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Christopher Mitrevski
Christopher Mitrevski (born 12 July 1996) is an Australian long jumper and sprinter. He is a two-time World Athletics Championships qualifier for Australia, and he was the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships gold medallist in the long jump. After winning the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships, he struggled with technical issues. His jumps at the 2022 Commonwealth Games were long enough to win the gold medal, but he jumped so far behind the board that he only finished 9th. He achieved his best World Athletics Championships placing in 2023, missing the finals by one centimetre. Career Mitrevski began long jumping as early as 2007, and he finished 3rd at the 2016 Australian U20 Championships. In his first senior nationals at the 2015 Australian Athletics Championships, he competed in both the 100 metres and long jump, reaching the semifinals of the former and placing 10th overall in the latter. He placed 5th in the long jump 2016 Australian Athletics Championships, the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, 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 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 events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
