2010 in the sport of athletics

none 2010 in athletics David Rudisha KBC Night of Athletics 2010.jpg 180 David Rudisha twice broke the 800 m world record 2010 World Indoor Championships 10 IAAF Diamond League 2009 2011 2010 the sport of athletics In 2010 there was no obvious, primary athletics championship, as neither the Summer Olympics nor the World Championships in Athletics occurred in the year. The foremost championships to be held in 2010 included: the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 European Athletics Championships, 2010 African Championships in Athletics, and Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.One month to go - IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF (2010-02-12). Retrieved on 2010-02-13. Two major competitions debuted in new formats. The IAAF Diamond League – a worldwide expansion on the European-centred IAAF Golden League concept – saw a schedule of fourteen one-day meetings with some of the sport's most prominent athletes centrally contracted to a track and field series for the first time.Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch. IAAF (2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02. The second competition was the renamed IAAF Continental Cup (formerly World Cup) which had its format simplified: previously a contest between several countries and continents, it comprised only four teams (Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia/Oceania).IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco - 21 November. IAAF (2008-11-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-11. 2 Major events World World Indoor Championships in Athletics World Junior Championships in Athletics Continental Cup Commonwealth Games Summer Youth Olympics IAAF Diamond League World Marathon Majors World Cross Country Championships World Half Marathon Championships IAAF World Race Walking Cup WMRA World Mountain Running Championships Regional African Championships Asian Indoor Championships Asian Junior Championships Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games European Athletics Championships European Cross Country Championships European Cup Winter Throwing European Mountain Running Championships European Team Championships Ibero-American Championships Micronesian Games NACAC Cross Country Championships South American Games South American U23 Championships South American Cross Country Championships South Asian Games South Asian Junior Championships Oceania Athletics Championships Oceania Cross Country Championships National 2010 American Samoa Athletics Championships 2010 German Athletics Championships 2010 Guam Athletics Championships 2010 Kiribati Athletics Championships 2010 Latvian Athletics Championships 2010 Lithuanian Athletics Championships 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Local 2010 Vilnius Athletics Championships World records Men Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date800 mDavid Rudisha1:41.09ISTAFGER Berlin, Germany22 August800 mDavid Rudisha1:41.01Rieti MeetingITA Rieti, Italy29 August10 km (road)Leonard Komon26:44SingelloopNED Utrecht, Netherlands26 September15 km (road)Leonard Komon41:13ZevenheuvelenloopNED Nijmegen, Netherlands21 November20 km (road)Zersenay Tadese55:21+Lisbon Half MarathonPOR Lisbon, Portugal21 MarchHalf marathonZersenay Tadese58:23Lisbon Half MarathonPOR Lisbon, Portugal21 March25 km (road)Samuel Kosgei1:11:50Wenig, Jorg (2010-05-09). Kosgei, Keitany shatter 25Km World records in Berlin - Updated. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.BIG 25 BerlinGER Berlin, Germany9 MayTriple jump (indoor)Teddy Tamgho17.90 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsQAT Doha, Qatar14 MarchIndoor heptathlonAshton Eaton6499 ptsNew Reality Dawns on Record Setter in Heptathlon. The New York Times (2010-03-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.World record ratified. IAAF (2010-11-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.NCAA Indoor ChampionshipUSA Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States12–13 March Women Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place DateHammer throwAnita Włodarczyk78.30Enea CupPOL Bydgoszcz, Poland6 June25 km (road)Mary Keitany1:19:53BIG 25 BerlinGER Berlin, Germany9 May4 × 800 m relay (indoor)Tatyana AndrianovaOksana SpasovhodskajaYelena KofanovaYevgeniya Zinurova (Moscow-1 Team)8:12.41IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303210518/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/91/37/20110125045748_httppostedfile_NEWS119_23319.pdf 2011-03-03 . IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.Russian Indoor ChampionshipsRUS Moscow, Russia28 February Season's bests 60 metres Dwain Chambers GBR 6.48 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette ISV 6.97 NR100 metres Tyson Gay USANesta Carter JAM 9.78 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 10.78 200 metres Usain Bolt JAM 19.56 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 21.98 400 metres Jeremy Wariner USA 44.13 Debbie Dunn USA 49.64 800 metres David Rudisha KEN 1:41.01 WR Alysia Johnson USA 1:57.34 1500 metres Silas Kiplagat KEN 3:29.27 Anna Alminova RUS 3:57.65 3000 metres Tariku Bekele ETH 7:28.70 Meseret Defar ETH 8:24.46 Indoors5000 metres Eliud Kipchoge KEN 12:51.21 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 14:27.41 10,000 metres Josphat Kiprono Menjo KEN 26:56.74 Meselech Melkamu ETH 31:04.52 60 metres hurdles Dayron Robles CUB 7.34 Lolo Jones USA 7.72 100/110 metres hurdles David Oliver USA 12.89 NR Priscilla Lopes-Schliep CAN 12.52 400 metres hurdles Bershawn Jackson USA 47.32 Lashinda Demus USA 52.82 3000 metres steeplechase Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:00.90 Milcah Chemos Cheywa KEN 9:11.71 10 kilometres Leonard Komon KEN 26:44 WR Lineth Chepkurui KEN 30:45 15 kilometres Leonard Komon KEN 41:13 WR Peninah Arusei KEN 47:48 20 kilometres Zersenay Tadese ERI 55:21 WR Mare Dibaba ETH 1:03:47 Half marathon Zersenay Tadese ERI 58:23 WR Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 1:07:07 25 kilometres Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei KEN 1:11:50 WR Mary Keitany KEN 1:19:53 WR30 kilometres Tsegaye Kebede ETH 1:28:46 Atsede Baysa ETH 1:39:28 Marathon Patrick Makau KEN 2:04:48 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 2:20:25 20 kilometres race walk Alex Schwazer ITA 1:18:24 Anisya Kirdyapkina RUS 1:25:11 50 kilometres race walk Yohan Diniz FRA 3:40:37 —Pole vault Steven Hooker AUS 6.01 m Indoors Jennifer Suhr USA 4.89 m High jump Ivan Ukhov RUS 2.38 m Indoors Blanka Vlašić CRO 2.06 m IndoorsLong jump Christian Reif GER 8.47 m Olga Kucherenko RUS 7.13 m Triple jump Teddy Tamgho FRA 17.98 m Olga Rypakova KAZ 15.25 m ARShot put Christian Cantwell USA 22.41 m Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR 21.70 m IndoorsDiscus throw Gerd Kanter EST 71.45 m Nadine Müller GER 67.78 m Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 90.37 m Maria Abakumova RUS 68.89 m Hammer throw Koji Murofushi JPN 80.99 m Anita Wlodarczyk POL 78.30 m WRPentathlon — Jessica Ennis GBR 4937 pts NRHeptathlon Ashton Eaton USA 6499 pts WR Jessica Ennis GBR 6823 pts Decathlon Bryan Clay USA 8483 pts —4 × 100 metres relay United StatesTrell KimmonsWallace SpearmonTyson GayMichael Rodgers 37.45 4x100 Metres Results http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/4-x-100m-Relay-Men/ www.diamondleague-zurich.com 2010-08-19 2010-08-19 https://archive.today/20100821004349/http://www.diamondleague-zurich.com/en/Results/Overview/4-x-100m-Relay-Men/ 2010-08-21 dead UkraineOlesya PovhNataliya PohrebnyakMariya RyemyenElizaveta Bryzhina 42.29 4 × 400 metres relay United States U23LeJerald BettersO'Neal WilderJoey HughesTavaris Tate 2:58.83 RussiaAnastasiya KapachinskayaAntonina KrivoshapkaKseniya UstalovaTatyana Firova 3:21.26 Awards thumb|right|180px|Blanka Vlašić topped the IAAF, Track & Field News and European Athletics polls. Men AwardWinner IAAF World Athlete of the Year David Rudisha KEN Track & Field Athlete of the Year David Rudisha KEN European Athlete of the Year Christophe Lemaitre FRA European Athletics Rising Star Teddy Tamgho FRA Women AwardWinner IAAF World Athlete of the Year Blanka Vlašić CRO Track & Field Athlete of the Year Blanka Vlašić CRO European Athlete of the Year Blanka Vlašić CRO European Athletics Rising Star Sandra Perković CRO Doping thumb|American sprinter LaShawn Merritt was banned from competition for 21 months. The highest profile doping case in 2010 was that of 400 m Olympic and World Champion LaShawn Merritt. He failed three out-of-competition tests in October and December 2009, and January 2010, testing positive for Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on each occasion. He claimed that he had inadvertently ingested the substance via an over the counter sex enhancement drug he was using at the time (ExtenZe).Shipley, Amy (2010-04-23). Olympic 400-meter champ LaShawn Merritt tests positive for steroid. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Initially set for a two-year ban,US 400m star LaShawn Merritt fails drug test. BBC Sport (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. he received a reduced 21-month suspension from October 2010 to July 2012 as a result of his co-operation with anti-doping authorities. However, the seriousness of the doping substance meant he was automatically banned from defending his title at the 2012 London Olympics.Cazeneuve, Brian (2010-10-20). https://archive.today/20120729214645/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/brian_cazeneuve/10/20/olympic.notebook/index.html LaShawn Merritt banned from competition for 21 months. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. A major investigation by the Guardia Civil into doping in Spain, known as Operación Galgo, began in April 2010 and made headline news in December following a number of arrests.World champion Marta Dominguez suspended in drugs probe. BBC Sport (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.Bezabeh and Fernández pull out of Euro Cross as Spanish doping probe continues https://web.archive.org/web/20101214002033/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1678 2010-12-14 . Athletics Weekly (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11. Marta Domínguez, world steeplechase champion and vice president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, was implicated in the blood doping ring.Dominguez detained in doping investigation https://web.archive.org/web/20101215034103/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1677 2010-12-15 . Athletics Weekly (2010-12-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Manuel Pascua Piqueras, coach to a number of prominent runners, admitted to doping his athletes, while Alemayehu Bezabeh (the 2009 European Cross Country Champion) admitted to using banned substances.La Guardia Civil interroga a Nuria Fernández y Reyes Estévez. El País (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11. thumb|left|Shelly-Ann Fraser received a six-month suspension for using a banned painkiller. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser received a six-month ban after a positive test for pain relief narcotic oxycodone at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting. Her coach Stephen Francis, who had the painkiller on prescription for his kidney stones, gave the banned substance to his athlete to relieve her toothache.Shelly-Anne Fraser handed six-month ban for failing drug test. The Guardian (2010-10-06). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser fails drugs test . BBC Sport (2010-07-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Another sprinter Laverne Jones-Ferrette ran the fastest 60 metres in a decade in February, but was absent from outdoor competition in 2010. This was later explained by the revelation that she had failed a drug test for clomiphene on February 16. The substance can be used as a complement to steroid cycles, but can also act as a fertility drug and Jones-Ferrette (who announced her pregnancy in November) claimed this was the intended usage. She was banned from competition for six months, lasting from April to September, and lost her silver medal from the World Indoor Championships.Laverne Jones-Ferrette stripped of world indoor medal after positive test https://web.archive.org/web/20101220030146/http://www.athletics-weekly.com/article.php?id=1693 December 20, 2010 . Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Bobby-Gaye Wilkins won a relay medal for Jamaica at the same championships, but she was also stripped of her medal after testing positive for andarine – a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM).Lowe, Andrew (2010-09-09). Wilkins banned for two years https://web.archive.org/web/20100914064808/http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20100909/sports/sports1.html 2010-09-14 . Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. A series of athletes were disqualified from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi as a result of in-competition testing. Nigerians Samuel Okon and Oludamola Osayomi (the 100 m gold medallist) were banned for using the stimulant methylhexanamine. A third Nigerian, Folashade Abugan who won silver medals in the 400 m individual and relay races, failed a drug test for traces of testosterone prohormone and was stripped of her honoursCommonwealth Games 2010: Third Nigerian tests positive. BBC Sport (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Indian racewalker Rani Yadav was also banned after testing positive for 19-Norandrosterone.Bull, Andy (2010-10-13). Commonwealth Games 2010: Indian athlete tests positive for drugs. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2010-10-15. Retired American sprinters Ramon Clay and Crystal Cox received retrospective bans from the United States Anti-Doping Agency due to their steroid usage relating to the BALCO scandal period from 2001 to 2004. Cox was stripped of her Olympic relay gold medal as a result.U.S. track star Crystal Cox suspended. United Press International (2010-01-29). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.Ramon Clay suspended for steroids use. ESPN (2010-10-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Former Jamaican runner Raymond Stewart was given a life ban from coaching for trafficking and administering banned substances as part of an ongoing investigation. Olympic Bahraini sprinter Roqaya Al-Gassra was banned for two years.IAAF Newsletter - Edition 115 https://web.archive.org/web/20121026024703/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/74/65/20100720095635_httppostedfile_NEWS115_21257.pdf 2012-10-26 . IAAF (2010-07-20). Retrieved on 2010-08-08. Other prominent athletes to receive suspensions included South American triple jump champion Johana Triviño (two years for stanozolol), Asian indoor champion Munira Saleh (life ban for second violation with stanozolol),Athletes Currently Suspended. IAAF (2010-12-01). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. and 2010 CAC Games medallist Zudikey Rodríguez (methylhexanamine).Zudikey Rodríguez reconoce que tomó suplemento es. Informador (2010-08-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. Deaths February 6 — Kipkemboi Kimeli (43), Kenyan long-distance runnerKenyan Olympic Medalist Dies. Albuquerque Journal (2010-02-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. February 17 — Luigi Ulivelli (74), Italian long jumper and Mediterranean championGustavo Pallicca(2010-02-21)CI HA LASCIATI LUIGI ULIVELLI it. Athleticanet. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. February 17 — David Lelei (38), Kenyan middle-distance runner and Africa Games medallistKenyan middle distance runner David Lelei killed in car crash. IAAF (2010-02-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. March 2 — Paul Drayton (70), American sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallistCleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer https://web.archive.org/web/20100304155717/http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/03/former_cleveland_olympian_paul.html 2010-03-04 . Cleveland (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. March 17 — Wayne Collett (60), American sprinter and 1972 Olympic medallistFormer Olympic 400 runner-up Wayne Collett dies. USA Today (2010-03-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-04 August 10 — Antonio Pettigrew (42), American 400 m runner and 1991 World ChampionRawling, John (2010-08-11). Antonio Pettigrew obituary. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. August 18 — Hal Connolly (79), American hammer thrower and 1956 Olympic championHarold Connolly, 1956 Olympic champion, passes away. IAAF (2010-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. August 26 — Frank Baumgartl (55), East German Olympic steeplechase medallistFrank Baumgartl. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. August 29 — Dejene Berhanu (29), Ethiopian marathon runnerMonti, Dave (2011-09-02). Death of Ethiopian runner Berhanu a suicide. Universal Sports. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. October 8 — Jim Fuchs (82), American world record holder in the shot putShot Put ace Fuchs dies at 82. IAAF (2010-10-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04. November 14 — Wes Santee (78), American middle-distance runner and former world record holderLitsky, Frank (2010-11-14). Record-Setting Track Star Wes Santee Dies at 78. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2011-01-04. 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