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Fast sprints are expected at Daegu Colorful Pre-Championships meet on May 12 as part of IAAF World Challenge. World leader Carmelita Jeter is the star of the 100 m and will aim for third win in a row here (10.83 meet record in 2009). Reigning world champion Allyson Felix (photo) is the top name at the 200 m and should break the meet record of 22.74. Superb duel of three US athletes is expected in women 100 m hurdles. Olympic winner Dawn Harper is back and will compete against world indoor champion Lolo Jones and last indoor fastest Kellie Wells.Not only sprints, but also distance races will have top names at the best one day meeting in Korea. Read more HERE.

Events

Men Events 100, 400, 800, 3KSC, 110H, 400H, TJ, JT
Women Events 100, 200, 1500, HJ, PV, LJ, HT

Start List (preliminary)

In excel HERE.

Host/Organizers:

• Daegu Metropolitan City
• Organizing Committee for the IAAF World Championship Daegu 2011
• Korean Association of Athletics Federation
• Daegu Athletics Federation

General information (Geography)

Daegu (Korean pronunciation: [tɛɡu]), also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is the third largest metropolitan area in South Korea, and by city limits, the fourth largest city with over 2.5 million people. The city is the capital and principal city of Gyeongsangbuk-do (simply Gyeongbuk), the province surrounding the city, although it is not legally part of the province. These two areas are often called Daegu-Gyeongbuk, and have a population of over 5 million.

The city is located in south-eastern Korea about 80km inside from seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do, also called the Yeongnam region. The Daegu basin, where the city lies, is the middle part and rare plain of that region. It made the city the region's center of politics, economy, and culture.
Daegu has a humid subtropical climate. The mountains that comprise the basin trap hot and humid air. Similarly, in winter, cold air lies in the basin. The area receives little precipitation except during the rainy season of summer, and is sunny throughout much of the year. Data gathered since 1961 indicate that the mean temperature for January, the coldest month in Daegu, is -0.7°C and that for August, the warmest month, is 26.3°C.

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