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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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Paris: Ayana & Dibaba To Clash
Both women have already come close to breaking the 5000m world record in recent weeks, but at the Meeting Areva on 4 July Almaz Ayana and Genzebe Dibaba will face each other for the first time this year in a bid to run faster than 14:11.15 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
Lausanne: Farah, Perkovic, Simpson and Stowers Among the Lastest Additions
The 40th edition of Lausanne’s famous Athletissima meeting on 9 July, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, continues to add to its star-studded fields and the meeting organisers announced a host of top distance runners, sprint hurdlers and field event exponents on Thursday (21).
Stockholm: Bengtsson To Face Murer
Sweden’s local star Angelica Bengtsson will face 2011 world champion Fabiana Murer at the Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics meeting, the IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Swedish capital on 30 July.
Paris: An explosive, festive edition packed with surprises !
The 2015 edition of the MEETING AREVA, on Saturday 4 July at the Stade de France, promises to be explosive on the track. With a line-up gathering together some of the top stars from world athletics (Usain Bolt, Renaud Lavillenie, Kirani James, Aries Merritt, Asafa Powell, Mutaz Barshim, Almaz Ayana and Valerie Adams…), records will be in peril in a fair few events. In addition to Renaud Lavillenie, the presence of France’s top names, (Jimmy Vicaut, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Kafétien Gomis…), will add a sumptuous French twist to the Paris event.
Monaco: Array of European Champions to compete at Herculis
HERCULIS has already announced Renaud LAVILLENIE, Benjamin COMPAORE and Mo FARAH ; they are going to be joined by other European Champions from Zurich, and they will all come with high ambitions.
London: Britain's best 100m men face top international opposition
British sprinters European 100m champion James Dasaolu, and world and European indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty, will take on an international line up that will include former 100m world champion Kim Collins and 2014 Commonwealth Games 100m champion Kemar Bailey-Cole at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in London on 24-25 July.
Monaco: Clash of Giants on 1500m
Kiprop, Farah and Makhloufi confirmed for Herculis.
Paris: World records set to tremble !
A heady record aroma will pervade the Stade de France track, on Saturday 4 July 2015, for the next edition of the MEETING AREVA. Indeed, the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League has become accustomed to mixing it with the big names of world athletics and France’s top athletes. This year, the evening has the added appeal of at least four world records in serious danger of tumbling. The main ‘threat’ is centred on the men’s high jump, pole vault and 110m hurdles, plus the women’s 5,000m. Four scheduled highlights of a meeting, which is sure to boast endless opportunities for glory.
Monaco: Strong French Presence at Herculis on July 17th
Few weeks before the World Championships of Beijing, the french elite will make the trip in Monaco with high ambitions.
Mid-Season Diamond Race Update
The Diamond Race has reached its halfway point. The tables are beginning to take shape, and it looks set to be a nail-biting second half of the season.