Abdul Rashid (hurdler) explained

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Abdul Rashid
Birth Date:15 February 1979
Birth Place:Khanewal, Pakistan
Weight:700NaN0
Sport:Athletics
Event:110 m hurdles & 60 m hurdles
Pb:110 m hurdles: 14.24 & 60 m hurdles : 7.95 s (National record)
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Abdul Rashid (born 15 February 1979) is a Pakistani sprint hurdler.[1] Rashid represented Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's 110 m hurdles. He ran in the third heat against seven other athletes, including Ronald Forbes of the Cayman Islands and three-time Olympian Dudley Dorival of Haiti. He finished the race only in last place by nearly two seconds behind Dorival, with a time of 14:52, twenty-eight hundredths of a second slower than his personal best of 14:24. Rashid, however, failed to advance into the quarterfinal round, as he placed fortieth overall, based on his time and performance in the preliminary heats.[2] He made a National record 7.95 s of Men's Indoor 60 m hurdles on 14 November 2005 Asian Indoor Games Pattaya, Thailand He Win a Gold Medal 110 metre hurdles (14.33s) at the 2004 South Asian Games Jinnah Stadium in Islamabad, PakistanHe Win a Bronze Medal 110 metre hurdles (14.62s) at the 2006 South Asian Games held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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  1. Abdul Rashid. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/abdul-rashid-5.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's 11m Hurdles Round 1– Heat 3 . . 8 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821045852/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM012900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .