31 December 2009 – It was only the rain of confetti that slowed Haile Gebrselassie in Trier’s Bitburger New Year’s Eve race on Thursday afternoon (31).
31 December 2009 - Xiamen, China – Reigning World champion Bai Xue of China and Ethiopian rising star Bazu Worku lead the fields for the eighth edition of the Xiamen International Marathon on Saturday (2).
30 December 2009 - Madrid, Spain – Kenya’s reigning World 10,000m bronze medallist Moses Masai and his compatriot Vivian Cheruiyot, the current World 5000m champion will kick off the ‘San Silvestre Vallecana’ - which is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race - as the hot favourites despite the presence of top local athletes at this 10km road race to be held in the Spanish capital on the evening of New Year’s Eve.
30 December 2009 - Birmingham, UK - Carmelita Jeter, the second fastest 100m sprinter in history, will race at the Aviva Grand Prix on 20 February, the ninth IAAF Indoor permit meeting of the 2010 season.
30 December 2009 - Birmingham, UK - Carmelita Jeter, the second fastest 100m sprinter in history, will race at the Aviva Grand Prix on 20 February, the ninth IAAF Indoor permit meeting of the 2010 season.
29 December 2009 - Monte-Carlo - In the concluding edition of their comprehensive review of the last 12 months of Athletics competition, statisticians A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava give their impressions of the SPRINTS in 2009.
29 December 2009 - During the last few years, Panama – until then a relatively quiet nation in term of athletics – has made its presence felt in our sport, mostly thanks to the medals obtained by long jumper Irving Saladino, the 2007 World and 2008 Olympic champion. But now, the latest man to emerge from the South-Central American nation to shock to world is sprinter Alonso Edward.
28 December 2009 - Monaco – Despite challenging economic times, the IAAF can look back with satisfaction at the events of 2009 with dynamic marketing and TV successes encapsulated in the launch of the new IAAF brand.
28 December 2009 - Monte-Carlo - In the penultimate chapter of their annual look back at the past season, statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) survey the key action in the Middle Distances.
28 December 2009 - Three-time World 200m champion Allyson Felix is back in training but still takes time for bowling with her friends and a holiday celebration at home. The 24-year-old also added another award to her massive collection when she was named the ESPN Rise Female Track and Field Athlete of the Decade to note her achievements as the preeminent American high school athlete of the first decade of the century.
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