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2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the ''Herald'', and for the IAAF. Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published. Medallists Race results Senior men's race (12.3 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Men's short race (4.1 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Junior men's race (7.7 km) *Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, racewalking, race walking, mountain running, and ultramarathon, ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of list of world records in athletics, world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term. History The process to found World Athletics began in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dathan Ritzenhein
Dathan James Ritzenhein (born December 30, 1982) is a retired American long-distance runner, and current head coach of the On Athletics Club (OAC). He held the American record in the 5,000 metres (12:56.27) from 2009 to 2010, until it was broken by Bernard Lagat. He is a three-time national cross country champion with wins at the USA Cross Country Championships in 2005, 2008 and 2010. Formerly a Nike athlete for the majority of his professional career, Dathan joined the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project team in 2017. In early May 2020, he announced his retirement from competition. He signed with the Swiss shoe brand On shortly thereafter in June 2020 and currently acts as the coach for the On Athletics Club in Boulder, Colorado. Ritzenhein was a standout runner at Rockford High School in Michigan and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He was part of the high school class of 2001 which also produced distance runners Alan Webb and Ryan Hall. Running career High school Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alejandro Gómez (athlete)
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Hélder Ornelas
Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas (born 6 May 1974 in Nova Lisboa, Angola) is a Portuguese long-distance runner. He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of the Prague International Marathon. He also won the 2005 Milan Marathon Doping In 2012 Ornelas became the first track and field athlete to get suspended for doping based on the biological passport. Accordingly, he received a four-year suspension in May 2012. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:46.97 min (1996) *3000 metres - 7:50.02 min (2000) *5000 metres - 13:18.56 min (2000) *10,000 metres - 28:01.94 min (2001) *Half marathon - 1:03:27 hrs (2005) *marathon - 2:10:00 hrs (2005) See also * List of doping cases in sport The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Patrick Ivuti
Patrick Mukutu Ivuti (born June 30, 1978) is a Kenyan long distance athlete, who currently resides in Nairobi, Kenya. A two-time silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, he made his marathon debut in 2005 and had his first major victory at the Chicago Marathon in 2007. He had back-to-back wins at the Honolulu Marathon in 2008–2009 and was the 2009 winner of the Prague Marathon. Biography Ivuti has competed several times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing second in 1999 behind Paul Tergat and runner-up again in 2003 when the race was won by Kenenisa Bekele. He also won the IAAF's Belfast International Cross Country meeting in 2000. However, he was plagued by injuries during much of the early part of this decade. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 10,000 metres. He was a two-time winner of the Almond Blossom Cross Country during this period.Civai, Franco (9 March 2009)Amendoeiras em Flor (Almond Blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Driss El Himer
Driss El Himer () (born 1 January 1974 in Khezazna, Morocco) is a Moroccan-French long-distance runner. He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 24 January 2001. He competed in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ..., finishing 68th. He finished 6th in the long race at the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, 11th in the 5000 m final at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, and 8th in the 10,000 m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. Achievements References External links * 1974 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics French male marathon runners French sportspeople of Moroccan descent Olympic ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paul Malakwen Kosgei
Paul Malakwen Kosgei (born 22 April 1978, in Marakwet) is a Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner. He first came to prominence in athletics by taking the World Junior Record of 3000m steeple in 1997, and later with consecutive medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1998 to 2000. In 1999 he started his technical collaboration with the Italian Coach Renato Canova, that changed his event, looking at longer distances. He made his debut at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002 and became the surprise world champion for the event. Later that year he became the African champion on the track in the 10,000 metres and also won silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2002 IAAF World Cup. He focused entirely on road running after 2002 and he broke the world record for the 25 km distance, running 1:12:45 in May 2004. His personal best over the half marathon (59:07 minutes), with which he won the 2006 Berlin Half Marathon, ranks him within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paulo Guerra
Paulo Alexandre Martins Guerra (born 21 August 1970 in Barrancos, Baixo Alentejo Province) is a Portugal, Portuguese former long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and cross-country running. After 2001 he mainly ran half marathons. International competitions Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:45.21 min (1995) *3000 metres - 7:49.94 min (1996) *3000 metres steeplechase - 8:43.86 min (1991) *5000 metres - 13:18.59 min (1995) *10,000 metres - 27:50.17 min (1998) *Half marathon - 1:01:53 hrs (1996) *Marathon - 2:11:02 hrs (1998) External links *The World Cross Country Championships 1973-2005 1970 births Living people Portuguese male long-distance runners Portuguese male marathon runners Portuguese male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Portugal Athletes (track and field) at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aster Bacha
Aster or ASTER may refer to: Biology * Aster (genus), ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants ** List of Aster synonyms, List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English * Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis * Aster, a star-shaped sponge spicule Automobiles * Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, a French automobile and engine manufacturer from 1900 to 1910 * Aster Società Italiana Motori, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1908 * Aster (automobile), a British automobile manufactured between 1922 and 1930 Military * Aster (missile family), a family of surface-to-air missiles, produced jointly by France, Italy and the United Kingdom * USS Aster, USS ''Aster'', a Civil War Union Navy tugboat * , two Royal Navy ships * Belgian minehunter Aster (M915), Belgian minehunter ''Aster'' (M915), ship * Operation Aster, by the Soviet Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
