Questions tagged [athletics]
For a question relating to a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking. Questions must also be tagged for the specific competition.
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How are pacemakers selected in athletics events?
In some athletics running programs, there are pacemakers who set the pace for the opening stages of the race, and then drop out after having set the pace they were asked for. What are the rules on the ...
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Why position of racers in this track not in order?
I am referring to Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 of Women's 200m Olympics 2021:
Why position of racers in this track not in order ?
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I am going for a 2km run [closed]
I need to get ready for a 2km run I have only 1 day to prepare and I usally run short distance like 100m dash and 200m
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Why are pole vault indoor records better than outdoor's?
In September 2020, Duplantis beated the world's pole vault record with a 6,15m jump. World Athletics mentioned Duplantis scales 6.15m in Rome, world's highest ever outdoor vault, where I find the ...
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What strategy did the 2002 Oakland Athletics use to determine what pitchers to look for?
During the 2002 season when Oakland was using the famous "Moneyball" strategy, they largely looked to on-base-percentage when measuring player value, but this only seems to address how to look for ...
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Is there any link between Scoliosis and sprinting?
The fastest man ever, Usain Bolt, world record holder of the 100 and 200 meter sprints suffers from Scoliosis. This is a condition which causes curvature to the spine. The curvature in his spine has ...
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Why is Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59:41 from Vienna not a world record?
On October 12, 2019, Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. Why was that performance not the world record, and how was this run different from the Breaking2 ...
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How does an athlete qualify to participate in Diamond League?
The IAAF Diamond league is held between May and August every year with track and field events held every week.
It is clear by the point system how one makes it to the final of Diamond league, but ...
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Can an athlete with double nationality beat two country records at the same time?
There is a tweet about the recent European Athletics Championship in Berlin, 2018:
U20 World Record
Swedish National Record
American Record
#2 World Outdoor Mark All-Time
#4 World Indoor/...
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Most runners under 10s in a single 100m race?
What is the greatest number of runners ever to have gone below 10s in a single 100m race? Has there ever been an instance of all runners getting below 10s?
Just found that at the 2012 Olympics it ...
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Why 110-hurdles for men and 100-hurdles for women?
I was watching IAAF World Championship at London 2017 and I notice that men will run 110-metres hurdles while women women the 100-metres hurdles.
What is the meaning of this difference?
The longest ...
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What is the circumference of the legs of Usain bolt?
On this site there are already a couple of measurements of Bolt but, unfortunately, not of his legs. What is the circumference of the legs of Usain bolt?
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