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The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greeneat the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [250][251]Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Colemanreportedly ran a 4.12.
June 10–13, 2009. Host city. Fayetteville, Arkansas. University of Arkansas. Venue. John McDonnell Field. ← 2008. 2010 →. The 2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested at the 88th annual NCAA -sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team champions of men's and women's Division I collegiate ...
The 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour was the fourth and final edition of the annual global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics ( German: Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften 2009) were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate .
Alongside Olympic Games, they represent the highest level championships of senior international outdoor athletics competition for track and field athletics globally, including marathon running and race walking. Separate World Championships are held by World Athletics for certain other outdoor events, including cross-country running and half ...
2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 25–28 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The competition acted as a way of selecting the United States team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin later that year.
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 ...
Track and field. Athletics (or track and field in the United States and Canada) 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.