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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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Eugene: Athletes from Around The Globe at Pre Classic Men’s 800
Reigning champions from four continents lend the men’s 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic a United Nations feel. Or maybe it's a World Championships feel, as the last two No. 1-ranked runners are headliners.
Eugene: Powerful U.S. Contingent in Women’s 800 at Pre Classic
The women’s 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic will feature a strong quartet from Team USA, although they will face formidable opposition from a pair of tough Kenyans.
Eugene: Changing of the Guard at Pre Classic 110m Hurdles?
While America’s two fastest men’s 110-meter hurdlers ever have won the last two major championship gold medals, perhaps neither one is favored to win at the Prefontaine Classic.
Lausanne: Rudisha, Pearson, Vlasic and Büchel confirmed for Athletissima
Rudisha: 3rd world record holder in Lausanne ! Pearson, Vlasic and Büchel confirmed as well.
Fantasy Diamond Race opens for 2015
With one month to go before the start of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League, the excitement is already starting to mount and the traditional opening meeting in Doha, Qatar, has already assembled some of the sport’s top stars to get proceedings underway for the sixth year of the series.
Doha: One Month To Go
Less than one month remains for the IAAF Doha Diamond League 2015. The Qatari capital will play host to IAAF’s one-day meet series kick-off act for a sixth successive season, nevertheless the inauguration of the Doha international meeting is dated back to 1997. Throughout all these 18 years of action, several brilliant performances, record-breaking attempts and fantastic head to head clashes have taken place.
London: Rutherford added to line-up
Greg Rutherford will join Jessica Ennis-Hill and Mo Farah at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games on 24-25 July, meaning all three ‘Super Saturday’ gold medallists will be reunited at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London.
Eugene: Great Field Makes Pre Classic 400 Hurdles A Tossup
The last two athletes to have earned No. 1 world rankings in the men’s 400-meter hurdles are just the beginning for the Prefontaine Classic.
Eugene: Barshim Aiming Higher at Pre Classic
Mutaz Essa Barshim will return to the Prefontaine Classic, where he set the high jumping world on fire in 2013.
Oslo: High jumpers to raise the bar at Bislett
The men’s high jump will undoubtedly be one of the feature events at this year’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games. Meeting Director Steinar Hoen (himself a high jumper of distinction with a personal best of 2.36m) has assembled a fine field to contest the event at Oslo’s famous Bislett stadium.