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2007 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 200 Metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29–31 August (final) at the Nagai Stadium. Having run the fastest time in the world this year, Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title. Her rival Veronica Campbell-Brown was her only threat from retaining her title. In the final both Felix and Campbell-Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets, matching each other stride for stride, it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position. Coming into the straight, at the midpoint of the race, Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson. Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing, pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five-metre margin. Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively. At just 19 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time, winning in 21.81 seconds (the only athlete to run un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 slightly shorter race, called the '' stadion'' and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster. In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahesia Harrigan
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 Devel ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya
Yuliya Igorevna Chermoshanskaya (russian: link=no, Юлия Игоревна Чермошанская; born 6 January 1986 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4x100 metres relay. She is the daughter of former sprinter Galina Malchugina.Athlete biography: Yuliya Chermoshanskaya beijing2008.cn, ret: 27 August 2008 Career Chermoshanskaya represented Russia at the in Beijing, competing in the 4x100 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaVerne Jones
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 Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tezzhan Naimova
Tezdzhan Naimova ( bg, Тезджан Наимова; first name also rendered as Тезжан, ''Tezzhan'' or Tezcan, born 1 May 1987) is a Bulgarian sprinter of Turkish descent. She specializes in both the 60, 100 and 200 metres. Junior career Born in Parvomay of Turkish ethnicity, Naimova took up athletics at the age of 10 and was initially trained by Tanyo Tanev, but changed to former triple jumper Stoyko Tsonov, who has been her coach since seventh grade. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships, but was knocked out in the semi-final. In 2005, she became the Bulgarian national champion in the 100 and 200 metres (with Ivet Lalova absent). She also won a Balkan 60 metres title in the indoors in 2006. She competed at the World Indoor Championships, but was again knocked out in the semi-final. In August, Naimova won two titles at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, in the 100 (11.28 seconds) and 200 metres (22.99, a perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakia Al-Gassra
Ruqaya Al-Ghasra ( ar, رقية الغسرة; born September 6, 1982), is a Bahraini athlete. She was one of the first women to represent Bahrain at the Olympic Games, by taking part in the women's 100 metres sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens."Running into History" ESPN, September 25, 2004 (Bahraini women had, however, taken part in the as early as 1984.) She won medals at the and went on to run at the |