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Saturday, 10 December 2005
‘Helsinki 2005’ Official Commemorative Book
Helsinki, Finland - The ‘Helsinki 2005’ Official Commemorative Book of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland, 6-14 August 2005 has been published and is now on sale.
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TV Ratings Rise for IAAF World Championships
25 August 2005 -Monaco - The IAAF is very pleased with the preliminary television data received for the 10th edition of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which took place from August 6-14 in Helsinki.
Krimarenko springs the biggest of surprises
15 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - His home city of Berdichev, some 120 miles south west of Kiev, stands on the Hnylopyat River. It has had a troubled past. It is now in the Ukraine, but has variously been in Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian hands, and is...
Isegwe - A first for Tanzania
15 August 2005 – Helsinki, Finland - In what could well be remembered as one of the big surprises of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Tanzanian runner Christopher Isegwe won his country’s first ever medal in the 22-year history of the World Championships...
Menendez’s World record in her own words
14 August 2005 – Helsinki, Finland – This evening we witnessed simply the greatest ever competition since the new specification women’s Javelin came into use on 1 January 1999 (first World record 31.12.99). Osleidys Menendez of Cuba, the champion of 2001 and ...
Helsinki 2005 – Highlights, Day 9 – FINAL session
14 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Osleidys Menéndez extended her recent domination of the Javelin. The Cuban had won the Olympic title with a throw just one centimetre less than her World record of 71.54 metres in 2001. Those were the only two th...
IAAF Internet's written coverage of Helsinki 2005 was brought to you by...
14 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - Written coverage of the 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 – 14 August) was brought to you by the following writers –
Ramzi absorbs Athens lesson
14 August 2005 - Helsinki, Finland - In just his second season of elite international racing, Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain completed the first-ever middle distance double at a World Athletics championship after his 1:44.24 victory in the 800 metres. It was date with destiny th...
Helsinki Limo
14 August 2005 – Helsinki, Finland - About the same time that the defending World 5000m champion Eliud Kipchoge was racing through the mixed zone waving off interview requests, so obviously disappointed with his performance, Benjamin Limo the new champion was grinning from ear to ear.
Radcliffe fulfills date with destiny
14 August 2005 – Helsinki, Finland - A year after her double 'did not finish' performance at the Olympics, that the athletics world wouldn’t let her forget, Paula Radcliffe finally claimed an elusive World title at the Marathon, and the winner couldn’t have been ...
