3 November 2008 - Stockholm, Sweden - The DN Galan, the annual Super Grand Prix meet which takes place in the Swedish capital and is part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour continues to dominate as the most written about and media covered sport event in Sweden.

]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47582.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47582.html10 September 2008 - Zagreb, Croatia – For Blanka Vlasic, there’s no place like home.

]]>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47561.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47561.html8 September 2008 - Zagreb, Croatia – Six recently-crowned Olympic champions will converge on Zagreb for Tuesday’s 58th edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial, the finest field assembled in recent memory for Croatia’s Grand Prix status meeting stop on the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47549.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47549.html7 September 2008 - Rieti, Italy - Asafa Powell clocked two more impressive times this afternoon (7) cruising to 9.77 in his heat of the 100m and then produced his second show of the day by winning the final in 9.82, on the Rieti track where he set his last World record in 2007 (9.74); all this just two days after his clash against Usain Bolt in Brussels (Fri 5).

]]>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47540.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47540.html6 September 2008 – Rieti, Italy - The return of Asafa Powell to the track where he ran his 9.74 secs World record last year and a World record attempt in the women’s 5000m by Ethiopian long distance running star Tirunesh Dibaba will be in the spotlight at the 38th edition of the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix meeting scheduled for Sunday 7 September, one of the two Italian legs of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47475.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47475.html3 September 2008 - Zagreb, Croatia – Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown leads a list of half a dozen Olympic champions confirmed for the Zagreb Grand Prix set for Tuesday, 9 September.

]]>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47464.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47464.html2 September 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Jamaican sprint stars Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Shelly-Ann Fraser took the spotlight in front of a 15,900 capacity crowd at Lausanne’s Athletissima, a Super Grand Prix status meeting, one of the final stops of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:35:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47440.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47440.html31 August 2008 - Gateshead, UK - Two world season leading best times in the men’s and women’s 3000m from Kenenisa Bekele and Vivian Cheruiyot and a superlative 100m of 9.87 from Asafa Powell were the highlights of the Aviva British Grand Prix in Gateshead - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:16:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47455.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47455.html1 September 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Dawn Harper, Lolo Jones, Asafa Powell and Dayron Robles spoke to the international press on the eve of the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, an IAAF Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47434.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47434.html31 August 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - The men’s 200m and men’s 110m Hurdles will be in the spotlight at what promises to be another fabulous edition of the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, a Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008, on Tuesday 2 September.

]]>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:16:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47406.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47406.html29 August 2008 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Twelve individual event gold medallists from the Beijing Olympics, headed of course by Jamaica’s Olympic 100m and 200m champion and World record holder Usian Bolt* will compete on Tuesday (2 Sep) at Athletissima 2008, which is a Super Grand Prix as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47393.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=47393.html28 August 2008 - Newcastle, UK - A host of Olympians will be welcomed to Gateshead for the Aviva British Grand Prix - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 - on Sunday (31 Aug) including home favourite, Christine Ohuruogu, Jamaican Olympic 100m champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Ethiopian distance star Tirunesh Dibaba as well as World champion, Tyson Gay and former 100m World record holder, Asafa Powell.

]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46840.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46840.html17 August 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Usain Bolt, the newly crowned Olympic 100m champion, will run the 200m at the 33rd Athletissima meet - IAAF World Athletics Tour - on Lausanne’s Pontaise track on 2 September, an event which has always been his favourite one till now.

]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46426.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46426.html5 August 2008 - Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell are set for a showdown in Gateshead just a fortnight after the Olympic 100m final.

]]>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=47559.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=47559.htmlWed, 30 Jul 2008 00:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46371.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46371.html28 July 2008 - Monte-Carlo - A one centimetre World record improvement for Yelena Isinbayeva, and a flurry of world season best performances across both track and field made for an outstanding night’s action at the Herculis 2008, a Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:55:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46370.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46370.html29 July 2008 - Monte-Carlo - In the last few minutes at the Herculis 2008, a Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008, Yelena Isinbayeva at her third attempt made a fine clearance at 5.04m, so improving her World Pole Vault record by one centimetre.

]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46351.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46351.html28 July 2008 - Monte-Carlo - Christine Arron and Leslie Djhone of France, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia were the guests late this afternoon at a press conference on the eve of the Herculis 2008 – IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008, which takes place, Tuesday 29, in the Stade Louis II which is situated in the Fontvieille district of the tiny Mediterranean Principality of Monaco.

]]>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:50:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46349.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46349.html28 July 2008 - Monte-Carlo - Asafa Powell and Yelena Isinbayeva are the main attractions of a deep start-list of quality at Herculis 2008, which takes place tomorrow night, Tuesday 29, in the Mediterranean Principality of Monaco.

]]>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46315.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46315.html26 July 2008 - London, UK – Two superb performances from two of Jamaica’s greatest sprinters lit up the second day of the Aviva London Grand Prix - IAAF World Athletics Tour - this afternoon.

]]>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:44:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46301.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46301.html25 July 2008 - London, UK - Andrey Silnov was hardly the headline grabber in the lead up to the Aviva London Grand Prix this week. Yet it was the Russian high jumper who set the standards on a warm, breezy evening at Crystal Palace where Asafa Powell, Yelena Isinbayeva and Phillips Idowu all had comfortable victories, but Allyson Felix and Bernard Lagat suffered unexpected defeats.

]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:11:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46299.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46299.html25 July 2008 - Monte-Carlo, Monaco - Herculis 2008, the last major international competition of the season prior to the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing, China (Athletics 15 – 14 Aug), has attracted a spectacular array of talent.

]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46291.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46291.html24 July 2008 - London, UK - Usain Bolt wants to run both the 100m and 200m at next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing, he revealed today, although the final decision will be up to his coach, Glen Mills.

]]>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=103/newsid=46286.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=103/newsid=46286.html24 July 2008 - London, UK - By his own admission, Phillips Idowu doesn’t look like “an average Joe”.

]]>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46283.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46283.html23 July 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Dayron Robles is set to be one of the main attractions of the 33rd edition of the Athletissima Super Grand Prix - IAAF World Athletics Tour, which will take place at the Pontaise Stadium on 2 September.

]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:23:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46280.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46280.html23 July 2008 - London, UK - If Niels de Vos, UK Athletics chief executive, is to be believed the Aviva London Super Grand Prix this weekend will be the “strongest athletics meeting, other than the Olympics themselves, this summer”.

]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:41:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46272.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46272.html21 July 2008 – Stockholm, Sweden – Some great sprinting and a close shave for the women’s 5000m World record was played out before the annual full house of 15,000 spectators at the DN Galan, a Super Grand Prix status meeting within the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:55:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46257.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46257.html21 July 2008 – Stockholm, Sweden – A huge put of 20.33m in heavy persistent rain achieved by Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus was the high statistical point at the DN Galan’s ‘Big Shot’ competition in the Kungsträdgården in the centre of the Swedish capital this afternoon.

]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46264.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46264.html21 July 2008 – Stockholm, Sweden – This afternoon the old and new faces of the World 100m record, Jamaica’s Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt, were at the official press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s DN Galan (22), and tried to play down expectation about improving the global mark here in the Swedish capital.

]]>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46242.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46242.html20 July 2008 - Stockholm, Sweden - The DN Galan, a Super Grand Prix status meeting within the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 takes place on two days this year. A city centre Shot Put competition is held tomorrow (21) on the eve of the main programme in the 1912 Olympic stadium on Tuesday (22).

]]>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46177.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46177.htmlWed, 16 Jul 2008 12:21:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46129.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46129.html13 July 2008 - Athens, Greece - Jamaica’s World 100m record holder Usain Bolt justified all expectations tonight (Sun 13) at the Athens Grand Prix - Tsiklitiria 2008 - in the Olympic stadium with his Jamaican 200m record of 19.67 seconds.

]]>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46079.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=46079.html13 July 2008 - Stockholm, Sweden - A high flying duel between the world’s two greatest exponents of women’s pole vaulting will be seen in the night sky above the 1912 Olympic stadium in the Swedish capital on Tuesday 22 July, when Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva and USA’s Jennifer Stuczynski meet in competition for the first time in 2008.

]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45975.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45975.htmlSat, 12 Jul 2008 00:30:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45758.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45758.html8 July 2008 – Stockholm, Sweden – USA’s Adam Nelson and Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus, currently the 2008 world season leaders respectively in the men’s and women’s Shot Puts head an all-star cast at the DN Galan in the Swedish capital which this year has launched a new innovative way to develop athletics.

]]>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45707.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45707.html6 July 2008 - Madrid, Spain - The ‘Meeting de Madrid 2008’ last night (5) was capped by a superb 2.06m effort signed by Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic in the women’s High Jump, two quick 800m races taken by South Africa’s Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1:43.64) and Hasna Benhassi of Morocco (1:58:54).

]]>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45680.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45680.html4 July 2008 – Stockholm, Sweden – A clash between Usain Bolt, Jamaica’s World record holder in the 100 metres and his fellow countryman, the former World record holder Asafa Powell, is set for the DN Galan - IAAF World Athletics Tour - on 22 July at Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium.

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:06:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45671.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45671.html4 July 2008 - Madrid, Spain – Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic should provide the highlight of the ‘Meeting de Madrid 2008’ which takes place on Saturday in the Spanish capital.

]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:40:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45631.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45631.htmlWed, 02 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45582.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45582.html1 July 2008 – London, UK – Miler Andy Baddeley and quarter miler Martyn Rooney will race World champions Bernard Lagat and Jeremy Wariner respectively at the Aviva London Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace stadium just two weeks before this year’s Olympics Games.

]]>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45483.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45483.html26 June 2008 – The fitness and form of reigning Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Olsson will be under close scrutiny when he competes at the ‘Meeting Madrid 2008’ in the Spanish capital’s Moratalaz Municipality Sports Centre on 5 July.

]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45351.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45351.html17 June 2008 – Olympic champions Yelena Slesarenko and Osleidis Menéndez and World indoor champions Yargelis Savigne and Christian Cantwell are just a few of the names on the slate for the Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2008 – IAAF World Athletics Tour - meeting on 5 July 2008.

]]>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45297.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45297.html13 June 2008 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Just hours after becoming the sixth Cuban to break a World senior record outdoors**, sprint hurdler Dayron Robles, who trains at the IAAF High Performance Training Centre in Cuba, believes that "every world record is perfect."

]]>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:18:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45290.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45290.htmlThu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45289.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45289.html12 June 2008 - Ostrava, Czech Republic – Running in his third race of the season, Dayron Robles set a World record * in the 110m Hurdles, clocking 12.87 at the Golden Spike Grand Prix – IAAF World Athletics Tour – in Ostrava.

]]>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:15:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45278.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45278.html11 June 2008 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – A rain delay did little to dampen competition in the Hammer Throw at the Golden Spike Grand Prix, with Yipsi Moreno and Primoz Kozmus producing meet records.

]]>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45271.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45271.html10 June 2008 - Ostrava, Czech Republic – Two World records have been set on the track thus far in this Olympic season, and both of the record breakers will be making their eagerly-anticipated follow-up appearances when the IAAF World Athletics Tour resumes at the Golden Spike Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Thursday.

]]>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:10:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45261.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45261.html9 June 2008 - Eugene, USA – Brad Walker took a big step toward establishing himself as the Olympic favourite in the Pole Vault in the Prefontaine Classic on Sunday (8 June).

]]>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:44:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45236.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45236.html6 June 2008 - Eugene, USA - Kenenisa Bekele would like to make his first outdoor appearance in the United States an historic one at the 34th Prefontaine Classic on Sunday (8 June) which is a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45194.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45194.html]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45172.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45172.htmlWed, 04 Jun 2008 11:07:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45169.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45169.html4 June 2008 - Eugene, USA - Reigning World Champions, Germany’s Betty Heidler (Hammer Throw), Donald Thomas of the Bahamas (High Jump) and the USA’s Brad Walker (Pole Vault), head the list of competitors in their events at the 34th Prefontaine Classic on Sunday 8 June.

]]>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45160.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45160.html]]>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=103/newsid=45152.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=103/newsid=45152.html2 June 2008 – New York, USA - Last Thursday, Usain Bolt explained to the New York press that despite running 9.76 for 100m earlier in the season in Jamaica, he wasn't sure he'd run the 100m in the Jamaican Olympic Trials.

]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:01:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45117.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45117.html1 May 2008 - New York, USA – At last night’s IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting in New York, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt set a new World record for the men’s 100m in a time of 9.72 seconds.

]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45069.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45069.html29 May 2008 - New York, USA - It's not much of a stretch to call China’s Liu Xiang the best-known track athlete in the world. The reluctant but resigned athletics hero of the world's most populous nation as it prepares to host the world's most-watched athletics event, Liu holds all three major global titles in the sprint hurdles (the Olympic and World titles in the 110m Hurdles and the World Indoor Championship title in the 60m hurdles), as well as the World record in the 110m Hurdles. With all this behind him, almost everything Liu does can be considered a rehearsal of some aspect of the Beijing Olympic final, which may be the biggest race of Liu's life.

]]>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45071.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45071.html28 May 2008 - Eugene, Oregon- The Prefontaine Classic, a Grand Prix status meet as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour has assembled its the greatest ever women’s 1500m field for the meet which takes place at Hayward Field on Sunday 8 June.

]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45055.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45055.html27 May 2008 - Eugene, Oregon - The strongest women's 100m field in the history of the meet, a match-up of Olympic medal contenders in the men's 200m, and three of the top 10 men's 100m competitors highlight the short sprints at the 34th annual Prefontaine Classic on 8 June.

]]>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45025.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45025.html26 May 2008 – Belém, Brazil - Kenyan Gilbert Kipchoge produced the best performance of the “24º Grande Prêmio Brasil/Caixa de Atletismo”, by winning the 800m in 1:44.52.

]]>Mon, 26 May 2008 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45000.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=45000.html24 May 2008 – Hengelo, The Netherlands - A phenomenal 8.73m leap by Irving Saladino, Haile Gebrselassie’s impressive return to the track, and a break-out performance by Kenyan teenager Pamela Jelimo were the key highlights of the 26th Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo.

]]>Sat, 24 May 2008 21:22:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44997.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44997.html23 May 2008 - Brazilian Jadel Gregório, the 2007 World championship Triple Jump silver medallist, will be the highlight of “24th Grande Prêmio Brasil/Caixa de Atletismo” that will take place in Belém, at the “Estádio Mangueirão” on Sunday 25 May.

]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 21:51:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44999.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44999.html23 May 2008 - An eagerly anticipated 100m face off between World champion Tyson Gay of the U.S. and World record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica has been set for the Aviva London Grand Prix on 25-26 July, organisers announced.

]]>Fri, 23 May 2008 16:39:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44987.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44987.htmlThu, 22 May 2008 18:34:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44983.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44983.html22 May 2008 - Eugene, Oregon, USA - At last year's Prefontaine Classic, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen of Kenya electrified a sold-out crowd by running the fastest-ever mile on American soil, 3:48.28. The year the Kenyan returns to face another stellar field.

]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:44:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44982.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44982.html22 May 2008 – New York, USA - Five of the top female athletes in the sport have been added to the field for the fourth annual Reebok Grand Prix – IAAF World Athletics Tour - on 31 May, organisers announced.

]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:27:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44981.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44981.html22 May 2008 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Olympic and World 400m champion Jeremy Wariner will contest his first-ever 300m race at the Golden Spike – IAAF World Athletics Tour – in Ostrava on 12 June.

]]>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:05:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44973.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44973.html20 May 2008 - Eugene, Oregon - Through 15 consecutive victories dating back to when she was a student at local Springfield (Oregon) High School, Maria Mutola has been No. 1 both on the track and in the hearts of Prefontaine Classic fans.  Now, at age 35, Mutola returns from her current residence of Johannesburg, South Africa to seek a 16th victory on 8 June at Hayward Field in her specialty, the 800 metres.

]]>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=47558.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=47558.htmlTue, 20 May 2008 00:30:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44962.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44962.html19 May 2008 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Athletissima, a Super Grand Prix status meeting as part of the 25 strong fixture IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 has a late season date in 2008, and Olympic Triple Jump champion Christian Olsson of Sweden was on hand last week at a press conference in Lausanne to begin the meet's promotion.

]]>Mon, 19 May 2008 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44924.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44924.html17 May 2008 - Dakar, Senegal - Shot putter Dorian Scott triggered a victorious homecoming for Jamaicans at the IAAF Dakar Grand Prix meeting that ended in the Senegalese capital on Saturday night.

]]>Sat, 17 May 2008 21:56:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44945.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44945.htmlSat, 17 May 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44910.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44910.html16 May 2008 - Dakar Senegal - A host of recently crowned Africa champions are out to prove their victories were no fluke when they compete at the annual International meeting in Dakar on Saturday which is a Grand Prix status meet as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008.

]]>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44901.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44901.htmlOstrava, Czech republic - After last year’s successful venture with Haile Gebrselassie the organizers of the "47th Golden Spike" in Ostrava in 12 June, a Grand Prix status meet as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008, will organize a similar try for women.

]]>Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44896.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44896.htmlWed, 14 May 2008 18:30:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44882.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44882.html]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44866.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44866.html12 May 2008 - Eugene, Oregon, USA — Kenenisa Bekele, the reigning World and Olympic champion in the 10,000m and the World record holder in the event, is hoping to make his first-ever outdoor appearance in the United States a memorable one. 

]]>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:34:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44770.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44770.html10 May 2008 - With the Beijing Olympics only three months away, Chinese athletes showed at the Osaka 2008 Grand Prix that they are getting ready for the Games.

]]>Sat, 10 May 2008 15:09:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44751.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44751.html9 May 2008 - Doha, Qatar - No doubt who was the star of the show at the Qatar Super Grand Prix - IAAF World Athletics Tour - meeting in Doha on Friday evening. David Oliver became only the 11th man to go under 13 seconds in the 110m Hurdles, with his victory by over five metres in a 12.95 personal best – one of half a dozen meet records set.

]]>Fri, 09 May 2008 22:01:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44740.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44740.html9 May 2008 - The 2008 Osaka Grand Prix - IAAF World Athletics Tour - meeting in Osaka, Japan, will be held this Saturday 10 May in the Nagai stadium, the venue of the last year’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Two reigning World champions will return to the site of their gold medal performances; Liu Xiang and Brad Walker.

]]>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:52:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44739.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44739.htmlFri, 09 May 2008 08:24:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44717.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44717.htmlWed, 07 May 2008 08:51:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44659.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44659.htmlFri, 02 May 2008 09:56:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44568.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44568.html25 April 2008 – The Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2008 which is one of the 25 meetings of the IAAF World Athletics Tour has announced a group of global big hitters for Friday 9 May.

]]>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44444.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44444.html]]>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44442.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44442.htmlMon, 14 Apr 2008 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44388.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44388.html8 April 2008 - Canada’s World Indoor 400m champion Tyler Christopher will take a shot at the oldest meeting record in Ostrava which on 12 June 2008 hosts the 47th edition of the Golden Spike of Ostrava, a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44127.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44127.htmlThu, 20 Mar 2008 17:59:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44029.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=44029.html12 March 2008 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – World marathon record holder and two-time Olympic and four-time World 10,000m champion Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia today (12) announced that he intends to compete in the 2008 FBK-Games - IAAF World Athletics Tour - in Hengelo on 24 May in his bid to make Ethiopia’s 10,000m team for the Beijing Olympics in China.

]]>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43506.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43506.html21 February 2008 - Melbourne, Australia – After a troubled buildup to his first 100m race of the year Jamaica’s Asafa Powell won easing up in 10.04sec and started World record talk at the Melbourne Grand Prix on Thursday.

]]>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=43479.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=101/newsid=43479.html20 February 2008 - Monte-Carlo - The 2008 IAAF World Athletics Tour recommences tomorrow (Thu 21 Feb) in Melbourne, Australia, when the Melbourne Athletics Grand Prix takes place in the city’s Olympic Park.

]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43481.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43481.html20 February 2008 - Melbourne, Australia – Brilliant Ethiopian teenage distance runner Abreham Cherkos Feleke checked into his Australian hotel only at 4am on Wednesday but his manager at least believes he will give home town hero Craig Mottram a great race over 5000m in the Melbourne Grand Prix when the World Athletics Tour of 2008 resumes on Thursday (21) evening.

]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:38:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43466.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43466.html19 February 2008 - Melbourne, Australia – Asafa Powell struggled at training yesterday as he bids to beat the clock in his race to recover from a cut knee in time to compete in the 100m in the Melbourne Grand Prix, as the World Athletics Tour resumes this Thursday night.

]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:41:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43392.html?cid=rssfeed&att=indexhttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=43392.html15 February 2008 - Sydney, Australia – World record holder Asafa Powell said today he is confident of racing the 100m at the Melbourne Grand Prix on Thursday 21 February, part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.

]]>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:42:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42986.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42986.htmlTue, 22 Jan 2008 19:15:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42663.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42663.htmlTue, 11 Dec 2007 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42612.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42612.htmlThu, 06 Dec 2007 21:00:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42536.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42536.htmlThu, 29 Nov 2007 10:14:30 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42609.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42609.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2007 13:45:00 GMThttp://www.iaaf.org/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42608.html?cid=rssfeed&att=index/GP08/news/kind=100/newsid=42608.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2007 13:41:30 GMT