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VI begins medal hunt at IAAF World C/Ships on Saturday

Chantel Malone will be competing in the IAAF World Championships Long Jump on Saturday August 10, 2013 whilst Karene King runs in the 200m. The pair will be joined by Tahesia Harrigan-Scott who runs the 100m. Photo: Provided
The 14th IAAF World Championships kicked off on Wednesday August 7, 2013 with the 1st World Athletics Forum. Photo: www.iaaf.org
The 14th IAAF World Championships kicked off on Wednesday August 7, 2013 with the 1st World Athletics Forum. Photo: www.iaaf.org
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Fans of track and field will be glued to their televisions over the next few days as three athletes, Chantel Malone, Tahesia Harrigan-Scott and Karene King, look to bring home more success when they compete at the 14th IAAF World Championships, which starts on Saturday August 10, 2013.

The eagerly-awaited IAAF World Championships are set to open in Moscow’s historic Luzhniki Stadium on Saturday and will continue until August 18, with the huge global event attracting almost 2000 athletes from more than 200 nations.

Malone kicks of the BVI’s hunt for Medals with the qualification round of the Women’ s Long Jump, which is scheduled to start at 11:20 P.M. Eastern Caribbean time on Saturday.

On Sunday at 3.55 A.M. (EC time) Harrigan- Scott will look to improve on her already impressive performances in World Championships when the 100m Heats start and she will be followed by King, who runs the 200m on Thursday August 15.

The sprinter was the last of the three to qualify having had a few near misses and illegal times due to wind. She finally made it with a run at the Trinidad and Tobago National Championships. There she ran a personal best of 23.24 seconds into a -0.5 wind to place second with teammate Ashley Kelly running 23.95 in third. King was also second in the B final, 0.1 off the winner in 23.44 with Kelly, who ran 55.48 in the 400m and advanced to the final, which she did not contest, third in 24.30.

Ahead of the Championships, the first day of the 49th IAAF Congress played host to the 1st IAAF World Athletics Forum, providing an environment for lively and open debate among Congress delegates about the future of athletics.

This new IAAF initiative, held at the Crowne Plaza at Moscow’s World Trade Center, was chaired by IAAF President Lamine Diack and welcomed seven speakers and 17 panellists, each from a different country, as they provided expert and diverse perspectives and insights from both inside and outside the athletics family.

The first keynote address was delivered by Soichi Takahashi, general manager of international sports at Dentsu. He spoke about the current environment for sports in general, looking at where athletics stands in relation to other sports in terms of audience and viewership. Takahashi also touched upon the most popular platforms in sport as well as the major marketing and consumer trends.

Following that, IAAF General Secretary Essar Gabriel outlined the vision, missions and objectives of the 2013-2016 IAAF Strategic Plan, which picks up the baton from the IAAF Athletics’ World Plan – a ten-year strategy to propel the sport forward, which concluded in December last year.

The IAAF Strategic Plan comprises three phases – strategic and organisational review, strategic plan, and action plan – and it begins with the six IAAF core values: universality, leadership, unity, excellence, integrity and solidarity.

The next two years will be the kick-off phase of the IAAF Strategic Plan. There are 33 sub-objectives, of which 15 are new and 18 are on-going, with 79 milestones to chart the progress of the plan.

9 Responses to “VI begins medal hunt at IAAF World C/Ships on Saturday”

  • egg face (08/08/2013, 08:25) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    all the best team BVI
  • . (08/08/2013, 09:12) Like (1) Dislike (15) Reply
    Come on girls! ayo owe us from that poor performance ayo displayed here at home recently... Ayo go kick some @$$#$
    • brian hodge (08/08/2013, 12:14) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      fairly obvious you have no idea what u talking about- Tahesia and Chantel were both carrying injury that night and only ran because they were at home- karene came home 3rd in the 100 with a seasons best and Ash, who didn't make the worlds, was 4th in the 400 with a seasons best and King also ran a personal best in the 200 coming second- hardly poor performances...........!!
    • What! (08/08/2013, 13:11) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      Yea cause ayo want blood from stone, they are coached and trained abroad because BVI suffers from a lack of resources generally, lack of funding, lack of support, lack of proper facilities etc when it comes to talented athletes raising the bar and they still managed to qualify for worlds! Do you know how expensive it is to be a professional athlete especially when you are just starting out? Do you have ANY idea how hard they work so you could claim to be so proud of their representation? All ayo ungrateful ignorant bloggers need to get real and walk a mile in their shoes before you come on here talking foolishness, everybody has an off day maybe if your support was genuine they would not wince at the thought of performing at home for fear of discouraging bloggers like you shouting nonsense from the stands and on the news sites.
  • 08/08/2013 (08/08/2013, 10:14) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    What the hell you do not go compete, you people make me sick. Those girls out there working very hard and they will have their ups and downs, just encourage them. They qualify for Worlds and that in it self is a great accomplishment. Good Luck Girls
  • ccc (08/08/2013, 12:57) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ladies bring home goal
  • Z. McLean (08/08/2013, 17:37) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Go, ladies, go BVI!!!
  • brian hodge (08/08/2013, 18:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    mind you kinda strange Dean kicks up like a mule about not enuth money for athletes and then gets himself on an all expenses trip to Russia and goes a week early too! that money could have been better used im sure- how much vacation one man get ?
  • big man (09/08/2013, 21:30) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Lots of people seem to be dozing off.


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