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2024 Weltklasse Zürich
The 2024 Weltklasse Zürich was the 63rd edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting held in Zürich. Held on 5 September at Letzigrund, it was the twelfth leg of the 2024 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Notable performances The meeting was highlighted by a world record attempt in the women's 5000 metres by Beatrice Chebet, and an "Olympic rematch" in the men's 1500 metres between Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. However, poor weather conditions and suboptimal pacemaking led to Chebet's world record attempt falling short, though she still won in a world lead and meeting record of 14:09.52, which came within 10 seconds of Gudaf Tsegay's world record of 14:00.21. Meanwhile, Nuguse won the 1500 m over Ingebrigtsen, Hocker, and Kerr in a time of 3:29.21. Results Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the 2024 Diamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erriyon Knighton
Erriyon Knighton (born January 29, 2004)"ATHLETE PROFILE Erriyon KNIGHTON" ''''. Retrieved June 25, 2021. is an American sprinter specializing in the and . At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the |
Narve Gilje Nordås
Narve Gilje Nordås (born 30 September 1998) is a Norwegian Track and field, athlete competing in Middle-distance running, middle-distance and Long-distance running, long-distance events. He is a World Athletics Championships, World Championships (2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023) bronze medalist and two-time Olympic Games, Olympian, having competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics. Personal life Born in Klepp on 30 September 1998, Nordås represents the club Sandnes IL, and is coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen. Career Nordås won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres and a silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2020 Norwegian Athletics Championships. He placed fifth in the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. In 2021, Nordås was selected to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Cheruiyot
Timothy Cheruiyot (born 20 November 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and the 11th fastest athlete all time over the distance. At the World Athletics Championships, Cheruiyot won the silver medal in 2017 in London, and a gold in 2019 in Doha. He took the silver medal in his specialty event at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is also a two-time African Championship silver medallist from 2016 and 2018. Cheruiyot won the 1500 m Diamond League title on four occasions: in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. Personal life and career Cheruiyot is from the town of Singorwet, in Bomet County, Kenya, and lives on a farm with his family. Beginning in 2014, he began to train in the outskirts of Nairobi, via the Rongai Athletics Club, under Coach Bernard Ouma. Early Career: 2015-2018 2015 Cheruiyot's first major milestone in his career was competing on Kenya's Distance Medle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Nillessen
Stefan Nillessen (born 2 January 2003) is a Dutch middle-distance runner. In 2024, he won the Dutch Athletics Championships over 1500 metres, and also won over that distance at the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships in 2025. He has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. Career He was selected for the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. He won gold in the 1500 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. He is one of a group of athletes coached by Tomasz Lewandowski. He signed a sponsorship deal with Nike in 2024. He ran a personal best of 3:34.32 for the 1500 metres in Turku, Finland on 18 June 2024. He won the Dutch national title over 1500m at the Dutch Athletics Championships in Hengelo, in June 2024. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres and ran a personal best to qualify for the final. In the final he lowered his personal best to 3:30.75 to plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochem Vermeulen
Jochem Vermeulen (born 2 August 1998) is a Belgian middle-distance runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. Career Vermeulen placed 4th over 1500m at the 2019 Belgian Championships. In 2021, Vermeulen ran a new PB of 3:35.21 at the KBC Night of Athletics. Also in 2021, He made his Diamond League debut at the Memorial van Damme. He won the 1500m at the 2023 Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships He competed at the 2023 World Championships in the 1500m, he finished 9th in his heat and did not progress to the semifinals. In 2024, he won the silver medal at the 2024 European Championships, finishing in a new PB of 3:33.60, behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen. With that PB, Vermeulen qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. At those Olympics, Vermeulen, 7th in his heat and 6th in the repechages, failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Later that month, on August 22, he broke the 1500m national record at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland posti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Farken
Robert Farken (born 20 September 1997) is a German middle distance runner. In 2025, he became German national record holder over 1500 metres and the mile run, and is a multiple-time German champion. Career From Leipzig, and a high school graduate at the sports high school there. He had a promising start to his career before an achilles tendon injury slowed his progress. In 2016 Farken was runner-up over 800m at the German youth indoor championships. In the same year he was the fastest U20 runner in Europe over 800m. Farken ran this best time at the evening sports festival in Pfungstadt, but this came after the selection period for participation in the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz had finished so he was not able to compete. In 2017 Farken became German indoor champion over 800 meters in his first start in the men's class in Leipzig. At the evening sports festival in Erfurt on January 27, he qualified for the indoor European championships in Belgrade with a personal best of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azeddine Habz
Azeddine Habz (born 19 July 1993) is a French middle- and long-distance runner. He won silver and bronze medals in the 1500 metres at the 2025 and 2023 European Indoor Championships. Personal life Habz was brought up in Morocco before relocating to France in 2012. He received French citizenship and began representing France in August 2018. He studied sociology at the University of Paris. Career In October 2018, Habz became the French half marathon champion. On 29 February 2020, he won the 3000 metres at the French Indoor Championships in a time of 7:57.20. He was selected to run for France at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 1500 metres race. Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he qualified for the final, in which he finished eleventh. In September 2023, he set a new national record for the mile, running 3:48.64 at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon. On 10 February 2024, Habz ran 3:34.39 over 1500m indoors in Lievin, imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynold Cheruiyot
Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot (born 30 July 2004) is a Kenyan runner who competes in track and field and Cross-country running, cross-country. He previously held the List of junior world records in athletics, world junior record in the mile run. Early and personal life He hails from Bomet County in Kenya. Both of his parents were athletes, but only raced in Kenya. He is not a relation of Timothy Cheruiyot but he has described him as his role model. He slowed down to allow Timothy Cheruiyot to overtake him at the finish line of the Kenyan World Championship Trials in July 2023 out of respect for him. Career In August 2022, he won gold at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, 1500m race. In January 2023, he finished second at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, in the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – U20 men's race, U20 race. In Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Laros
Niels Laros (; born 17 April 2005) is a Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. He competes in distances from 800 metres to 5000 metres on the track, on the road, and cross country. Laros is the world under-20 record holder in the 1000 metres with a time of 2:14.39 minutes set on 7 July 2024, the European under-20 record holder in the 1500 metres with a time of 3:29.54 minutes set on 6 August 2024, and the European under-20 record holder in the mile with a time of 3:48.93 minutes set on 16 September 2023. He is the 2022 European Under-18 Champion in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres and the 2023 European Under-20 Champion in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. He was European Athletics Rising Star of the Year in 2024. Early and personal life Niels Laros was born on 17 April 2005. From Oosterhout, Laros' parents, Marcel Laros and Sandra Laros-Hofmans, were both runners. His brother Lars is a college athlete. He attended school at Oelbert Gymnasium in Oosterhout. He began to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothé Mumenthaler
Timothé Sembéry Mumenthaler (born 12 December 2002) is a Swiss sprinter. He won the 2024 European Championships in Rome over 200 metres. Career He is a member of Stade Genève. In February 2018, he won the 60 metres and 200 metres at the Swiss Youth Indoor Championships in St. Gallen. He competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. He recorded a time for the 100 metres of 10.61 seconds aged 16 years-old. However, his progress was later slowed by injury. In 2022, he was runner up in the Swiss Athletics Championships in the 100 metres. He finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia, Poland in June 2023. He was a bronze medalist in the 200m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. He ran as part of the Swiss 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. He won the 200 metres gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, runni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Fahnbulleh
Joseph Fahnbulleh (born 11 September 2001) is a Liberian-American sprinter. An Olympic finalist, Fahnbulleh is a double NCAA champion and finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 200 meters race. Early and personal life Born in Hopkins, Minnesota, to Liberian parents, Fahnbulleh attended Hopkins High School. His mother was brought up in Liberia but had to flee to the United States to avoid the Liberian Civil War when she was twelve years-old. Career After being named National High School Coaches' Association boys athlete of the year in 2019, he was encouraged by Florida coach Mike Holloway to attend the University of Florida, and Fahnbulleh subsequently won the 200 m at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor National Championships with a personal best time of 19.91 seconds. He was also named National Senior Boys' Track and Field Athlete of the Year. After declaring for the Liberian national team and being named to their roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
