Valeria Straneo’s silver medal in the women’s marathon on the opening day of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow was the highlight of the Italian athletics season in 2013 and one of the biggest stories in all of Italian sport, well at least outside football, during the last year. ... Read More
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best sprint performances this year, with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.... Read More
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best long distance performances on the track this year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.... Read More
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best road running performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.... Read More
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best hurdles performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.... Read More
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best jumps performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best throws performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best combined events performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.
Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best relay performances of the year with Julin covering the men’s events and Jalava the women’s.
All roads led to Moscow for Ireland’s World 50km race walk champion Robert Heffernan.
As part of the IAAF’s sophisticated anti-doping programme at the 14th edition of the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, blood tests were conducted from 4-18 August for profiling purposes in connection with the Athlete Biological Passport. This programme was conducted in partnership with WADA and the WADA-accredited Laboratory in Lausanne.
Asbel Kiprop found redemption on the blue Mondo track at IAAF World Championship as the year's top athletics meeting came to a close on Sunday
Maria Savinova, Russia’s Olympic gold medallist and defending World 800m champion, was in peak form, ready to win another home gold in front of a crowd which included many of her family and friends.
After being the runner up on so many occasions at big championships in the past, German Javelin thrower Christina Obergfoll finally clinched victory.
French triple jump superstar Teddy Tamgho made history on Sunday evening by becoming the third man in history to jump beyond the magic 18-metre barrier, after Jonathan Edwards and Kenny Harrison.
Sunday evening saw the last session of competition at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, wrapping up the 2013 IAAF World Championships.
Australia’s defending champion Sally Pearson, who took silver behind Brianna Rollins, admitted that she had allowed herself to hope for gold despite having a season that only really started in June following hamstring injuries.