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Overview of the events of 2021 in the sport of athletics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 2021, like the previous year, the sport of athletics was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the elite and local level. The main competition was the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which had been rescheduled. The rescheduling meant that the World Athletics Championships, originally set for 2021, was postponed given the presence of the Olympics in a World Championships year.
2021 in the sport of athletics | |
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Major world events | 2020 Olympic Games |
← 2020 2022 → |
Several other competitions were held in 2021 after being delayed from their usual schedule in 2020, including 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships. However, the severity of the impacts of the pandemic remained high and other major competitions were pushed to a later date (such as the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Championships and 2021 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships), while others were cancelled completely, including the African Championships in Athletics and Asian Athletics Championships.[1][2][3]
Smaller-scale meetings generally proceeded where pandemic restrictions allowed, although continued restrictions resulted in the cancellation of the British Indoor Athletics Championships,[4] USA Indoor Track and Field Championships,[5] Tokyo Marathon,[6] and both Chinese legs of the 2021 Diamond League.[7]
Setting | Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Competition | Location | Date | Ref. |
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Outdoor | 5K run | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 14:43 s | 5 km Herculis | Monaco | 14 February 2021 | [9] |
Indoor | 60 m hurdles | Grant Holloway | United States | 7.29 | Meeting de Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 24 February 2021 | [10] |
Indoor | 1500 metres | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 3:53.09 | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | [11] |
Indoor | Triple jump | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 18.07 m | Aubière, France | 16 January 2021 | .[12] | |
Indoor | Shot put | Ryan Crouser | United States | 22.82 m | American Track League | Fayetteville, United States | 25 January 2021 | [13] |
Setting | Type | Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Competition | Location | Date | Ref. |
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Outdoor | African | 5K run | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 14:43 | 5 km Herculis | Monaco | 14 February 2021 | [9] |
Indoor | African | 200 metres | Favour Ofili | Nigeria | 22.75 | Southeastern Conference indoor championships | Fayetteville, United States | 27 February 2021 | [14] |
Indoor | African | 1500 metres | Gudaf Tsegay | Ethiopia | 3:53.09 | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | [11] |
Indoor | African | Triple jump | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Burkina Faso | 18,07 m | Aubière, France | 16 January 2021 | [12] | |
Indoor | NACAC | 60 m hurdles | Grant Holloway | United States | 7.32 7.29 |
Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Meeting de Madrid |
Liévin, France Madrid, Spain |
9 February 2021 24 February 2021 |
[15][10] |
Indoor | NACAC | 400 metres | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | Bahamas | 50.21 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | New York City, United States | 13 February 2021 | [16] |
Indoor | NACAC | 800 metres | Donavan Brazier | United States | 1:44.21 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | New York City, United States | 13 February 2021 | [17] |
Indoor | NACAC | Shot put | Ryan Crouser | United States | 22.82 m | American Track League | Fayetteville, United States | 24 January 2021 | [13] |
Indoor | Asian | Shot put | Abdelrahman Mahmoud | Bahrain | 21.10 m | Belarus Athletics Indoor Cup | Homiel, Belarus | 29 January 2021 | [18] |
Indoor | European | 1500 metres | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:31.80 | Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 | [15] |
Outdoor | Oceanian | 800 metres | Charles Hunter | Australia | 1:45.59 | Tyson Invitational | Fayetteville, United States | 13 February 2021 | [19] |
Outdoor | Oceanian | 1500 metres | Oliver Hoare | Australia | 3:32.35 | New Balance Indoor Grand Prix | New York City, United States | 13 February 2021 | [19] |
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