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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 York: World-Leader Jenn Suhr Ready for adidas Grand Prix
Olympic Champ Sally Pearson, TJ Sensation Pedro Pichardo Also Set for NYC
Lausanne: Felix Faces Schippers While Kovacs Will Clash With Storl
The world’s two fastest women of last year will line up over 200m at Athletissima when Olympic champion Allyson Felix takes on European champion Dafne Schippers at the IAAF Diamond League meeting on 9 July.
Rome: More Sub-10 Runs Expected
No fewer than 24 sub-10-second performances have been recorded in the 100m in Rome’s Olympic Stadium. That number is expected to grow at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea on 4 June, the next leg of the IAAF Diamond League.
Diamond Race: Post Eugene Update
With two of seven meetings now completed in the 2015 Diamond Race for 16 of the 32 disciplines, the standings are starting to take shape and there’s a familiar feel about many of them.
Eugene: Lavillenie breaks Diamond League Pole Vault record
Pole vault star Renaud Lavillenie said he would only show up if he was ready to compete and the world record holder from France kept his word at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday (30).
Bartoletta, Kovacs and Farah star in Eugene
A world-leading long jump from Tianna Bartoletta and a patented Mo Farah sprint finish bookended an entertaining first day of competition at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Friday night (29).
Eugene Press Conference Highlights
The top athletes shied away from bold predictions at the press conference for the IAAF Diamond League in Eugene on Friday (29).
Eugene: Triple Pleasure in Pre Classic Women’s Triple Jump
They were 1-2-3 on the podium at the 2013 World Championships. They were 1-2-3 in the Track & Field News world rankings in 2014. And 1-2-3 are ready to take off in the Prefontaine Classic this Saturday.
Birmingham: Asher-Smith Up Against Felix and Fraser-Pryce
Some of the world’s best female sprinters will line up over 200m at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, as Dina Asher-Smith takes on the likes of Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on Sunday 7 June.
A Close-Up On... Eugene
The 2015 IAAF Diamond League season began with a bang in Doha and Shanghai and, after a two week hiatus, attention now moves to the North West of the United States, where the Prefontaine Classic takes place on Friday.