2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.
The Aspire Zone during the 2006 Asian Games
Bernard Lagat became the oldest athlete to win at the championships.
Teddy Tamgho, France's only medallist, set a world indoor record in the triple jump.
2010 in the sport of athletics
In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
David Rudisha twice broke the 800 m world record
Blanka Vlašić topped the IAAF, Track & Field News and European Athletics polls.
American sprinter LaShawn Merritt was banned from competition for 21 months.
Shelly-Ann Fraser received a six-month suspension for using a banned painkiller.