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Wanda Diamond League announces new provisional 2020 calendar
The Wanda Diamond League today announces a shortened, provisional calendar for late summer and autumn 2020. Several events will be rescheduled, others cancelled as organisers continue to adapt the season in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Dead Heat In Pole Vault Ultimate Garden Clash
The World Athletics pole vault Ultimate Garden Challenge ended in a dead heat on Sunday evening, with world record holder Mondo Duplantis and record Diamond League champion Renaud Lavillenie both clocking 36 clearances at five metres.
Bislett Alliance launches Impossible Games in Oslo
Due to the coronavirus crisis, the Bislett Games will not take place as planned on June 11 in a conventional competition format. The organisers have instead devised an alternative Wanda Diamond League exhibition event: The Impossible Games.
Wanda Diamond League postpones meetings in June
The Wanda Diamond League today suspends a further two meetings in June as it continues to adapt the 2020 season calendar in the face of the coronavirus crisis, while Oslo’s Bislett Games are to be staged in an alternative format.
Doha Live: WDL Call Room
Join Keni Harrison, Mutaz Barshim, Tom Walsh, Thomas Röhler and Katerina Stefanidi in a special broadcast to mark what would have been the start of the 2020 Wanda Diamond League season in Doha this Friday, April 17 at 18.00 GMT.
Wanda Diamond League Best Of: 400m
As the world awaits the return of elite athletics, we're looking back at some of the finest performances in Diamond League history. This time around it's the 400m, with some jaw-dropping performances from the likes of Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Salwa Eid Naser, Wayde Van Nierkerk and Kirani James.
Athletes in isolation
With the 2020 Wanda Diamond League season on hold and the world cooped up inside its own four walls, the stars of international track and field are having to get creative in in the time of coronavirus. From indoor workouts to extremely tasty sandwiches, we've collated some of the social media highlights from the first few weeks of isolation.
Wanda Diamond League to postpone May meetings
The Wanda Diamond League today postpones three more meetings which had been scheduled to take place in May. An alternative calendar for the 2020 season is to be announced in due course.
Wanda Diamond League suspends early-season events
The Wanda Diamond League today announces changes to its 2020 season timetable in response to the growing global crisis around the new coronavirus.
How to throw a javelin like Thomas Röhler
In the latest of our tutorial videos, reigning Olympic champion and 2014 Diamond Trophy winner Thomas Röhler talks us through the basics, the secrets and the pitfalls of his javelin technique.