On the second day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, Matthew Denny qualified for Monday’s Discus final with a throw of 65.08m – the furthest an Australian has ever thrown at the World Championships.
Finishing with the third longest throw across both groups, Denny was pleased with his...
The first world record* of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 came just half way through the second session of competition as USA won their heat of the mixed 4x400m on Saturday (28).
The event, making its debut at the championships, attracted the powerhouses of one-lap sprinting, many of whom were...
Dabo helps Busby
The gold medal for sportsmanship went to Braima Suncar Dabo, the 5,000-meter runner from Guinea-Bissau who stopped his own race to help a struggling competitor finish Friday night.
Guinea-Bissau’s Braima Dabo held up an exhausted Jonathan Busby and together they staggered around the last turn and over the...
Guinea-Bissau’s Braima Dabo sacrifices own 5,000m race to help exhausted rival in Doha
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OHA, Qatar (AP) — You didn't need a stopwatch or a measuring tape to identify the biggest winner on the first night of track and field's world championships.
The gold medal for sportsmanship went to Braima Suncar Dabo, the 5,000-meter runner from Guinea-Bissau who stopped his own race to help...
Genevieve Gregson leads the way for Australia at the IAAF World Championships in Doha
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Genevieve Gregson put in a Captain’s performance to inspire the rest of the Australian team and secure her place in the 3000m steeplechase IAAF World Championships final.
Running a season’s best and Tokyo Olympic qualifying time of 9:27.74, Gregson said “It wasn’t the cleanest race I’ve ever done, I’d like...
Women’s marathon to go ahead as planned – IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019
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The IAAF has today sent a letter to the entrants in the women’s marathon at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 confirming that the race will go ahead as planned this evening.
The latest weather information confirms that the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature* for tonight’s race will be at or below...
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From the author: As we approach the pinnacle of track and field, I’m teaming up with @runnerstribe over the next fortnight to deliver a daily rundown of the 2019 @iaaf_athletics Championships direct from Doha, Qatar ?? The Doha Diaries will delve into the day to...
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The IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 gets underway at Khalifa International Stadium on Friday 27 September and will run until Sunday 6 October.
You can follow all the action on the IAAF website, its associated platforms and via more than 160 broadcasters from around the world.
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Coe re-elected as IAAF President, Restrepo elected first ever female Vice President
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IAAF President Sebastian Coe was elected for a second term at the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha on Wednesday (25) while Ximena Restrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected Vice Presidents.
All 203 voting members of Congress voted for Coe; there were no abstained...