Today, UN Environment and the IAAF have announced a new partnership to address the issue of air quality which is leading to 7 million deaths across the world. The partnership will be supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) who will be working to create an air quality monitoring network that will eventually […]
via IAAF JOINS RACE TO BEAT GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION CRISIS — newfanzoneblog
The IAAF today announces the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Olivier Gers. Commenting on his resignation, Gers, who joined the IAAF in October 2016 said: “Whilst I am sorry to be leaving, the pre-existing commercial framework makes it difficult for me to apply my talents and fully leverage the assets of the IAAF in the […]
via BREAKING: IAAF CEO OLIVIER GERS RESIGNS — newfanzoneblog
Cross country running should move towards a more extreme, edgier style to attract new audiences as well as a new breed of cross country runner to the discipline. That was one of the main recommendations made by the IAAF Cross Country Committee at its meeting on Saturday (20) in Seville. Meeting on the eve of […]
via NEW, MORE EXTREME DIRECTION FOR CROSS COUNTRY COMPETITION — newfanzoneblog
IAAF President Sebastian Coe visited Puerto Rico today to continue discussions and on this occasion hear first-hand about the devastating damage caused last year by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Jose. Visiting Toa Baja and meeting representatives from six member federations in San Juan, Coe said he was humbled by the destruction that so many […]
via IAAF ANNOUNCES $500,000 SOLIDARITY FUND TO ASSIST NACAC FEDERATIONS REBUILD — newfanzoneblog
The first day of the 212th IAAF Council Meeting, chaired by IAAF President Sebastian Coe, was held today (25) at Le Meridien hotel, Monaco. IAAF World Half Marathon Championships 2020 The Polish port city of Gdynia which is part of the urban ‘Tricity’ with Gdansk and Sopot, the latter held the 2014 IAAF World Indoor […]
via GDYNIA AND MINSK TO HOST 2020 WORLD ATHLETICS SERIES EVENTS – IAAF — newfanzoneblog
The General Assembly of the IAAF Diamond League met today in London’s Olympic stadium to review the 2017 season and the structure of the sport’s top tier one-day meeting circuit from 2020 and beyond. The 2017 season marked the first stage of a fundamental restructuring of the IAAF Diamond League which adopted a championship-style model […]
via FUTURE OF IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE PART OF THE ONGOING REVOLUTION IN ATHLETICS — newfanzoneblog
A two-day Gender Leadership meeting, hosted by the Bahrain Athletics Association for the IAAF, culminated on Wednesday (25) in a unanimous view that actions speak louder than words when it comes to building a diverse and equitable international athletics federation. “Being able to reflect off the field of play what is widely heralded as one […]
via ATHLETICS EMPOWERING WOMEN TO LEAD IN ALL AREAS OF THE SPORT — newfanzoneblog
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 plethora of milestones that […]
via WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TO ‘DOMINATE THE LANDSCAPE OF LONDON’ — newfanzoneblog
The independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which sits at the heart of the IAAF’s integrity reforms, officially began operating on Monday 3 April 2017. Following the IAAF Council’s approval of a new Integrity Code of Conduct over the weekend, we are pleased to announce the appointment of the AIU Board’s Chairperson and the launch of […]
via INDEPENDENT ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT IS OPERATIONAL — newfanzoneblog
The IAAF has been a victim of a cyber attack which it believes has compromised athletes’ Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) applications stored on IAAF servers. The attack by FANCY BEAR, also known as APT28, was detected during a proactive investigation carried out by cyber incident response (CIR) firm Context Information Security, who were contacted by […]
IAAF President Sebastian Coe has appointed IAAF Athletes’ Commission Chairperson Rozle Prezelj to replace IAAF Council Member Frank Fredericks who, with the agreement of the president, has stepped aside as a member of the five strong IAAF Taskforce which is coordinating the re-admittance process concerning the suspended Russian athletics federation RusAF. “I have decided to […]
via PREZELJ TO REPLACE FREDERICKS ON IAAF TASKFORCE — newfanzoneblog
Athletics needs innovative new concepts to attract new fans to the sport and IAAF President Sebastian Coe believes the Australian organisers of the new Nitro Athletics series may have a hit. The two-time Olympic champion, who became IAAF President in 2015, has been pursuing a strong reform agenda within the sport, but believes athletics must […]
via NITRO ATHLETICS IS THE INNOVATION ATHLETICS NEEDS, SAYS COE — newfanzoneblog
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