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Christelle Daunay (born 5 December 1974 in Le Mans , Sarthe ) is a French long distance runner who specialises in road running . She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships . She has had top-three finishes in the New York Marathon , Paris Marathon and the Course Paris-Versailles

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17-494: Christelle Daunay started athletics at the age of 11. She ran track races between 3000 metres and 10,000 metres , cross country competitions, the half marathon and marathon . Since 2005 she has been affiliated to the SCO Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille) ("Sports and Cultural Society of Sainte-Marguerite (Marseille)"). In February 2006 she put her career as a physiotherapist on hold in order to prepare full-time for

34-409: A 1600 m medley relay was tried but was discontinued were due to alleged poor interest. This same year, a men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon were successfully introduced as non-championship events, and have remained on the program since. In 1997 the women's pole vault entered the fray, two years before it made an appearance at the event's outdoor counterpart. Despite the event's popularity,

51-401: A fall early on. 3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m should be classified as a middle-distance or long-distance event. In elite-level competition, 3000 m pace

68-503: A high tolerance to lactic acid , as does the mile runner. Thus, the 3000 m demands a balance of aerobic endurance needed for the 5000 m and lactic acid tolerance needed for the Mile. In men's athletics, 3000 metres has been an Olympic discipline only as a team race at the 1912 , 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. It has not been contested at any of the IAAF outdoor championships, but it

85-462: Is a list of other times equal or superior to 7:32.78: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 8:30.76: IAAF World Indoor Championships The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics , the competition

102-419: Is more comparable to the pace found in the longer 5000 metres event, rather than mile pace. The men's world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.34 seconds per 400 m, which is closer to the 60.43 seconds for 5000 m than the 55.46 seconds for the mile . However, the 3000 m does require some anaerobic conditioning , and an elite athlete needs to develop

119-552: Is occasionally hosted at annual elite track and field meetings. It is often featured in indoor track and field programmes and is the longest-distance event present at the IAAF World Indoor Championships . In women's athletics, 3000 metres was a standard event in the Olympic Games ( 1984 to 1992 ) and World Championships (1980 to 1993). The event was discontinued at World Championship and Olympic level after

136-531: The 1993 World Championships in Athletics , with Qu Yunxia being the final gold medal winner at the event. Starting with the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 1996 Olympic Games , it was replaced by 5000 metres, with other IAAF-organized championships following suit. Skilled runners in this event reach speeds near vVO2max , for which the oxygen requirements of the body cannot continuously be satisfied, requiring some anaerobic effort. Below

153-607: The 2008 Olympics in Beijing . With her time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds on 27 January 2008 at the Osaka Ladies Marathon (10th place), she not only beat the previous French record established by Chantal Dällenbach , but also qualified for the marathon in the 2008 Olympics. This was her second major marathon, her first being the Paris Marathon in 2007 where she came third with a time of 2:28:54. She came in 20th in

170-472: The 200 m was removed from the program after the 2004 championships, as the event was deemed unfair to all participants and too predictable, with the tighter bends of an indoor track causing any athletes not drawn in either of the outside lanes having minimal or no chance of winning. Key to tables :     Disqualified X = annulled due to doping violation Medal table includes 1985–2024 Championships. ^[1] [REDACTED]   ANA

187-566: The distance with her time of 31:35.81 minutes. She was ten seconds off the 10K French road record at the Corrida de Langueux later that month, where time of 31:48 minutes was a course record. She missed the rest of the 2012 season. Daunay began 2013 win 10K wins in Nice and Marseille and placed 35th at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships . She entered the Manchester Run and came third despite

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204-747: The main World Athletics Championships (outdoors) in the future. The Championships due to be held in China in 2020 were postponed because of the COVID pandemic, as were the attempted running of the meetings in both 2021 and 2023. In the meantime, two standard editions of the Championships were held at other sites in 2022 and 2024. Therefore, an 'extra' edition , between the normal even-year cycle, will be held in Nanjing , China in early 2025, before reverting to

221-422: The normal cycle in 2026. The events held have been composed of a regular disciplines, with the main alterations coming in the earlier years. The 4 x 400 m relay race for both men and women was added to the full schedule in 1991 with the women's triple jump , the latter as an exhibition event, and gaining full status at the following championships. Racewalking events were dropped after 1993, and

238-438: The women's marathon at the 2008 Olympic Games, with a time of 2:31:48. She came third in the 2009 Paris Marathon setting a new French national record of 2:25:43, beating her previous record time set in 2008. In 2009 Daunay entered in her first New York Marathon . She came third with a time of 2:29:16. She further improved her French record at the 2010 Paris Marathon , in which she ran a time of 2:24:22 for second place. She

255-509: Was inaugurated as the World Indoor Games in 1985 in Paris, France and were subsequently renamed to IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987. The current name was adapted with the name change of the sports governing body in 2019. They have been held every two years except for when they were held in consecutive years 2003 and 2004 to facilitate the need for them to be held in alternate years to

272-703: Was the name, under which Russian athletes competed in the 2018 Championships . Their medals were not included in the official medal table. In the World Athletics placing table the total score is obtained from assigning eight points to the first place and so on to one point for the eight place. Points are shared in situations where a tie occurs. Updated after 2022 Championships ^[2] Does not include results achieved by Authorized Neutral Athletes in 2018. ^[3] Includes results achieved by East Germany and West Germany between 1987 and 1989. A total of 8 men and 19 women have won five or more medals at

289-741: Was the runner-up at the Great Manchester Run in May 2011, finishing behind the home-favourite Helen Clitheroe . A month later she took the silver medal at the European Cup 10000m , just missing the French record with a personal best run of 31:44.84 minutes for the distance. She ran at the Great Ireland Run in 2012 and came third. She was third at the European Cup 10000m and set a new French record for

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