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IAAF:IAAF: DeAnna Price of USA won the Hammer Throw GOLD as first for USA at Doha 2019

Press Conference Highlights: Women’s Hammer Throw Comments from Doha 2019 World Championship medallists DeAnna Price (USA), Joanna Fiodorow (POL) and Zheng Wang (CHN) after the women’s hammer throw at the...

USA breaks Mixed Relay World Record, India entered finals

The first world record* of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 came just half way through the second session of competition as USA won their heat of the mixed...

Hiruni and 27 others bow out from Marathon in ‘hell’

“My legs aren’t working”, mumbled Sri Lankan Marathoner Hiruni Wijeyarathne as she was being taken away in a wheelchair by medics at the halfway mark of the very first World...

Dabo displayed sportsmanship by sacrificing his race for another rival

Dabo displayed sportsmanship by sacrificing his race for another rival Guinea-Bissau’s Braima Dabo will not win any medals at the world championships but he won the admiration of the crowd...

AC need to be fixed, It affects the run-up – World champion Luvo Manyonga

The state of the art air conditioning system at the Khalifa Staduim in Doha where the world championship been held seems to had bit of problem on the opening day...

Former World 100m Champ looking for IPL stint

Two time Olympic champion and world’s fastest man in 2011, Jamaica’s Yohan Blake said his first love is cricket and he is keen to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)...

Briana cleared to compete, but withdraws from team

An Independent Disciplinary Panel reprimanded Jamaican sprinting sensation Briana Williams with no period of ineligibility imposed for a failed drug test at the Jamaican National Championships in June; but nine...

Olympic hammer throw champion banned for doping

Dilshod Nazarov, the Olympic hammer throw champion from Tajikistan, was provisionally banned for failing a retest of a 2011 World Championships doping sample. Nazarov’s sample came back positive for a...

Almaz Ayana out of world championships

world champion and world-record holder at 10,000m, withdrew from the world track and field championships, according to the IAAF. Ayana, who in Rio clocked 29:17.45 to chop 14.33 seconds off...

Khalifa Stadium’s cooling system impresses US athletes

American athletes yesterday gave thumbs up to the innovative cooling system at the Khalifa International Stadium. The US squad, which arrived in Doha on Tuesday, seemed ‘impressed’ with the state-of—the-art...

IAAF World Championship : Who’s broadcasting in your country ? Click here to find out

Fans from the following territories and countries can tune in to either free or pay TV coverage of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 from 27 September to 6 October. Check...

‘Nilani should get chance to run SAG 5000m’ – Hiruni

Sri Lanka Marathoner Hiruni Wijayarathne, who qualified to run the 5,000m and 10,000m at the South Asian Games (SAG) by winning both events at the National Athletics Championship, said she...

උණුසුම් මැදියම් රෑ මැද මැරතන් තරගය අභියෝගයක් – හිරුණී විජේරත්න

ලෝක ශූරතා මලල ක්‍රීඩා තරගාවලියට මෙවර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවෙන් සුදුසුකම් ලැබූ එකම ක්‍රීඩිකාව වන මැරතන් ක්‍රීඩිකා හිරුණී විජේරත්න සිය අවසන් පුහුණු සැසියට සහභාගීවෙමින් “සිලොන් ඇත්ලටික්ස්” සමගින් දොඩමලු වූවාය. ප්‍රශ්නය – ලෝක...

Dopers denies legitimate athletes’ chance to shine – Emma Coburn

Defending 3000m Steeple Chase World champion from USA Emma Coburn shares her thoughts with us about doping and cheaters where she said the biggest heartbreak is that they denies the...

New Technology to Unleash at World Championship

Athletics fans around the globe will be closer to the action than ever before as IAAF Productions introduces ground-breaking technology to the broadcast of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019,...

prohibited items at IAAF World Championship

Ministry of Interior has issued a list of prohibited items for spectators of the World Athletics Championship that will be held in Khalifa International stadium for the 10 days starting...

Coleman battling sceptics in Doha after testing controversy

Doha – Christian Coleman arrives at the IAAF World Championships as the heavy favourite for 100m gold after an impressive season that has seen him clock a world-leading 9.81. But while the 23-year-old has left most...

Coe re-elected for new term as IAAF chief

Britain’s Sebastian Coe was re-elected unopposed Wednesday as president of the IAAF for a second term. Coe, 62, the former Olympic and world champion middle-distance runner, was named head of...

Briana Williams in Limbo ,Considers withdrawing from World Championship

Canadian-based sports attorney, Dr Emir Crowne, says 17-year-old sprint sensation, Briana Williams could voluntarily withdraw from Jamaica’s 55-member team to the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha if a ruling in her doping case...

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2019-DOHA – Women’s Analysis

IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2019-DOHA – WOMEN 2019 DIAMOND LEAGUE WINNER / HT CHALLENGE LEADER /COMBINED EVENTS C. LEADER/ WORLD RELAY WINNER EVENT NAME SB PB 100M Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 10.88...

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