2010 in the sport of athletics
| 2010 in athletics | |
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 David Rudisha twice broke the 800 m world record | |
| Major world events | 2010 World Indoor Championships |
| World records set | 10 |
| New competitions | IAAF Diamond League |
← 2009 2011 → | |
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.[1]
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.[2] 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).[3]
Major events
World
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Regional
National
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Local
World records
Men
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date |
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| 800 m | David Rudisha |  Kenya
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1:41.09 | ISTAF |  Berlin, Germany
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22 August |
| 800 m | David Rudisha | Kenya
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1:41.01 | Rieti Meeting |  Rieti, Italy
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29 August |
| 10 km (road) | Leonard Komon | Kenya
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26:44 | Singelloop |  Utrecht, Netherlands
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26 September |
| 15 km (road) | Leonard Komon | Kenya
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41:13 | Zevenheuvelenloop | Nijmegen, Netherlands
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21 November |
| 20 km (road) | Zersenay Tadese |  Eritrea
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55:21 | Lisbon Half Marathon |  Lisbon, Portugal
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21 March |
| Half marathon | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea
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58:23 | Lisbon Half Marathon | Lisbon, Portugal
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21 March |
| 25 km (road) | Samuel Kosgei | Kenya
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1:11:50[4] | BIG 25 Berlin | Berlin, Germany
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9 May |
| Triple jump (indoor) | Teddy Tamgho |  France
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17.90 m | World Indoor Championships |  Doha, Qatar
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14 March |
| Indoor heptathlon | Ashton Eaton |  United States
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6499 pts[5][6] | NCAA Indoor Championship |  Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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12–13 March |
Women
| Event | Athlete | Nation | Performance | Meeting | Place | Date |
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| Hammer throw | Anita Włodarczyk |  Poland
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78.30 | Enea Cup | Bydgoszcz, Poland
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6 June |
| 25 km (road) | Mary Keitany | Kenya
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1:19:53[4] | BIG 25 Berlin | Berlin, Germany
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9 May |
| 4 × 800 m relay (indoor) | Tatyana Andrianova Oksana Spasovhodskaja Yelena Kofanova Yevgeniya Zinurova |
 Russia (Moscow-1 Team)
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8:12.41[7] | Russian Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia
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28 February |
Season's bests
Awards
Men
Women
Doping
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).[9] Initially set for a two-year ban,[10] 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.[11]
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.[12][13] Marta Domínguez, world steeplechase champion and vice president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, was implicated in the blood doping ring.[14] 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.[15]
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.[16][17]
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.[18] 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).[19]
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 honours[20] Indian racewalker Rani Yadav was also banned after testing positive for 19-Norandrosterone.[21]
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.[22][23] 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.[24] 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),[25] and 2010 CAC Games medallist Zudikey Rodríguez (methylhexanamine).[26]
Deaths
- February 6 — Kipkemboi Kimeli (43), Kenyan long-distance runner[27]
- February 17 — Luigi Ulivelli (74), Italian long jumper and Mediterranean champion[28]
- February 17 — David Lelei (38), Kenyan middle-distance runner and Africa Games medallist[29]
- March 2 — Paul Drayton (70), American sprinter and 1960 Olympic medallist[30]
- March 17 — Wayne Collett (60), American sprinter and 1972 Olympic medallist[31]
- August 10 — Antonio Pettigrew (42), American 400 m runner and 1991 World Champion[32]
- August 18 — Hal Connolly (79), American hammer thrower and 1956 Olympic champion[33]
- August 26 — Frank Baumgartl (55), East German Olympic steeplechase medallist[34]
- August 29 — Dejene Berhanu (29), Ethiopian marathon runner[35]
- October 8 — Jim Fuchs (82), American world record holder in the shot put[36]
- November 14 — Wes Santee (78), American middle-distance runner and former world record holder[37]
See also
References
- ^ One month to go - IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF (2010-02-12). Retrieved on 2010-02-13.
- ^ Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch. IAAF (2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
- ^ IAAF Council Meeting notes, Monaco - 21 November. IAAF (2008-11-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-11.
- ^ a b Wenig, Jorg (2010-05-09). Kosgei, Keitany shatter 25Km World records in Berlin - Updated. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ New 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.
- ^ IAAF Newsletter Ed. 119. IAAF (2011-01-25). Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
- ^ "4x100 Metres Results". www.diamondleague-zurich.com. 2010-08-19. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Shipley, Amy (2010-04-23). Olympic 400-meter champ LaShawn Merritt tests positive for steroid. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ US 400m star LaShawn Merritt fails drug test. BBC Sport (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Cazeneuve, Brian (2010-10-20). LaShawn Merritt banned from competition for 21 months. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ 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. Athletics Weekly (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.
- ^ Dominguez detained in doping investigation. Athletics Weekly (2010-12-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ La Guardia Civil interroga a Nuria Fernández y Reyes Estévez. El País (2010-12-10). Retrieved on 2010-12-11.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Laverne Jones-Ferrette stripped of world indoor medal after positive test Archived December 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Lowe, Andrew (2010-09-09). Wilkins banned for two years. Jamaica Star. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Commonwealth Games 2010: Third Nigerian tests positive. BBC Sport (2010-10-15). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Bull, Andy (2010-10-13). Commonwealth Games 2010: Indian athlete tests positive for drugs. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2010-10-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ IAAF Newsletter - Edition 115. IAAF (2010-07-20). Retrieved on 2010-08-08.
- ^ Athletes Currently Suspended. IAAF (2010-12-01). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Zudikey Rodríguez reconoce que tomó suplemento Template:Es icon. Informador (2010-08-11). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Kenyan Olympic Medalist Dies. Albuquerque Journal (2010-02-09). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Gustavo Pallicca(2010-02-21)CI HA LASCIATI LUIGI ULIVELLI Template:It icon. Athleticanet. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Kenyan middle distance runner David Lelei killed in car crash. IAAF (2010-02-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Cleveland Olympian Paul Drayton dies at age 70 from cancer. Cleveland (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Former Olympic 400 runner-up Wayne Collett dies. USA Today (2010-03-17). Retrieved on 2011-01-04
- ^ Rawling, John (2010-08-11). Antonio Pettigrew obituary. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Harold Connolly, 1956 Olympic champion, passes away. IAAF (2010-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Frank Baumgartl. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Monti, Dave (2011-09-02). Death of Ethiopian runner Berhanu a suicide. Universal Sports. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Shot Put ace Fuchs dies at 82. IAAF (2010-10-18). Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
- ^ Litsky, Frank (2010-11-14). Record-Setting Track Star Wes Santee Dies at 78. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2011-01-04.
Further reading
Annual season reviews from IAAF by A. Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava:
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