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Peter Attia (born March 19, 1973) [1] is a Canadian-American author, physician, and researcher known for his work in longevity medicine. He is the author of Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity .
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
In the sport of athletics, centenarian competitors were recorded in the early 20th century, and have become increasingly common in the 21st century. This has occurred during a period of population ageing and increased longevity in wealthy countries, alongside a corresponding development of masters track and field competitions, such as the Senior Olympics and the World Masters Athletics ...
Below a list of all national champions in the Men's Decathlon event in track and field from several countries since 1980. Australia. 1980: Peter Hadfield; 1981: Peter ...
The men's decathlon event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 5 and August 6. The 17-year-old Bob Mathias of the United States won with a points total of 7139. [ 1 ]
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
• Full World Championships in Athletics are held for the first. [18] Its programme is identical to that of the Olympic Games while the previous two editions of the competition were meant only for events not present in the Olympic programme. The competition will be held quadrennially until 1991 when it will switch to biennial frequency.
U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team: Gymnastics: Olympic gold medalists: 1997: U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team: Hockey (men) Olympic gold medalists (1980) 1998: Target Chip Ganassi Racing CART team: CART: CART FedEx Championship Series champions: 1998: Denver Broncos: Football: Super Bowl XXXII Champions: 1998: U.S. Olympic Women's Ice ...