DOHA, March 13, 2010 – American Bryan Clay became the first athlete to retain the World indoor Heptathlon title with 6204 total points, but it didn’t come easy.
Compatriot Trey Hardee, the outdoor World champion from Berlin, knew exactly how much he needed to win in the 1000m, but that just wasn’t enough. Clay looked to be on his way down, but ran a great last 200 metres to finish in 2:50.28, in the end well enough to beat Hardee, who ran 2:47.76 for 6184 points and a silver medal.
DOHA, March 13, 2010 - Combined Events
Heptathlon 60m Hurdles
Trey Hardee was the only heptathlete to run below eight seconds in the 60m Hurdles. With a time of 7.79 the World outdoor champion moved up from fifth to second, 46 points behind leader Bryan Clay.
“I am quite satisfied. I knew I was the one with the best SB here. There are still two events left” the 26-year-old US athlete said
Olympic Champion Clay was responsible for a false start and that seemed to tie his shoes on the
DOHA, March 13, 2010 - Combined events
60m Hurdles
The world’s eight leading pentathletes had an early start on day two as they kicked off proceedings with the 60m Hurdles. The depth of talent in the field sets up this weekend’s competition to be one of the best-depth Pentathlon competition ever. It could be the most competitive too.
World Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis started the year in fantastic form, but a minor foot injury a few weeks ago meant that her status as favourite was
DOHA, March 13, 2010 - The schedule is divided into two sections, but don't expect any significant break in the competition Saturday. The World Indoor Championships picks up at Doha's Aspire Dome at 09:00 AST with the 60m Hurdles for the women's Pentathlon, and continues straight through to the women's 60m Hurdles final almost eleven hours later.
With the bulk of the rounds finished off Friday, nearly every event will be a final, the exceptions being men's 4x400m relay heats, the semi-final r
DOHA, March 13, 2010 - Was there a more heartwarming sight on day one of the IAAF World Indoor Championships than Swedish Triple Jump ace Christian Olsson automatically qualifying for Sunday’s final with his first round leap of 17.07m?
The former Olympic and two-time World outdoor and indoor champion has, of course, achieved it all in the sport. It is just that for the past three seasons he has been ravaged by a succession of crippling injuries. Hamstring, knee and ankle issues had threaten
DOHA, March 13, 2010 - For the first time in a major international competition, Video Distance Measurement (VDM) will be used as the official measurement system for Long Jump and Triple Jump.
Developed by SEIKO, VDM uses state of the art software and video camera hardware to capture images taken from cameras aimed at the sandpit, which are then displayed on a computer screen.
Similar to photofinish, a cursor line can be placed with pin point accuracy on the leading edge of the impression i
DOHA, March 12, 2010 - With a schedule mostly full of preliminary rounds, Friday's action at the Aspire Dome, where a total of 144 nations have turned up to compete, did not lack for drama.
Defending champions and World record holders flirted with elimination--and in some cases were eliminated. Several national records were established, many of them behind the qualifiers, and slightly more than half of a Heptathlon was completed.
The biggest scare of the day came in the women's Pole Vault
DOHA, March 13, 2010 – HE Sheikh Ahmad Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Secretary General of Bahrain Olympic Committee applauded the tremendous efforts set by the Organising Committee of the 13th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships which opened Friday at the Aspire.
Attending the inauguration ceremony Sheikh Ahmad said, “Qatar has set high-standards in organising major events in the Gulf region and have dealt professionally with the growing success of hosting international events.
“Qatar
DOHA, March 12, 2010 – Deputising for H.H. the Deputy Emir, Heir Apparent and President of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), HE Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani inaugurated the 13th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships Friday at the Aspire Dome.
The traditional ceremony was also attended by Lamine Diack, President of International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF) and HE Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Chairman of the Organising Committee and Secretary General of Qatar O
DOHA, March 12, 2010 - Natalya Nazarova’s bid to become the event’s first three-time winner came to an end while her compatriot Tatyana Firova stamped her authority as the favourite to win her first in the semi-finals of the 400m.
Debbie Dunn, the World leader at 50.86 from her win at the US championships at altitude last month in Albuquerque, led the for much of way in the second of two semis to in handily in 52.08, a relatively slow requirement to advance to her first World indoor final
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