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2023 Weltklasse Zürich
The 2023 Weltklasse Zürich was an outdoor track and field meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. Held on 31 August 2023 at the Letzigrund, it was the eleventh leg of the 2023 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. The women's pole vault was held one day before the rest of the competition, on 30 August. The meeting was highlighted by sprint victories from Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles, while Karsten Warholm lost his first Diamond League race in five years. Results Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the 2023 Diamond League finals. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Caudery
Molly Caudery (born 17 March 2000) is a British athlete who competes in the pole vault event for England and Great Britain. Caudery is the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2024 World Indoor champion. She was also a silver medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Athletics career In 2017, Caudery won the silver medal at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto, Italy. On 17 February 2018, she won her first senior title, indoors, at the age of seventeen. She was selected to compete for England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia where she finished fifth. She was England's youngest athlete at the games. On 23 June 2018, she set a new British junior pole vault record of 4.53m. Caudery won a silver medal at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, and repeated that result representing England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In 2023, she won the British Championships with a perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yared Nuguse
Yared Nuguse (born June 1, 1999) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres, 1500 meters. He was the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, 2019 NCAA Division I champion in the event. Nuguse is the List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics, North American outdoor record holder over 1500 meters and Mile run, one mile, and the List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics, North American indoor record holder for the 1500 meters, one mile and 3000 metres, 3000 meters. Since June 2022, Nuguse has competed for the On Athletics Club under coach Dathan Ritzenhein. Early life and background He was born to Ethiopian parents Alem Nuguse and Mana Berhe. His mother and father are originally from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, however, Nuguse's father fled the country in the 1980s as a political refugee. He taught math and English prior to being granted asylum in the United States. At first, he s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Reais
William Reais (born 4 May 1999) is a Swiss sprinter competing primarily in the 200 metres. He competed in the 200 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also holds the Swiss national indoor record for the same event. Achievements Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.35 (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2020) *200 metres – 20.24 (Basel 2020) *400 metres – 46.39 (Bellinzona 2020) Indoor * 60 metres – 6.66 (Magglingen 2021) *200 metres – 20.97 (Magglingen 2021) NR International competitions Circuit wins and titles * IAAF World Challenge Meeting ** 2023: Ostrava Golden Spike (4 x 100 m relay) National titles * Swiss Athletics Championships ** 100 metres: 2023 ** 200 metres: 2020, 2022, 2023 * Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships ** 200 metres: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Swiss U23 Championships ** 100 metres: 2021 ** 400 metres: 2020 * Swiss U20 Championships ** 200 metres: 2017, 2018 * Swiss U20 Indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Hartmann
Joshua Hartmann (born 9 June 1999) is a German track and field athlete specializing in sprint events. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career In July 2021, Hartmann represented Germany at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships are the 13th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was planned to be held in Bergen, Norway from 8 to 11 July., but this venue was c ... in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay where he won a gold medal and set the European under-23 record in the event with a time of 38.70. Personal life Hartmann was born in Siegen, Germany to a US-American father and German mother. References 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Siegen German male sprinters German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Brown (sprinter)
Aaron Brown (born 27 May 1992) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. As part of Canada's 4×100 m relay team, he is a two-time Olympic medallist at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and the 2022 World champion. Brown has also won two World bronze medals as part of Canada's 4×100 m relay teams in 2013 and 2015. As an individual, Brown is the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the 200 m and won several junior championship medals early in his career. Career Junior success and London Olympics Brown attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute until 2010, and committed to the University of Southern California (USC) on a track scholarship. In 2009 Brown won the silver medal in the 100 m at the World Youth Championships in Brixen, Italy with a time of 10.74 into a headwind of 1.2 m/s. Prezel Hardy of the US took the gold and Giovanni Galbieri of Italy the bronze. The 2010 track season saw Brown suffer through several in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre De Grasse
Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. A six-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4×100 relay in 2020. He also has three Olympic bronze medals, placing third in the 100 m at both the 2016 and 2020 Games, and also in the 4×100 m relay in 2016. At the World Athletics Championships, De Grasse won a gold medal with the Canadian 4×100 relay team in 2022, as well as a bronze medal in the same event in 2015. He has three individual World medals, winning silver in the 200 m in 2019 in Doha, and two bronzes in the 100 m in 2015 and 2019. He was also the double Pan American champion and the NCAA champion in the 100 m and 200 m. He is the current Canadian record holder in the 200 m, running a 19.62 in Tokyo and making him the eighth fastest man in history in the 200 m. De Grasse is the first Canadian sprinter to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Bednarek
Kenny Bednarek (born October 14, 1998) is an American track and field sprinter from Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He specializes in the 200-meter distance, having won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2022 World Championships. Single-day 200/400 feat On May 17, 2019, running as a freshman for Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa at the age of 20, he ran the fourth fastest 200 meters of all time, under any conditions, running 19.49 at altitude with an exceptionally strong 6.1 mps aiding wind in the semi-finals of the NJCAA National Championships in Hobbs, New Mexico. The following day, Bednarek proved his speed by running 19.82 into a -0.8 headwind and running a 44.73 400 meters on the same day, becoming the NJCAA national champion in both events. 19.82 displaced Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith's former world record for the #30 fastest legal race of all time. Six men have run faster into a negative wind, but -0.8 is the strongest hindering wind agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zharnel Hughes
Zharnel Hughes (born 13 July 1995, The Valley, Anguilla) is an Anguillan-born British sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Born and raised in the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, he has competed internationally for Great Britain in the Olympic Games, World Athletics and European Athletics events, and for England at the Commonwealth Games, since 2015. Hughes had significant success in his youth representing Anguilla, winning sprint gold medals at the CARIFTA Games, Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics and the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.He holds the Anguillian national records in both 100 m and 200 m Following his transfer of allegiance Hughes placed fifth in the 200 m final at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Injury affected his 2016 and 2017 seasons and he was eliminated in the rounds-stage at the 2016 European Athletics Championships and 2017 World Championships in Athletics. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erriyon Knighton
Erriyon Knighton (born January 29, 2004)"ATHLETE PROFILE Erriyon KNIGHTON" ''''. Retrieved June 25, 2021. is an American sprinter specializing in the and . At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the |
Wilma Murto
Wilma Anna Helena Murto (born 11 June 1998) is a Finnish pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich with a jump of , equalling the championships record and setting a new Finnish record. Murto also claimed victory at the 2023 European Indoor Championships, making her the first Finnish woman in history to win gold at these championships. She was the 2016 World Under-20 Championships and 2017 European U20 Championships bronze medallist. Murto currently holds Finnish national records out and indoors and world U20 indoor record of . Career Wilma Murto made her international debut at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Eugene, Oregon at the age of sixteen. On 27 December 2015, she cleared a new best of , which represented a European youth (under-18s) best. On 31 January 2016, the 17-year-old set a new indoor world junior (under-20s) record in Zweibrücken, Germany, where she jumped . This result was also a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Chevrier
Margot Chevrier (born 21 December 1999) is a French track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault. She is a multiple French national champion, indoors and outdoors. Early and personal life From Nice, Chevrier started athletics in 2012. She combines her Athletics training with studying medicine. Career In June 2022 Chevrier claimed her third consecutive French national pole vault title. Chevrier reached the final of the Women's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July 2022, but did not register a height in the final. Competing in the Women's pole vault at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022, Chevrier finished tenth overall. In February 2023 she claimed her fourth consecutive national pole vault title, 2 indoors and 2 outdoors. She set a new personal best height of 4.71m to finish second at the Paris Diamond League event on 9 June 2023. She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
