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2009 Asian Championships In Athletics
The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, China in 2009. Results Men's results Track Field Women's results Track Field Medal table Participating nations * (12) * (1) * (1) * (77) * (22) * (16) * (53) * (6) * (15) * (5) * (55) * (5) * (23) * (9) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (4) * (17) * (1) * (6) * (4) * (3) * (5) * (5) * (9) * (17) * (10) * (26) * (21) * (4) * (5) * (25) * (2) * (6) * (19) * (10) ReferencesLiu Xiang the main attraction on home soil at the Asian Championships - PREVIEW IAAF (2009-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-07-09.Two golds for host Chinese as Asian Champs kick off in Guangzhou IAAF (2009-11-11). Retrieved on 2011-07-09.Six more gold for China in Guangzhou - Asian champs, day 2. IAAF (2009-11-12). Retrieved on 2011-07-09.Taking centre stage, Liu Xiang beats the rain to take Asian title – Asian champs, day 3 IAAF (2009-11-13). Retrieved on 2011-07-09.With five wins, Japan halts Chinese momentum in Guangzhou - Asian champs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road; it continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub as well as being one of China's three largest cities. For a long time, the only Chinese port accessible to most foreign traders, Guangzhou was captured by the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major transshipment port. Due to a high urban population and large volumes of port traffic, Guangzhou is classified as a Large-Port Megacity, the largest type of port-city in the world. Due to worldwide travel restrictions at the beginni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Taes
Adnan Taess Akkar Al-Mntfage (Arabic: ;born 24 March 1980 in Wasit) is an Iraqi middle-distance runner. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., he competed in the Men's 800 metres. Competition record References External links * 1980 births Living people Iraqi male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Iraq Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games People from Wasit Governorate World Athletics Championships athletes for Iraq Asian Games gold medalists for Iraq Asian Games silver medalists for Iraq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Abraham
Joseph Abraham (born 11 September 1981) is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. He holds the current 400 metre hurdles State record of 49.51 seconds set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007. At Osaka, Abraham became the first Indian male athlete to clear the opening round of an event in the World Athletics Championships when he reached the 400m hurdles semifinals. He also won the 400m hurdles gold medal at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Athletic career Born in Kottayam district of Kerala, Abraham made a steady progress in intermediate hurdles. His first sub-52 came in 2003 and in the following year he clocked a time of 51.98 seconds. His best time in 2005 was 50.87 seconds. His first national record came at the 2006 National inter-State athletics championship in Chennai. He broke the national record of 50.39 seconds held by Patlavath Shankar with a time of 50.22 seconds. On 12 May 2007 at the 13th Federation Cup Athletics Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Narisako
(born 25 July 1984) is a Japanese hurdler. He won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, and the gold medals at the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best time is 47.93 seconds, achieved in May 2006 in Osaka. Personal bests Records *4×100 m relay **Former Japanese youth best holder - 40.14 s (relay leg: 4th) (Debrecen, 15 July 2001) *4×400 m relay **Current Japanese university record holder - 3:03.20 s (relay leg: 4th) (İzmir, 20 August 2005) : with Masaya Aikawa, Shōta Abe, and Masami Yasuda : with Kazunori Ōta, Yoshihiro Horigome is a retired Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.77 seconds, achieved in September 2006 in Yokohama. Achievements References External links *Yoshihiro Horigomeat JAAF Yoshihiro Horigomeat Fuji ..., and Yūki Yamagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Tae-kyong
Park Tae-kyong (born 30 July 1980) is a male hurdler from South Korea. His personal best time is 13.48 seconds, achieved at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon .... This was the South Korean record until 2014 Competition record References 1980 births Living people South Korean male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of South Korea Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Dongpeng
Shi Dongpeng (, born January 6, 1984, in Hebei, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. Shi won a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. At the Asian Championships he won a gold in 2003 and silver in 2005. Shi's personal best time is 13.19 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Osaka, Japan, at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat .... Competition record References * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Baoding Runners from Hebei Chinese male hurdlers Olympic athletes of China At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Xiang (hurdler)
Liu Xiang (; born July 13, 1983) is a Chinese former 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China. Liu is one of China's most successful athletes and has emerged as a cultural icon. On top of being the only male athlete in history to be all of 110-metre hurdles World Record Holder, World Champion and Olympic Champion—Liu remains the Olympic record holder for the men's 110-metre hurdles with a time of 12.91 seconds he set back at the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was the favorite to win another gold in the 110 metre hurdles at the Beijing Olympics, but he had to withdraw from competition at the last moment after a false start and aggravation to a previously unrevealed injury. Again a gold medal favourite in the 110 metre hurdles at the London Olympics he pulled his Achilles tendon attempting to clear the first hurdle in the heats. On April 7, 2015, he announced his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( ar, عبد الله أحمد حسن, born Albert Chepkurui on July 29, 1981 in Kaptarakwa, Kenya) is a long-distance and cross country runner, now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2003. Other runners who have made the same switch include Saif Saeed Shaheen. Abdullah has won bronze medals at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2004 and 2008 editions of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He represented Qatar over 10,000 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and three times at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. He is a two-time Asian champion in the 10,000 m (2003 and 2007) and holds the Asian record with his personal best time of 26:38.76 minutes. Career Abdullah has competed numerous times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He made his first appearance as a junior athlete at the 1999 race, finishing in fifth place. In the senior section, he was sixth in the 2001 short race and 2002 lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Kemboi (1983)
Nicholas Kemboi (born November 25, 1983, in Kericho) is an athlete from Qatar who specialises in long-distance running. Unlike many other Kenyan-born athletes, he kept his name when changing affiliation to the Middle Eastern country. He is the fourth fastest man of all time at 10,000 meters, with a personal best of 26:30.03 set in 2003 at the young age of 20. He was the silver medallist in the event at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships. He made a step up to the marathon distance in 2011, running a best of 2:08:01 hours at the Valencia Marathon. He was twelve minutes slower at the Istanbul Marathon in 2012, but earned his first victory in 2013 with a win at the Prague Marathon in 2:08:51 hours. International competitions Personal bests Track: *1500 metres - 3:47.10 (2005) *3000 metres - 7:50.99 (2005) *5000 metres - 13:01.14 (2003) *10,000 metres - 26:30.03 (2003) Road: *10 kilometres - 27:57 (2011) *15 kilometres - 43:56 (2003) *Half marathon - 1:00:27 (2011) *Marathon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essa Ismail Rashed
Essa Ismail Rashed (Arabic: عيسى اسماعيل راشد ; born Daniel Kipkosgei on 14 December 1986) is a long-distance runner now representing Qatar after his switch from Kenya in 2004. He represented his adopted country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007. He is coached by the Italian Renato Canova. In 10,000 metres he won a gold medal at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships, 2005 Asian Championships in Incheon and a silver medal at the Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games, 2006 Asian Games in Doha. He came twentieth in the 10,000 metres at the Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was the 5000 m bronze medallist at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships and went on to claim another bronze over 3000 m at the Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games, 2009 Asian Indoor Games later that year. Rashed ran an List of Asian records in athletics, Asian indoor record for the 5000 m at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Mahboob
Ali Hasan Mahboob (born Silas Kirui on 31 December 1981 in Kapsabet) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner. He became a naturalized citizen of Bahrain (switching from his birth country Kenya) ahead of the 2006 season. His personal best time for the 10,000 metres is 27:22.40 minutes, achieved in May 2012 in Wageningen. Career In his early career he concentrated on road running and he won the Prague Half Marathon in 2005. In his debut race at a running track at the 2006 Asian Games he won the 10,000 metres final. He won the bronze medal at the 2007 Asian Championships. At the end of the year he won the 10,000 m title at the 2007 Pan Arab Games and also took bronze in the 5000 metres. He made his Olympic debut in the longer event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he placed 18th in the final. His major outing of 2009 was the Asian Athletics Championships and he set a championship record of 28:23.70 minutes to win the 10,000 m, but was narrowly beaten, prevent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kwalia
James Kwalia C'Kurui (born James Kwalia Chepkurui on 12 June 1984) is an athlete who represents Qatar after switching from his homeland Kenya. Specializing in the 3000 and 5000 metres, his personal best times are 7:28.28 minutes and 12:54.58 minutes respectively. He was born in Trans Nzoia. He is the current holder of the Asian indoor record over 5000 m which he broke in Düsseldorf in February 2009. Biography He had his first success while competing for Kenya when he won the bronze medal in the 3000 m at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics. His first senior medal came at the 2004 IAAF World Athletics Final, where he took the 3000 m silver. He transferred to represent Qatar following this and was very successful in Asian competitions, winning at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. He represented Qatar at the Olympics for the first time with an appearance at the 2008 Beijing Games – he finished eighth in the 5000 m. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
