At the 1st Edition of the Youth West Asian Championship, Iraq took 1st place with 10 Gold medals, 11 silver and 11 bronze, while Qatar took second with 9 Gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze, and Lebanon 3rd with 7 Gold Medals won by the Girls, and 3 silver and 8 bronze, for a total of 18 medals!
Gold Medals: 100m: Christelle Rahme 400m: Lory Tashjian 800m: Joelle Feghali 1500m: Sarah Awali Long Jump: Krystel Saneh Heptathlon: Krystel Saneh Medley Relay: Krystel Saneh, Christelle Rahme, Sarah Awali and Lory Tashjian
Silver Medals: 3000m: Lea Iskandar High Jump: Lamia Doumit Triple Jump: Joy Abousleiman
Bronze Medals: 200m: Lory Tashjian 3000m: Said Karam High Jump: Melanie Freyha Long Jump: Joelle Feghali Triple Jump: Rhea Akel 5km Walk: Sandy Karam Shot Put: Sarah Bechara Hammer Throw: Sarah Bechara
Today at the Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting in Brussels, Yohan Blake threatened Usain Bolt’s world record when the Jamaican ran 19.26 seconds to win the 200 metres and be the second fastest man on 200 meters in history ahead of Michael Johnson with 19.31 ans behind Bolt’s 19.19s. Blake, with his 19.26 seconds broke the Diamond League record and took the World Lead. Blake's reaction time was 0.269s.
For the 1st edition of the Youth West Asian Championship, the Lebanese Athletics Federation selected 29 athletes to represent their country at the Games. Last year, at the 1st edition of the West Asian Championship for Seniors, Lebanon collected 8 medals, so we are expecting this year with the youth team, collecting 7 medals and maybe more. The selected team:
Girls (13): 100m:
Christelle Rahme (Champville) 1996: 13.03
Celine Keyrouz (CSJ) 1994: 13.97 200m:
Lory Tashjian (Champville) 1994: 27.17
Christelle Rahme (Champville) 1996: 27.74 400m:
Lory Tashjian (Champville) 1994: 1:01.93 800m:
Sarah Awalli (Phonicia) 1994: 2:23.0h
Joelle Feghai (CSJ) 1996: 2:32.82 1500m:
Sarah Awali (Phonicia) 1994: 5:08.0h
Lea Iskandar (CSJ) 1994: 5:35.63 3000m:
Lea Iskandar (CSJ) 1994 2000m SC:
Melanie Freiha (CSJ) 1994 Long Jump:... Read more »
IAAF ARTICLE: World Long Jump record celebrates 20th anniversary
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Daegu, Korea - Some say that across
all disciplines it is the greatest ever competition that has taken
place in the history of the IAAF World Championships but whatever your opinion there is certainly no forgetting the Men’s Long Jump Final which took place on 30 August 1991 at the 3rd edition of the IAAF World championships in Tokyo, Japan.
The IAAF press Conference for the 48th IAAF Congress and the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championnsip hosted by IAAF Presisdent Lamine DIACK which was taking place in the Congress Hall at the EXCO Convention Centre in Daegu on 24 and 25 August. The elections happens every 4 years, and this time we are proud to annouce that as results of the elections:
- Mrs. Claire CHEHAB was elected for the second time as the President of the Women's Committee in the IAAF: in the first round of elections, she won 97 votes of 197, behind her comes Mrs. Esther FITTKO for Great Britain with 68 votes and Mrs. Ghada Shouaa for Syria with 32 votes. In the second round, Mrs. Claire won 114 votes over 197, leaving Esther Fittko and Ghada Shouaa with 57 and 26 votes respectively.
- With the new Mediterranean Athletics Federation, M. Elie SAADE was elected as a member of this Federation, that will be preparing to organize the Mediterranean Championships in Athletics that will may be start in 2012 for its 1st edition grouping 27 countries.
- M. Nehmetallah BEJJANI was elected as a member of the Francophone Committee. ... Read more »
"La Gazelle", this is how I call her, the quite girl with an extraordinary talent! The girl that went to France to be 9th in 100m between the best French midgets with the beautiful time of 13.03s! The girl who prepared quietly her entry to the History Book with Elie Saade, and finally did it! This girl is Christelle Rahme from Champville who ran on the 2nd of August 2011 a fast 80m equaling the Lebanese Midget record held by Lina Bejjani since 1999 with 10.57 seconds. La Gazelle continues her show smashing the 150m record, also detained by Lina Bejjani, by 0.21s! Improving the record from 19.96s to 19.75s! Champville Club has set 12 records in 2011 and the season isn't done yet!
And this is just the beginning!
Christelle Rahme has also scored a relay national record for youth category with a 3rd place in the 18th Arab School Championship that held in Beyrouth last year. With these records in her pocket, Rahme is by the way still 14! Which means that this young girl still have 1 full year to improve and break records in her category. Lina Bejjani (CAEJ), who is the youngest girl who ever participated in the Olympic Games and who still holds the 100m Youth record of 12.36 seconds, will probably see another girl as talented as she was, b
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30 years ago, the Lebanese Open Club Championship was thrilling! Even with the Lebanese Men’s Army team and Champville club’s women dominating the championships at the time, the reigning atmosphere was one free of conflict and filled with dignity, loyalty, respect, and most importantly SPORTSMANSHIP. Track and Field was exactly how it should be; pure and virtuous. At this year’s Open Club Championship there were, as expected, many impressive results but also some disappointing results and actions.
Here are the main headlines for the competition: She is one of Lebanon’s most passionate and most dedicated athletes.
She created this site in an attempt to bring closer the athletes of Lebanon and the world and to give them information and articles about the latest news and results so that the world could witness live history being inked. Her performance during the Lebanese Individual Championship was not as well as she hoped it would be and it put her in 2nd place behind In
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the IAAF World Championnsip hosted by IAAF Presisdent Lamine DIACK which was taking place in the Congress Hall at the EXCO Convention Centre in Daegu on 24 and 25 August. The elections happens every 4 years, and this time we are proud to annouce that as results of the elections: 
nary talent! The girl that went to France to be 9th in 100m between the best French midgets with the beautiful time of 13.03s! The girl who prepared quietly her entry to the History Book with Elie Saade, and finally did it! This girl is Christelle Rahme from Champville who ran on the 2nd of August 2011 a fast 80m equaling the Lebanese Midget record held by Lina Bejjani since 1999 with 10.57 seconds. La Gazelle continues her show smashing the 150m record, also detained by Lina Bejjani, by 0.21s! Improving the record from 19.96s to 19.75s! Champville Club has set 12 records in 2011 and the season isn't done yet!
