DAEGU, August 30, 2011 - At the exact moment that Japan's Koji Murofushi captured the Hammer Throw gold medal on the third day (29) of the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011, the IAAF was marking the resilience and spirit which the Japanese nation has shown since the tsunami tragedy engulfed their country on 11 March this year.Within days of the disaster befalling Japan, IAAF President made the decision to continue with a long planned visit to IAAF Marketing Partner Dentsu and sponsor partners in Tokyo, in order to offer in person the IAAF's sympathy, condolences and support at the nation's hour of need.

DAEGU, August 29, 2011 - The IAAF Green Project was commemorated at the IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2011 with the opening ceremony of the IAAF Green Project Exhibition which was carried out by IAAF President Lamine Diack, who was accompanied by IAAF Vice-President Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad.

DAEGU, August 29, 2011 - Usain Bolt false-started, and Yohan Blake, his Jamaican training partner, won the men's 100-meter world championship title in a race that immediately created a sensational controversy sure to linger to and through the London 2012 Olympic Games.

DAEGU, August, 2011 - The longest World Athletics Federation elections of the century were not only embarrassing for the breakdown in the electronic equipment but also because of someone who, in a sports sense, arrived almost out of the blue (the organiser of the Dubai Marathon) and obtained more votes than anyone else in the race for the position of member of the Board.

DAEGU,August 27,2011 - It was simply a grand moment in sports! Three runners racing away in the heat and humidity of Daegu about 7km away from world honours, a defining point in the women's marathon... In a flash things go awfully wrong for the Kenyan team-at the water point as Edna Kiplagat trips and falls off Sharon Cherop ...