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2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior Men's Race
The Junior men's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan, on March 28, 2009. Reports of the event were given in '' The New York Times'' and for the IAAF. Complete results for individuals, and for teams were published. Race results Junior men's race (8 km) Individual Teams *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. Participation According to an unofficial count, 119 athletes from 29 countries participated in the Junior men's race. This is in agreement with the official numbers as published. * (6) * (6) * (3) * (2) * (5) * (6) * (1) * (6) * (6) * (2) * (2) * (6) * (6) * (6) * (4) * (1) * (6) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (6) * (5) * (6) * (2) * (5) * (6) * (6) * (5) See also * 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race * 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race * 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
