2013 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 1500 Metres
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2013 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 1500 Metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–15 August. From the start of the final, two Americans, defending champion Jennifer Simpson and super high-schooler Mary Cain bracketed the field and closed to fill in the front of the pack. But most of the pack stayed in close order formation throughout with much jockeying for position and flying elbows. Cain tried to stay on the curb but kept getting moved back as new suitors moved forward then fell back. Zoe Buckman came forward then went to the curb to suffer the same fate ahead of Cain. Throughout world leader Abeba Aregawi hovered near the front but not passing Simpson. With 300 to go, Aregawi went around Simpson and made a break for it. But Simpson and the rest of the pack didn't go away. Just 100 meters later, Simpson looked like she would go by, but Aregawi wouldn't let her by. Then Hellen Onsando Obiri moved up with momentum, but couldn't make her way around e ...
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Abeba Aregawi
Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic: አበባ አረጋዊ ;born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-Swedish retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the World Championships in 2013. She represented both Ethiopia and Sweden internationally. Biography Aregawi was born in Adigrat, Ethiopia in the Tigray Region. She represented Ethiopia internationally until December 2012, after she became a naturalized Swedish citizen. She represented the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF to January 2016. Aregawi was married to an Ethiopian man with Swedish citizenship and lived in Stockholm from 2009 to 2012. She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Athletic career 2009 Aregawi emerged as an 800 metres runner in 2009 by winning the Ethiopian title in the event ahead of three-time champion Mestawet Tadesse. She competed at a number of European meets after thi ...
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Tatyana Tomashova
Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova (russian: Татьяна Ивановна Томашова) (born 1 July 1975 in Perm) is a Russian distance runner. Career At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 5000 metres but participated in shorter races thereafter, mainly in the 1500 metres. She is a double world champion and double Olympic silver medallist in this event. On 31 July 2008, Tomashova was suspended by the IAAF, along with six other Russian track and field athletes, for doping offences. She was charged under IAAF rules 32.2 (b) and 32.2 (e) for a "fraudulent substitution of urine which is both a prohibited method and also a form of tampering with the doping control process". She was set to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics. On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Tomashova, along with six other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples. She initially came fourth in the 1500 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, after dop ...
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List Of Oceanian Records In Athletics
Oceanian records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA). Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to a longer distance h = hand timing OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference) A = affected by altitude a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralOceania Records''30 November 2021 updated'' ;Specific External linksOAA web siteOceanian Rankings, Records and Best Performances
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Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ...
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Tatyana Kazankina
Tatyana Vasilyevna Kazankina (russian: Татья́на Васи́льевна Каза́нкина; born 17 December 1951 in Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet/Russian former runner who set seven world records and won a total of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. She was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and the title ''Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR'' in 1976. Kazankina competed for VSS Burevestnik. A month before the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Kazankina became the first woman to run 1500 m in under 4 minutes, her time of 3:56.0 beating Ludmila Bragina's world record by 5.4 seconds. She won the 1500 m and 800 m golds in the Montreal games, setting a world record in the latter. In 1980, she ran the 1500 m in 3:52.47, becoming the first woman to run the distance faster than Paavo Nurmi. This stood as a world record for thirteen years. Her career came to an abrupt end in September 1984 when ...
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List Of European Records In Athletics
European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking. Key to tables Key: + = en route to longer distance h = hand timing A = affected by altitude Wo = women only race # = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics X = unratified due to no doping control OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference) a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand) est = estimate WB = world best Outdoor Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women European best (outdoor) for non-standard events Men Women European best (indoo ...
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Letitia Vriesde
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List Of South American Records In Athletics
South American records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the CONSUDATLE. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route ''En route'' may refer to: * ''En Route'' (novel), an 1895 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans * ''En Route'' (film), a 2004 German movie directed by Jan Krüger * En-route chart, in aeronautics * enRoute (credit card), Air Canada's credit card divisi ... to longer distance h = hand timing NWI = no wind reading at = automatic timing X = unratified due to doping violation A = affected by altitude a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 # = not officially ratified by CONSUDATLE and IAAF Men Women Mixed Indoor Men ...
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List Of North, Central American And Caribbean Records In Athletics
North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an sport of athletics, athlete who competes for a member nation of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC). Outdoor Key to tables: + = wikt:en route, en route to a longer distance h = hand timing # = not ratified by national federation A = affected by altitude Mx = Mixed gender race ≠ = annulled by IAAF due to doping violation, but nevertheless ratified by USATF a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 X = annulled due to doping violation OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference) Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralNorth, Central American and Caribbean Outdoor Records North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association, NACAC ''30 June 2021 updated''North, Central American and Caribbean Indoor Records North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Asso ...
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List Of Asian Records In Athletics
Asian records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: h = hand timing + = en route ''En route'' may refer to: * ''En Route'' (novel), an 1895 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans * ''En Route'' (film), a 2004 German movie directed by Jan Krüger * En-route chart, in aeronautics * enRoute (credit card), Air Canada's credit card divisi ... to a longer distance A = affected by altitude a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 # = not recognised by association NWI = no wind information ! = timing by photo-electric cell Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;Gene ...
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