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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.
Most Diamond Races remain wide open with four meetings to go
There are four more meetings left in the 2014 IAAF Diamond League series, but six athletes have dominated their disciplines to the extent that they have already done enough to win the Diamond Race.
Brussels: High class 100m at AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme
Even in the absence of Usain Bolt the 100m of the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme promises to become absolutely exciting. With Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Tyson Gay and Kim Collins four world class athletes are lining up in the King Baudouin stadium.
Zurich: Fraser-Pryce, Rudisha, Bolt - The best athletes of the world to meet
The stars of the European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 will line up against the rest of the world at Weltklasse Zürich on Thursday, 28 August. As every year, the first final event of the IAAF Diamond League series will boast star-studded fields in each and every event. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM), David Rudisha (KEN), and Usain Bolt (JAM) are some of the top stars who have confirmed their appearance at Letzigrund Stadium.