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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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Feature: Mokoena looks to fire in Oslo
The 2014 IAAF Diamond League finished well for Grodfrey Mokoena. Following a gold medal-winning performance in the triple jump at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July, the South African reverted to his primary event, the long jump, and took victories in both Stockholm and, importantly, Brussels, where he sealed his first Diamond Trophy with an 8.19m leap.
Oslo: Dibaba and Barshim Target Records
For the world’s leading athletes converging on Oslo for the sixth IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season, a mass of posters at their hotel next to the central station serves as a vivid reminder that this year marks the 50th anniversary staging of the ExxonMobil Bislett Games.
A Close-Up on Oslo
The Bislett Games in Oslo is almost the archetypal European athletics meeting: Passionate, knowledgeable fans, a packed ionic stadium, and a magnificent setting in one of the world’s most famous and picturesque capital cities.
Stockholm: Mutaz Essa Barshim confirmed
Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim will compete at this year's Stockholm BAUHAUS Athletics. Barshim is the current world leader who recently cleared 2.41m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene. Last year he achieved his best ever jump of 2.43m in Brussels so one can hope for a quality performance when he competes in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium on 30 July.
Oslo: Provision Entry Lists online
The provisional entry lists for the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo (11th June) are now online.
Lausanne: Jackson, Culson, Tinsley and Swiss Star Hussein to Clash in the 400m Hurdles
Swiss local hero and 2014 European 400m hurdles champion Kariem Hussein will take on some of the best men his event has to offer and race in front of his family and friends at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, the ninth of this summer’s IAAF Diamond League meetings, on 9 July.
Birmingham: Yego Wins Dramatic Javelin Contest
Even though the javelin boasted the strongest field of any discipline at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix, few could have predicted the drama that would ensue in that event at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (7).
Birmingham: Bracy and Tarmoh Cause Sprint Upsets
Moments after crossing the line in the 200m at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix, USA’s Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix were given the same time of 22.29 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (7).
Birmingham Press Conference Highlights
Three of the five reigning Olympic champions set to compete at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix faced the media on Saturday (6) at the press conference ahead of the IAAF Diamond League meeting.
Birmingham: Javelin and middle distances set to provide highlights
The Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix may have been hit by several high-profile withdrawals over the past 24 hours, but many of the world’s top stars will still be heading to the IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday (7).