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02/05/2012 02:34 PM

Chicherova flying high - 2.06m in Arnstadt

5 February 2012 - Riding the momentum that propelled her to the World title last summer in Daegu, Anna Chicherova cleared a Russian indoor record of 2.06m at the Hochsprung mit Musik competition in Arnstadt, Germany, on Saturday.

02/05/2012 12:31 PM

Njoroge takes comfortable win at Beppu-Oita Marathon

5 February 2012 – Kenyan Harun Njoroge won the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathon on Sunday in 2:09:38, the first sub-2:10 performance of his career.

02/05/2012 11:21 AM

Convincing wins for Kisorio and Gelana in Marugame

5 February 2012 - Breaking away from the field just four kilometres into the race, pre-race favourite Matthew Kisorio collected a convincing win at the 66th annual Kagawa-Marugame Half Marathon on Sunday (5).

02/05/2012 10:27 AM

Course records tumble in Hong Kong

5 February 2012 - Hong Kong - Losing a Marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use this morning (5), when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon by less than a second.

02/05/2012 09:54 AM

Suhr scales 4.88m national record in Boston

5 February 2012 - Boston, USA - Jennifer Suhr cleared 4.88m on her first attempt to set a national record and regain her No. 2 spot on the all-time women's pole vault list to highlight the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Saturday.

02/04/2012 12:07 PM

Birmingham feels the love for Hobart and again registers London qualifying time

4 February 2012 – Hobart, Australia - To say that Collis Birmingham likes running in Hobart might be a bit of an understatement. Five times in the past six years he has won the 5000 metres at the Briggs Athletics Classic (the sixth time, he did not run it).

02/03/2012 12:13 PM

Focus on Falil and debutant Jarso at Beppu-Oita Marathon – PREVIEW

3 February 2012 - Abdellah Falil and Samson Ramadhani will be among the favourites at the 61st Beppu-Oita Marathon on Sunday.

02/03/2012 11:30 AM

Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch - PREVIEW

3 February 2012 - Hong Kong - With so many good African, particularly Kenyan marathoners around nowadays, it takes a bit of initiative to get into foreign races if you’re not one of the sub-2:10 brigade. So when Julius Maisei heard that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label Event - was paying good prize money without an overly talented field, he chanced a thousand dollars on an air fare and a hotel room last year.

02/03/2012 10:55 AM

Hot afternoon in store in Moscow's mid-winter chill - PREVIEW

3 February 2012 - Moscow, Russia - It’s very cold in Moscow: the temperature in some regions of this huge city is minus 20 degrees C. But no doubt on Sunday (5) the Vladimir Kutz Arena will be crammed with fans of athletics. since the 'Russian Winter', the second IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting of 2012, is always adored by the Moscow public.

02/03/2012 09:46 AM

Darya Klishina answers facebook fans’ questions

3 February 2012 - Long Jumper Darya Klishina, a regular correspondent of the IAAF via the IAAF Online Diaries, has taken time off her busy schedule to answer her fans’ questions received via the IAAF World Athletics Club Facebook page. Darya received almost 200 questions – here are the ones she selected…

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