World’s Top 3 Female Track & Field Athletes for 2010
- Sanya Richards-Ross
SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS – USA – 200 & 400 meter dash world champion
Sanya Richards-Ross (USA), the 2009 World Athlete of the Year and one of 14 IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors, participated in a media conference call this afternoon. Richards-Ross, the reigning World Champion in the 400m, who has already confirmed her participation in the inaugural IAAF Diamond League meeting in Doha (14 May), in Oslo (4 June) and Eugene (3 July). She opens her season on Saturday at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
- Blanka Vlasic
BLANKA VLASIC – CRO – HIGH JUMP
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, UK | 5th | |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 1st | ||
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | ||
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 2nd | 2.05 m (xo) | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | ||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 1st | ||
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 2.00 m (o) |
- Jessica Ennis
JESSICA ENNIS –GBR – Pentathlon
2010 World Indoor Championships
| Event | Result | Position | Points | Overall | Notes |
| 60 metre hurdles | 8.04 secs | 1st | 1,120 | 1st | (1,120) |
| High jump | 1.90 m | 1st | 1,106 | 1st | (2,226) |
| Shot put | 14.01 m | 5th | 795 | 1st | (3,021) Personal Best |
| Long jump | 6.44 m | 3rd | 988 | 1st | (4,009) Personal Best |
| 800 metres | 2:12.55 | 2nd | 928 | 1st | (4,937) Personal Best |
| Pentathlon | 4,937 | 1st | New World Indoor Champion, new Championship Record |
World’s Top 3 Male Track & Field Athletes for 2010
- Usain Bolt rated #1 in world
1) USAIN BOLT – JAMAICA – 100 & 200
Bolt is the World Record holder in both the 100 & 200 meter races. He continues to dominate on the world scene most recently winning in Shanghai.
Bolt holds world and Olympic records in both the 100 and 200 meters, with time of 9.58 seconds and 19.30 seconds respectively. He is the first man in history to beak both world records at one Olympics and the first man to win both the 100 and 200 meter events at the same Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984.
- Tyson Gay ranked #2 in world
2) TYSON GAY – USA – 100
Career Highlights: 2009 World Outdoor 100m silver medalist; 2007 World Outdoor 100m, 200m champion and 4x100m gold medalist; 2007 Visa Outdoor champion; 3-time USA 100m champion (2006-2008); 2005 USA 200m champion; 2004 NCAA 100m champion; 2002 JUCO 100m champion; 2004 SEC 100m, 200m, 4x100m champion; 2007 & 2009 Jesse Owens Award winner
- Ezekiel Kemboi ranked #3 in world
3) EZEKIEL KEMBOI – KENYA – 3K STEEPLECHASE
Personal best 3,000m Steeplechase: 8:02.49 (2003)
Career highlights
2002 – 2nd, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
2003 – 2nd, World Championships, Paris
2003 – 1st, All Africa Games, Abuja
2004 – 1st, Olympic Games, Athens
2005 – 2nd, World Championships, Helsinki
2006 – 1st, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
| 2010 | 8:06.28 | Doha | 14/05/2010 | ||
| 2009 | 7:58.85 | Doha | 08/05/2009 | ||
| 2008 | 8:09.25 | Athína (Olympic Stadium) | 13/07/2008 | ||
| 2007 | 8:05.50 | Athína (Olympic Stadium) | 02/07/2007 |
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