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Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross-country running, and racewalking.
The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country.
Organized athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern events in athletics were defined in Western Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th century, and were then spread to other parts of the world. Most modern top level meetings are held under the auspices of World Athletics, the global governing body for the sport of athletics, or its member continental and national federations. (Full article...)
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The European 10,000m Cup is an annual 10,000 metres race for European athletes which was first held in 1997. The competition is organised by the European Athletics Association and first began as the European 10000 Metres Challenge (European 10,000m Challenge till 2005 edition), after the event was removed from the European Cup programme. The competition has roots in the Iberian 10,000 metres Championships – a competition between Spanish and Portuguese athletes that was held between 1991 and 1996 – and the first five editions of the European 10000 Metres Challenge were held in the Iberian Peninsula. The event was first held under its current title in 2005. From 2018, the event has been held as the climax of the Night of 10k PB's event at Parliament Hill, London. (Full article...)
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Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan BlakeofJamaica.
Gay has won medals in many major international competitions, which includes 3 gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. This made him the second man to win all three events at the same World Championships, after Maurice Greene (Usain Bolt duplicated the feat two years later). Gay is a four-time U.S. champion in the 100 m.
At the 2008 Olympic Trials, he ran a wind assisted 9.68 seconds in the 100 m. Days later, he suffered a severe hamstring injury in the 200 m trials and did not win any medals at the Beijing Olympics. He clocked 9.71 seconds to win the 100 m silver medal in the 2009 World Championships — it is the fastest non-winning time in the history of the 100 m.
In July 2013, it was announced that Gay had tested positive for a banned substance; he subsequently withdrew from consideration for the World Championships in Moscow. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended him until June 23, 2014, and stripped him of his silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Gay is a two-time winner of the Jesse Owens Award, was the 2007 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, won Best Track and Field Athlete for Track & Field News in 2007 and for ESPY Award in 2008 and 2011. He has also achieved multiple Men's season's best performances in the 100 m and 200 m. (Full article...)
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9.58 | ![]() |
10.49 |
200 m | ![]() |
19.19 | ![]() |
21.34 |
400 m | ![]() |
43.03 | ![]() |
47.60 |
800 m | ![]() |
1:40.91 | ![]() |
1:53.28 |
1500 m | ![]() |
3:26.00 | ![]() |
3:49.11 |
5000 m | ![]() |
12:35.36 | ![]() |
14:00.21 |
10,000 m | ![]() |
26:11.00 | ![]() |
29:01.03 |
Marathon | ![]() |
2:00:35 | ![]() |
2:14:04 |
3000 m steeplechase | ![]() |
7:52.11 | ![]() |
8:44.32 |
110 / 100 m hurdles | ![]() |
12.80 | ![]() |
12.12 |
400 m hurdles | ![]() |
45.94 | ![]() |
50.68 |
High jump | ![]() |
2.45 m | ![]() |
2.09 m |
Pole vault | ![]() |
6.23 m | ![]() |
5.06 m |
Long jump | ![]() |
8.95 m | ![]() |
7.52 m |
Triple jump | ![]() |
18.29 m | ![]() |
15.74 m |
Shot put | ![]() |
23.56 m | ![]() |
22.63 m |
Discus throw | ![]() |
74.08 m | ![]() |
76.80 m |
Hammer throw | ![]() |
86.74 m | ![]() |
82.98 m |
Javelin throw | ![]() |
98.48 m | ![]() |
72.28 m |
Decathlon/Heptathlon | ![]() |
9126 pts. | ![]() |
7291 pts. |
20 km racewalk | ![]() |
1:16:36 | ![]() |
1:23:49 |
4×100 m relay | ![]() |
36.84 | ![]() |
40.82 |
4×400 m relay | ![]() |
2:54.29 | ![]() |
3:15.17 |
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It's from the first edition (1896 Summer Olympics), that Athletics has been considered the "Queen" of the Olympics. Since then there have been a series of competitions organized at world level, than at the continental level. Furthermore, the Athletics is the main sport of nearly all multi-sport events such as Universiade, Mediterranean GamesorPan American Games. The following list refers to the main Athletics competitions that take place in the world.
Event | 1st edition | Kind of competition | Can participate |
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Olympic Games | 1896 | World games | ![]() |
World Championships | 1983 | World championships | |
World Indoor Championships | 1985 | ||
European Championships | 1934 | Continental championships | ![]() |
European Indoor Championships | 1966 | ||
South American Championships | 1919 | ![]() | |
Asian Championships | 1973 | ![]() | |
African Championships | 1979 | ![]() | |
Ocenian Championships | 1990 | ![]() |
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