The world Indoor Championships – Athletics
(IAAF) have taken off last week
on March 9th in Istanbul, Turkey.
The event is held every two years since
1985 – in Paris (except on 2003-04 when they were held
consecutively) and
bring together some of the world best athletes. The events
held have remained
more or less the same since they originated with the main
alterations coming
in the earlier years and include the
4 x 400 m Relay Race for both men and
women, Triple Jump,1993 saw
the last of the Racewalking events included and a
1600 m medley relay was
tried but dropped for future games. This same year a
men’s heptathlon and
women’s pentathlon were successfully introduced as
non-championship events and
have remained in place since.
In 1997 the
women’s Pole vault entered the fray.
The latest results in are Gold for
Ukraine
in Woman’s Pentathlon and Gold to the USA in Men’s Shotput. Silver to
Germany in Men’s Shotput and Silver to Great Britain
Woman’s Pentathlon.
Bronze to Poland
in Men’s Shotput and Bronze to Lithuania
for Woman’s
Pentathlon. The events are scheduled to be held until March 11th.
Other up coming events, Milan-Sanremo:
On another note, the Milan San Remo cycling
event is scheduled to open
next week on March 17th.
The Milan San Remo is an annual cycling race
between Milan and Sanremo. It is the longest
professional one-day race at
298 km. The first was in 1907, when Lucien
Petit-Breton won. Today it is one
of the ‘Moments¡¯ of European cycling, and
results contribute towards the UCI
World Ranking; until 2007 it was part of the
UCI Pro Tour. From 1999 to 2005,
a women’s race, the Primavera Rosa was
organized alongside the men’s but at a
shorter distance.
Milan ¨C San Remo is often called the Sprinters’
classic while its sister Italian race the Giro
di Lombardia held in
autumn is the Climbers’ classic.
We wish all participants
success and good luck.
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