Successful observer programme concludes in Valencia
A fully booked group of 21 people participated in the Observer Programme that took place on the margins of the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018.
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Asefa wins Stramilano Half Marathon
Ethiopia’s Sutume Asefa Kebede and Kenya’s Felix Kibitok took the honours at the 47th edition of the Stramilano Half Marathon held in the centre of Milan with the start and finish in Piazza Castello on Sunday (25).
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Walsh blasts Oceanian shot put record of 22.67m in Auckland
World champion Tom Walsh smashed his own Oceanian shot put record with 22.67m at the Sir Graeme Douglas International Track & Field Challenge in West Auckland on Sunday (25).
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Taylor and Davis delight at Jamaica’s Boys and Girls Champs
Calabar and Edwin Allen High Schools retained their respective titles at the five-day ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, held in Kingston from 20-24 March.
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Sang and Njeru secure Kenyan double in Warsaw
There was a double Kenyan victory at the 13th edition of the PZU Warsaw Half Marathon as Ezrah Sang and Pauline Njeru won in 1:01:37 and 1:10:02 respectively at the IAAF Bronze Label road race on Sunday (25).
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Legese and Cheboror take victories at Chongqing Marathon
Ethiopia’s Meseret Legese and Kennedy Cheboror of Kenya took the women’s and men’s titles respectively at the Chongqing International Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday (25).
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Hat trick of world half marathon titles for Kamworor
Unlike in the women’s race, the record books were not revised by the men at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 but that didn’t mean there was an absence of thrills and drama as Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor romped away over the final six kilometres to secure his third successive world title over the distance.
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Koen Naert duikt bijna twee minuten onder persoonlijk record en wordt 22e op WK halve marathon
Koen Naert is zaterdag als 22e gefinisht op het WK halve marathon in Valencia, als derde Europeaan. Tussen zo goed als alle wereldtoppers klokte Naert 1u01:42, de snelste Belgische chrono sinds 2000. De winst was al voor de derde keer voor de Keniaan Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor.
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Gudeta shatters half marathon world record in Valencia
The women-only half marathon world record * was improved to 1:06:11 at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 but it wasn’t acquired by race favourite Joyciline Jepkosgei, who owns the mixed-race standard of 1:04:51, but by slightly surprising Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta.
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Next stop for Athlete Refugee Team: Valencia and their World Half Marathon Championships debut
For members of the Athlete Refugee Team, each step they make, whether physical or symbolic, is a big one. The one that Paulo Amotun Lokoro and Ukuk Utho'o Bul are about to take this weekend is so big it leaves them both nearly doubling over in laughter.
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Timing is everything for Seiko's Boobyer-Pickles
Success in athletics is measured by the clock. A matter of milliseconds could change an athlete’s life, so timing needs to be precise.
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Mesfin faces tough challenge in Chongqing title defence
Defending Chongqing International Marathon champion and course record-holder Afewerk Mesfin will return to the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday (25).
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Road running under the microscope – The 2nd IAAF Global Road Running Seminar
The focus of attention on Saturday will be on the runners competing at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 but a day before the biennial spectacular, the men and women involved in the organisation of road running events around the world gathered in the Spanish city for the 2nd IAAF Global Road Running Seminar.
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Start lists available - IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018
The start list for the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 on 24 March are now available.
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Course record-holders Kipchirchir and Njeru return to Warsaw Half Marathon
Kenya’s Victor Kipchirchir and Pauline Njeru, the course record-holders for the PZU Warsaw Half Marathon, head the elite fields of the IAAF Bronze Label road race on Sunday (25).
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Sprintlegende Usain Bolt steelt de show op druk bijgewoonde training Borussia Dortmund: panna én echte spitsengoal
Vandaag was het eindelijk zover voor Usain Bolt. Hij mocht meetrainen bij de Duitse topclub Borussia Dortmund, dat net als de legendarische sprinter gesteund wordt door Puma. De meeste toppers, waaronder Michy Batshuayi, waren wel afwezig door interlandverplichtingen maar dat weerhield de Jamaicaan er niet van om de show te stelen.
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Live Updates - IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018
Welcome to our lead-in coverage for the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018.
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Mirela Demireva: I love jumping because...
Bulgaria’s Olympic and European silver medallist talks effusively about her long-held passion for high jumping.
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With strong financial support from Valencia organisers, AIU set up robust anti-doping programme
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Thursday (22) welcomed an extra voluntary financial donation of US $50,000 from the Local Organising Committee of the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 to strengthen the out-of-competition testing programme for the event to be held on Saturday 24 March.
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Broadcast intentions per territory - IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018
Fans from the following territories and countries can tune in to coverage of the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 on Saturday 24 March.
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