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Renaud Lavillenie teleconference highlights
To mark the imminent beginning of the 2015 season of the IAAF Diamond League, pole vault world record-holder Renaud Lavillenie spoke to the press in a media teleconference this afternoon (28).
Monaco: Lavillenie looking for fourth win
Pole vault world record-holder and Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie will head to Monaco for the Herculis meeting on 17 July in the hope of winning for a fourth time at the IAAF Diamond League competition.
London: Ohuruogu to compete at Sainsbury's Anniversary Games
World 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu will compete at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, in the former Olympic Stadium, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 24-26th July.
Eugene: Athletes from Around The Globe at Pre Classic Men’s 800
Reigning champions from four continents lend the men’s 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic a United Nations feel. Or maybe it's a World Championships feel, as the last two No. 1-ranked runners are headliners.
Eugene: Powerful U.S. Contingent in Women’s 800 at Pre Classic
The women’s 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic will feature a strong quartet from Team USA, although they will face formidable opposition from a pair of tough Kenyans.
Eugene: Changing of the Guard at Pre Classic 110m Hurdles?
While America’s two fastest men’s 110-meter hurdlers ever have won the last two major championship gold medals, perhaps neither one is favored to win at the Prefontaine Classic.
Lausanne: Rudisha, Pearson, Vlasic and Büchel confirmed for Athletissima
Rudisha: 3rd world record holder in Lausanne ! Pearson, Vlasic and Büchel confirmed as well.
Fantasy Diamond Race opens for 2015
With one month to go before the start of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League, the excitement is already starting to mount and the traditional opening meeting in Doha, Qatar, has already assembled some of the sport’s top stars to get proceedings underway for the sixth year of the series.
Doha: One Month To Go
Less than one month remains for the IAAF Doha Diamond League 2015. The Qatari capital will play host to IAAF’s one-day meet series kick-off act for a sixth successive season, nevertheless the inauguration of the Doha international meeting is dated back to 1997. Throughout all these 18 years of action, several brilliant performances, record-breaking attempts and fantastic head to head clashes have taken place.
London: Rutherford added to line-up
Greg Rutherford will join Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games on 24-25 July, meaning all three ‘Super Saturday’ gold medallists will be reunited at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London.