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Muir Surprises in Oslo
Laura Muir and Greg Rutherford, two Britons of differing experience, produced flourishing victories at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday (11).
Zhang upsets the high jump favourites in Oslo
High hopes of a high jump world record in Oslo were effectively blown away by a fitful wind which troubled athletes both on the track and in the field during the IAAF Diamond League meeting which was also the 50th Anniversary running of the ExxonMobil Bislett Games.
Oslo: Press Conference Highlights
The three finest high jumpers of the new generation – Mutaz Essa Barshim, Bogdan Bondarenko and Ivan Ukhov – gathered in Oslo’s City Hall on Wednesday (10) to speak about tomorrow’s IAAF Diamond League event where, once again, they will seek to surpass the longstanding world record of 2.45m set 22 years ago by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor.
Feature: Mokoena looks to fire in Oslo
The 2014 IAAF Diamond League finished well for Grodfrey Mokoena. Following a gold medal-winning performance in the triple jump at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July, the South African reverted to his primary event, the long jump, and took victories in both Stockholm and, importantly, Brussels, where he sealed his first Diamond Trophy with an 8.19m leap.
Oslo: Dibaba and Barshim Target Records
For the world’s leading athletes converging on Oslo for the sixth IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season, a mass of posters at their hotel next to the central station serves as a vivid reminder that this year marks the 50th anniversary staging of the ExxonMobil Bislett Games.
A Close-Up on Oslo
The Bislett Games in Oslo is almost the archetypal European athletics meeting: Passionate, knowledgeable fans, a packed ionic stadium, and a magnificent setting in one of the world’s most famous and picturesque capital cities.
Stockholm: Mutaz Essa Barshim confirmed
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim will compete at this year's Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics. Barshim is the current world leader who recently cleared 2.41m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene. Last year he achieved his best ever jump of 2.43m in Brussels so one can hope for a quality performance when he competes in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium on 30 July.
Oslo: Provision Entry Lists online
The provisional entry lists for the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo (11th June) are now online.
Lausanne: Jackson, Culson, Tinsley and Swiss Star Hussein to Clash in the 400m Hurdles
Swiss local hero and 2014 European 400m hurdles champion Kariem Hussein will take on some of the best men his event has to offer and race in front of his family and friends at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, the ninth of this summer’s IAAF Diamond League meetings, on 9 July.
Birmingham: Yego Wins Dramatic Javelin Contest
Even though the javelin boasted the strongest field of any discipline at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix, few could have predicted the drama that would ensue in that event at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (7).