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Terrance Laird
Terrance Laird (born October 12, 1998) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 100 metres, 100 meters and 200 metres, 200 meters sprints. Career Laird's freshman year was at Pennsylvania State University, Penn State in 2017-18, where he won the Men's Freshman of the Year award in the Big Ten conference. He struggled academically at Penn State and transferred to Hinds Community College in Mississippi for his sophomore year. Laird moved on to Louisiana State University where he competed collegiately for the LSU Tigers track and field, LSU Tigers. On 27 March 2021, Laird ran a 19.81 200 metres at the Texas Relays meet, which was the third fastest time in NCAA history. His performance was even more impressive due to his negative split, running the first 100m in 10.39 seconds and his final in 9.42 seconds, which is one of the fastest closes for the 200 metres in history. He also finished second to Matthew Boling at the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Athletics
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible to hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
