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Gay, Richards selected USA Athletes of the Year
20 Nov 2009 at 3:00am
20 November 2009 ? Indianapolis, USA - Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards were named winners of the 2009 Jesse Owens Awards by USA Track & Field. This marks the second time in their careers that Gay and Richards have earned this prestigious distinction. Gay initially won the award in 2007, and Richards was the recipient in 2006.
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Gebremariam tops the field in Oeiras - preview
19 Nov 2009 at 10:00am
19 November 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal ? The IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 kicks off this Saturday (21) with the Finibanco Oeiras Cross Country in Oeiras, Portugal.
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Kibet returns to a hot reception in Singapore
19 Nov 2009 at 1:00am
19 November 2009 - Singapore may be one of the world?s smallest countries, as evidenced by the ?city-state? designation, but the organisers of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon put on an event which bears comparison with the biggest on the planet. This year?s marathon on Sunday, 6 December also has an elite entry to match the numbers which make this the biggest event in Asia.
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Caster Semenya - Statement
18 Nov 2009 at 2:00pm
18 November 2009 - Monte-Carlo - The IAAF, the South African Ministry of Sport and Recreation and Caster Semenya?s representatives have been and still are in discussions with a view to resolving the issues surrounding Caster Semenya?s participation in Athletics.
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Hardee receives Thorpe Award from US Sports Academy
18 Nov 2009 at 4:15am
18 November 2009 - Daphne, Alabama, USA - World Decathlon champion Trey Hardee of the United States has been named the winner of the 2009 Jim Thorpe All-Around Award by the United States Sports Academy.
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Mikitenko joins star cast in Melbourne
18 Nov 2009 at 2:00am
18 November 2009 - Melbourne, Australia ? Germany?s Irina Mikitenko has been added to the stellar line up to contest the women?s division of 15km race around the streets of Melbourne on 29 November. The past two Olympic marathon champions ? Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru (Beijing) and Italian Stefano Baldini (Athens) ? had already been declared for the men?s field.
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Tenth anniversary of Szabo?s Athlete of the Year honour celebrated in Bucharest
17 Nov 2009 at 8:20am
17 November 2009 ? Bucharest, Romania ? At a ceremony in Bucharest on Sunday (15), Gabriela Szabo celebrated the tenth anniversary of being named both the 1999 World Athlete of the Year by the International Athletics Foundation and the World Sportswoman of the Year by the World Sport Press Association.
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IAAF Cross Country season 2009 / 2010 begins and ends in Portugal
17 Nov 2009 at 8:00am
17 November 2009 - Monte-Carlo - The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 begin next weekend in Oeiras, Portugal, on Saturday 21 November 2009.
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World record ratified
17 Nov 2009 at 4:00am
17 November 2009 - Monte-Carlo - The following World record has recently been ratified…
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Lopes-Schliep named Canada’s Athlete of the Year
16 Nov 2009 at 6:30am
16 November 2009 - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, the silver medallist at this World championships, was named Canada’s Outstanding Athlete of the Year for 2009, Athletics Canada announced.







