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was an international

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sporting event held under the auspices of the

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. Originally scheduled as the 11th

IAAF World Cup in Athletics The IAAF Continental Cup was an international track and field competition organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The event was proposed by IAAF former President Primo Nebiolo and was first held in 1977 a ...

, it was renamed in 2008 when the IAAF revamped the competition format. It was held in

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on 4–5 September 2010. The competition mascot was an

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with a blue hat and scarf, named Marino. Designed by children from the Juraj Bonači educational centre, the mascot builds on the fact that Split is a coastal city. The attendance for the second day of the competition was about 25,000.

Format

The four teams competing in the event were Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. The African and European teams were selected via the results of the

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and the

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, respectively. The Americas team selection was assembled from the athletes at the top of the season's lists on 31 July 2010. Two athletes from each region were selected per event, with the exception of the

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and long distance track events (where teams may field three athletes, although only two count towards the team points total). These rules represented a departure from the previous format of the IAAF World Cup. National teams were removed from the programme and the areas governed by the

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and the Oceania Athletics Association sent a combined team for the first time. The two-day competition comprised a programme of 20

events for men and women, giving a total of 40 events.

Standings

The standings following the event were: After doping disqualifications of

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and Marwa Hussein in 2013, their scores were deleted and others amended, which changed the result in the tight team competition. The revised scores were: Americas were awarded the Continental Cup in a ceremony at the

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. Further to this, Mariya Abakumova was disqualified following a doping sanction in 2018, and her results deleted with those in the women's javelin amended. The revised scores are as follows:

Medal summary

Men

¹ of Europe originally won the bronze medal with 20.68m, but he was disqualified in 2012 after a retest of his samples from the 2005 World Championships tested positive for clenbuterol, methandienone and oxandrolone.

Women

¹ of Europe originally won the gold medal with 68.14, but she was disqualified in 2018 after her results from 2008 to 2016 were deleted after a retest of her samples from the 2012 Olympics were positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (oral turanibol).

Score Table

Results

References

External links

Official competition website
{{IAAF Championships IAAF Continental Cup International athletics competitions hosted by Croatia Sport in Split, Croatia Continental Cup