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The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. [1] The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four-day competition.
The competition courted controversy with the IAAF when political in-fighting arose after Israel was excluded from participation in 1977. That edition of the competition was canceled, with championships between 1979 and 1989 being regarded by the IAAF as unofficial, called the "Asian Track and Field Meeting" as a result.
The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Thailand. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions. Dahlan Al Hamad during a Press conference in Doha.
Asian Race Walking Championships: Nomi, Japan [23] 20,000 m walk (track) 1:18:03.3 Bo Lingtang China 7 April 1994 Beijing, China 20 km walk (road) 1:16:36 Yusuke Suzuki Japan 15 March 2015 Asian Race Walking Championships: Nomi, Japan [26] 30,000 m walk (track) 2:19:49.2 Takehiro Sonohara Japan 22 February 1987 Tokyo, Japan 30 km walk (road) 2: ...
In June 2023, she won gold in the 800m women's race at the Asian Under 20 Junior Athletic Championships in Yecheon, South Korea. [9] She also won silver in 400m and gold in 4 × 400 m mixed relay. [10] In the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, Tharushi recorded a time of 2:00:06 to win gold in the women's 800m race and also set a new Asian ...
Veronica Shanti Pereira (born 20 September 1996) [3] is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 400 m.She holds the 100 m national record (11.20s), [4] 200 m national record (22.57s), [5] 400 m national record (53.67s), [6] 200 m SEA Games record (22.69s), [7] and the 200 m Asian Athletics Championships games record (22.70s). [8]
Mutaz Essa Barshim was the only Asian 2012 Olympic medallist who intended to participate, but he withdrew due to a back injury. [9] Thirteen champions from 2011 were present and six of them ( Su Bingtian , Yousef Masrahi , Dejene Regassa , Shitaye Eshete , Satomi Kubokura , and Wassanee Winatho ) successfully defended their title.
Asian youth records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). They are the all-time best marks set in competition by athletes aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance and competing for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association. The AAA maintains a list of youth ...