If I was a betting man - and my bank manager, among others, should be duly grateful I am not - I would put money on Eliud Kipchoge stepping up to the stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco next Tuesday (December 4) to take possession of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athlete of the Year award.
World decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer of France and European 100 metres, 200m and 4x100m champion Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain were awarded the men's and women's European Athlete of the Year prizes.
World record breakers Eliud Kipchoge and Kevin Mayer are among the 10 nominations for Male World Athlete of the Year released today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
I would never have thought that boredom could motivate an individual into becoming the best all-round athlete on planet earth. And then I met Kevin Mayer.
Mariya Lasitskene became the first athlete to win a gold medal competing under a neutral banner as she justified her tag as the pre-event favourite in the women's high jump at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here today.
Ivana Spanovic turned a packed Kombank Arena into a ferment of national celebration here tonight as she walked the walk having talked the talk about delivering long jump gold for the host nation at the 34th European Athletics Indoor Championships.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Yiannis Kouros is a Greek who, 30 years ago this week, ran 1,000 miles faster than anyone in history which is why Brian Oliver thinks he is the greatest distance-runner you have never heard of.
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