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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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Stockholm: Bartoletta, Hoffa and Perkovic win early thrillers
USA’s Tianna Bartoletta, who arrived in Stockholm with the top four women’s long jumps of 2014 to her credit, announced on the eve of this IAAF Diamond League meeting that she was competitive about everything, including “who can load the dishwasher fastest.”
Diamond Race: Pre Stockholm Update
After a five week break, the IAAF Diamond League returns in Stockholm on Thursday with the Diamond Race still undecided in 15 of the 16 events on display.
Stockholm: Press Conference Highlights
On the eve of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium, organisers of the DN Galan meeting on 21 August were proud to announce the involvement of 18 recently crowned continental champions – 10 from the European Championships in Zurich and eight from the African Championships in Marrakesh.
Zurich: From Hussein to Bolt - The Best Athletes at Weltklasse Zürich
Letzigrund Stadium is getting ready for yet another athletcis highlight. Weltklasse Zürich (29 August), one of two IAAF Diamond League final events will once again feature the world’s and the continent’s finest athletes. The entry lists also include two new Swiss stars this year: Kariem Hussein and Mujinga Kambundji.
A Close Up On… Stockholm
The IAAF Diamond League comprises 14 world-class meetings across four continents. Every event has its own unique flavour and story…
Stockholm: European 5000m Champion Meraf Bahta to join Aregawi and Hassan
Meraf Bahta didn’t put a foot wrong in the slow European 5000m final in Zurich.
Stockholm: Allyson Felix confirmed for DN Galan
One of track and field’s true superstars, American sprinter, Allyson Felix, is coming to DN Galan on 21 August. She joins fellow global names such as Renaud Lavillenie and Blanka Vlasic at the world-class athletics meeting.
How the track comes on the Diamond Trophy
Each year since the inaugural season of the IAAF Diamond League in 2010 the 32 winners of the Diamond Races receive along with the overall prize money a prestigious Diamond Trophy. Each trophy features three real athletics tracks in the shape of a lap holding a diamond. Now with four more events to go in 2014, all eyes are set on it.
Birmingham: Commonwealth Games champion Rutherford confirmed
Olympic and Commonwealth long jump gold medallist Greg Rutherford (coach: Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo) is the latest name to confirm that he will compete in the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday 24 August.
Stockholm: Blanka Vlasic and Emma Green to compete at DN Galan
Two of athletics most popular stars, Blanka Vlasic and Emma Green, will compete in the high jump at DN Galan on 21 August. Blanka is back at elite level after a long struggle with injuries. She is currently ranked second in the world this year after two 2.00 metre jumps in Paris and London.