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Lausanne: Stellar Fields In The Triple Jump And 400m Hurdles
The current world and Olympic champion in the triple jump, Christian Taylor, has confirmed his presence at Athletissima on 6 July. With the 18.11m jumped in Eugene, the American has already proven that he is in very good shape and that if someone is to beat Jonathan Edward’s world record of 18.29m someday, that is him. Being the only athlete to have jumped beyond 18m four times, he is naturally thinking of this target more and more. “I want this world record more than anything; what would really help me is strong competitors”. He will face great competition in Lausanne as his fellow countryman Will Clay, Olympic silver medallist and second in Oregon (18.05m, with too much tailwind unfortunately), will be in Lausanne as well. Taylor seems to like the Lausanne track, since he won the event in 2015 by establishing a new stadium record of 18.06m. Another great competitor confirmed is Cuban vice-world champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo.
Stockholm: Olympic and World Champions Added To Field
The Olympic Champion, two World Champions, this winter's European Champion and three Swedish jumpers. That’s the cast list of characters who will grace the high jump stage at BAUHAUS-galan, in Stockholm next Sunday.
Oslo: Local Star Warholm To Tackle Clement and Bett
One of the sensations for Norwegian athletics in 2016 was the exciting development of Karsten Warholm. He started the season as a decathlete that dabbled in 400m and 400m hurdles. By the end of 2016, the twenty-one-year-old from Ulsteinvik had established himself as a major global threat at the 400m hurdles. Last season he broke the Norwegian record for 400m hurdles on numerous occasions. He achieved it at the European Championships in Amsterdam with a time of 48.84! Then he stepped up again at the Rio Olympics Games with another national record of 48.49 seconds and his only disappointment was to not earn a place in that final.
Stockholm: Three World Leaders Join Cast
BAUHAUS-galan features an exciting new formula when the IAAF Diamond League stops in Stockholm on 18 June. The world leading female and male discus throwers Sandra Perkovic and Fedrick Dacres will compete simultaneously. They are joined by Olympic Champions Robert and Christoph Harting as well as the reigning World Champion Denia Cabellero.
Oslo: High Flyers Return to Bislett
The world’s finest men’s high jumpers return to Bislett stadium for a real showdown at Norway’s IAAF Diamond League competition. The gold, silver and bronze medallists from the Rio Olympic Games are all confirmed to compete in Oslo.
London: Farah To Run Last London 3000m At Müller Anniversary Games
Britain’s greatest ever distance runner to fine-tune in London Stadium ahead of double world title defence bid
Eugene: Bowie Blasts To 200m Win
It was billed as the race of the weekend, and the women’s 200m duly delivered a contest for the ages at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday afternoon (27), with Tori Bowie upsetting the odds and flying to victory in an IAAF Diamond League record of 21.77 (1.5m/s).
Eugene: Taylor Sails To Series Triple Jump Record of 18.11m
On Thursday afternoon, two days before the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Christian Taylor made a bold prediction about his triple jump competition. “I think this will be a game-changer,” he said.
Eugene: The Blog
The Road To The Final continued at Hayward Field on Saturday. Relive all the action and reaction in our Eugene blog!
Eugene: Chespol Stuns With World U20 Record
On the first evening of action at the IAAF Diamond League in Eugene, many had expected the women’s 3000m steeplechase to prove another demonstration by world record-holder Ruth Jebet, but a new star emerged in the form of Kenya’s Celliphine Chespol. The 18-year-old came back from near-disaster at the penultimate water jump to win in 8:58.78, the second-fastest run of all time and a world U20 record*.