The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.
Michael Rodgers is an American professional track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 m and the 60 m. He won the gold medal in the 100m relay in Doha 2019. He is also the Pan-Am Games Champion.
Dafne Schippers is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and the combined events. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman of all time at this distance. She also holds the Dutch records in the 100 metres and long jump, and shares the Dutch records in the 60 metres indoor and 4 × 100 metres relay.
Richard Kilty is a British sprinter who competes both Indoor and Outdoor across all the sprint events including 60 metres, 100 metres,150 metres, and 200 metres. An exceptional starter, and considered a specialist in both 60 metres and relays, he is a former World and double European Champion indoors at 60 metres, and also a silver medalist in the World Athletics Championships, as well as a European and Commonwealth champion in the 4 x 100 metre relay for Great Britain and England respectively.
Štepán Wagner is a Czech track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump. He has a personal best of 8.21 metres for the event, and also occasionally competes in sprinting events. He has competed internationally for his country at the World Championships in Athletics in (2009) and is a three-time participant at the Summer Universiade.
Hassan Taftian is an Iranian sprinter. He is an olympic sprinter than represented Iran at Rio2016 and Tokyo2020. He represented his country at four outdoor and three indoor World Championships.
Denis Dimitrov is a Bulgarian sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.
Frentorish "Tori" Bowie was an American track and field athlete, who primarily competed in the long jump, 100 meters, and 200 meters. She won the silver medal in the 100 m and bronze in the 200 m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, bronze and gold in the 100 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships, respectively, and also earned gold medals as part of U.S. women's 4 × 100 m relays at both the 2016 Olympic Games and 2017 World Championships.
Jitka Burianová is a retired Czech sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics reaching semifinals individually and placing seventh in the 4 × 400 metres relay.
Hana Benešová is a retired Czech sprinter who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. She represented her country at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as four consecutive World Championships, starting in 1993. In addition, she won three medals at the 1997 European U23 Championships.
Ricardo Williams is a retired Jamaican sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships, in 2001 and 2003.
Dylan Borlée is a Belgian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He is a member of the Borlée family.
Jiří Valík is a retired Czech athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 60 metres at the 1990 European Indoor Championships. In addition, he competed at two indoor and one outdoor World Championships.
Ján Volko is a Slovak sprinter. He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Barbora Procházková is a Czech sprinter. She represented her country at two European Athletics Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals on the first occasion.
Klára Seidlová is a Czech sprinter. She won a bronze medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships. She also represented her country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals.
Dominik Záleský is a Czech sprinter and bobsledder.
Michal Desenský is a Czech sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. He represented his country in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Championships finishing fourth, at the 2018 World Indoor Championships finishing fifth, and at the 2019 European Games finishing second in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.
Zdeněk Stromšík is a Czech sprinter. He represented his country in the 60 metres at the 2018 World Indoor Championships where he got injured and finished last in his heat.
Jan Jirka is a Czech sprinter competing primarily in the 200 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships.
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