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“Think of the shot put like the high jump”
Two-time Diamond Trophy winner and reigning Wanda Diamond League champion Joe Kovacs talks us through the ins and outs of the shot put.
“The steeplechase is unpredictable”
Two-time world championship bronze medallist and Wanda Diamond League stalwart on what it takes to master the 3000m steeplechase at the highest level of athletics.
“The Diamond League has so much value in an Olympic year”
In part one of our exclusive interview with Katie Moon, the reigning Olympic, World and Wanda Diamond League champion talks about her Diamond League debut in 2016, broken poles and battling the post-Olympic blues.
“The 5000m is all in the mind”
US Olympic bronze medallist Paul Chelimo on the tactical, technical and psychological challenge of winning a Wanda Diamond League 5000m race.
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New Podcast: Eliza McCartney
Olympic bronze medalist Eliza McCartney describes what it was like to taste success on the international stage at just 19-years-old, while Alex Seftel discusses how the road to the final is shaping up ahead of the next IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat.
Rabat: Five things to look out for
Ahoure and Asher-Smith clash again, El Bakkali goes after crucial points on home soil, former Diamond Trophy winners return to action in the shot put. The Road To The Final heads to Africa this week for the Meeting International Mohammed VI. Here are five things to look out for in Rabat.
Paris & Lausanne: Five Talking Points
Shubenkov's redemption, Mihambo's magic and sublime Samba. It was a thrilling week of IAAF Diamond League action which saw a change of fortune for several athletes on the Road To The Final. Here are five talking points from Meeting de Paris and Athletissima.
Rabat: Sprints Set To Sizzle
The Meeting International Mohammed VI D'Athletisme de Rabat has assembled some mouth-watering clashes for the men’s 100m and women’s 200m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rabat on 13 July.
Lausanne: Big Wins For Balew, Samba, Shubenkov and Houlihan
Birhanu Balew of Bahrain won the men’s 5000m at Lausanne’s Athletissima IAAF Diamond League fixture on Thursday (5) in a personal best and 2018 world-leading time of 13:01.09 – but his victory was almost a footnote after an extraordinary incident on the final bend between the two young Ethiopians who had been contesting the lead, 20-year-old Yomif Kejelcha and his 18-year-old compatriot Selemon Barega.
New Podcast: Athletissima & Hansle Parchment
Jamaican sprint hurdler Hansle Parchment talks to Alex Seftel about growing up and practicing jumping over metal fences and the excellent form of his countrymen in his discipline. Meanwhile, Tom Byrne, Michelle Sammet and Pete Matthews are out in Switzerland, looking at the #RoadToTheFinal ahead of the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne.
Lausanne: Press Conference Highlights
Coming off a sizzling hot Paris Diamond League there was a lot to talk about in Lausanne on Wednesday, as athlete's geared up for round eight of the series.
Lausanne: Live Updates!
Keep up with all the build up, press conferences and live coverage from the meet itself as the Road To The Final has it's eigth stop on the circuit in Switzerland for Athletissima this week.
Lausanne: Five things to look out for
A fight for the Final for Stefanidi and Schippers, and a return to the scene of past glories for Christian Taylor. As the Road To The Final reaches Lausanne, here are five things to look out for at Athletissima.
Paris: Samba Shocks With 46.98
Abderrahman Samba produced yet another extraordinary exhibition of 400m hurdles running at the Meeting de Paris IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Charlety Stadium on Saturday (30) as he became only the second man to run the event in under 47 seconds, clocking 46.98 – just 0.20 off the world record Kevin Young set in winning the 1992 Olympic title.