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2024 Diamond League Shanghai
The 2024 Shanghai Diamond League was an outdoor track and field meeting on 27 April 2024. Last held at Shanghai Stadium in 2019, this meeting relocated west to Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre. This was the first meeting in China after the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The meeting was officially advertised as the 2024 Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala. It was the second leg of the 2024 Diamond League, just one week after the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League. Highlights At the meeting, Sha'Carri Richardson was upset by Daryll Neita in the women's 200 metres. Selemon Barega won the 5000 metres as expected, but 17-year-old Biniam Mehary surprised to place second. Results Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the 2024 Diamond League finals. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower. In the case of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzhou
Suzhou (; ; Suzhounese: ''sou¹ tseu¹'' , Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Soochow, is a major city in southern Jiangsu province, East China. Suzhou is the largest city in Jiangsu, and a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Administratively, Suzhou is a prefecture-level city with a population of 6,715,559 in the city proper, and a total resident population of 12,748,262 as of the 2020 census in its administrative area. The city jurisdiction area's north waterfront is on a lower reach of the Yangtze whereas it has its more focal south-western waterfront on Lake Tai – crossed by several waterways, its district belongs to the Yangtze River Delta region. Suzhou is now part of the Greater Shanghai metro area, incorporating most of Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou urban districts plus Kunshan and Taicang, with a population of more than 38,000,000 residents as of 2020. Its urban population grew at an unprecedented rate of 6.5% between 2000 and 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akani Simbine
Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter specialising in the 100 metres event. He was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and was the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9.84 seconds set in July 2021 until broken by Ferdinand Omurwa in September 2021. Simbine was a World Championships finalist in the men's 100 metres in 2017 (fifth) and 2019 (fourth), and was 100 metres champion at the 2018 African Championships and 2018 Commonwealth Games. In the 4 × 100 metres relay he helped South Africa become champions at the African Championships in 2016 and 2018, and place second at the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a South African record time of 38.24 seconds. He anchored South Africa to gold at the 2021 World Relays. Simbine has finished inside the top 5 in the last 4 major championship 100m races including 4th in 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Hussey
Ethan Hussey (born 5 March 2003) is an English middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 800 m. Career Hussey first represented the United Kingdom at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships, where he won a bronze medal in the 800 m. This earned him the Athletics Weekly British male under-20 athlete of the year award for 2022. The following year, Hussey won a silver medal at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in the 800 m. He missed the 2023 British Worlds team by just half a second, finishing fourth at the British trials. Personal life Hussey grew up playing rugby football, but after a leg injury he switched to athletics. He studies sport and business management at Leeds Beckett University, where he is coached by Andy Henderson. He was inspired by fellow 800 m runner Ben Pattison Ben Pattison (born 15 December 2001) is a British middle-distance runner, who specializes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelati El Guesse
Abdelati El Guesse (born 27 February 1993) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade. At the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ..., he competed in the men's 800 metres event. His personal best in the event is 1:44.84, set in Tokyo in 2021. Competition record References External links * * * * 1993 births Living people Moroccan male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Morocco Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Morocco Universiade medalists in athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Murphy
Clayton Murphy (born February 26, 1995) is an American middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He ran collegiately for the University of Akron, before signing with Nike in June 2016 and joining the Nike Oregon Project. Early life and education Clayton Murphy is the son of Mark and Melinda Murphy. He was raised in New Madison, Ohio. He attended Tri-Village High School and began to take part in track and field and cross country running while there. Murphy broke the Division III state record in the 1600 Meter Run at the 2013 state track meet in Columbus in 4:11.72. Collegiate career 2014 Murphy enrolled at the University of Akron in fall 2013. He began to train with the Akron Zips college track team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyclife Kinyamal
Wyclife Kinyamal (born 2 July 1997) is a Kenyan male middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and holds a personal best of 1:43.12 minutes. Career Born in Trans Mara District,Wycliffe Kinyamal GC2018. Retrieved 2018-04-12. he made his first impact regionally at the 2016 East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships, winning the 800 m. He placed third at the Kenyan World Junior trials later that year, thus was not picked for the national team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slimane Moula
Slimane Moula (born 25 February 1999; ar, سليمان مولا) is an Algerian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. His personal best in the event is 1:43.38, set at the Meeting de Paris in June 2023. He was the 2022 African Champion in the 800 m, and won the event at the BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League meet in Stockholm the same year. He qualified for the finals of the 800 metres at both the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, placing 5th both years. Moula won his second Diamond League event at the 2023 Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the c ... meet. References 1999 births Living people Algerian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Algeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Guanfeng
Chen Guanfeng (; born 5 February 2000) is a Chinese track and field sprinter. He represented his country at the 2022 World Athletics Championships where he competed in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay event. Background Chen was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. In 2017 he joined Guangzhou Sports Polytechnic to train as a full-time athlete. He obtained a bronze medal at the 100m event in athletics of the 2021 Summer World University Games. His idol is Su Bingtian. Statistics Information from World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ... profile unless otherwise noted. Personal bests International competition results National competition results References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Guanfeng Living people 2000 births Chinese mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihide Kiryū
is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Born in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kiryū played football while at elementary school and became interested in track and field at junior high school, as his brother took part in the sport. In 2011, he won the under-16 national title in the 100 metres at the National Sports Festival of Japan, with a time of 10.58 seconds. The following year, Kiryū ran in the under-18 category at the same competition and broke the world youth best for the 100 metres by bettering Tamunosiki Atorudibo's record of 10.23 seconds by two hundredths of a second on 5 October 2012. Less than a month later, on 3 November 2012, Kiryū lowered his own record to 10.19 seconds. On 29 April 2013, Kiryū (still a student at Rakunan High School in Tō-ji) ran at the Oda Memorial meet and tied the World junior record of 10.01 seconds co-held by Darrel Brown and Jeffery Demps. The IAAF subsequently rejected the inclusion of the time as an official r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Carnes
Brandon Carnes (born 6 March 1995) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He was a two-time medalist at the 2022 NACAC Championships. Early and personal life From Bradenton, Florida, he attended Manatee High School, where his brother Brion Carnes played football as a quarterback. He then attended the University of Northern Iowa. Career Running for the University of Northern Iowa, he lowered his personal best for the 100m to 10.06 in 2017 in Iowa City. In May 2022, he set a new personal best 100m time of 10.02s in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was a bronze medalist in the 100m at the 2022 NACAC Championships held at the Grand Bahama Sport Complex in Freeport, Grand Bahama. He was then part of the victorious American relay that won gold at the event. In June 2023, he equalled his personal best 100m time of 10.02 in winning the Music City Track Carnival. Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he reached the final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohan Watson
Rohan Watson (born 29 April 2002) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In July 2023, he became Jamaican national champion over 100 metres. Career Watson is a member of the MVP Club in Jamaica, where he is a training partner of Shericka Jackson. Watson won the Jamaican national 100m title at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica on 7 July 2023, running 9.91 seconds. The victory was considered an upset, with Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake entering the competition as the favourites. Earlier in the week, Watson had dipped below the 10-second barrier for the first time, running 9.98s in the heats. He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ... in August 2023, where he reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackeem Blake
Ackeem Blake (born January 21, 2002) is a Jamaican sprinter. Blake came fourth in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. At the 2022 Music City Track Carnival in Nashville, Tennessee, Blake ran a personal best time of 9.92 in the 100 m. However, World Athletics World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body fo ... deemed the time to be unofficial and therefore it was not ratified. Competitions record References External links Ackeem Blake World Athletics Profile 2002 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters 21st-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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