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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics were held during the last ten days of the Games. They were due to be held from 31 July – 9 August 2020, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo , Japan. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the games were postponed to 2021, with the track and field events set for 30 July – 8 August. [ 1 ]
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon , United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the first time.
Sha'Carri Richardson (/ ʃ ə ˈ k ær iː / shə-KERREE; [3] born March 25, 2000 [4]) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m collegiate record at the NCAA Division I Championships.
The World Championships were started in 1976 in response to the International Olympic Committee dropping the men's 50 km walk from the Olympic programme for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932. The IAAF chose to host its own world championship event, a month and a half after the Olympics.
Jul 24, 2022; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Tobi Amusan (NGR) celebrates after setting a new world record in a qualifying heat of the women's 100m hurdles during the World Athletics Championships Oregon 22 ...
The men's 400 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 1 and 5 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Approximately fifty athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 48 qualifying through time or ranking (3 universality places were used in 2016).
World record Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00: Valencia, Spain: 7 October 2020 Championship record Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:46.31: Berlin, Germany: 17 August 2009 World Leading Grant Fisher (USA) 26:33.84: San Juan Capistrano, United States: 6 March 2022 African Record Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00: Valencia, Spain: 7 October 2020 Asian Record
The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was held in 1976 for the men's 50 kilometres race walk only, as the International Olympic Committee excluded that event for the Olympic athletics programme that year.