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The women's long jump at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21 and 23 August. In the final, Olympic champion Maurren Higa Maggi took the early lead as the first jumper in the competition.
The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 15 August and 17 August 2009. Yelena Isinbayeva was the strong favourite prior to the competition, a position enhanced further by the withdrawal of 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jennifer Stuczynski .
Bai Xue of China wins gold in the women's marathon, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia took the 5,000 metres world title, and Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the men's javelin with a throw of 89.59 metres. Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with 7.10 metres, beating defending champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia. In the last ...
The women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili was a strong favourite and defending champion. [ 1 ]
Apps. (Gls) 2018. Kentucky Wildcats. 19. (2) Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m, and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.
The two basic features of a track and field stadium are the outer oval-shaped running track and an area of turf within this track—the field. In earlier competitions, track lengths varied: the Panathinaiko Stadium measured 333.33 metres at the 1896 Summer Olympics , while at the 1904 Olympics the distance was a third of a mile (536.45 m) at ...
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium ), the race walks (on the streets of Athens ), and the shot put (held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium ). A total of 46 events were contested, of which 24 ...
The women's discus throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 19 and August 21. Reigning Olympic champion Stephanie Brown Trafton was the favourite for the gold.