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Michael Bingham (golfer)
Michael Bingham (born 13 April 1986) is an American-born British 400 metres track and field athlete. The silver medalist in the 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, individual 400 metres at the 2010 European Championships, his most notable successes came as a long-time member of the Great Britain and England 4 x 400 metre relay squads. A European indoor, European outdoor and Commonwealth Games champion in the long relay, Bingham won medals at every major indoor and outdoor championships available to him, Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, winning Olympic bronze in 2008, 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, World outdoor silver and 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4×400 metres relay, World indoor silver (2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4×400 metres relay, twice), in addition to the gold medals at 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Of Athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing sports, 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 (athletics), 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 athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
