IAAF World Athletics Day poster designIAAF is happy to offer all athletics fans around the world the unique chance to take part in an online contest to determine the official poster of the IAAF World Athletics Day. For the first time in the history of the IAAF World Athletics Day and coinciding with the celebrations of the Association’s Centenary you […] Posted 20th Jan 2012 |
New field event trial implementation for all SAA T&F meetsDear coaches and athletes, Effective immediately for all SAA T&F meets, where there are more than 8 athletes in an event, all athletes may have four trials. This is permissible under IAAF New Rule 180 (5b-note iii). For example, in any horizontal jumps and throws, if there are 13 or more athletes, all athletes be […] Posted 18th Jan 2012 |
IAAF Scholarships for Athletes – The ‘B’ Standard ProjectThe IAAF President, Lamine Diack, has set the goal for the IAAF that there should be at least one athlete of each Member Federation capable of achieving the ‘B’ Qualification Standard for the World Championships in Athletics or the Olympic Games. This is an ambitious objective considering the level of the performances to be achieved […] Posted 16th Jan 2012 |
