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Tune and Balciunaite to run in Frankfurt
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 1:00pm9 September 2010 - Frankfurt, Germany - Former Boston Marathon champion Dire Tune and the reigning European Champion Zivile Balciunaite have been signed for the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon. Organisers, who announced these two names today, are eager to improve their women’s course record of 2:25:12.
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Powell asks fans to be patient - IAAF Online Diaries
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 5:00am9 September 2010 - With his season cut short and sidelining him from a few key late season match-ups against fellow Samsung Diamond League Ambassadors Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell is asking his fans to be patient, and to be ready for next year when a fully fit Powell returns to the track.
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Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 1:00pm8 September 2010 - Monte-Carlo - Japan’s Koji Murofushi and Germany’s Betty Heidler are the inaugural winners of the IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge and will each receive a prize of US$30,000.
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Spotakova: Winning Diamond Trophy second only to Olympic gold – IAAF Online Diaries
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 5:00am8 September 2010 - A performance which proved more nerve-wracking than any she had endured before was enough to bring Samsung Diamond League Ambassador Barbora Spotakova the Trophy she had been set on winning all season – despite the elbow injury which undermined her form in the latter part of the season. That night in Zurich was one the Olympic champion will never forget.
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Quigley and Boulet win USA 20 km titles
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:30am7 September 2010 - New Haven, USA - Sean Quigley and Magdalena Lewy Boulet took the men's and women's titles Monday (6) at the USA 20 km Championships hosted by the Stratton Faxon New Haven 20K.
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Campbell-Brown reflects on Zürich memories - IAAF Online Diaries
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 5:00am7 September 2010 - A return to a favorite city in her only race in August laid the foundation for her ‘off-season’ projects as Veronica Campbell-Brown changes her spikes for ordinary shoes for the remainder of 2010.
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Impressive Zarudneva completes season with World Cup title
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 4:54amA sickly child Yuliya Zarudneva used to regularly catch colds and flu viruses, so in an effort to combat the problem her father came up with an interesting solution.
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Gasgazghi and Mayr take World Mountain Running titles in Kamnik
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 6:00am6 September 2010 - Samson Gashazghi of Eritrea and Andrea Mayr of Austria claimed top honors at the 26th edition of the WMRA World Mountain Running Championships in Kamnik, Slovenia, on Sunday (5).
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Hooker - back to basics, back to winning ways
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 5:00am6 September 2010 – Split, Croatia - Anyone looking forward to the men’s Pole Vault competition at the beginning of the season would have salivated at the announcement of a ‘Steven Hooker vs Renaud Lavillenie’ line-up.
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Fast Half Marathon debut for F. Kiplagat in Lille
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 1:00am6 September 2010 - Kenyans Florence Kiplagat and Wilson Kiprop registered fast victories at the 25th edition of the Lille Half Marathon on Saturday (4).
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Europe takes team battle, Vlasic fulfils leading role in Split - Day 2 - IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 6:59pm5 September 2010 – Split, Croatia - Europe edged a tight battle with the Americas to secure the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup, but nobody could deny this final day was all about one woman – Croatian High Jump megastar Blanka Vlasic.
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With Split double, Lagat puts his tactical brilliance on display – IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 6:30pm5 September 2010 – Split, Croatia – Bernard Lagat made history tonight at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup and also added plenty of evidence to the argument that at the moment, there may not be a better tactical middle distance racer in the world.
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Harting spurred on by 70m and rival Małachowski
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 5:00pmRobert Harting may have missed out on gold at the European Championships, but a late-season peak has given him the confidence to break the magical 70 metres barrier next year.
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In weekend's most dramatic moment, Vlasic scales 2.05m at home in Split - IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 4:00pmSplit, Croatia - Poster girl Blanka Vlasic’s appearance in the High Jump was expected to first pack, and then bring down, the proverbial house. Nearly 30,000 vociferous fans did turn out, and the double World champion didn’t disappoint, capping her starring role with a competition record of 2.05m in what will go down as one of the most memorable moments in IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup history.
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EVENT Report - Men's 4x400 Metres Relay
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:19pmBy the time of the final event, Team Europe had already bagged the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup team trophy, but there was no lack of competitive spirit on Team Americas’ behalf as an all-star team cruised to a Competition Record.
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EVENT Report - Women's 4x400 Metres Relay
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:18pmThe best relay races come down to the wire and this one, a dramatic 4x400m Relay victory by Team Americas over Team Europe, will be remembered as one of the finest of the 2010 IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup.
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EVENT Report - Men's 800 Metres
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:17pmAfter David Oliver, Blanka Vlasic and Andreas Thorkildsen, World record holder David Rudisha of Kenya was yet another outstanding pre-event favourite who lived up to the fans’ expectations with a superb showing to win the men’s 800m at today’s IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup here in Split.
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EVENT Report - Men's Javelin Throw
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:16pmAndreas Thorkildsen has won it all. You name it, he’s won it. World Championships, Olympic Games, European Championships, World Cup…understandably so the season’s World leader and only man this year to break the 90-metre barrier came into the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup as relaxed as ever.
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EVENT Report - Women's 5000 Metres
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:15pmIn an extremely slow sit-and-kick affair, Vivian Cheruiyot led a 1-2 finish for Africa in the women’s 5000m to conclude the distance programme at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup.
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EVENT Report - Women's Shot Put
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:14pmComing into this weekend’s IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup, Nadzeya Ostapchuk had been having a perfect season – a National Record of 21.70m indoors, the IAAF World Indoor gold medal, the European title, and a 12-meet winning streak. But all good things must come to an end.
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