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Eugene: Triple Pleasure in Pre Classic Women’s Triple Jump
They were 1-2-3 on the podium at the 2013 World Championships. They were 1-2-3 in the Track & Field News world rankings in 2014. And 1-2-3 are ready to take off in the Prefontaine Classic this Saturday.
Birmingham: Asher-Smith Up Against Felix and Fraser-Pryce
Some of the world’s best female sprinters will line up over 200m at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, as Dina Asher-Smith takes on the likes of Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on Sunday 7 June.
A Close-Up On... Eugene
The 2015 IAAF Diamond League season began with a bang in Doha and Shanghai and, after a two week hiatus, attention now moves to the North West of the United States, where the Prefontaine Classic takes place on Friday.
Eugene: Provisional Entry Lists are Online
The provisional entry lists for the Prefontaine Classic meeting in Eugene (29th and 30th May) are now online.
Eugene: Fast is Back in the Pre Classic Women’s 100 Meters
The world’s fastest women from each of the last four years will meet in this year’s Prefontaine Classic 100 meters. This group features versatile performers who have won a total of seven IAAF Diamond Trophies across three events.
Oslo: Campbell-Brown to Debut in Bislett
One of the world’s most highly decorated female sprinters, Veronica Campbell-Brown, will make her long awaited first appearance in Oslo, when she competes in the Diamond League 100m at this year’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games on 11 June.
Rome: Fraser-Pryce, Pichardo and Stowers added to Golden Gala Fields
With just 10 days to go until the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, organisers have revealed another handful of stars set to compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome on 4 June.
Paris: A possible record for Barshim and Bondarenko at MEETING AREVA
The air of the summits is set to blow in the Stade de France, on Saturday 4 July 2015, at the MEETING AREVA. In addition to Renaud Lavillenie, king of world pole-vaulting and a familiar face at the French stage of the IAAF Diamond League, two other athletes are making serious headway at very high altitude: Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim and Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko. The two high-jump prodigies who, for the past two seasons, have been embroiled in a duel, could well smash the world record in the discipline - 2.45m by Cuban Javier Sotomayor on 27 July 1993 - and earn a place in the history books
Lausanne: Pichardo, Taylor, Storl, Felix, Perkovic will be present at Athletissima!
The 40th edition of Lausanne’s famous Athletissima meeting on July 9, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, will have a rematch between superstar triple jumpers Pedro Pablo Pichardo and Christian Taylor, announced the meeting organisers on Thursday (21).
Diamond Race Update after Doha and Shanghai
It was a weekend of old rivalries, surprise packages and huge opening statements as the 2015 Diamond Race got underway in Doha and Shanghai.