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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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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.
Feature: Kiplagat the prince of the track after Monaco 1500m win
Silas Kiplagat’s decisive 1500m victory at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco may have come as a shock to most observers – including the female stadium announcer, who greeted his defeat of his Kenyan compatriot and two-time world champion Asbel Kiprop with an expansive “Ooh, la la la la!” on Friday (18).
Monaco: Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64
Silas Kiplagat produced the shock of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco as he outsprinted a Kenyan compatriot who had been targeting a world record here, Asbel Kiprop, to win in 3:27.64 on Friday (18).
Monaco: Ibarguen's terrific triple jump of 15.31m
Caterine Ibarguen produced the best triple jump of the last six years to earn a dramatic victory at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco’s Stade Louis II, registering and Area record of 15.31m to put her fifth on the world all-time list on Friday (18).
Monaco: Bondarenko over 2.40m again
On a night of pulsating action at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco’s Stade Louis II, once again the men’s high jump took centre stage on Friday (18).
Monaco: Press Conference Highlights
Asbel Kiprop is back in Monaco – and in pursuit of the world 1500m record.
Diamond Race: Pre Monaco Update
As the IAAF Diamond League prepares to take a month-long mid-season sojourn, athletes from 16 disciplines make their way to Monaco for the Meeting Herculis looking to pick up more vital points in the 2014 Diamond Race.
Monaco: set for another thrilling evening
Monaco’s IAAF Diamond League meeting on Friday (18) has much to live up to this year after 2013’s offering of seven world-leading marks and four IAAF Diamond League records.