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Stockholm: Allyson Felix confirmed for DN Galan
One of track and field’s true superstars, American sprinter, Allyson Felix, is coming to DN Galan on 21 August. She joins fellow global names such as Renaud Lavillenie and Blanka Vlasic at the world-class athletics meeting.
How the track comes on the Diamond Trophy
Each year since the inaugural season of the IAAF Diamond League in 2010 the 32 winners of the Diamond Races receive along with the overall prize money a prestigious Diamond Trophy. Each trophy features three real athletics tracks in the shape of a lap holding a diamond. Now with four more events to go in 2014, all eyes are set on it.
Birmingham: Commonwealth Games champion Rutherford confirmed
Olympic and Commonwealth long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford (coach: Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo) is the latest name to confirm that he will compete in the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday 24 August.
Stockholm: Blanka Vlasic and Emma Green to compete at DN Galan
Two of athletics most popular stars, Blanka Vlasic and Emma Green, will compete in the high jump at DN Galan on 21 August. Blanka is back at elite level after a long struggle with injuries. She is currently ranked second in the world this year after two 2.00 metre jumps in Paris and London.
Most Diamond Races remain wide open with four meetings to go
There are four more meetings left in the 2014 IAAF Diamond League series, but six athletes have dominated their disciplines to the extent that they have already done enough to win the Diamond Race.
Brussels: High class 100m at AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme
Even in the absence of Usain Bolt the 100m of the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme promises to become absolutely exciting. With Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Tyson Gay and Kim Collins four world class athletes are lining up in the King Baudouin stadium.
Zurich: Fraser-Pryce, Rudisha, Bolt - The best athletes of the world to meet
The stars of the European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 will line up against the rest of the world at Weltklasse Zürich on Thursday, 28 August. As every year, the first final event of the IAAF Diamond League series will boast star-studded fields in each and every event. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM), David Rudisha (KEN), and Usain Bolt (JAM) are some of the top stars who have confirmed their appearance at Letzigrund Stadium.
Feature: Kiplagat the prince of the track after Monaco 1500m win
Silas Kiplagat’s decisive 1500m victory at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco may have come as a shock to most observers – including the female stadium announcer, who greeted his defeat of his Kenyan compatriot and two-time world champion Asbel Kiprop with an expansive “Ooh, la la la la!” on Friday (18).
Monaco: Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64
Silas Kiplagat produced the shock of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco as he outsprinted a Kenyan compatriot who had been targeting a world record here, Asbel Kiprop, to win in 3:27.64 on Friday (18).
Monaco: Ibarguen's terrific triple jump of 15.31m
Caterine Ibarguen produced the best triple jump of the last six years to earn a dramatic victory at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco’s Stade Louis II, registering and Area record of 15.31m to put her fifth on the world all-time list on Friday (18).