Tag: IAAF
THE BIG PICTURE: IAAF keeps Russia on suspension, then changes its name to World...
No change.
That was the decision of the International Association of Athletics Associations (IAAF) concerning the Russian Athletics Federation at its Council meeting in Monaco...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: World-leading 13.06 for Roberts at NCAAs, IAAF replies to the Swiss...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● The first day of the NCAA Division I Championships in...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: IAAF’s women’s regs suspended by Swiss Court, so Semenya can run...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● South Africa’s Caster Semenya won a round against the International...
THE BIG PICTURE: London Sunday Times says Russia covered up a doping violation for...
If it’s in a British newspaper, the headline has to be dramatic: “Russia faces new Olympics ban over doping” and “There can be no...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal Tribunal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● As promised, South Africa’s Olympic 800 m champ Caster Semenya...
LANE ONE: Gyarfas responds: “I didn’t commit any crime” plus the day of reckoning...
As a result of our Lane One story on Monday about the international aquatics federation – FINA – having an accused murderer as a...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: South Africa confirms it will appeal Court of Arbitration holding in...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Despite its agreement in June with the IAAF that it...
LANE ONE: The Court of Arbitration’s decision against Caster Semenya was about biology, not...
Every law school student hears, early in their first year of classes, that “hard cases make bad law.”
The narrative of a particular case, the...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Semenya jumps into Diamond League 800 m in Doha
She wasn’t entered in the entry lists posted on Tuesday, but a day after losing her request for arbitration against the female eligibility rules...
THE BIG PICTURE: Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds IAAF regulations on applicable levels...
The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed the requests for arbitration by Athletics South Africa and two-time Olympic 800 m champion Caster...
LANE ONE: Beginning of the end for the Russian doping scandal, as WADA obtains...
The seemingly endless saga of Russian and one of the largest doping scandals in history may be moving toward its final chapter after a...
LANE ONE: After 72 years, Olympic sports have finally caught up with Track &...
The newest tool for promoting athletes in Olympic sports was pioneered 72 years ago in San Bruno, California.
World rankings.
If you follow USA Wrestling’s impossibly...
LANE ONE: Russian involvement in elections is nothing compared to what they’re doing with...
The latest turn in the saga of the International Boxing Association came last Thursday when the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar...
ATHLETICS Panorama: 14 outdoor world leaders, but how about 10.91w for 19-year-old Sha’Carri Richardson!
A furious weekend of track & field, especially at the Florida Relays, Texas Relays and Stanford Invitational produced more than a dozen world-leading (outdoor)...
ATHLETICS: Semenya vs. IAAF decision delayed until end of April
The Court of Arbitration for Sport posted a notice on Friday that its decision in the South African challenge to the International Association of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Diack investigation might be moving along after all
We noted on Tuesday that the investigation by French authorities into the influence-buying and doping cover-up involving former International Olympic Committee member and IAAF...
LANE ONE: The IAAF is changing track & field: computers are in, distance races...
One of the great things about track & field is its simplicity.
Who threw the furthest? Who ran the fastest?
The technology to measure these events...
ATHLETICS: IAAF Council wants to revamp the Diamond League; keeps Russia at bay
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Council met in Doha (QAT) and made some major changes to the way the sport will be...
ATHLETICS Panorama: Muir’s double highlights European Indoor Champs; IAAF World Rankings start and more
The close of the 2019 indoor season is upon us, as the European Indoor Championships took place in Glasgow (GBR) last weekend and the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Newspaper story ignites forthcoming hearing on IAAF’s regulations on female athletes
The question of whether and how the IAAF can regulate the definition of “women” in track & field is now at the boiling point,...
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