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The women's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium; it was, as of today, the last time in Summer Olympics history in which women's marathon route start and/or finish was located in the Olympic Stadium. [1]
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events.
Malaysia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Malaysia had 32 athletes who took part in ten sports in the games. Lee Chong Wei won the nation's first medal in twelve years in the badminton men's singles final despite losing to Lin Dan, from the host country China. It was the second silver medal ever ...
The Borneo International Marathon was started by Andrew Voon (from 2008 to 2011 [3] [4]), Christopher Nielsen (from 2008 to 2010), Urs Weisskop (from 2008 to 2010) and Simon Amos (from 2008 to 2010). Marathon was first held on October 12, 2008, launched by Championship Sport Events Sdn. Bhd. The late Andrew Voon served as the Race Director.
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T12; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T46; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T52; Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's marathon T54
Malaysia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except when Malaysia participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] Malaysia made their debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 2018. [3]
On four occasions the Kuala Lumpur Marathon was either postponed or cancelled, which occurred in 2013, 2015, 2020 and 2021, due to situations rendering the impracticability of holding the marathon. Since 2019, the marathon has switched to a two-day format due to the growing number of runners, spread out over a race weekend period.
[82] [83] In the women's long jump event, Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was advanced to silver, and Chelsea Hammond of Jamaica was advanced to bronze. [84] In the women's triple jump event, Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan was advanced to silver, and Yargelis Savigne of Cuba was advanced to bronze. [85] - +1: −1: 0 - +1: −1: 0 - +1 +1