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unusual facts about field events



Decathlon scoring tables

For field events, this was a straightforward statistical procedure; for track events, the reciprocal of the athlete's time, representing speed, was used as the independent variable.


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Belize at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Belizean delegation in 2008 included four athletes: three participated in track and field events (Jonathan Williams, Tricia Flores, and Jayson Jones) and one in taekwondo (Alfonso Martínez).

Holly Rowe

Other broadcasts that Rowe has been a part of with her time at ESPN include play-by-play for Women's World Cup matches, coverage of the Running of the Bulls, coverage of swimming, and broadcasts of track & field events.

Louise Ellery

This was Australia’s first gold medal in the track and field events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games which took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

Nakhon Ratchasima

It was used for track & field events, football matches and hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2007 Southeast Asian Games.

Omasan Buwa

She attended Government College, Ikorodu, where she was head of the Literary and Debating society and an athlete, representing her college in track and field events .

Race caller

Other prominent race callers were early sportscasters Ted Husing, Bill Stern, and Marty Glickman, all of whom called horse racing and track-and-field events during their careers.

Sullivan County, Missouri

Bud Houser - Winner of multiple Olympic medals in track & field events.