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Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. [ 1 ] The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics ...
President. Vin Lananna. CEO. Max Siegel. Official website. usatf.org. USA Track & Field (USATF) is a United States national governing body for the sports of track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking (known as the sport of athletics outside the US). The USATF was known between 1979 and 1992 as The Athletics Congress ...
1995. • Women switch from 3000 to 5000 metres at major championships bringing men's and women's programmes closer together. The 3000 metres will now be run only sporadically at major outdoor events, most significantly at the European Cup. • 1995 South American Championships in Athletics is the first major event to hold women's hammer throw.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [b] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and one in Canada. [3] It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. [3]
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. [ 1 ] In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, the dominant step patterns are the 3-step for high hurdles, 7-step for low hurdles, and 15 ...
Starting blocks. Pressure-sensitive starting blocks with loudspeakers. A pressure sensor will detect an early start and the loudspeakers provide the runners with the sound from the starter all at the same time. Starting blocks are a device used in the sport of track and field by sprint athletes to brace their feet against at the start of a race ...
Women. Valerie Adams 20.67 m (67 ft 9+3⁄4 in) (2014) The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball —the shot —as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival (1896), and women's competition began in 1948.
Newton's first law expresses the principle of inertia: the natural behavior of a body is to move in a straight line at constant speed. A body's motion preserves the status quo, but external forces can perturb this. The modern understanding of Newton's first law is that no inertial observer is privileged over any other.