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Sprinter Usain Bolt, here holding the 2011 trophy, was World Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011–2013, and 2016, more times than any other athlete.. The World Athletics Awards is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by World Athletics (formerly named IAAF), including track and field, cross country running, road running, and ...
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Galina Chistyakova (URS) 7.52 m: Leningrad, Soviet Union: 11 June 1988 Championship record Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.36 m
Date Gold: Katarina Johnson-Thompson: Women's heptathlon: 20 August Gold: Josh Kerr: Men's 1500 metres: 23 August Silver: Joe Brier* Lewis Davey Rio Mitcham Laviai Nielsen Yemi Mary John: Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay: 19 August Silver: Matthew Hudson-Smith: Men's 400 metres: 24 August Silver: Keely Hodgkinson: Women's 800 metres: 27 August ...
The world’s best athletes have descended on Budapest for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.. The 19th Championships will be hosted in Hungary for the first time, and comes just 12 months on ...
Jackson let off the gas a couple of steps before the finish line, her time of 21.41 improved her standing as #2 performer of all time, just .07 short of Florence Griffith-Joyner's 35 year old world record. Thomas followed 4 metres later, a step ahead of now double medalist at these championships, Richardson.
Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date World record Brigid Kosgei (KEN) 2:14:04: Chicago, United States: 13 October 2019 Championship record Gotytom Gebreslase (ETH) 2:18:11
In 2023 the World Athletic Foundation added a new section to its awards. President Sebastion Coe was credited with initiating the award and the inaugural award went to Tchanile-Salifou. She was recognised for "advancing women's rights and fostering gender equality in sport". [ 2 ]
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 ...