QIC sponsors IAAF world indoor championships

  DOHA, January 05, 2010- Mr. Khalifa Abdullah Turkey Al Subaie, Chief Executive Officer  of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) announced that his company is honoured to be first national sponsor for the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships, to be held in Doha, in March 2010. QIC Chief Executive Officer said the championship is one the most important events being held in Middle East and stressed the importance of the material and moral support of national companies and institutions to the event.

Gebremariam tops the field in Oeiras

  Lisbon, Portugal – The IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 kicks off this Saturday (21) with the Finibanco Oeiras Cross Country in Oeiras, Portugal. And the organisers of this event, who also organise the Lisbon Half-Marathon in March and the Portugal Half-Marathon in September, both IAAF Gold Label Road Races, have lured the reigning World champion Gebre-Egziabher Gebremariam to lead the field. The Ethiopian, who is married to Worknesh Kidane, a former World Cross Country champi

World records ratified

MONTE-CARLO, December 31, 2009 – Statisticians A. Lennart Julin (SWE) and Mirko Jalava (FIN) continue their 2009 review with a survey of the main action in the JUMPS. MEN - High Jump 2009 was year No. 1 post-as the Swedish jumper had retired after a decade as one of the major players in just about every international championship final. A jumper that really experienced that firsthand was Russian Yaroslav Rybakov who met Holm in 15 championship finals with the Swede getting the upper

World records ratified

MONTE-CARLO, December 31, 2009 - The following World records have recently been ratified... WOMEN – Senior Pole Vault 5.06m Yelena Isinbayeva RUS, Zurich, SUI, 28 Aug 09 Previous: 5.05 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS, Beijing, CHN, 18 Aug 08 MEN - Junior 1 Mile 3:49.29 William Biwott Tanui (90) KEN, Oslo, NOR, 3 Jul 09 Previous: 3:50.25 Alex Kipchirchir (84) KEN, Rieti, ITA, 7 Sep 03 IAAF

2009 – End of Year Reviews – HURDLES

USA, December 31, 2009 - This event has a somewhat paradoxical structure. It has always been heavily dominated by the USA and 2009 was no exception in this way with the USA providing no less than 11 of the 15 runners dipping under 13.30 in legal wind. The paradox is that for the last five years they have despite this wealth of talent still not been able to claim the coveted No 1 position: At the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 Liu Xiang of China won, in Helsinki 2005 Ladji Doucouré of France, i

Gay, Richards selected USA Athletes of the Year

KAWASAKI, Japan, December 31, 2009 - USA’s Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix more than comfortable 100m victories at the Super Meet in Kawasaki, Japan, today; 23 September is a national holiday in the country. Gay, who recorded 9.69 three days ago in Shanghai, China won the men’s 100m in 10.13 sec with Japan’s Naoki Tsukahara second in 10.31, while Masashi Eriguchi came home third with the same time.  Eriguchi won the national 100m title in June while Tsukahara pulled out of the final wit

My Sports

1987: I WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Indianápolis (USA) After the experimental IAAF World Indoor Games in Paris, the inaugural IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at the 'Hoosier Dome' of Indianapolis (USA) in 1987 between 6 and 8 March 1987. 402 athletes athletes from 84 countries attended the event which witnessed five new world record perfoWRances. Lee Mc Rae of the USA set a new world best in the men's 60m clocking 6.50 although Canada's Ben Johnson had been the fastest man on

Diack praises Qatar’s preparations for IAAF world indoor championships

Doha, December 08, 2009 Mr. Lamin Diack the President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) visited Aspire Academy of Sport Excellence on Monday where the 13th IAAF world Indoor Championships will be staged in March 2010. Diack expressed his happiness about the facilities of Aspire Academy and praised the preparations taken by the Higher Organizing Committee of the IAAF World Indoor Championship- Doha 2010. IAAF President was accompanied by HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulr

QAAF delegation attends IAAF Council Meeting in Monaco

MONACO, November 23, 2009- The delegation of Qatar Association of Athletics Federation (QAAF) under chairmanship of Abdullah Ahmad Al Zaini, attended the council meeting of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) being held in Manaco. The meeting discussed the Qatari preparations for 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in Doha from March 12-14, 2010. The Qatari delegation included Dr. Jabar Rehima Al Kaabi, Technical Expert of QAAF and Mrs. Aphrodite Moschoudi,