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Marileidy Paulino (born 25 October 1996) [ 4] is a Dominican athlete sprinter specializing in the 400 meters. She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first woman from the Dominican Republic to earn an individual Olympic medal in athletics. [ 5] At the subsequent Summer Olympics in Paris, she won the gold medal in the ...
v. t. e. Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1]
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (born 21 August 1996) [ 5] is a Puerto Rican [ 6][ 7][ 8] track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became the first Puerto Rican of Afro-Latino descent and the second person representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal. [ 9][ 10][ 11] In the semi-finals, Camacho ...
Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone ( / məˈɡlɒklɪn ləvˈroʊni / mə-GLOK-lin ləv-ROH-nee; née McLaughlin; born August 7, 1999) [ 6] is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles and is the world record holder in that event. She has won gold in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2022 World ...
Yemi Mary John *. Hannah Kelly *. Jodie Williams *. Lina Nielsen *. Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. nb1 Marion Jones was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2000. nb2 Crystal Cox was stripped of her Olympic medal in 2004. nb3 Dominique Blake was accidentally given her Olympic medal and she ...
Bai Xue of China wins gold in the women's marathon, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the 5,000 metres world title, and Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the men's javelin with a throw of 89.59 metres. Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with 7.10 metres, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia. In the last ...
The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Alongside Olympic Games, they represent the highest level championships of senior international outdoor athletics ...
Jenna Prandini. Jenna Elizabeth Prandini (born November 20, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who has competed in both sprinting and long jump. [ 1] She is a two-time national champion at 200 meters ( 2015, 2018 ), and a two-time Olympian in 2016 and 2020. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics as part of the United ...