Sentences with phrase «fields medallist»

Not exact matches

In the women's event, world indoor champion Yulimar Rojas takes on a field including two - time world gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen and world indoor bronze medallist Paraskevi Papachristou.

O'Hare and his fellow Scot Jake Wightman form part of a strong field in Birmingham and among their rivals are two previous winners in 2014 champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti and 2012 gold medallist Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco, who go into the race ranked fastest with their respective season's bests of 3:35.39 and 3:35.79.

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

World silver medallist Elaine Thompson and fourth - place finisher Candyce McGrone are also among those in the field.

But also dipping under two minutes was 20 - year - old world junior champion Ajee Wilson of the US and 19 - year - old world junior silver medallist Judd, who ran a sensible race leaving enough to surge through a world - class field on the back straight and storm over the line in a 1:59.77 PB.

Saturday is set to see the long - awaited return of Kenya's world 800m record - holder Rudisha following knee injury problems as he lines up as part of a high - class field including world indoor and outdoor champion Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Botswana's Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos.

World silver and bronze medallists Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan headline the 1500m field at the Shanghai Diamond League on May 14, informs organisers.

Although Bromell's win was clear, the rest of the field was subjected to a tense wait while the minor medallists were determined, silver going to Powell and bronze to Ramon Gittens thanks to his 6.51 Barbados indoor record, with just 0.09 separating the winner from the eighth - placer to equal 2014 in being the closest world indoor 60m final in history.

World and Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Assefa took almost 10 seconds from the 3000m steeplechase meeting record, clocking 9:18.58 to finish well clear of the rest of the field, which only featured nine athletes.

GB's Olympic 4x400m bronze medallist Anyika Onuora is part of a 400m field also featuring Jamaica's Stephenie Ann - McPherson.

Gatlin finished two tenths of a second clear of the rest of the field in clocking a world - leading 9.92 in the 100m as Jamaica's world bronze medallist Nesta Carter clocked 10.12 and Gatlin's compatriot Michael Rodgers ran 10.18.

Wenjun Xie delighted what was left of the home crowd in the final event of the day as he ran a 13.23 PB for 110m hurdles victory ahead of a field including the likes of world champion David Oliver and minor medallists Ryan Wilson and Sergey Shubenkov.

The 400m features the likes of Olympic gold medallist Sanya Richards - Ross and 2011 world champ Amantle Montsho, while Britain's Tiffany Porter is up against a field including Olympic champion Sally Pearson in the 100m hurdles.

The six - time Paralympic gold medallist can't wait to get his season started but says he hopes he is competing on a level playing field after news of Polish wheelchair racer Tomasz Hamerlak's four - year doping ban

The 20 - year - old left the field for dead as she covered the final 400m in 58.5 - seconds, opening up a three - second gap on former world silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey, 4:18.83 to 4:21.91.

However, despite the win over a field which included the world silver and bronze medallists from last year and the world indoor pentathlon champion, she claimed she was disappointed with her first day and believes that there is plenty more to come.

Surprise world winner Karsten Warholm forms part of a 400m hurdles field including Olympic champion Kerron Clement, while the women's triple jump sees world champion Yulimar Rojas up against Olympic gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen and the women's shot put includes world champion Gong Lijiao and the winner in Rio, Michelle Carter.

Eilidh Doyle and Jack Green race the 400m hurdles events, while Jake Wightman forms part of a 1500m field featuring the three world medallists — Elijah Manangoi, Timothy Cheruiyot and Filip Ingebrigtsen.

Olympic bronze and world indoor silver medallist Robbie Grabarz and British indoor champion Chris Baker are other British athletes in Rome where they will mix it with the best in yet another world - class high jump field including world indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi and 2013 world champion Bohdan Bondarenko.

Making her indoor debut, Tunisia's Olympic 3000m steeplechase silver medallist Habiba Ghribi clocked 8:46.61 over 3000m to hold off Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi with 8:46.84 and also beat a field including American Jordan Hasay who ran 8:50.21 for third.

Others on the short list were poet E. Pauline Johnson; Elsie MacGill, who received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1927; Quebec suffragette Idola Saint - Jean; and 1928 Olympic medallist Fanny Rosenfeld, a track and field athlete.

On its website, the bank says an independent committee has narrowed down the finalists to poet E. Pauline Johnson; black rights activist Viola Desmond from Nova Scotia; Elsie MacGill, who received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto in 1927; Quebec suffragette Idola Saint - Jean; and 1928 Olympic medallist Fanny Rosenfeld, a track and field athlete.