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17.06.2013 - Monaco: First - French - athletes revealed

In the build-up to the Herculis meeting on July 19th, the organisers are now releasing the first list of participants: the French athletes.

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13.06.2013 - Oslo: Bolt is Back in Meeting Record Time

Earlier this week, Usain Bolt said that he didn’t like running in the cold. The multiple World record-holder may not have enjoyed the conditions at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo tonight (13) but on a dry and cool evening at the IAAF Diamond League meeting, the Jamaican didn’t let it show.

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12.06.2013 - Oslo: Bolt Out For Redemption

There are few people in Oslo who will be unaware that one of the biggest sporting superstars of all time is set to appear at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the sixth IAAF Diamond League meeting of 2013, on Thursday (13).

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12.06.2013 - Oslo: Old Guard Meets New Guard in Javelin

It has been a difficult few years for Andreas Thorkildsen and Tero Pitkamaki, but they are looking ahead to the 2013 season with renewed optimism. Both athletes have enjoyed a positive start to the summer and are now hoping for further improvement at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games tomorrow (13), the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League.

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11.06.2013 - Oslo - Bolt "ready to go" and "in shape to run sub-20"

To mark the fact that the 2013 IAAF World Championships are being held in Moscow, this year’s Strawberry Party was staged at the Russian Embassy in the Norwegian capital on Tuesday (11).

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11.06.2013 - Ahoure Helping to Put Ivory Coast on the Athletics Map

The list of Ivory Coast athletics who have made an impact globally on the sport was, until about 18 months ago, an extremely short one and only really contained around one name: Gabriel Tiacoh.

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11.06.2013 - Oslo: A Legend returns - Defar back at Bislett

Arguably one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar will make her much anticipated return to Oslo when she contests the 5000m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games.

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10.06.2013 - Paris: Merritt, Vicaut, James, new names for the 2013 MEETING AREVA

With a little less than a month until the big day, the line-up for the MEETING AREVA 2013 has just been further boosted by a handful of new names. The presence in the Stade de France on Saturday 6 July of this host of stars from World athletics, who have already been crowned with success or are in the process of doing just that, will make the French stage of the IAAF Diamond League even glossier than in previous editions.

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10.06.2013 - Oslo: Bolt to face the Norwegian challenge

Excitement will be at fever pitch in Oslo’s Bislett stadium when the world greatest athlete Usain Bolt is challenged by the local Norwegian favourite Jaysuma Saidy Ndure in the 200m which will be the highlight of this year’s Exxon Mobil Bislett Games.

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07.06.2013 - Rome: Gatlin upsets Bolt - Ahoure surprises Felix

Justin Gatlin arrived in Rome saying that he wanted to make a statement at the Golden Gala, the first European stop in the 2013 IAAF Diamond League, by beating Usain Bolt but many people dismissed his comments as bluster, despite the fact that he was unbeaten over 100m going to his marks on Thursday (6).

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