Radcliffe vs Wami the talk of the town in the Big Apple – New York City Marathon preview
31 October 2008 - New York, USA - Two icons of distance running head their respective fields for the 39th edition of what has itself become an icon, the ING New York City Marathon.
Mbote gunning for his own course record at JoongAng Seoul Marathon
31 October 2008 – Seoul, Korea – More than 23,000 runners are expected to toe the start line of the 10th Anniversary edition of the JoongAng Seoul Marathon and 10 km race on Sunday 2 November.
After month-long celebration, Bolt looking forward to resume training
31 October 2008 – Martha Brae, Trelawny, Jamaica - Triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is eagerly looking forward to return to the regimen of training as Olympic celebrations and appearances drag out more than two months after the last race was run in Beijing.
Abdirahman looking for Marathon breakthrough in New York
30 October 2008 – New York, USA - With just three days to go before the start of the ING New York City Marathon, Abdi Abdirahman has never felt better – especially about the Marathon.
Doping Rule Violation
The IAAF has recently been informed of the following Anti-Doping Rule Violation:Hooker – if you said 4 years ago I would be Olympic champion in Beijing I would probably have laughed at you!
29 October 2008 – With the exception of breaking a World record you can’t ask much more of an athlete than to win a major global title with a championship record but Australia’s Steve Hooker did exactly that in Beijing this summer when he improved by one centimetre the 5.95m mark with which USA’s Tim Mack had secured the 2004 Olympic Pole Vault crown.
Takahashi, Marathon barrier-breaker, announces retirement
29 October 2008 - Naoko Takahashi, the 2000 Olympic Marathon champion and the first woman to crack the event’s magical 2:20 barrier, has announced her retirement.
Goucher on Marathon debut in New York – ‘I believe I’m ready’
29 October 2008 - New York, USA - A year ago, Kara Goucher got a good look at the 26.2 miles of the 2007 ING New York City marathon course riding as a passenger in the lead car.
Don’t Miss your chance to help select the 2008 World Athletes of the Year
29 October 2008 - Monte-Carlo - The IAAF is giving you the unique chance to help select the 2008 World Athlete of the Year.For Holzdeppe, 2008 witnessed high hopes and happy memories
28 October 2008 - Raphael Holzdeppe may have equalled the long-standing men's Pole Vault World junior record of 5.80m this summer but the German teenager isn't getting too carried away with speculation that he could finally be the man to break Sergey Bubka's seemingly untouchable outdoor World record of 6.14m.
