Athletics World Championships 2019 / Participants (Guinea-Bissau)
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The Guinea-Bissau Athletics Federation participated in the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha . One athlete was nominated by the Guinea-Bissau Federation.
Jonathan Busby from Aruba , who was contesting an official 5000 m race for the first time, suffered a faint attack half a lap before the finish line. Guinea-Bissau's starter Braima Suncar Dabó then broke off his run to help Busby to the finish. This display of special sportsmanship was recognized internationally in the press.
Results
Men
Running disciplines
athlete | discipline | leader | Semifinals | final | |||
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time | space | time | space | time | space | ||
Braima Suncar Dabó | 5000 m | 18: 10.87 min PB | 36 | DNQ |
Web links
- List of all athletes with discipline (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Provisional entry lists published for IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. In: iaaf.org. September 19, 2019, accessed on September 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Runner drags exhausted competitor across the finish line. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , September 27, 2019, accessed on September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Guinea-Bissau's Braima Dabo helps exhausted Aruban 5,000m runner Jonathan Busby cross finish line. In: telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph , September 27, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Steve Keating: No medals but Dabo wins admiration for sportsmanship. In: reuters.com. Reuters , September 27, 2019, accessed on September 28, 2019 .