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Eugene: Pre Classic Women's 100m Hurdles is Colossal!
How good will the Prefontaine Classic women’s 100 hurdles be? So good that because of the 3-per-nation restriction at the Olympics, it’ll be deeper than the Games final. That’s because five superstar Americans—including the world’s four fastest since the London Games, plus the world’s No. 1 ranker from the last two years—will be meeting for the first time in the same race on U.S. soil. Whew!
Oslo: The new kids in the Blocks – Bislett 100m men
The future of the world sprinting will be on display when two young athletes face the starter’s gun in the IAAF Diamond League 100m at Oslo’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games on 9 June. Canada’s Andre De Grasse and USA’s Trayvon Bromell tied in 3rd position for the bronze medal at last year’s 100 m at the World Championships. They are the definitive prospects in global sprinting and have taken remarkably similar avenues to the top.
Eugene: 18-year old Kejelcha to Defend Pre Classic 5K Title
Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha will return to the Prefontaine Classic as the youngest winner by far of the men’s 5000 meters, the favorite racing distance of Steve Prefontaine. And like Pre, Kejelcha is aiming for Olympic gold.
Doha: World champions Ayana and Cheruiyot to clash
World champions Almaz Ayana and Vivian Cheruiyot will meet in a scintillating 3000m clash at the Doha 2016 meeting, the opening event of the 14-meeting IAAF Diamond League series, on Friday 6 May.
Three weeks, three changes
In just three weeks time, the 2016 IAAF Diamond League season will kick off in Doha. Three more weeks, and athletes from across the globe will begin competing for one of the most prestigious prizes in their sport.
Shanghai: Chinese long jump stars to take on world’s best
China’s teenage long jump star Wang Jianan will lead a quartet of homegrown talent against two of the world’s best leapers at the 2016 Shanghai Diamond League on 14 May, the meeting organisers announced today.
Eugene: Simpson, Rowbury Begin a New Chapter in Pre Classic Women’s 1500
Jenny Simpson and Shannon Rowbury have one of America’s most intense rivalries and their recordbook writing will take on an Olympic theme in the women’s 1500 meters at the Prefontaine Classic.
Lausanne: Lavillenie And Swiss Stars Added To Athletissima's Line-Up
The 41st edition of the IAAF Diamond League meeting Athletissima will take place on Thursday the 25th of August, just after the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Faithful as any other to Athletissima, the world record holder in the pole vault Renaud Lavillenie will be attending the party this year again.
Shanghai: Zhang to face Bondarenko
China’s very own maverick high jump hero Zhang Guowei is set to star at the 2016 Shanghai Diamond League meeting on 14 May where he will come face-to-face with Bohdan Bondarenko, the man he matched height-for-height at the Beijing World Championships last summer.
Birmingham: Schippers, Rudisha, Kiprop Among Stars Added To Line-Up
12 world class athletes to join Mo Farah at the Alexander Stadium on Sunday 5 June