Where was the World Indoor Championships held in 2014?
Where was the World Indoor Championships held in 2014?
The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the fifteenth edition of the international indoor track and field competition, organised by the IAAF. The event was held between 7–9 March 2014 at the Ergo Arena in Sopot, Poland. 1 Preparation 1.1 Host bidding.
Where was the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships held?
The IAAF announced on 1 September 2011 that it had received bids from Poland and Croatia to host the championships. Later Zagreb, Croatia withdrew due to lack of funding. On 11 November 2011 at a Council meeting in Monaco, the IAAF announced that Sopot, as the only remaining bidder, would host the championships.
Who was disqualified from the World Indoor Championships in 2014?
The Russian women’s 4×400 m relay team was disqualified after Kseniya Ryzhovas doping sample from 7 March was found positive for trimetazidine. Nataliia Lupu (UKR) was disqualified from the Women’s 800 meters after her doping sample was found positive for Methylhexaneamine.
When was the 4 x 400 m relay added to the World Athletics Championships?
The events held have remained more or less the same since they originated, with the main alterations coming in the earlier years. The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women’s triple jump, the latter as an exhibition event, and gaining full status at the following championships.
When did the indoor track at the Olympics open?
The track officially opened on 16 February and almost 6000 people came to the ERGO Arena to mark its inauguration. The indoor portable banked track made by Mondo used the company’s “Super X” rubberized surface (two layers, total 13.5 mm thick), which was used at both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.