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A Close-Up on Monaco
If there’s one place in Europe that athletes want to race at this time of year, it’s Monaco. Meeting Herculis, the 10th stop for the IAAF Diamond League in 2015, has developed a reputation in recent years for producing white hot competition and incredible performances from the participants lucky enough to compete.
Diamond Race: Storl's winning streak could break North American stranglehold
Shot putter David Storl could secure the Diamond Trophy with a victory in Monaco. The German would become the first European Diamond Race winner in his event, and crown what has been an extraordinary year of success.
Stockholm: World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce confirmed
With just over two weeks until Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics, it was announced that the world’s fastest woman is coming to Stockholm. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the reigning World and Olympic 100m champion, who has recorded three of the five fastest times in the world over the distance this year. The 100m at Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics on Thursday 30 July will be a lightning quick finale to a star studded evening.
Diamond Race Update
With just three IAAF Diamond League meetings remaining before the September finals in Zurich and Brussels, now is a good time to be leading the Diamond Race.
Feature: It Takes Two To Make a Thing Go Right
It became increasingly clear during Thursday’s outstanding IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne’s Stade De La Pontaise that something very interesting is going on in the men’s field events.
London: Bolt To Light Up Olympic Stadium On Friday Night
The world's biggest athletics superstar, Usain Bolt, will lead a stellar global cast at the re-opening of the London Olympic Stadium on Friday 24th July.
Lausanne: Amos Gets One Up On Rudisha
For most of the 800m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday (9), it looked as though Olympic champion and world record-holder David Rudisha was going to follow up his victory in New York exactly according to plan.
Feature: Simpson Eyes Second Diamond Trophy
When the USA’s Jenny Simpson crossed the line first in the Zurich 1500m last year, it was the culmination of a fine end to her season and enough to secure her a coveted Diamond Trophy for the first time in her career.
Lausanne: Press Conference Highlights
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Renaud Lavillenie is feeling “positive and optimistic” about getting back to business as usual in Lausanne’s Stade De La Pontaise on Thursday (9), just five days after his disappointing fifth place in the pole vault at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
A Close-Up on Lausanne
The IAAF Diamond League moves to Switzerland on Thursday just five days after fireworks in Paris, with a celebration on the cards. Athletissima in Lausanne is celebrating its 40th anniversary and welcomes the world’s elite track and field athletes to help mark the milestone in style.