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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 in August 2023, where he reached the semi-finals of the 100m. In January 2025, he set a 60 metres personal best of 6.61 seconds at the Central Hurdles, Relays & Field Events Meet at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine. This was recorded into a -2.1m/s headwind. He set a new personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. Though the sense of "athletics" as a broader sport is not used in American English, outside of the United States the term ''athletics'' can either be used to mean just its track and field component or the entirety of the sport (adding road racing and cross country) based on context. The foot racing events, which include sprint (running), sprints, middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance running, long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumpin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
The 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 21 to 23 March 2025 in Nanjing, People's Republic of China, at the newly built Nanjing's Cube gymnasium in the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park. Nanjing was originally due to host the World Athletics Indoor Championships in 2020, then in 2021, and then again in 2023, but all these dates were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China, COVID-19 pandemic regulations in China. The 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 edition took place in Belgrade, Serbia, and the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2024 edition in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Bidding process On 26 November 2017, delegations from the three candidate cities made their presentations at the 212th IAAF Council Meeting: Nanjing, Serbia's capital Belgrade, and Toruń, Poland. Nanjing won the bid for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Venue The facility, a brand new purpose-built gymnasium at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Jamaican Sportsmen
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Jamaican Male Sprinters
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Living People
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Nassau, The Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of The Bahamas. As of April 2023, the preliminary results of the 2022 census of The Bahamas reported a population of 296,522 for New Providence, 74.26% of the country's population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for The Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to and from major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Ora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 NACAC Championships
The 2025 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships is a regional track and field competition that is scheduled to be held in Nassau, The Bahamas. Originally scheduled for June 7–9, 2024, it was later rescheduled to August 15-17, 2025. It will be the fifth edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region, held three years after the 2022 NACAC Championships. Medal summary Mixed Men Women Medal table Participating nations According to an unofficial count, 000 athletes from 37 countries participated. Schedule |
2025 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 Metres Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Relays was held at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, China on 10 and 11 May. The event served as a qualifying event for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with the top 14 teams securing qualification to the World Championships. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: Qualification On 10 November 2024, World Athletics announced the qualification system for the championships. The top 16 teams in each event at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games qualify for entry to the championships. The host country China will enter with one team in each event, regardless of any entry conditions. The remaining teams (up to 32 in total per event) will be determined through the top lists in the qualification period (1 January 2024 to 13 April 2025). Program ''All times are local (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. It is the most populous time zone in the world, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 World Athletics Relays
The 2025 World Athletics Relays was held at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, China on 10 and 11 May 2025. It was the 7th edition of the World Athletics Relays and the first time the event was held in China. The 2025 edition was the first edition to feature a mixed 4 × 100 metres relay. Overview Initially, Guangzhou was awarded to host the 2023 World Athletics Relays, which would be held on 13 and 14 May 2023. On 31 October 2022, it was announced that the championships would be postponed to 2025 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will serve as a qualifying event for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with the top 14 teams in each event (except the mixed 4 x 100 metres) securing qualification to the World Championships. Schedule ''All times are local (Time in China, UTC+8)''. Medal table Medalists Qualification system On 10 November 2024, World Athletics announced the qualification system for the championships. The top 16 teams in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Shanghai Diamond League
The 2025 Shanghai Diamond League was an outdoor track and field meeting in Shaoxing Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ..., China, held on 3 May 2025. It was the second leg of the 2025 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Diamond+ events results Starting in 2025 a new discipline of events was added called Diamond+, these 4 events per meet awarded athletes with increased prize money whilst keeping the standard points format to qualify for the Diamond league finals. First place earns 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. Men's Women's Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Xiamen Diamond League
The 2025 Xiamen Diamond League was an outdoor track and field meeting in Xiamen, China. Held on 26 April at Xiamen Egret Stadium, it was the opening leg of the 2025 Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit. Diamond+ results Starting in 2025 a new discipline of events was added called Diamond+, these 4 events per meet awarded athletes with increased prize money whilst keeping the standard points format to qualify for the Diamond league finals. First place earns 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. Men's Women's Diamond results Men's Women's Promotional results Men's Women's National results Men's Women's See also * 2025 Diamond League References ; Results * {{Xiamen Diamond League 1 Xiamen Diamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
