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Alana Reid
Alana Reid (born 20 January 2005) is a Jamaican athlete who competes as a sprinter. At the age of 17, while attending Hydel High School, she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships. She later won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships over 100 metres. Reid is the Jamaican junior record holder for the women's 100 metres. Early life Alana Reid attends Hydel High School School in Jamaica, where she trains under head coach Corey Bennett. In March 2023, she signed a letter of intent confirming she would attend the University of Oregon. Career 17-year-old Alana Reid was a 200 metres bronze medallist at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia, running a personal best time of 22.95 seconds. In March 2023 at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships held at the national stadium in Kingston, she ran a personal best of 11.16 s in the 100 metres semi-final, just 0.03 s off the Veronica Campb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 NACAC U18 U20 And U23 Championships In Athletics
The 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics is the 11th edition of the biennial NACAC Junior (athletics), U23 athletics (sport), athletics championships. They were held in San José, Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica from 9 July to 11 July. For the first time an U20 competition was held next to the U23 and U18 categories. Medal summary U23 men U23 women U23 mixed U20 men U20 women U18 boys U18 girls U18 mixed Medal Table Source: Participation 263 athletes (158 men and 105 women) from 19 nations participated in these championships. * (4) * (35) * (9) * (2) * (6) * (64) * (14) * (6) * (2) * (14) * (3) * (61) * (3) * (17) * (3) * (6) * (10) * (3) * (1) References External links NACAC Home PageMeet ResultsResults book {{2021 in athletics NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics NACAC Under-20 Championships in Athletics NACAC Under-18 Championships in Athletics Sport in Costa Rica 2021 in athletics (track and field), Nacac U18 U20 and U23 Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Paris Olympics
) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summer_prev = Tokyo 2020 , summer_next = ''Los Angeles 2028'' , winter_prev = Beijing 2022 , winter_next = '' Milano–Cortina 2026'' The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 with Paris as its main host city and 16 cities spread across Metropolitan France and one in the French overseas territory of Tahiti as subsites. Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. Due to multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of Loyalists and their slaves to the Bahamas following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Athletics Relays
The 2024 World Athletics Relays will be held in Nassau, Bahamas, during 2 days in April or May 2024. The first 3 editions of the IAAF World Relays (former name) have been held in the same site: 2014 IAAF World Relays, 2015 IAAF World Relays and 2017 IAAF World Relays. Nassau won the bid against Lausanne in November 2022, in Rome. These World Relays will serve as a qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games from their respective NOCs, composed of the following: * 14: top fourteen teams of each event based on their results achieved at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. .... The World Athletics Relays will involve 32 national teams, in each relay event, and 20 races on both days of competition. On day 1, which wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha'Carri Richardson
Sha'Carri Richardson ( ; born March 25, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m record at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships. This winning time made her one of the ten fastest women in history at 19 years old. In April 2021, Richardson ran a new personal best of 10.72 seconds, becoming the sixth fastest woman of all time (at the time) and the fourth-fastest American woman in history. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning the women's 100-meter dash with 10.86 in the United States Olympic Trials. On July 1, it was reported that Richardson had tested positive for cannabis use following her 100 m final at the U.S. Trials, invalidating her win and making her ineligible to compete in the 100 m at the Olympics. After successfully completing a counseling progra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamari Davis
Tamari Davis (born February 15, 2003) is an American sprinter. A native of Gainesville, Florida, Davis attended Gainesville High School (Florida), Gainesville High School, and Oak Hall School. On January 30, 2020, at the age of 16, Tamari signed a professional contract with adidas. She has career-best times of 10.83 in the 100 meters and 22.48 in the 200 meters. In her sixth race as a professional, in February 2021, she lowered her career best at 60 metres down to 7.18 seconds, at the East Coast Invitational beating an international field including Veronica Campbell-Brown. Davis’ previous best was 7.19 from 2020 which was the world best U18 time. On July 24, 2020 in Clermont, Florida, Davis ran 100m in 11.15 seconds which placed her 10th on the year list worldwide for 2020. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Tamari 2003 births Living people American female sprinters Track and field athletes from Florida Sportspeople from Gainesville, Florida 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlies Oelsner
Marlies may refer to the following: Sports teams * Toronto Marlies, an American Hockey League team * Toronto Marlboros, a former junior hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, colloquially nicknamed "The Marlies" for short People Marlies is a Dutch and German feminine given name. It is a contraction of Maria and either Louise or Liesbeth. People with the name include: * Marlies Amann-Marxer (born 1952), Liechtenstein Minister of Infrastructure *Marlies Askamp (born 1970), German basketball player *Marlies van Baalen (born 1980), Dutch Dressage equestrian *Marlies Bänziger (born 1960), Swiss politician * Marlies ter Borg (born 1948), Dutch philosopher, editor and author * Marlies Deneke (born 1953), East German politician *Marlies Dekkers (born 1965), Dutch fashion designer *Marlies Dumbsky (born 1985), German Wine Queen 2008/09 *Marlies Gipson (born 1987), American basketball player * Marlies Göhr (born 1958), East German athlete * Marlies Horn (1912–1991), German tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
