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Athletics At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 Metres ...
The Men's 1500 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park between 1 and 2 August 2014. Results Preliminaries Heat 1 Heat 2 Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Men's 1500 metres Men's 1500 metres 2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Glasgow was selected as the host city on 9 November 2007 during CGF General Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, defeating Abuja, Nigeria. It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different nations and territories competing in 18 different sports, outranking the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Over the last 10 years, however, Glasgow and Scotland had staged World, Commonwealth, European, or British events in all sports proposed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including the World Badminton Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Kwemoi
Ronald Chebolei Kwemoi ( ja, ﾛﾅﾙﾄﾞ ｹﾓｲ; born 19 September 1995) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in cross country running and track running events. He specialises in the 1500 metres and holds a personal best of 3:28.81 minutes set at Herculis on July 18, 2014. The time is a world junior record. He was the 2014 Kenyan champion in the event. He was a team silver medallist at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Career Hailing from Mount Elgon District, Kwemoi ended his schooling in 2009 as his family could not afford the fees. He began training as a runner under coach Godwill Kipruto and around 2011 moved to Iten, a well-known centre for running in Kenya. He made his first impact as a runner at national level at the age of seventeen. He took his first victory on the Athletics Kenya circuit in Kericho. In February 2013 he entered the Kenyan junior cross country championships and won the race by six seconds. His win—on his national de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauncy Master
Chauncy Makolani Master (born 2 June 1985 in Mulanje) is a Malawian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round. His personal best times are: *800 metres – 1:49.70 min (2008) *1500 metres – 3:42.73 min (2008) In 2017, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was hosted in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This 42nd edition was held on 26 March 2017. The venue was Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo airstrip, or officially, the Kololo Ceremoni ... held in Kampala, Uganda. He finished in 74th place. References External links * 1985 births Living people People from Mulanje District Malawian male middle-distance runners Malawian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotto Ramadhani Ikangaa
''Dotto'' was a 1958 American television game show that was a combination of a general knowledge quiz and the children's game connect the dots. Jack Narz served as the program's host, with Colgate-Palmolive as its presenting sponsor. ''Dotto'' rose to become the highest-rated daytime program in television history, as of 1958. ''Dotto'' replaced '' Strike it Rich'' in CBS's 11:30 am daytime time slot on January 6, 1958. In a rare instance of two networks programming the same show, a weekly nighttime edition was launched on July 1, 1958 on CBS's competitor NBC on Tuesday nights in their 9:00p.m. slot. At the height of both shows' popularity, ''Dotto'' was abruptly cancelled without public explanation over the weekend of August 16, 1958. Soon after, ''Dotto'' was publicly revealed to have been fixed by its producer, tarnishing the show's reputation and setting the stage for legal and political investigation of the fixing of 1950s quiz shows. Game play Two contestants, one a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltarian Records In Athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Gibraltar maintained by Gibraltar Athletics, formerly Gibraltar Amateur Athletics Association. Outdoor Key to tables: + = en route to longer distance h = hand timing a = automatic timing Men Women Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralGibraltarian Records''24 February 2024 updated'' ;Specific External links See also * Sport in Gibraltar {{Gibraltar topics Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ... records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Dixon
Harvey Dixon (born 2 November 1993) is a Gibraltarian middle-distance runner who competes primarily in the 1500 metres. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships failing to qualify for the next round despite setting a new national record. In April 2018, he became the first athlete from Gibraltar to reach a final at the Commonwealth Games, when he qualified for the men's 1500 metres at the Gold Coast games. He finished in eleventh place, setting a new national record in the process. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:50.58 (Watford 2014) *1500 metres – 3:44.03 (London 2017) *One mile – 4:05.57 (Concord 2014) *3000 metres – 8:12.33 (Watford 2012) *5000 metres – 14:37.14 (Stretford 2013) *10 kilometres – 30:40 (London 2017) Indoor *800 metres – 1:52.71 (Lee Valley 2017) *1000 metres – 2:23.70 (Boston 2015) *1500 metres – 3:49.89 (Birmingham 2018) *One mile – 4:03.34 (Boston 2018) *3000 metres The 3000 me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bishop (runner)
David Bishop (born 9 May 1987 in Darmstadt, Germany) is an international middle-distance running athlete representing Great Britain, and was an All-American at the University of New Mexico. He was the 2013 UK National 3000m Champion and was the 2007 British University (BUCS) 3000m Indoor Champion, whilst he attended the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. Junior career Bishop, now a Bristol & West AC athlete (formally Swindon Harriers), first appeared on the national athletics stage in 2003, and has subsequently won five national indoor titles (2003 Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) U17 3000 m; 2003 Scottish Athletics Federation (SAF, now Scottish Athletics) U17 1500 m; 2004 AAA U20 3000 m; 2006 AAA U20 3000 m; 2007 BUSA 3000 m), in the process setting the Scottish U17 National Indoor 3000m record, ranking 8th on the UK All-Time U17 indoor 3000 m rankings, setting the SAF U17 1500 m Indoor Championship best and also placed 4th at the 2003 English Schools' Athletic Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Gregson
Ryan Gregory Gregson (born 26 April 1990) is an Australian middle-distance runner. He formerly held the Australian record for the men's 1500 metres now held by Stewart McSweyn. Personal life Gregson studied carpentry at TAFE NSW in Wollongong and has a degree in business and marketing from the Swinburne University of Technology. As a teenager he competed nationally in cricket and field hockey. His is married to Olympic runner Genevieve Gregson (née LaCaze) and his cousin Casey Sablowski is an Olympic field hockey player. Running career Youth Gregson finished 5th in the boys' 1500 metres at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava. Later that year, he set new Australian youth records over 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres, his 3000m clocking of 8:01.26 also eclipsing Craig Mottram's Australian junior record. At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz he again finished 5th over 1500 metres and also participated in the 5000 metres. In 2009, his last year a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Motonei Manangoi
Elijah Motonei Manangoi (born 5 January 1993) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He competed in the 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing winning the silver medal and at the 2017 World Championships, where he won the gold medal. Manangoi was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2017. International competitions 1Did not start in the semifinals Personal bests Outdoor * 800 metres – 1:44.15 (Birmingham 2018) *1500 metres – 3:28.80 (Monaco 2017) Indoor *1000 metres – 2:17.09 (Stockholm 2017) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... – 3:37.62 (Düsseldorf 2017) References External links * 1993 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Matthews
Julian Francis Matthews (born 21 July 1988) is a New Zealand middle distance runner who represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.. Early life Born in Nelson in 1988, Matthews was educated at Nelson College from 2002 to 2006, representing the school at basketball as well as athletics.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition (CD-ROM). In 2006 he won the New Zealand secondary schools 1500 m title. His grandfather, Trevor Wright, was a national basketball coach, and his mother played basketball for New Zealand; thus Matthews took up basketball as his first sport, and eventually was included into the national junior team. He changed to athletics because he wanted to have more personal control, that is, to move from team to individual sports. United States college career Auburn University In 2008, Matthews took up an athletics scholarship at Auburn University in Alabama, where he ran cross country and track. He placed 175th at the 2008 NCAA cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Gowell
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