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2018 African Championships In Athletics – Women's 400 Metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o .... Medalists Results Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Semifinals Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:400 2018 African Championships in Athletics 400 metres at the African Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete. Like other sprint disciplines, the 400 m involves the use of starting blocks. The runners take up position in the blocks on the 'ready' command, adopt a more efficient starting posture which Isometric exercise#Isometric presses as preparation for explosive power movements, isometrically preloads their muscles on the 'set' command, and stride forwards from the block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadija Ouardi
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Adele Mafogan
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (, ; born 5 May 1988), professionally known by the mononym Adele, is an English singer and songwriter. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings. Her debut album, '' 19'', was released in 2008 and spawned the UK top-five singles " Chasing Pavements" and " Make You Feel My Love". The album was certified 8× platinum in the UK and triple platinum in the US. Adele was honoured with the Brit Award for Rising Star as well as the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Adele released her second studio album, '' 21'', in 2011. It became the world's best-selling album of the 21st century, with sales of over 31 million copies. It was certified 18× platinum in the UK (the highest by a solo artist of all time) and Diamond in the US. According to ''Billboard'', ''21'' is the top-performing album in the US chart history, topping the ''Billboard'' 200 for 24 wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Dube
Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as " belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often think of faith as confidence based on a perceived degree of warrant, or evidence while others who are more skeptical of religion tend to think of faith as simply belief without evidence.Russell, Bertrand"Will Religious Faith Cure Our Troubles?" ''Human Society in Ethics and Politics''. Ch 7. Pt 2. Retrieved 16 August 2009. Etymology The English word ''faith'' is thought to date from 1200 to 1250, from the Middle English ''feith'', via Anglo-French ''fed'', Old French ''feid'', ''feit'' from Latin ''fidem'', accusative of ''fidēs'' (trust), akin to ''fīdere'' (to trust). Stages of faith development James W. Fowler (1940–2015) proposes a series of stages of faith-development (or spiritual development) across the human lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou
Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou (born July 23, 1997) is a Nigerien sprinter. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 400 metres event; her time of 54.32 seconds in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. She was also scheduled to represent Niger at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics but she did not start at the girls' 800 metres event. She competed at the women's 400 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics. She also competed in the women's 200 metres event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics as well as the women's 400 metres event. At the 2019 African Games The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017. Bidding process The 12th ... she competed in the women's 400 metres event but did not qualify for the finals. References 1997 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goitseone Seleka
Goitseone Seleka (born 10 August 1988) is a Botswana athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres. She participated in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Goitseone is born and bred in a village called Nkange. Her personal best in the event is 53.11 seconds set in Porto Novo Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people. Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ... in 2012. Metswedi Competition record References 1988 births Living people Botswana female sprinters Place of birth missing (living people) African Games silver medalists for Botswana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games {{Botswana-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjipekapora Herunga
Tjipekapora Herunga (born 1 January 1988 in Ehangono) is a Namibian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships. She is her country's national record holder in the 400 metres both outdoors and indoors. She broke the record while representing Namibia at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 23.40 (+0.4 m/s, Pretoria 2012) *400 metres – 51.24 (Pretoria 2012) NR *800 metres – 2:16.52 (Windhoek 2005) Indoor *400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ... – 55.40 (Doha 2010) NR References 1988 births Living people Namibian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worknesh Mesele
Worknesh Musele Handeno (born 10 June 2001) is an Ethiopian athlete who has won Ethiopian national championship titles over 400 metres and 800 metres. Career Musele ran the 11th fastest time in the world in 2021 in the women’s 800m when she completed the Ethiopian Olympic Trial. She had previously competed at the 2019 African Games in Kabat in the 400m and the 4x400m relay. She ran a personal best 1:58:71 in the 800m The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... at the Ethiopian Olympic trial to finish third behind Werkwuha Getachew and Habitam Alemu in June 2021 to secure her place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her previous personal best had been 2:02:20. She was named in the Ethiopian squad for the games, however she did not compete. On 30 June, 2021 she won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galefele Moroko
Galefele Moroko (born 16 April 1997) is a Botswana sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. She qualified to represent Botswana at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References External links * 1997 births Living people Botswana female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Botswana Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Botswana African Games gold medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
