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Doris Magee
Doris Irene Magee (née Lee, 21 February 1907 – 4 July 2002) was an Australian sprint (running), sprinter and sports administrator.Tarbotton, DaviPeople: Doris Magee (nee Lee), Australian Athletics Statistics. Retrieved 5 November 2018. Magee campaigned for gender equality in sport of athletics, athletics by advocating for the inclusion of women in Australia's Australian Olympic team, Olympic and Australia at the Commonwealth Games, British Empire teams. Competing Magee competed as a sprinter throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s for local Sydney clubs City Girls and Randwick Kensington, with moderate success. Administration After serving as honorary secretary of the women's section of the Randwick-Kensington Athletics Club, Magee's administrative career in Athletics in Australia, Australian athletics began in earnest in May 1931 when her nomination for the position as honorary assistant secretary for the New South Wales Amateur Athletics Association was accepted, and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sprint (running)
Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an opponent. Human physiology dictates that a runner's near-top speed cannot be maintained for more than 30–35 seconds due to the depletion of phosphocreatine stores in muscles, and perhaps secondarily to excessive metabolic acidosis as a result of anaerobic glycolysis. In athletics and track and field, sprints (or dashes) are races over short distances. They are among the oldest running competitions, being recorded at the Ancient Olympic Games. Three sprints are currently held at the modern Summer Olympics and outdoor World Championships: the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres. At the professional level, sprinters begin the race by assuming a crouching position in the starting blocks before driving forward and gradually moving into an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
