12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Monte-Carlo – With just over three weeks to go until the start of the biggest global sports event of 2009, the IAAF is delighted to announce the launch of its new website for the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany (15-23 Aug).There is plenty on offer to attract, inform, entertain, and illuminate the enjoyment of all the fans of our sport for what is the world’s third largest sports event after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.The site is already full of news and information, and when the championships begin the Broadcasting section in particular will burst into action with:VIDEO: 3-mins highlights of each SESSION; FeaturesRADIO: ‘LIVE’ commentary, comment and interviews throughout the championshipsPODCASTS: Audio interviews with the major starsIAAF Fantasy Athletics – great prizes to be wonIts game time too! With the IAAF Fantasy Athletics game which covers the one day meeting season already well underway, in the next few days a Berlin World Championships specific game will open for registration enabling fans to select a team of champion athletes from those competing in Berlin.As usual participants will score points depending on their team’s performances and be able to compare their rankings with others from all over the world. Registration is free, and there are great prizes to be won including a trip for two to an IAAF event.Regular news, information and resultsAnd of course we haven’t forgotten the core content of all previous World Championships sites:Results and Statistics,News and Features,Event Reports and Flash Interviews,“LIVE” Competition Blogs,Photo GalleryNews summary in French, German and Spanish languagesThese additional news sections as well as offering a summary of the major stories originally published in English focus on news that has a particular appeal to their specific language audience, and as such the content of each page is different.These language news summaries can be accessed from the titles situated on the top of the home page next to the SEARCH function.We very much hope you enjoy our coverage of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Berlin, Germany (15-23 Aug). Here is the link for all the information you need about World Championships.