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2020 Herculis
2020 Herculis was the 34th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting held on 14 August at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. It was the first leg of the 2020 Diamond League, which had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set a new 5000 metres world record of 12:35.36 minutes, knocking two seconds off the previous record set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004. Results Because of the disrupted season with several cancelled meets, no Diamond League points were awarded for athlete placements.Houston, Michael (2020-08-04)"Doha Diamond League meeting given new date in 2020 calendar" ''Inside the Games''. Retrieved 2021-05-05. Men Women References ;Results"Wanda Diamond League Monaco (MON) 14th August 2020 Results" ''Diamond League'' (2020-09-10). Retrieved 2021-05-05. * External linksOfficial Meeting Herculis website {{2020 in athletics Herculis, 2020 2020 in Monégasque sport, Herculis 2020 Diamond Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Athletics
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, racewalking, race walking, mountain running, and ultramarathon, ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of list of world records in athletics, 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 to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term. History The process to found World Athletics began in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deniz Almas
Deniz Almas (born 17 July 1997) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Personal life Almas was born in Calw Calw (; previously pronounced and sometimes spelled Kalb accordingly; ) is a Landstadt, town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the Calw (district), district Calw. It is located in the North ..., Germany to a Turkish father and German mother. References External links * 1997 births Living people German male sprinters German sportspeople of Turkish descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany People from Calw Athletes from Karlsruhe (region) 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and was a gold medallist in the 4×800 metres relay at the 2014 IAAF World Relays. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal, finishing behind his countryman Emmanuel Korir. Career A relative late-comer to the sport, he made his first impact in the 2013 season at the age of 23. He won the 800 m at the Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar, setting a personal best of 1:45.40 minutes. In his first race in Europe, he went under one minute and 45 seconds for the first time to take fourth at the Golden Spike Ostrava. He placed a narrow second to Anthony Chemut at the Kenyan trials in July, improving further to 1:44.38 minutes. This led to his selection for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. At the competition, he progressed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bol (runner)
Nagmeldin "Peter" Bol (born 22 February 1994) is an Australian middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics, placed fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life and education Born in Khartoum, Sudan, Bol's mother Hanan Kuku is Sudanese of Nubian ethnicity, and his father Abdalla Bol is an ethnic Dinka from the region that is now South Sudan. His family fled the Second Sudanese Civil War when he was four. In 2016, it was falsely reported that his family lived in an Egyptian refugee camp before emigrating to Australia. Bol has stated that "despite what some people have said and written, we never lived in a refugee camp." At the age of eight, Bol arrived in Toowoomba, Queensland. He grew up in Perth and attended St Norbert College on a basketball scholarship. In 2017, Bol completed a degree in construction management at Curtin University. He briefly worked as an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Reuther
Marc Reuther (born 23 June 1996 in Düsseldorf) is a German middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing to the semifinals. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *400 metres – 47.77 (Flieden 2016) *600 metres – 1:15.67 (Königstein 2021) *800 metres – 1:44.71 (Schifflange 2021) *1500 metres – 3:40.03 (Berlin 2018) Indoor *400 metres – 48.50 (Erfurt 2014) *600 metres – 1:16.56 (Frankfurt 2021) *800 metres – 1:45.39 (Erfurt 2020) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ... – 3:44.07 (Leipzig 2019) References 1996 births Living people Athletes from Düsseldorf Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Langford (runner)
Kyle Langford (born 2 February 1996) is a British middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a .... He was the 2015 European Junior Champion and represented his country at the 2015 World Championships. At the 2017 World Championships in London he was placed 4th, narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships. In August 2022 he set his personal best time of 1.44.49 winning in Rovereto. Semi Finalist World Athletics Championships Eugene 2022 Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:44.49 Rovereto 2022 *1500 metres – 3:52.06 (Hendon 2013) Indoor *800 metres – 1:46.79 (Birmingham 2017) References Living people 1996 births Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Robert
Benjamin Robert (born 4 January 1998) is a French middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. Robert took six French national titles (800 m indoors and out). Statistics International competitions 1Disqualified in the final Personal bests * 400 metres – 47.94 (Toulouse 2017) ** 400 metres indoor – 48.53 ( Aubiére 2018) * 800 metres – 1:43.48 (Paris 2023) ** 800 metres indoor – 1:46.06 ( Miramas 2021) * 1000 metres – 2:17.11 (Monaco 2022) ** 1000 metres indoor – 2:19.59 ( Val-de-Reuil 2022) * 1500 metres – 3:50.97 (Toulouse 2018) ** 1500 metres indoor – 3:44.72 ( Miramas 2022) National titles * French Athletics Championships ** 800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Arop
Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. Arop is the reigning world champion in the 800 m, winning gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championship, after winning bronze the previous year at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. He was the first Canadian to win a world championship in the 800 m. Arop was also the 2019 Pan American Games champion in 800 m. Arop represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics, running a personal best of 1:41.20 over 800 m to win a silver medal in Paris. This time places him as the 4th fastest 800 m runner in history, behind Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Wilson Kipketer, and world record holder David Rudisha. With this time, Arop is also the Canadian and North, Central American and Caribbean record holder over the two lap distance. He also holds the North American record in the 1000 m, with a time of 2:13.13. Early life The Arop family f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryce Hoppel
Bryce Hoppel ( ; born September 5, 1997) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. He is the reigning 800 meters world indoor champion having won gold at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 800 metres, 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. He also is a seven-time U.S. champion and two-time NCAA champion over the distance. At the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, 2024 Summer Olympics, Hoppel set an List of United States records in track and field, American record in the event, with a time of 1:41.67 to become the seventh fastest man and the second fastest North American man at the distance. Running career High school Hoppel competed for Midland High School (Midland, Texas), Midland High School in Midland, Texas. At Midland High School, Hoppel won the 2016 Texas 6A State Track & Field Championship with a time of 1:49.67, included an undefeated season in the 800 meters. Hoppel broke school record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donavan Brazier
Donavan Brazier (born April 15, 1997) is an American Middle-distance running, middle-distance runner. He holds the List of United States junior records in athletics#Men, American junior record in the men's 800 meters and won the 2019 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, gold medal at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, 2019 World Championships. With a time of 1:42.34, he was the American national and NACAC area record holder in the event from 2019 until 2024, when Marco Arop and Bryce Hoppel ran 1:41.20 and 1:41.67 to break the NACAC record and American record respectively. Athletics career Youth In 2014, his Junior (education year), junior year at Kenowa Hills High School, Brazier won the 800 meters at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships, New Balance national scholastic championships in 1:48.61; his time was a new Michigan state record. His times continued the drop in his senior year; he ran a 45.92 split on a 4 × 400 meters relay and improved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouhamadou Fall
Mouhamadou Fall (born 25 February 1994 in Beaumont-sur-Oise) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He finished third at the 2019 European Team Championships and competed at the 2019 World Championships without reaching the final. He also became French champion in 2019. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he finished fourth at the 2018 European Championships and fifth at the 2019 IAAF World Relays. His personal best times are 10.12 seconds in the 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ..., achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne; and 20.34 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2019 in Saint-Etienne. Personal life Born in France, Fall is of Senegalese descent. References 1992 births Living people French male sprinters World Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin René
Marvin René (born 11 April 1995) is a French sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i .... References External links * * 1995 births Living people French male sprinters French Guianan athletes Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cayenne 21st-century French sportsmen {{FrenchGuiana-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
