These are the results for some events in the World Athletic Championships. The events are as follows: women’s 5000m, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s triple jump, men’s 400m, women’s 400m, and men’s high jump.
Just follow the links below to get full listing of winners and rankings.
World Athletics Championships results - women’s 5000m
World Athletics Championships results - […]
Sprint and Relay Specialist Shirley Strickland de la Hunty was known to be a great athlete, competing in the sport, athletics, mainly in relay. She is also a record-breaker. She is the first woman to win seven Olympic medals and to successfully defend her Olympic title in the 80m hurdles (1952-1956).
Here’s a brief overview […]
Nawal El Moutawakel, one of the most famous Moroccan athletes, is an Olympian who won the women’s 400m hurdles at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Moutawakel’s the first Muslim and African female Olympic champion. Her winning the gold medal in her sport signals a breakthrough for other female athletes in Morocco, her home country […]
A Quick Look on the Athletics Discipline, High Jump
An athletics discipline since the 1896 Games, there are several high-jump techniques: scissors, western roll and straddle. All attack the bar from the side or face on and use the inner foot to take off.
Conversely, in the Fosbury flop, the athlete runs up in a curve, jumps […]
Answer: James Brendan Bennet Connolly (October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957)
On 6 April 1896, James Connolly won the triple jump (then two hops and a jump), and thus became the first Olympic champion in 1527 years. He also placed second in the high jump and third in the long jump.
[www.olympic.org]
Connelly competed during the 1896 […]
In the same article, I found out about the top event and athlete prospects of China for the year 2007. Find them as follows:
Hammer Throw (Women)
Zhang Wenxiu
Marathon (Women)
Zhou Chunxiu
Race walking (Men)
Li Gaobo (best time of 2006 in men’s 20km race)
Zhao Jianguo (third best time of the year in men’s 50km race)
High Jump (Men)
Huang Haiqiang
Zhang Shufeng […]
Since we’re on the topic of world records and the 100m event, I thought I’d feature this bit of trivia on the evolution of the 100 metres world record.
10.6 Donald Lippincott (US) 1912
10.4 Charles Paddock (US) 1921
10.3 Percy Williams (Canada) 1930
10.2 Jesse Owens (US) 1936
10.1 Willie Williams (US) 1956
10.0 Armin Hary (West Germany) 1960
9.95 Jim […]
I was fortunate enough to come across this YouTube video of Asafa Powell’s 100m world record run of 9.77 seconds [the second of three] during the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead, United Kingdom taken last June 11, 2006.
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… in Paul Johnson’s list.
The Australia’s Top 101 athletes list that was published on Alpha magazine pushed him to mull it over and come up with his own. But instead of listing 101 of them, he picked the top 25 that he thinks is notable.
Steve Waugh - cricket
Shane Warne - cricket
Pat Rafter - tennis
Mick Doohan […]
9.77 WR Plates on a Mercedez Benz!
How cool is that?
Of course, Asafa Powell IS the fastest man in the world right now, so, he is entitled to a few indulges every now and then. And, yea, he did run the current world record of 9.77 seconds in the 100m track event — several times!
He did […]
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