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2023 Bislett Games
The 2023 Bislett Games was the 57th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Oslo, Norway. Held on 15 June at Bislett Stadium, it was the sixth leg of the 2023 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. The highlight of the meeting was the men's 5000 metres, where Jacob Kiplimo and Yomif Kejelcha battled to the line in a photo finish with both runners being awarded a time of 12:41.73 seconds, but Kejelcha being deemed the winner. It was the first time in history that any person had ever run under 12:45 in the 5000 m while still being contested at the finish by another competitor. Reigning Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a personal best in the 1500 metres, running under 3:28 for the first time. Results Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the Diamond League finals in Eugene. First place earned eight points, with each step down in plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Fahnbulleh
Joseph Fahnbulleh (born 11 September 2001) is a Liberian-American sprinter. An Olympic finalist, Fahnbulleh is a double NCAA champion and finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 200 meters race. Early and personal life Born in Hopkins, Minnesota, to Liberian parents, Fahnbulleh attended Hopkins High School. Career After being named National High School Coaches' Association boys athlete of the year in 2019 he was encouraged by Florida coach Mike Holloway to attend the University of Florida, and Fahnbulleh subsequently won the 200 m at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor National Championships with a personal best time of 19.91 seconds. He was also named National Senior Boys' Track and Field Athlete of the Year. After declaring for Liberia and being named in their team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Fahnbulleh was given the honor of being the flag bearer for his nation in the opening ceremony. The journey to Tokyo for the Olympics was the first time Fahnbulle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Zambrano
Anthony José Zambrano de la Cruz (born 17 January 1998) is a Colombian sprinter. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 400 metres, setting the new Colombian national record of 44.15 seconds. He was also a finalist of the 400 meters in the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics held in Cali, Colombia. The following year he was in the final of the 400 meters at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He currently holds the national record and national record U23 in the 400 meters at 43.93 sec, which also becomes South American record U23 and the second best historical mark of South America in the 400 meters. He won the 2018 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics, setting the championship record. In 2019 he won the Pan American Games 400 meters in Lima, Peru. He has qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won the silver medal in the 400 metres with a time of 44.08, finishing behin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakithi Nene
Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. Career He won the South African 400m national title in 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through his world ranking. He competed in the 400 metres where he ran a time of 45.74 seconds. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. He finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Personal life He studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville. ... in his native South Africa. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayapo Ndori
Bayapo Ndori (born 20 June 1999) is a Botswana athlete. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event 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 ... and won the bronze medal. References External links * 1999 births Living people Botswana male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists for Botswana Olympic athletes for Botswana Place of birth missing (living people) African Championships in Athletics winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Botswana Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2022 Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Matthew Hudson-Smith (born 26 October 1994) is a British track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He holds, as of July 2022, the British record, running a personal best of 44.35 seconds for the distance set at Eugene, Oregon in the 2022 Diamond League meeting. He was the 2018 European Champion in 400 metres, and a member of the gold-winning teams in the 4 x 400 metre relay at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, with Great Britain and 2014 Commonwealth Games with England. In the summer of 2022 he won his first individual global medal, a bronze, in the 2022 World Championships, only the second British male after Roger Black to win a World Championships medal in the event. Weeks later, at his home track in Birmingham, United Kingdom he won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games representing England, before retaining his European title at the 2022 European Championships event in Munich. By retaining his 400-metre European crown, he matched the achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen
Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (born 21 September 2002) is a Norwegian track and field athlete. He has been the national champion of Norway over 200m and 400m. In 2023, he became the European U23 champion over 400 metres and took the Norwegian national 400m record from Karsten Warholm. Career At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, he ran a new personal best time of 46.70 seconds in the final of the 400 metres to win a bronze medal. Later that summer, still aged 18 years-old, he recorded a national U20 record time of 45.95s as he won the 400m Norwegian Championships. He also ran the 400 meters during the 2022 European Athletics Championships in August 2022, in Munich but overall his 2022 season was hampered by injuries. 2023 On 15 June 2023, he set a new personal best time of 44.86s for the 400m at the Diamond League event in Oslo. This also took the national record from Karsten Warholm. Ingvaldsen won gold at the 2023 European Team Championships in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Norwood
Vernon Larnard Norwood (born April 10, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters. Biography Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he is the son of Curtis Norwood and Charliette Ray. At Morgan City High School Norwood started running track in his junior year. College For South Plains College Norwood was a multiple time NJCAA national champion. For the LSU Tigers he was a four time NCAA national champion. Professional At the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Norwood finished 3rd to secure a spot for the United States at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics for the 400 meters and 4x400 relay. During the 2016 indoor season, Norwood made his second USA team. At the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, United States. The event did not feature Russia. Following a WADA investigation into widespread and institutional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muzala Samukonga
Muzala Samukonga (born 9 December 2002) is a Zambian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. In 2022 at the age of 19, he won gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and African Championships. Career Muzala Samukonga competed in the 400 metres at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Kenya, where he finished in fifth place after with a time of 45.89 s. In March 2022, he recorded a new personal best in the event of 45.65 s in Botswana. On 10 June, Samukonga won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 2022 African Championships in Mauritius, upsetting Bayapo Ndori in the final with a time of 45.31 s. His victory ended a ten-year reign of athletes from Botswana in the event, namely Isaac Makwala and Baboloki Thebe. It also qualified him for the 2022 World Athletics Championships the following month in Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayde Van Niekerk
Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , ; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the record in the Olympic finals. He also holds the world-best time in the 300 metres. Van Niekerk was the silver medallist in the 400m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and took silver in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2013 Summer Universiade. He also represented South Africa at the 2013 and 2015 Athletics World Championships. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres. He defended his title two years later, in London, where he also won the silver medal in the 200 metres race. In the 2016 Olympic Games men's 400m, Van Niekerk won the gold medal with a world record time of 43.03 seconds (reaction time 0.181 s) at age 24 years and 30 days, beating the time of 43.18 seconds set by Michael Johnson during the 1999 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxolo Adams
Luxolo Adams (born 1 August 1996) is a South African sprinter. He won a silver medal in Men's 200 m at the inaugural Athletics World Cup in 2018. In 2018 he competed at the African Championships in Asaba and won the bronze medal in the 200 metres. In June 2022, he ran a personal best of 19.82 seconds for the 200 m to win the Paris Diamond League Meeting de Paris (formerly known as the Meeting Areva and Meeting Gaz de France) is an annual track and field meeting at the Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris, France. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the ..., defeating reigning Olympic champion Andre de Grasse in the race while recording the second-best mark in South African history. References External links * 1996 births Living people South African male sprinters People from Burgersdorp Sportspeople from the Eastern Cape 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouhamadou Fall
Mouhamadou Fall (born 25 February 1994 in Beaumont-sur-Oise) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He finished third at the 2019 European Team Championships and competed at the 2019 World Championships without reaching the final. He also became French champion in 2019. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships and fifth at the 2019 IAAF World Relays. His personal best times are 10.12 seconds in the 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ..., achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne; and 20.34 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne. Personal life Born in France, Fall is of Senegalese descent. References 1992 births Living people French male sprinters World Athletics C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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