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Cheng Wen (badminton)
Cheng Wen (; born 6 April 1989 in Binzhou) is a Chinese Track and field athletics, athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, 2011 World Championships. His personal best in the event is 49.28 seconds, set in Fuzhou in 2011. Competition record References 1989 births Living people Chinese male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for China Runners from Shandong Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games People from Binzhou World Athletics Championships athletes for China Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{PRChina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 Metres Hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down. The best male athletes can run the 400 m hurdles in a time of around 46 seconds, while the very best female athletes achieve a time of around 51 seconds. The current men's and women's world record holders are Karsten Warholm with 45.94 seconds and Sydney McLaughlin with 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
