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Chicherova flying high - 2.06m in Arnstadt

IAAF - 5 hours 28 min ago

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.

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Njoroge takes comfortable win at Beppu-Oita Marathon

IAAF - 7 hours 31 min ago

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.

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Convincing wins for Kisorio and Gelana in Marugame

IAAF - 8 hours 40 min ago

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).

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Course records tumble in Hong Kong

IAAF - 9 hours 35 min ago

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.

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Suhr scales 4.88m national record in Boston

IAAF - 10 hours 8 min ago

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.

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Lolo Jones leads US sweep at Russian Winter meet

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - 14 hours 59 min ago

Lolo Jones led an American sweep of the podium while breaking the 19-year record in the 60-meter hurdles at the Russian Winter indoor meet.

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James wins 400 in Boston with year's fastest time

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - 18 hours 31 min ago

World champion Kirani James of Grenada ran the fastest time this year to win the men's 400 meters Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.

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Fast times, drama at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 1:08pm

There were fast times, a very close finish, and a dramatic tumble at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix here tonight at the Reggie Lewis Track Facility at Roxbury Community College.

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

IAAF - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 1:07pm

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).

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Galen Rupp manages allergies in try for the Olympics

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 12:06pm

Galen Rupp might be the only Olympic hopeful who's looking forward to a drop of rain or even some fog in London.

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Centrowitz excited to join Salazar's group

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 1:46am

Worlds bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz is still a student, but looks forward to finishing up his studies so he can join Alberto Salazar's Oregon Distance Project training group in Portland.

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Stretch at Finish Is Difference

NYT - Track and Field - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:00pm

Maggie Vessey outstretched Erica Moore at the tape to win the women’s 800 meters by four one-thousandths of a second at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston.

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

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:13pm

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

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Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch - PREVIEW

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:30pm

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.

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

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:55am

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.

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Darya Klishina answers facebook fans’ questions

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:46am

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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Bleasdale to bring her momentum to Birmingham

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 10:25am

3 February 2012 - Birmingham, UK - World leader Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic Pole Vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham, the penultimate IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting, on Saturday 18 February.

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Jones edges Lewis in Linz face-off

IAAF - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:48am

3 February 2012 – Linz, Austria - Tipped all week long as the marquee event, a riveting hurdle race between Americans Yvette Lewis and Lolo Jones unfolded as the highlight of the Gugl Meeting on Thursday (2) evening in Linz.

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Shaking off last year's disappointments, Shannon Rowbury optimistic about 2012 season

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 9:08am

While Shannon Rowbury battled through Achilles injuries and a season devoid of victories, her compatriots Morgan Uceny and Jenny Simpson piled on the accolades. Now healthy, she's out to reclaim her standing in 2012.

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Lauryn Williams is off and running...literally

Universal Sports - Track & Field - News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 4:50am

Lauryn Williams kicked off the 2012 Olympic year at the new Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala., which afforded her the opportunity to run on a fast track and compete in the same meet with her younger sister for the first time.

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