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Mary Moraa
Mary Moraa (born 15 June 2000) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and a gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Moraa is the Kenyan record holder for the 400 metres. She was the 2022 Diamond League 800 m champion. Background Moraa was orphaned at age 2 after the death of her father and then her mother. She grew up with her grandparents, in Kisii in western Kenya. She won an education bursary through running. Career Mary Moraa specialized in the 400 metres distance until 2021. She made her international debut at the World Under-18 Championships in Nairobi and won the silver medal in the event with a personal best time of 53.31 seconds. The following year, the 18-year-old placed fifth over the same distance at the World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland, clocking new best of 52.85 s in the heats. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Van Damme
The Memorial Van Damme is an annual athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, that takes place in late August or early September. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now the final event of the Diamond League, along with Weltklasse Zürich. It was first organized in 1977 by a group of journalists in honour of Ivo Van Damme, a Belgian double medal winner at the Montreal Olympics who was killed the previous year in a car accident at the age of 22. World records Over the course of its history, numerous world records have been set at Memorial Van Damme. 2004 * 10,000 m men Junior 27:04.00 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich, Uganda * 3,000 m steeplechase men 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatar * Pole vault women 4.92 m Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia 2001 * 3,000 m men Junior 7:30.67 Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia * 3,000 m steeplechase men 7:55.28 Brahim Boulami, Morocco 1997 * 5,000 m men 12:39.74 Daniel Komen, Kenya * 10,000 m men 26:27.85 Paul Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 African Games
The 13th African Games is expected to be held in three cities in Ghana in 2024 on dates yet to be confirmed. This will be the second time in history that the games will be decentralized in a process that started in the previous edition held in Morocco. The three cities chosen for these functions are Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast. Bids * Accra, Ghana (elected) * Abuja, Nigeria * Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Ghana won the rights to host the event in October 2018. In November 2021, Ghana signed an agreement with the African Union to host the event. Venues Plans to build a new stadium for the event were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new Borteyman Sports Complex located in Borteyman, Accra is intended to be used for indoor sports. Branding The mascot, the logo and the website of the event were unveiled in December 2021. Participating nations Sports Squash is expected to feature at the 13th African Games. In February 2022, it was announced that cricket w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 IAAF World U20 Championships
The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016. Schedule :''All dates are EEST (UTC+3)'' Qualifying Standards Men's results Track * (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Field * (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Women's results Track * (World Junior Record), (World Junior Leader), (Championship Record), (Area Junior Record), (National Junior Record ), (Personal Best), (Season Best) Field * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
