2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships (40313658122)

In 2019 in the sport of athletics, the foremost

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races were held at the

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. In the men's World Championships final the American

Christian Coleman Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the former world champion in the 100 meters. He was a double gold medallist at th ...

won his first world title with a time of 9.76 seconds. In the women's World Championships final Jamaica's

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won her fourth world 100 m title with a time of 10.71 seconds. In the

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global series of meetings, American

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won the men's final and Great Britain's

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won the women's final. Regional 100 m titles decided that year included the Universiade, African Games, Pan American Games, European Games, Asian Championships, and South American Championships. The

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featured 100 m finals in 17 men's and 15 women's categories. Both World Championships winning times were the fastest recorded in the men's and women's divisions that year. No senior world or continental records in the 100 m were beaten in 2019. Significant national records set that year included Abdul Hakim Sani Brown's run of 9.97 seconds for the men's Japanese record and

's women's British record of 10.83. In the under-20 age category,

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was the fastest man that year with 10.03 (a senior Indonesian record) and

Sha'Carri Richardson Sha'Carri Richardson ( ; born March 25, 2000) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break t ...

of the United States was the fastest under-20 woman with 10.75 (a world under-20 record and third in the senior rankings). In the under-18 category, Jamaicans

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(11.02) and Conroy Jones (10.32) were the fastest that year. Coleman's world title generated some controversy as he had successfully appealed a doping ban by the

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that season due to his missing three tests within a twelve-month period.Cacciola, Scott (2020-11-09
Christian Coleman Wins Track Gold Amid Doping Test Controversy
''New York Times''. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

International gold medalists

Records

Men top 60

Women top 60

References

External links

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