Major Competition

Athletics Illustrated:
To Illustrate the sport of athletics by way of interviews, profiles, opinion and news enhanced by photos, video and most importantly the written word. Enjoy! and visit often.

Athletics, a definition:
According to the world governing body, the IAAF or the International Association of Athletics Federations define athletics as the sport of running, race-walking and track and field. These include and are not limited to the following official "IAAF Competition Programme", which now includes World Championships, World Junior Championships, World Youth Championships, World Indoor Championships, World Cup, World Cross Country Championships, World Race Walking Cup, World Half Marathon Championships, World Road Relay Championships, the international Diamond League/Grand Prix Circuit, the Golden League/Grand Prix Final, the international Cross Country Circuit and the Combined Events Challenge. In addition a variety of major competitions at continental level reflect the expansion of the IAAF programme. Fourteen multi-sport and Area Games competitions, including the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Pan-American Games, are organised on various continents with athletics as the core sport. Added to this are thousands of other national and local area events. In 2003 the IAAF Congress approved the addition of Mountain Running to the list of disciplines governed by the IAAF.