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2024 Xiamen Diamond League
The 2024 Xiamen Diamond League was an outdoor track and field meeting in Xiamen, China. Held on 20 April 2024 at Xiamen Egret Stadium, it was the opening leg of the 2024 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Highlights At the meeting, Armand Duplantis set the Men's pole vault world record progression, pole vault world record by clearing 6.24 metres. His "actual" clearance height was measured to be 6.29 metres. 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 tie, each tying athlete earns the full amount of points for the place. Diamond Discipline Promotional Events National Events See also * 2024 Diamond L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshepiso Masalela
Tshepiso Masalela (born 25 May 1999) is a middle-distance runner from Botswana. He is a multiple time national champion in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Career At the 2022 African Championships he won his heat in the 800 metres in 1:48.69. He followed this up by winning the bronze medal in the final. In 2023, he lowered his 800 meters personal best to 1:45.24. At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the finals of the 800m, placing 6th. In February 2024, Masalela set a national indoor record of 1:45.56 for the 800 metres in Metz. He ran at the 2024 World Indoors Athletics Championships in Glasgow where he reached the semi-finals. In April 2024 he came third in the 800 meters during the 2024 Diamond League Xiamen meeting and set a new PB of 1:43.88. He finished fourth in the 800 meters at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in May and third at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan The 2024 BAUHAUS-galan was the 58th edition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiamen
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang, and Xiang'an. All together, these cover an area of with a population of 5,163,970 as of 2020 and estimated at 5.28 million as of 31 December 2021. The urbanized area of the city has spread from its original island to include most parts of all six of its districts, and with 4 Zhangzhou districts ( Xiangcheng, Longwen, Longhai and Changtai), form a built-up area of 7,284,148 inhabitants. This area also connects with Quanzhou in the north, making up a metropolis of nearly ten million people. The Kinmen Islands (Quemoy) administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) which lie less than away separated by Xiamen Bay. As part of the Opening Up Policy under Deng Xiaoping, Xiamen became one of China's original four specia ... [...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] |
Peter Bol (runner)
Nagmeldin "Peter" Bol (born 22 February 1994) is an Australian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. He placed fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Bol represented Australia in the men's 800 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is the Oceanian record holder for the event. In January 2023, it was announced that he had been provisionally suspended by Athletics Australia after failed out-of-competition doping test, with the test showing signs of synthetic EPO. On 14 February, it was reported that his suspension had been lifted as his B sample returned an atypical finding (ATF) for EPO, but Sport Integrity Australia would continue investigation. Early life and education Bol was born on 22 February 1994 in Khartoum, Sudan. His mother is Sudanese, and his father from the region that is now South Sudan. His family fled the civil war in Sudan when he was four. In 2016, it was falsely reported that they liv ... [...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] |
Liu Dezhu
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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] |
Elias Ngeny
Elias Ngeny (born 4 May 1996) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. He finished 5th in the 800 m at the 2022 African Games, and in 2021 he was once the world leader with a 1:43.84 personal best. Career Ngeny made his first international team at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, where he competed in the 800 m and the 1500 m. He led the first-round qualifiers in the 800 m and finished 5th in the finals, and in the 1500 m he qualified for the finals but did not finish the race. Later that season at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Ngeny placed 3rd in his 800 m semi-final and did not qualify for the finals. Personal life Ngeny trains in Kaptagat. After initially seeking a track and field scholarship in the NCAA, the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns drove Ngeny to run professionally instead. He drew inspiration from Emmanuel Korir. He trains with Wycliffe Kinyamal Wyclife Kinyamal (born 2 July 1997) is a Kenyan male middle-distance runner who com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Kramer
Andreas Kramer (born 13 April 1997) is a Swedish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships. With the performance of 1:49.62 he is the current European junior indoor record holder. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:44.47 NR (Ostrava 2020) *1000 metres – 2:16.96 NR (Gothenburg 202*1500 metres – 3:47.28 (Stockholm 2015) Indoor *400 metres – 47.75 (Ulsteinvik 2019) *800 metres – 1:45.09 NR (Torun 2021) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ... – 3:46.62 (Sätra 2017) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kramer, Andreas 1997 births Living people Swedish male middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngeno Kipngetich
Ngeno Kipngetich (born 17 August 2000) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships, advancing to the semifinals. In addition, he won a silver medal at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held at Tampere Stadium .... International competitions Personal bests Outdoor * 800 metres – 1:44.57 (Nairobi 2019) Indoor * 800 metres – 1:48.84 (Val-de-Reuil 2019) References 2000 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub ... [...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] |
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