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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.
Oslo: Women’s Javelin back in Bislett
It has been 13 years, but finally the women’s javelin, one of the sport’s more traditional events, returns to Oslo’s Bislett stadium for the 50th anniversary ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the 6th stop of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League . Javelin has almost folklore status in Norway which has long been regarded as a “factory” for javelin throwers and competitors like Halse, Sunde, Danielsen, Pedersen and Thorkildsen quickly became household names in Norway.
Eugene: Men’s 5K a Pre Classic Specialty
The Pre Classic 5000-meter race has a history of producing fast races, including the only sub-13:00 times—five and counting--recorded on U.S. soil.
Ayana Steals the Show in Shanghai
The Shanghai IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (17) was supposed to be about Bohdan Bondarenko and Mutaz Essa Barshim and their pursuit of the world record in the men’s high jump.
Barshim Beats Bondarenko in First Clash of 2015 in Shanghai
It was not quite the assault on 2.40m and above that was envisaged, but Mutaz Essa Barhsim took the world lead from Bogdan Bondarenko and the early points in Shanghai on Sunday (17) in what should be a year-long rivalry through the rest of the IAAF Diamond League.
Okagbare and Menkov Top Loaded Fields in Shanghai
Both the women’s 100m and the men’s long jump were billed as loaded events in the lead-up to the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on Sunday (17).
Barshim and Bondarenko Resume Battle in Shanghai
Sixteen disciplines begin their 2015 IAAF Diamond League journey in Shanghai on Sunday (17), but it is hard to see any of the other 15 events topping the men’s high jump.