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- IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 ends with world rec...
- Sep 05, 2011
- The 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics came to a close on September 4 after nine days of athletic competitions.Jamaica set a world record of 37.04 seconds in the men’s 400-meter relay finals earlier that day, and the country’s leading sprinter Usain Bolt won his second go...
- IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 entertains sports f...
- Aug 31, 2011
- Daegu is bustling with sports stars and sports fans from around the world, as world-leading athletes gather in the city for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics which began on August 27. During the nine-day event, the championships entertain people with not only cutthro...
- Foreign athletes wearing Hanbok
- Aug 29, 2011
- President Lee Myung-bak poses for a picture with foreign athletes wearing Hanbok, or Korean traditional clothing. The 13th IAAF World Championships in Daegu, which those athletes are participating in, runs from August 27 to September 4. (Photo: Yonhap News)By Jessica Seoyoung Cho...
- IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 to be held as envir...
- Aug 25, 2011
- The IAAF Green Project is an environmental initiative of the IAAF to promote the environmentally sound implementation of athletic events. The aim of the project at the IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011, taking place from August 27 to September 4, is to nurture environmental con...
- Kim Yu-na appointed honorary ambassador of 2013 Pyeongc...
- Aug 24, 2011
- Figure skater Kim Yu-na guides one of the Korean Special Olympians on August 18, prior to the appointment ceremony. (Photo: Yonhap News)Figure skater Kim Yu-na, who made an instrumental contribution to Pyeongchang's successful bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, will be on...
- Korean athletes, local support to shine in Daegu IAAF C...
- Aug 24, 2011
- The Korean city of Daegu will be bustling with one of the world’s largest athletics events this weekend as the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics will take place there on August 27.Athletes and a staff of nearly 3,500 workers from more than 200 countries, the largest numb...
- Daegu introduces athletes’ village, improved drug testi...
- Aug 17, 2011
- * Daegu introduces strengthened drug test system The upcoming Daegu International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) championship games, which will begin on August 27, will showcase top-class athletes from around world.To ensure the fairness of the upcoming event, the Da...
- Korea players take trophies at World Junior Tennis game...
- Aug 12, 2011
- Photo: ITF homepageKoreans took home trophies from the World Junior Tennis games in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the games are for youth players between 14 and 18 years of age. It was held from Au...
- World Taekwondo Hanmadang 2011 begins on Aug. 10
- Aug 10, 2011
- The World Taekwondo Hanmadang 2011, a large-scale international festival for taekwondo practitioners, began on August 10 in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. More than 3,700 people from around the globe will participate in a total of 52 competitions in 11 events over the course of th...
- 6th National Marine Sports Games to be held in Namhae
- Aug 09, 2011
- The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs will host the sixth National Marine Sports Games Namhae 2011 from August 12 to 15 at Sangju Silver Sand Beach and Songjeong Solbaram Beach in Namhae County. (Photo: official website of the National Marine S...
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