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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 2023 World Athletics Championships (Hungarian: 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. [2]
The idea of having an Athletics World Championships was around well before the competition's first event in 1983. In 1913, the IAAF decided that the Olympic Games would serve as the World Championships for athletics. This was considered suitable for over 50 years until in the late 1960s the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World ...
World record Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58: Berlin, Germany: 16 August 2009 Championship record: World Leading Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 9.83: New York, United States: 24 June 2023 African Record Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN) 9.77: Nairobi, Kenya: 18 September 2021 Asian Record Su Bingtian (CHN) 9.83: Tokyo, Japan: 1 August 2021 North, Central American and ...
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 Berihu Aregawi (ETH) 26:50.66: Nerja, Spain: 23 June 2023 African Record Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00: Valencia, Spain: 7 October 2020 Asian Record Ahmad Hassan ...
After winning the 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Championships, Athing Mu started looking for new horizons to conquer. Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin , also training under Bobby Kersee , staked out the 400 metres , so even though Mu was an NCAA Champion, sub-50 performer in that event, Mu focused her season efforts on the longer 1500 metres , only ...
The United States competed at the 2023 World Championships in Athletics in Budapest, Hungary, from 19 to 27 August 2023. The selection meet for these championships was the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Team members were announced on August 7. [1] [2]
The 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon from July 6–9, 2023. They served as USA Track & Field's (USATF) national championships in track and field for the United States. [2] The results of the event determined qualification for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in Budapest, and ...