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Chances shrinking for Budapest's 2024 Olympic Games bid

Posted by ISN Admin, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Budapest: The chances of Hungary to host the 2024 Olympic Games have seriously diminished due to a domestic anti-Olympic petition, according to Budapest's bidding committee for...
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Kipsang plots a world record on debut at Tokyo Marathon

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: For two years, former Olympic bronze medallist Wilson Kipsang of Kenya has come close to winning a marathon but failed owing to strong competition and injury. However,...
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Former Rio governor charged with money laundering

Posted by ISN Admin, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Rio de Janeiro: A Brazilian court has accepted a formal charge of 184 accounts of money laundering against former Rio de Janeiro governor Sergio Cabral. Cabral has been in prison...
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Kenya charms nations out to boycott global youth athletics event

Posted by ISN Admin, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: Kenya on Tuesday said it has embarked on a mission to charm nations that have announced their boycott of the 2017 World Under-18 Athletics Championships scheduled for...
IANS

Champion Kiplagat aims at London marathon to secure place in Kenya squad

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: Winning the London marathon and making it to Kenya's national team for the World Championships in August is more of an inspiration for Chicago marathon champion Florence...
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Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir sets women's half-marathon world record

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Dubai: Reigning world champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya clocked a winning time of one hour five minutes and six seconds to set a world record in the women's half-marathon at...
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Kenya's national cross-country run loses IAAF event status

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: The annual Kenya National Cross-Country Championship lost its international status after the athletics-mad nation failed to meet the stipulated obligations. For the...
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Paris kicks off international bidding for 2024 Olympics

Posted by ISN Admin, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Paris: The Paris 2024 Bid Committee has marked a milestone in its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a special presentation here. The event was participated...
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'Door to 2018 Winter Games still open for Russian Paralympians'

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Moscow: Russian athletes will be able to take part in the 2018 Winter Games in South Koreas PyeongChang if the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) restores the country's...
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'Athletes refusing to return their medals may be banned from Olympics'

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Moscow: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has the right to ban athletes who refuse to return their medals after their results were annulled for doping, from participation...
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Kenya's Obiri to skip world cross-country, focus on London worlds

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi:  Rio Olympics 5,000 metres silver medallist Hellen Obiri will skip the World Cross Country Championships in Kampala in March to focus on the upcoming London World...
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World Olympians Association bans Tatiana Lebedeva from executive committee

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Moscow: The World Olympians Association (WOA) has prohibited Russian triple jump and long jump champion Tatiana Lebedeva from working in the associations Executive Committee for...
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Former 800m champ Eunice Sum not keen to compete in indoor competitions

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: Former world 800 metres champion Eunice Sum of Kenya has ruled out competing in indoor championships as she seeks to return to fitness ahead of the outdoor competition...
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Kenyan Margaret Wambui seeks Semenya's scalp in athletics Worlds

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: There will be no love lost when Olympic 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Wambui of Kenya meets South African Caster Semenya in the Diamond League or Athletics World...
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Kenya's Keitany trains eyes on third London marathon victory

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: New York marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya is not worried about the level of competition she will face in her quest to clinch third London marathon women's title...
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IAAF to re-check doping samples from 2009 Berlin worlds

Posted by ISN Admin, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Moscow: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will re-check doping samples from the 2009 Berlin World Championships. Germany ARD television channel's...
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Isinbayeva blasts fresh German film on doping in Russian athletics

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Moscow: Russias two-time Olympic Champion Yelena Isinbayeva has ripped into the recently released documentary by Germanys ARD television channel on alleged doping abuse in...
IANS

Olympic 800m bronze medallist Nyairera wants to beat champ Semenya

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: Rio Olympic women's 800 metres bronze medallist Margaret Nyairera of Kenya has said her dream this year is to beat South Africa's Olympic champion Caster...
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Szilagyi, Hosszu named Hungary's top athletes of the year

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Budapest: Olympic saber champion Aron Szilagyi and Olympic swimming champion Katinka Hosszu have been selected as Hungary's male and female Athlete of the Year 2016.
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Kenya's runner Thomas Longosiwa keen to compete at World Cross

Posted by IANS, 7 years ago in Athletics.
Nairobi: A groin injury and stiff competition in the team camp denied former Olympic 5,000 metres bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa a chance to travel to Rio Olympics in...
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