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2008 ÅF Golden League Review
2 January 2009 – Monte-Carlo - The 2008 ÅF Golden League, which is part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour, saw the emergence of the Revelation of the Year 18-year-old Pamela Jelimo who became the third ever solo winner of the $1 million ÅF Golden League Jackpot. In the process the Kenyan wonder-girl set no fewer than three World Junior records in Berlin, Paris and Zürich.
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ÅF Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2009
18 December 2008 - Monte-Carlo - In 2009, there will be TEN ÅF Golden League event disciplines designated to the Jackpot, five events for men and five for women, as follows:
Long distance relationship that blossomed into marital bliss for million dollar girl - ÅF Golden League
17 December 2008 - Pamela Jelimo is undoubtedly the revelation of the year after providing the answer to a country starved of a true global superstar and few know she is married.
Paris Saint-Denis GL meeting seeks new title sponsor
1 October 2008 - Paris, France - The GDF SUEZ group announced today that it is ending its 10 year partnership with the AF Golden League Meeting in Paris St Denis. This relationship has been historically significant, especially in recent years, ...
Jelimo becomes a millionaire in Brussels; Bolt 9.77sec - ÅF Golden League
5 September 2008 - Brussels, Belgium - Pamela Jelimo secured the $1 Million ÅF Golden League Jackpot outright, as Blanka Vlasic’s hopes of at least a share of the prize fell at the sixth and final stage of the ÅF Golden Lea...
Jelimo - In five months, from unknown to athletics Golden Girl - ÅF Golden League
5 September 2008 – Brussels, Belgium – When the ÅF Golden League Jackpot disciplines were designated last December, high jumper Blanka Vlasic was in the midst of what would become the longest unbeaten streak in the ...
Gevaert retires victorious – “I would have felt guilty if I hadn’t won” - ÅF Golden League
5 September 2008 - Brussels, Belgium - Tonight the bride, tomorrow the bridesmaid. For a capacity 47,000 crowd in the King Baudouin Stadium here this evening, the undoubted star turn was Kim Gevaert - even ...
Adoration for Bolt, Hellebaut and Gevaert; Jelimo and Vlasic focus on $1 Million in Brussels - PREVIEW - ÅF Golden League
4 September 2008 - Brussels, Belgium - The Belgacom Memorial Van Damme, the finale of the ÅF Golden League 2008, takes place in the Belgian capital on Friday 5 September 2008....
Not dreading end-of-season fatigue, Willis is ready for Brussels Challenge -ÅF Golden League
4 September 2008 - Brussels – The travelling Willis family of five is down to two but don’t expect the man for whom the tour group was built to be the weaker for its dispersal here tomorrow. Nick Willi...
Powell – “maybe I’m just a guy for the circuit” – Brussels, ÅF Golden League
4 September 2008 - Brussels, Belgium - Meeting Director Wilfried Meert succinctly summed up the stature of the guest star of today’s press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s finale of the ÅF Golden League 2008, the 32n...
