http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Association_of_Athletics_FederationsFind stories, videos, and photos about International Association of Athletics Federations from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:58:40 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations14433Find stories, videos, and photos about International Association of Athletics Federations from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/19/athletics.semenya.test.gold/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/11/19/athletics.semenya.test.gold/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in the women's 800-meters at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, in August, the country's sports ministry announced Thursday.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:49:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/david_epstein/11/19/oscar.pistorius/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/david_epstein/11/19/oscar.pistorius/index.htmlEighteen months ago, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- famously known as the "Blade Runner" because he was born without fibulas and runs on two crescent, carbon fiber lower legs -- made global headlines when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned a ban by the International Association of Athletics Federations and allowed Pistorius to compete against able-bodied runners in international competition.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/19/athletics.caster.semenya.chuene/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/19/athletics.caster.semenya.chuene/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe president of Athletics South Africa has admitted that he lied about gender tests on runner Caster Semenya before her gold-medal win at the World Athletics Championships last month.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/11/athletics.semenya.gender.iaaf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/11/athletics.semenya.gender.iaaf/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe international governing body for athletics urged caution Friday after reports that the world-champion South African runner Caster Semenya has both male and female organs.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/25/athletics.semenya.southafrica.return/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/25/athletics.semenya.southafrica.return/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew 800 meters world champion Caster Semenya has arrived back in South Africa to fresh controversy over levels of testosterone in her body three times higher than normal for women.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/20/gender.athlete.intersex/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/20/gender.athlete.intersex/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe case of South African athlete Caster Semenya has sparked worldwide interest following reports that she will be tested by sporting officials to determine whether she is male or female.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/24/athletics.jamaica.bolt.powell.gay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/07/24/athletics.jamaica.bolt.powell.gay/index.html#cnnSTCTextUsain Bolt gave further evidence if any was needed of his superlative form ahead of the world championships with an outstanding victory over 100 meters in the London Grand Prix on Friday night.Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/02/athletics.league/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/02/athletics.league/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld athletics will have a new series of elite one-day meetings from 2010 after the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on Monday announced the launch of the Diamond League.Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/08/22/olympics.blonska/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/08/22/olympics.blonska/index.html#cnnSTCTextUkrainian Lyudmila Blonska has been stripped of her Olympic heptathlon silver medal, the highest-profile athlete kicked out of the Beijing Games for doping.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/17/oly.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/17/oly.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTextDouble-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius -- nicknamed the "blade runner" for his prosthetic limbs -- still hopes to make it to the Beijing Olympics despite failing to qualify for the individual 400-meter event, his coach said Thursday.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/16/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/05/16/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTextA double amputee sprinter has won the right to be eligible to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing after sport's highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.Mon, 19 May 2008 16:14:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/david_epstein/05/16/Pistorius/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/david_epstein/05/16/Pistorius/index.htmlIf Henke and Sheila Pistorius ever unleashed upon their son, Oscar, the adage "you can grow up to be whatever you want," they might have crossed their fingers behind their backs and categorically eliminated certain professions.Sat, 17 May 2008 17:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/14/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/14/athletics.pistorius/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Paralympic gold medal winner will not be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics later this year after athletics' governing body ruled that his specially-designed prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage over other runners.Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/10/athletics.bladerunner/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/01/10/athletics.bladerunner/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world governing body for track and field has postponed its announcement on whether Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who runs on prosthetic limbs, can compete in this summer's Olympic Games, a spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/11/23/athletics.jones/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/11/23/athletics.jones/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world governing body of athletics has handed disgraced sprinter Marion Jones a two-year ban for doping and annulled all her results dating back to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles.Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/22/athletics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/22/athletics/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Olympic champions and world record holders Sebastien Coe and Sergei Bubka have both been elected as vice-presidents of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/28/athletics.daegu.gi.jpg/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/28/athletics.daegu.gi.jpg/index.htmlThe South Korean city of Daegu patted itself on the back on Wednesday after it was selected as host of the 2011 world athletics championships.Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/07/athletics.bekele/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/03/07/athletics.bekele/index.htmlFive-times double champion Kenenisa Bekele has changed his mind about competing at the world cross country championships later this month and has been added to the Ethiopian team.Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:38:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/11/27/athletics.moscow/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/11/27/athletics.moscow/index.htmlMoscow has a very good chance of hosting the 2011 world athletics championships, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Lamine Diack has said.Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/31/athletics.gatlin/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/07/31/athletics.gatlin/index.htmlJustin Gatlin's defense in his career-threatening doping case could revolve around a massage therapist who the U.S. sprinter's coach has accused of sabotage.Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/27/athletics.chambers/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/06/27/athletics.chambers/index.htmlBritish sprinter Dwain Chambers has been stripped of his 2002 European 100 meters title after admitting he took the steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) that year.Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/17/athletics.record/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/17/athletics.record/index.htmlJustin Gatlin has been deprived of his 100 meters world record, because of a timing error, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced in Paris on Wednesday.Wed, 17 May 2006 10:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/27/athletics.capel/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/27/athletics.capel/index.htmlFormer world 200 meters champion John Capel faces a two-year ban after a fourth offence involving the recreational drug cannabis.Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/12/athletics.gyulai/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/12/athletics.gyulai/index.htmlIstvan Gyulai, general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), died on Sunday aged 62.Sun, 12 Mar 2006 10:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/17/athletics.isinbayeva/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/17/athletics.isinbayeva/index.htmlOlympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva has split with her coach of eight years Yevgeny Trofimov.Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/17/athletics.china/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/17/athletics.china/index.htmlOlympic champion Liu Xiang swept to victory in the 110 meters hurdles in front of his home crowd at the Shanghai Grand Prix.Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/08/03/athletics.iaaf/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/08/03/athletics.iaaf/index.htmlThe International Association of Athletics Federations wants to double suspensions for serious first-time doping offenses from two years to four.Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/23/athletics.greece/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/23/athletics.greece/index.htmlGreek sprinter Kostas Kenteris has resumed training and wants to return to international competition and run at the 2008 Olympics, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.Wed, 23 Mar 2005 10:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/18/greece.athletes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/03/18/greece.athletes/index.htmlSprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were cleared by Greek sports officials on Friday of evading pre-Olympic drug tests.Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/22/athletics.greece/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/22/athletics.greece/index.htmlGreek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were provisionally suspended by the world governing athletics body on Wednesday for missing three doping tests before last August's Athens Olympics.Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/02/olympics.sprinters/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/02/olympics.sprinters/index.htmlGreek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou have been charged by the International Association of Athletics Federations for missing drugs tests at this year's Athens Olympics.Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/18/greece.athletes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/18/greece.athletes/index.htmlGreek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou and their coach were charged Thursday with avoiding a drug test on the eve of the Athens Olympics and faking a motorcycle accident hours later.Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/11/athletics.young/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/11/athletics.young/index.htmlControversial U.S. sprinter Jerome Young has been banned for life after failing a second doping test, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has said.Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:53:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/06/380341/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/09/06/380341/index.htmAt three o'clock on a July afternoon in 1984, an Iron Curtain track star named Uwe Hohn thrilled an East Berlin crowd by throwing a javelin an astonishing 104.8 meters, or 343 feet. In a sport wher...Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/20/athletics.sprinters/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/20/athletics.sprinters/index.htmlPolice have completed their investigation of a motorcycle accident reported by disgraced Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou.Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/17/athletics.sprinters/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/17/athletics.sprinters/index.htmlThe Greek sprinters at the center of an Olympic doping controversy have withdrawn from the Athens Games.Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/12/olympics.kenteris/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/08/12/olympics.kenteris/index.htmlGreece's top sprinter Costas Kenteris has missed a scheduled dope test on the eve of the Athens Games, Olympics and Greek officials have said.Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/07/athletics.drugs/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/07/07/athletics.drugs/index.htmlTrack and field's world governing body will not intervene to suspend American athletes facing doping allegations unless there is evidence they failed drug tests.Wed, 07 Jul 2004 18:22:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/29/athletics.young/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/29/athletics.young/index.htmlAmerican sprinter Jerome Young was guilty of doping five years ago and should be stripped of his 2000 Olympic gold medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled.Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/09/athletics.drugs/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/09/athletics.drugs/index.htmlWorld 100 meters record holder Tim Montgomery and three other U.S. athletes accused of doping violations look set to be barred from IAAF grand prix events.Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/17/olympics.transsexual/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/17/olympics.transsexual/index.htmlTranssexuals will be allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time in a ruling that will go into effect at this year's games in Athens.Tue, 18 May 2004 03:55:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/29/athletics.britain/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/29/athletics.britain/index.htmlBritain have been stripped of their men's 4x100m world championship silver medal after the ratification of Dwain Chambers failed drugs test, the IAAF said.Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/02/04/athletics.2009/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/02/04/athletics.2009/index.htmlEight cities are bidding for the 2009 athletics world championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations has announced.Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:22:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/01/athletics.radcliffe/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/01/athletics.radcliffe/index.htmlBritain's Paula Radcliffe has been officially ratified as world record holder in three distances after athletics' world governing body, the International Association of Athletic Federations, announced that they are to recognize road running and race walking performances.Thu, 01 Jan 2004 11:00:00 EST