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Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m , and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.
Dublin's Abby Steiner finished sixth in the 200-meter Olympic Trials to narrowly miss out on qualifying for the Summer Games in Paris.
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A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint.
Before she broke the collegiate record in the 200-meters, Kentucky track star Abby Steiner had to overcome an injury that ended her Olympic dream.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
The University of Kentucky product already owns the top U.S. time this season. She competes in Sunday's semifinals. Kentucky's Abby Steiner flies to top 200-meter time in US track championships ...
The men's world record was set at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 (twice), 1968, 1996 and 2008. [1] The women's world record has similarly been linked to the competition, with records coming at the Olympic Games in 1952 (twice), 1956, 1968, 1972 and 1988 (twice). Griffith-Joyner's 1988 Olympic mark remains the world record for the distance, while ...