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– Hodgkinson on her silver medal at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021. External images 2020 Tokyo Olympics Surprised Hodgkinson after final race with Athing Mu (left, 1st) and Alexandra Bell (right, 7th) Before the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in August she ranked eighth on the season's top list and fifth among women entered. She placed second in her heat and then won her ...
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) [1] is an English athlete. A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic silver medallist. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.
Ethiopia. Kenya. The women's 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 2 and 5 August 2024. This was the eighteenth time that the women's 800 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.
800 m. 2015 Edmonton. 4x400 m. Raevyn Rogers (born September 7, 1996) [ 1 ] is an American middle-distance athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the fourth fastest woman in U.S. history in the event. [ 2 ]
Lynsey Sharp (born 11 July 1990) is a former Scottish track and field athlete who competed in the 800 metres. She is the 2012 European champion and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. [2] She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best is 1:57.69, the seventh [3] fastest time over 800m by a ...
The first world record in the men's 800 metres was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [ 1 ] As of June 21, 2011, 23 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. [ 2 ] "y" denotes time for 880 yards (804.68 m) ratified as a record for the 800 m. Pre-IAAF records. Mark. Athlete. Nationality.
The first world record in the women's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1931. The women's 880 yard freestyle had been a FINA-recognized world record event since 1919. However, in 1931 FINA decreed that only performances from 1931 onward would be eligible ...
Nafissatou " Nafi " Thiam (French pronunciation: [tʃam]; born 19 August 1994 [5]) is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is the first athlete with three multi-event gold medals at the Olympic Games, winning the heptathlon at the 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. [6] Her three individual Olympic golds in a ...