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2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 Metres
The women's 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016. Coming into these championships, world 200 champion Dafne Schippers and Barbara Pierre shared the fastest time in the world at 7.00. During the heats both ran 7.02, but in the semis, Schippers' slow start made her vulnerable as Elaine Thompson beat her to the line. In the final, the start proved to be important, Pierre got out well with Thompson, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Asha Philip. The number 4 sprinter in the season Marie Josée Ta Lou was literally left in the blocks, yet 5 steps into the race, she had drawn even with Schippers. After spotting the leaders a step, Schippers got into her superior top end speed and ran down everybody, except Pierre, Thompson losing silver in the last step. Results Heats Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Semifinals Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon Convention Center
The Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1989 and opened in 1990, it is located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. It is best known for the twin spire towers, which provide light into the building's interior and for housing the world's largest Foucault pendulum. The center is owned by Metro, the Portland area's regional government, and operated by the Metropolitan Exposition and Recreation Commission, a subsidiary of Metro. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects (ZGF). It is the largest convention center in Oregon, at nearly . The complex includes of exhibit space. It features the largest ballroom in the City of Portland at . The original building was built in the late 1980s, opened in 1990, and was expanded in 2003. ZGF was also involved in designing the expansion. More recently, the building has become known for upward illuminating the twin sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamile Samuel
Jamile Samuel (born 24 April 1992) is a Dutch athlete sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won three bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics,Jamile Samuel profile Atletiek.nl (Retrieved 25 April 2018) thus establishing herself as the third-fastest female runner under the age of 20 in the world. She won a gold medal with the Dutch women's 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam. Career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wei Yongli
Wei Yongli (; born October 11, 1991, in Baise, Guangxi) is a Chinese sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran Round 1 in 11.48 seconds, which did not qualify her for the semifinals. She was part of the Chinese 4 x 100 m relay team that reached the final at the 2020 Olympics. Competition record 1Disqualified in the final Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.99 (+1.2 m/s) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2018) *200 metres – 22.97 (+1.6 m/s) (Madrid 2018) Indoor * 60 metres – 7.17 (Nanjing 2016) NR *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 23.61 (Beijing 2014) References External links * 1991 births Living people Chinese female sprinters Olympic athletes for China Athletes (track and fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutee Chand
Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition. She is the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Women's 100 metres event at the Summer Olympic Games. However, in the 2016 Summer Olympics, her 11.69 s in the preliminary round did not qualify her for the next round. In 2018, Chand clinched silver in women's 100m at the Jakarta Asian Games. It was India's first medal in this event since 1998. In 2019, she became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade, clocking 11.32 seconds in the 100 m race. She is the reigning national champion in the 100 m event. Chand, who was once forced to sit out due to the IAAF hyperandrogenism regulations, qualified for the Women's 100 m event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 36 years after P. T. Usha took part in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. In 2016, she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahesia Harrigan-Scott
Tahesia Gaynell Harrigan-Scott (born 15 February 1982) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands.Athlete biography: Tahesia Harrigan beijing2008.cn, Retrieved 27 August 2008. She was the first woman to represent the British Virgin Islands at the Olympics. Career Harrigan was born in the Virgin Islands to Doris Harrigan. Harrigan's illustrious track and field career began in , Florida. As a 14-year-old 9th grader, she carried 's D ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Hooper (athlete)
Gloria Hooper (born 3 March 1992) is an Italian sprinter who won a silver medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. She won seven times the national championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m. Biography Born in Villafranca di Verona, her parents arrived in Italy from Ghana in Naples in 1985. National records * 4 × 100 m relay: 42.90 ( Doha, 4 October 2019), she ran second leg in the team with Johanelis Herrera, Anna Bongiorni, Irene Siragusa – current holder Personal bests * 100 metres: 11.24 +1.5 ( Rieti, 22 May 2021) * 200 metres: 22.89 +1.4 ( Rieti, 26 June 2016) Achievements National titles *Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, w ... **100 metres: 2013, 2015, 2016 (3) **200 metres: 2014, 2016, 2017, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesya Povh
Olesya Povh ( uk, Олеся Іванівна Повх (''Olesya Ivanivna Povkh''); born 18 October 1987) is a Ukrainian former sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 metres. Her personal best times include 11.08 seconds in the 100 m, achieved in June 2012. She is an Olympic Games bronze medalist, World Championships bronze medalist, European Championships gold and silver medalist, and European Indoor Championships gold medalist. Early life Povh is Jewish, and was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. She graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports in 2010 and chose to focus on athletics full-time in 2011. Career Povh had her first year of international competition in 2010. She reached the semi-finals of the 60 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a relay bronze medal with Ukraine at the 2010 European Team Championships. She gained selection for the 100 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and was elim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maja Mihalinec
Maja Mihalinec Zidar (born 17 December 1989) is a Slovenian sprinter. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2016 Olympics and 2019 World Championships in Athletics. Personal life Mihalinec's mother Damijana is a volleyball coach and former player, and her younger sister Katja played volleyball internationally. Maja also started with volleyball, but her physical education teacher persuaded her to take up athletics. For some time she trained in both sports, but then chose running. Her partner Luka Zidar is a competitive high jumper. Mihalinec studied social sciences at the University of Ljubljana and communications at the University of Nebraska Omaha. In 2015, she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Athletic Federation of Slovenia. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 11.27 (+1.1 m/s, Padova 2019) *200 metres – 22.78 (+0.7 m/s, Doha 2019) Indoor *60 metres – 7.21 (Glasgow 2019) *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette
LaVerne Janet Jones-Ferrette (born September 16, 1981) is a sprinter from the United States Virgin Islands who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won the silver medal over 60 meters at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 6.97 seconds; a subsequent drug test revealed a banned substance in her system and she was stripped of her medal. Jones-Ferrette competed at the World Championships in Athletics in 2005, 2007 and 2009, but did not reach an event final on any of those occasions. Her first international medal came at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she was the 100 m silver medalist. She represented her country at the 2007 Pan American Games. She holds all the US Virgin Islands records for the sprint events from 60 to 400 meters. Career She grew up on Saint Croix and later moved to the United States on an athletic scholarship. She attended Barton Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángela Tenorio
Ángela Gabriela Tenorio Micolta (born 27 January 1996 in Lago Agrio, Sucumbíos) is an Ecuadorian athlete specialising in the sprinting events.- She won two medals at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Earlier she competed at the 2013 World Championships in the 100 metres without qualifying for the semifinals. In addition, she has won multiple medals on regional level. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.99 (+0.9 m/s) (Toronto 2015) *200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... – 22.84 (-0.5 m/s) (Cuenca 2015) * 400 metres – 54.28 (Ibarra 2014) References External links * * * 1996 births Living people Ecuadorian female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Ecuador Pan American Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Emmanuel
Crystal Emmanuel (born November 27, 1991) is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100m and 200m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years. She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement. She has also run as part of the Canadian relay team, and is part of the team that holds the Canadian record. Set at the 2015 World Championships, Emmanuel ran the first leg of the relay. It broke the Canadian record set at the 2013 World Championships, where Emmanuel also ran the lead off leg. When Emmanuel won the 100 and 200 m titles at the Canadian Championships in 2011, she was the first woman to win both events since 2003. She repeated the feat in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Her r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosângela Santos
Rosângela Cristina Oliveira Santos (born December 20, 1990) is an American-born Brazilian track and field sprint athlete. Career Santos represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Rosemar Coelho Neto. In their first-round heat, they placed third behind Belgium and Great Britain but in front of Nigeria. Their time of 43.38 seconds was the fifth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time of 43.14 seconds and the fourth place behind Nigeria, missing out on the bronze medal by 0.10 seconds. However, in 2016, the IOC stripped Russia of its gold medal due to doping, meaning Rosângela and her teammates inherited the bronze medal. At Daegu 2011, Rosângela Santos went to the 4 × 100 m final, ranking eighth - with a new South American record (42.92) at the preliminary. At the 2011 Pan Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
