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Veronica Campbell-Brown and Carmelita Jeter were the top two in both the women's short sprints. Amantle Montsho narrowly defeated Alyson Felix to become Botswana's first World or Olympic track and field champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya won both the 5000 m and 10,000m Australian Sally Pearson won the 100 m hurdles in a championships record time.
The 2009 World Military Track and Field Championship was the 43rd edition of the international athletics competition between military sports personnel. The competition was held from 6 to 13 June at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria. A total of 398 athletes (318 men and 80 women) from 33 nations competed in the 29-event programme.
The track and field competition at the 2019 Military World Games was held from 22 to 27 October 2019 at the Wuhan Five Rings Sports Center in Wuhan, China. A total of 45 athletics events were contested, 24 by men and 21 by women. Women did not compete in pole vault, 50 kilometres race walk or the 10,000 metres.
The South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference. The team has been coached by Tim Hall since 2023. [2] The facilities continue to be improved, including the recent addition of 1,450 seats at outdoor track & field facility. [3]
The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 15 August and 17 August 2009. Yelena Isinbayeva was the strong favourite prior to the competition, a position enhanced further by the withdrawal of 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jennifer Stuczynski .
They served as USA Track & Field's (USATF) national championships in track and field for the United States. [ 2 ] The results of the event determined qualification for the 2023 World Athletics Championships , held in Budapest , and the 2023 Pan American Games , held in Santiago , Chile.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium.The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
The WMA is the global governing body of the sport of athletics for athletes 35 years of age or older, setting rules for masters athletics competition. In addition to a full range of track and field events, non-stadia events included 8K Cross Country, 10K Race Walk (women), 20K Race Walk (men), and Marathon.