2005 World Championships in Athletics 2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic events, some of which were included as exhibition events. Much of the event was played in extremely heavy rainfall. The original winning bid for the competition was for London but the cost to build the required stadium at Picketts Lock and host the event was
2015 World Masters Athletics Championships Nicole Alexis also set the World Record in the semi-finals 27.11 +1.1 Note: Caroline Powell set the World Record 1:04.31 in the prelims 2015 World Masters Athletics Championships The twenty-first World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Lyon, France, from August 6–18, 2015. This was the last odd year of the biennial championship as beginning in 2016, the championships will be held in even numbered years. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as Masters athletics. A full range of track and field events were