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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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London: Bolt To Light Up Olympic Stadium On Friday Night
The world's biggest athletics superstar, Usain Bolt, will lead a stellar global cast at the re-opening of the London Olympic Stadium on Friday 24th July.
Lausanne: Amos Gets One Up On Rudisha
For most of the 800m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday (9), it looked as though Olympic champion and world record-holder David Rudisha was going to follow up his victory in New York exactly according to plan.
Feature: Simpson Eyes Second Diamond Trophy
When the USA’s Jenny Simpson crossed the line first in the Zurich 1500m last year, it was the culmination of a fine end to her season and enough to secure her a coveted Diamond Trophy for the first time in her career.
Lausanne: Press Conference Highlights
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Renaud Lavillenie is feeling “positive and optimistic” about getting back to business as usual in Lausanne’s Stade De La Pontaise on Thursday (9), just five days after his disappointing fifth place in the pole vault at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
A Close-Up on Lausanne
The IAAF Diamond League moves to Switzerland on Thursday just five days after fireworks in Paris, with a celebration on the cards. Athletissima in Lausanne is celebrating its 40th anniversary and welcomes the world’s elite track and field athletes to help mark the milestone in style.
Lausanne: Pichardo Vs Taylor Triple Jump Rematch Eagerly Anticipated
The 40th edition of Lausanne’s famous Athletissima meeting, the ninth event in this season’s IAAF Diamond League, offers a welter of events featuring that priceless commodity within any sport – true competition.
London: Farah to headline Friday night at Sainsbury's Anniversary Games
British Olympic champion Mo Farah will be the star attraction on a fantastic Friday night of competition at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, in the former Olympic Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, on 24 July.
Monaco: Provisional Entry Lists Online
The provisional entry lists for the Herculis Meeting in Monaco on 17th July are now online.
Stockholm: Big Shot at Kungsträdgården makes a comeback
The Stockholm meeting organisers were one of the first to take athletics out of the stadium when they arranged a successful shot put competition in Kungsträdgården city square. After a short break the Big Shot will make a comeback to Kungsträdgården on Wednesday 29 July, and will be one more event to feature during the week of the Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics IAAF Diamond League meeting.
Diamond Race Update – Paris
World class athletes know how difficult it is to maintain peak form for an entire season, which is why the Diamond Race is so tough.