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Rafał Omelko
Rafał Omelko (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1989) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He won two medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships. Career Omelko finished fourth at the 2013 Summer Universiade and reached the semifinals at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. His personal bests in the event are 45.14 seconds outdoors (2016) and 46.08 indoors (2017). Omelko and his teammates qualified to the 4 × 400 metres relay final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Polish quartet of Karol Zalewski, Rafał Omelko, Łukasz Krawczuk, Jakub Krzewina Jakub Krzewina (Polish pronunciation: ; born 10 October 1989) is a Polish track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. A frequent competitor for Poland in the 4 × 400 metres relay, he has won two medals at the Eur ... broke the world indoor record in the men's 4 × 400 m with a stunning finish to the final t ...
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Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move quickly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walking, a slower form of movement where at least one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight, and the center of gravity vaults over the stance leg or legs in an inverted pendulum fashion.Biewener, A. A. 2003. Animal Locomotion. Oxford University Press, US. books.google.com/ref> A feature of a running body from the viewpoint of Spring mass system, spring-mass mechanics is that changes in Kinetic energy, kinetic and potential energy within a stride co-occur, with energy storage accomplished by springy tendons and passive muscle elasticity. The term "running" can refer to a variety of speeds ranging from jogging to Sprint (running), sprinting. Running in humans is associated with improved health and life expect ...
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