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Bahrain At The 2019 World Athletics Championships
Bahrain will compete at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, from 27 September to 6 October 2019. Bahrain will be represented by 21 athletes. IAAF (2019). Retrieved 2019-09-26. Medalists Results Men ;Track and road eventsWomen ;Track and road events ;Field eventsMixed ;Track and road eventsReferences External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the nation's population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs. Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country's capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence from being a British protectorate. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is considered a beta-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Doha accommodates Education City, an area devoted to research and education, and Hamad Medical City, an administrative area of medical care. It also includes Doha Sports City, or Aspire Zone, an international sports dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawit Fikadu
Dawit Fikadu Admasu (born 29 December 1995) is a Bahraini long-distance runner. Originally from Ethiopia, he obtained Bahraini citizenship in 2017. He won the Saint Silvester Road Race in 2014 and 2017 and the Okpekpe Road Race in 2019. He also won the 10,000 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships. Personal bests Outdoor *5000 metres – 13:10.40 (Lausanne 2019) *10,000 metres – 28:26.30 (Doha 2019) Road *10 km – 27:56 (Casablanca 2016) *15 km – 43:53 (Mersin 2016) *Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ... – 1:00:01 (Manama 2019) References External links * 1995 births Living people Bahraini male long-distance runners Ethiopian male long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Asian Athletics Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desi Jisa Mokonin
Desi Mokonin (born 12 July 1997) is a Bahraini long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, placing 15th in 31:55.34. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were hosted in the city of Aarhus in Denmark. It was the 43rd edition of the championships and was held on 30 March 2019. A part of the course was run on the grounds and grass roof of the Moesgaard ... held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 28th place. References External links * 1997 births Living people Bahraini female long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bahraini people {{Bahrain-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shitaye Eshete
Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel (born 21 May 1990) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. Debut She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama. She won the women's junior title while team-mate Tejitu Daba, another former Ethiopian, completed a Bahraini 1–2. Her debut at the global level came shortly afterwards at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she finished 24th in the junior race, one place behind Daba. She was entered into the 5000 metres race at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in November and she came sixth. 2010–2012 Shitaye made her senior debut the following year, running at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she was eleventh overall in the rankings, leading the Bahrain women alongside Mimi Belete to ninth place in the team competition. In August she made her first appearance on the IAAF Diamond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Chebichii Chumba
Eunice Chebichii Chumba (born 23 May 1993) is a Kenyan born Bahraini female long distance runner as well as a cross country runner who has represented Bahrain after her switch from Kenya in several international sport events including Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Cross Country Championships. She is currently ranked as 13th all time best runner in half marathon history with a record timing of 1:06:11 which she achieved on 17 September 2017 during the Copenhagen Half Marathon. Eunice Chumba was born and raised in Kenya before moving to Bahrain in 2014. She settled in Bahrain and was motivated by her father to represent Bahrain in athletics at international arena. She claimed her first athletics senior gold medal in Manama at the 2016 Asian Cross Country Championships. Eunice achieved gold medal at the 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon with establishing a new Copenhagen Half Marathon record among women by finishing with a record time of 1:06:11. She also set a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 Metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 5 October 2019. Records Before the competition, the records were as follows: The following records were established during the competition: Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Results Heats The first five in each heat (Q) and the next five fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final The final was started on 5 October at 21:25. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019 World Athletics Championships - Women's 5000 metres Events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, 5000 5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigist Gashaw
Tigist Gashaw Belay (born 25 December 1996) is an Ethiopian-born middle-distance runner competing internationally for Bahrain. She represented that country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round. Earlier she won the gold at the 2013 World Youth Championships starting for her native Ethiopia. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 2:05.11 (Amiens 2014) *1500 metres – 4:05.58 (Székesfehérvár 2015) *3000 metres – 8:48.60 (Doha 2016) Indoor *1500 metres – 4:16.45 (Eaubonne 2016) *3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ... – 8:55.89 (Mondeville 2016) References 1996 births Living people Bahraini female middle-distance runners Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October 2019. Summary Kenya considers the steeplechase to be their national sport. With defending champion Conseslus Kipruto, they qualified four to the final. the USA, with two Kenyan ex-pats and Ethiopia, also qualified all three of their entrants. This was only the second major championship since 2007 without perennial medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. Kipruto almost didn't make it. A stress fracture in April would sideline him for months, but he builds a primitive swimming pool at his home in Mosoriot Kenya to do aqua training until he could run again. While they are a neighboring long-distance running rival, Ethiopia does not have the same successful track record in the steeplechase, but was encouraged by Getnet Wale winning the 2019 IAAF Diamond League. Here the Ethiopians took to the lead. Chala Beyo took the point fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kibet Koech
John Kibet Koech (born 23 August 1995) is a Kenyan-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. He specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase and was the winner of the event at the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships. His elder brother Isiah is an Olympic long-distance runner. Koech first began competing at national level in the steeplechase in 2012, running at the national junior championships. He also acted as pacemaker at the Herculis meeting that year. The following year he won at the Kenyan Athletics Championships, but placed tenth at the national trial event for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. His best performance of the year was a personal best of 8:16.96 minutes at the DN Galan, where he placed sixth – this time ranked him twentieth in the world for the event that season. Koech switched his international eligibility to Bahrain in September 2013. In the 2014 season he competed extensively on the track and field circuit. He was runner- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benson Seurei
Benson Kiplagat Seurei (born 27 March 1984) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. Kenya Standard (2016-08-10). Retrieved on 2017-02-05. He represented his country in the 1500 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In 2019, he competed in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon
The men's marathon was one of the road events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Due to the heat in Doha, the race was scheduled to begin at 23:59 on 5 October 2019. Even with the unusual timing, high temperatures were expected to provide difficult conditions for running, but in the end temperatures dropped to around and 50% humidity. The race was won by Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia in , followed four seconds behind by his compatriot Mosinet Geremew. Amos Kipruto of Kenya was third in 2:10:51. The marathon was held on Doha Corniche, and consisted of six laps of a roughly floodlit course. Derlis Ayala of Paraguay broke away from the start, and led the race until he was caught by a pack consisting of Desisa, Geremew, Geoffrey Kirui, Kipruto, Stephen Mokoka and Zersenay Tadese just before the halfway mark. Mokoka and Tadese attempted to speed away from the pack a few times, but were caught on each occasion. After , the pack began to splinter, and after Kiru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Hassan El Abbassi
El Hassan El-Abbassi (born 13 April 1984)El Hassan Elabbassi IAAF. Retrieved on 3 October 2014. is a Moroccan-born who competes internationally for . He was the gold medallist in the at the |
