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By David Monti, @d9monti (c) 2017 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved BOSTON (14-Apr) -- Regardless of his finish time or place in Monday's Boston Marathon, Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai is poised to make history.  Should the 32 year-old Kenyan finish the race, he will become the first athlete to complete all...
For the 136th year, the focus of Australian sport will turn its attention to the tiny Western Victorian town of Stawell this Easter. With an abundance of athletic talent on show, along with many off track activities, the 2017 Stawell Athletic Club Stawell Gift is set to entertain all weekend...
2017 IAAF World Track & Field Championships - Initial Team Announcement Athletics New Zealand has named the first group of athletes for the 2017 IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London. The championships will be held in the London Olympic Stadium on 4 - 13 August. The six athletes named...
Both course records under threat in Vienna Both course records could be attacked at the Vienna City Marathon on 23rd April. With deeper elite fields than in recent editions organisers hope to see fast winning times. Current course records stand at 2:05:41 and 2:23:47. With personal bests of 2:05:21 and...
The second and final day of the 209th IAAF Council Meeting took place in London chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe. CEO reflects on first sixth months In his report to the Council meeting, IAAF CEO Olivier Gers gave an update on his first six months in office: “3 April was a...
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The first day of the 209th IAAF Council Meeting took place in London chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe. The highlight of the day was a presentation to Council by the local organising committee (LOC) for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 (4 to 13 August). The LOC is meeting the...
he IAAF Doping Review Board has agreed that the applications of seven Russians have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes under competition Rule 22.1A(b) while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended. The Doping Review Board, which is composed of Robert Hersh (chair),...
It’s race week and the Stawell Athletic Club Stawell Gift is all set to start this Saturday. After the release of handicaps, the bookies have started to frame the market and the first set of odds have surfaced. In somewhat of a surprise, the only scratch runner in either the Stawell...
This year’s 39th annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon will feature a rematch between Kenya’s Kenneth Mungara and Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi, the two road warriors who last year fought out the closest finish in the event’s history. Mungara will come to the Gold Coast in great form again after posting a...
                   

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