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Taylor: "I'm so grateful to the Diamond League"
Four time Diamond Race winner Christian Taylor on his expectations for Doha, and why the the IAAF Diamond League is the best possible preparation for major championships.
Doha: World Champions Malachowski, Schwanitz and Molitor to Lead Throws
World champions Piotr Malachowski, Christina Schwanitz and Katharina Molitor will lead their respective fields at the Doha 2016 Meeting on Friday May 6, the opening meeting the seventh season of the IAAF Diamond League series.
Eugene: Felix, Richards-Ross Lead Pre Classic's Best-Ever Women's 400m
Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards-Ross are among America’s most decorated athletes and their road to more Olympic gold begins at the Prefontaine Classic in the women’s 400 meters.
Rabat: Five more Diamond Race winners confirmed
Organisers of the Meeting International Mohammed VI have confirmed that five more Diamond Race winners from last year will be in action at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat on 22 May.
Rabat: First Headliners Revealed
The newest meeting on the IAAF Diamond League circuit has confirmed the first wave of top athletes set to compete at the Meeting International Mohammed VI in Rabat on 22 May.
Fantasy Diamond Race Returns For 2016
The 2016 IAAF Diamond League starts in two weeks’ time and the excitement is already starting to mount.
Shanghai: Bett To Take On Culson, Tinsley, Jackson and Gibson
World champion Nicholas Bett heads a 400m hurdles line-up at the 2016 Shanghai Diamond League that could even put the meeting’s favourite event, the sprint hurdles, in the shade.
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.