17 May 2012 - Eugene, Oregon – Even the best in the world have competition, and the reigning World Champions in the men’s and women’s 400m at the 38th Prefontaine Classic are no exception.
17 May 2012 - Monte-Carlo - Poland’s Irena Szewinska, the multiple Olympic champion and World record breaker is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame.
17 May 2012 - Brazilian Maurren Higa Maggi, the 2008 Olympic champion in the Long Jump and South American record holder, produced the best performance of the São Paulo stop of the “Brazilian Athletics Tour” by winning her event with a season’s best of 6.85m.
17 May 2012 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Dubai Marathon champion and world leader Ayele Abshero and recently-minted national women’s record holder Tiki Gelana will lead Ethiopia’s strong Marathon squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
16 May 2012 - The Colorful Daegu Meeting on Wednesday (16) didn’t disappoint in 2012 as many of the world’s top athletes opened their season successfully in the same very stadium where the World Championships were held last year.
16 May 2012 - Eugene, Oregon – Nobody does it better when it comes to the Mile than the Prefontaine Classic, and this year’s 38th edition will add to that with a grudge match of the two best milers in the world.
16 May 2012 - For the fourth year, the Monté du Grand-Ballon in France will welcome the opening of the World Mountain Running Assocation (WMRA) Grand Prix.
15 May 2012 - New York, USA - Cuba's Dayron Robles, the World record holder (12.87) and reigning Olympic gold medallist in the 110m Hurdles, has joined the field for the adidas Grand Prix on 9 June, the sixth stop on the Samsung Diamond League circuit.
15 May 2012 – Gothenburg, Sweden – “ I have decided to hang up my Triple Jump spikes – not because I want to, but because I have to. My ankle simply is no longer capable of handling world class triple jumping!”
