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2022 African Championships In Athletics – Women's 5000 Metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics was held on 9 June in Port Louis, Mauritius. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:5000 2022 African Championships in Athletics 5000 metres at the African Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5000 Metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's. The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events. 3 miles The 5000 metres is the (slightly longer) approximate m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 African Championships In Athletics
The 22nd African Championships in Athletics was held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022, at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex. The event was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 in Oran, Algeria, but had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Medal summary Men Women Mixed Medal table References External linksOfficial site {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 African Championships In Athletics African Championships in Athletics |
Port Louis
Port Louis (french: Port-Louis; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Polwi or , ) is the capital city of Mauritius. It is mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's economic, cultural and political centre, and most populous city. It is administered by the Municipal City Council of Port Louis. According to the 2012 census conducted by Statistics Mauritius, the population was 147,066. History Port Louis was used as a harbour by the Dutch settlers from 1606, when they started to refer to the area as ''Harbour of Tortoises''. In 1736, under French government, it became the administrative centre of Mauritius and a major reprovisioning halt for French ships during their passage between Asia and Europe, around the Cape of Good Hope. The Port is named in honour of King Louis XV. During this period of French colonization, Mauritius was known as Ile de France. The French governor at that time, Bertrand-Franç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Chebet
Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2022, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the World Championships, and became Commonwealth, African and Diamond League champion. Chebet claimed the gold medal for the women's senior race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. She took the world under-20 title in the 5000 m in 2018 and at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships. Career In June 2018, at the age of 18, Chebet won the Kenyan Under-20s 5000 metres. A month later at Tampere 2018, she became the first Kenyan woman and the first non-Ethiopian since 2006 to win the 5000 m title at the World U20 Championships in Athletics. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships, the top three athletes in the women's U20 race – Chebet and the Ethiopian duo of Alemitu Tariku and Tsigie Gebreselama – were all awarded the time of 20:50 as they finished together. Tariku was initially announced as the winner, with Gebres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fentaye Belayneh
Fantaye Belayneh Azale (born 15 September 2000), also spelled Fentaye Azale, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 African Championships. Biography Fantaye's first recorded race was in April 2021 at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships, where she finished sixth in the 5000 m. At the separately held 2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials in Hengelo, Fantaye finished 6th again in 14:44.51, and did not make the Ethiopian Olympic team. On 2 April 2022, Fantaye won her first Ethiopian Athletics Championships title in Hawassa. Later that month in Herzogenaurach, she won the Adizero: Road To Records road 10K in a time of 30:25, among the top 30 marks all-time in that event. In June at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, Fantaye won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres behind Beatrice Chebet Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2022, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Nyaga
Caroline Nyaga (born 10 July 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She arrived at the 2022 African Championships without even a pair of suitable running shoes, but after being gifted a pair from Faith Kipyegon, she won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres and then two days later won gold in the 10,000 metres. Career Though Nyaga ran two road races in England and Wales in 2017, she did not debut at an international championship until 2019, earning her first berth to the African Games by finishing 3rd at the Kenyan Athletics Championships 10,000 m in 32:30.63. At the Games race, Nyaga finished 5th in 32:24.17 as the second Kenyan finisher. After failing to make the Kenyan 2019 World Championships and 2021 Olympics teams, Nyaga secured her next national podium finish at the 2022 Kenyan Championships 5000 m, running 15:32.11 to finish 2nd behind Beatrice Chebet. At first, this was not enough earn her a spot on the Kenyan African Championships team, but another Kenyan athlete's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melknat Wudu
Melknat Wudu Shaarew (born 3 January 2005) is an Ethiopian track and field and cross-country runner. In February 2024, she set a new world U20 3000 metres indoor record. Career 2021 Melknat claimed the silver for the women's 5000 m at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi. She also won the bronze medal in the 3000 m in the same competition. 2022 At the 2022 World Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, she won silver in the 5000m for the second consecutive year. In 2022, she also finished fourth in the 5000m at the 2022 African Championships held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius. In October 2022, she won silver at the Northern Ireland International Cross Country 6 km race held in Dundoland, Belfast. 2023 In February 2023, she competed in the junior women's race at the World Cross Country Championships, and her Ethiopian team took gold in the team standings. She finished seventh in the 5000m at the Diamond League event in Stockholm. In July 2023, competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Chelangat
Sarah Chelangat (born 5 June 2001) is a Ugandan track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running. She represented Uganda at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in women's 5000 metres. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She had shin and knee injuries that kept her off the track for most of 2021 and did not do much at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Her performance in the 5000 metres in Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ... in June 2019, 15:00.61, is a Ugandan national record. References External links * Ugandan female middle-distance runners Ugandan female long-distance runners 2001 births Living people World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 World Championships, where she also won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres. After the doping disqualification of Mariya Savinova, she was also awarded gold medals for the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics. Semenya is an intersex woman, with 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency, assigned female at birth, with XY chromosomes and naturally elevated testosterone levels caused by the presence of internal testes. Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships, she was made to undergo sex testing, and cleared to return to competition the following year. In 2019, new World Athletics rules came into force preventing women like Semenya from participating in 400m, 800m, and 1500m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Janat Chemusto
Janat is a French Tea Company established in 1872 and based in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France. Founded by Janat Dores, it currently produces and sells tea. History Janat Dores would have travelled from the port of Marseille to parts of the new world to bring back an assortment of tea, spices, cocoa, and coffee. In 1889, the opening of the Eiffel Tower established Janat Dores tea business even further with the friendship with Gustave Eiffel developed. The friendship inspired Janat Dores to create various tea brewing techniques which drove the brand to develop the world's first oak barrel through tea ageing and flavouring. Femmes du Monde The company is very involved in the empowerment of women entrepreneurship. Janat Paris started a partnership with “Femmes du Monde”, a foundation that aims to improve the working conditions of tea leaf pickers, and to develop female independence. In 2016, the brand launched a program called “Tea for Two” in Tokyo. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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