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Sinead Diver
Sinead Diver ( , born 17 February 1977) is an Australian Long-distance running, long-distance runner. Biography Diver was born and raised in County Mayo in Belmullet on the western coast of Ireland. She attended a conservative Catholic Church, Catholic school in the small Irish town where academics were the priority and they didn't encourage girls to participate in athletics, aside from playing a little basketball at lunch. However, she persisted and still competed in soccer, basketball and swimming (sport), swimming. Because of her love of sports, she went on to study physical education and Irish teaching at the University of Limerick, followed by post-grad study in computing. She lived in Ireland until the age of 25 before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 2002. Career Diver competed in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon, marathon event at both the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing and the 2017 World Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 London Marathon
The 2019 London Marathon was the 39th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on 28 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who took his fourth London Marathon victory in a time of 2:02:37, the second fastest marathon ever at that point. The women's race was won by Brigid Kosgei, also of Kenya, in 2:18:20. American Daniel Romanchuk won the men's wheelchair title in 1:33:38 while Switzerland's Manuela Schär won the women's title in 1:44:09. Changes were made to the course to make it more environmentally friendly; the number of plastic bottles used was reduced and biodegradable alternatives were used instead. Course The marathon distance is officially long as sanctioned by World Athletics (IAAF). The London Marathon is run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath. The course begins at four separate points and they converge after during which the course is downhill. At just after into the race, the runner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
