IAAF Diamond League: Fantasy Diamond Race returns for 2016
Fantasy Diamond Race returns for 2016 – IAAF Diamond League as World champions Allyson Felix, Christian Taylor, Dafne Schippers and Almaz Ayana are set to compete in Doha on 6 May.
Fantasy Diamond Race returns for 2016 – IAAF Diamond League as World champions Allyson Felix, Christian Taylor, Dafne Schippers and Almaz Ayana are set to compete in Doha on 6 May.
World champions Almaz Ayana and Vivian Cheruiyot will meet in a scintillating 3000m clash at the Doha 2016 meeting, the opening event of the 14-meeting IAAF Diamond League series, on Friday 6 May.
Femi Ogunode will be targeting a solid early season start on home turf while reigning world champions Allyson Felix and Dafne Schippers will meet in a scintillating 100m clash at the Doha 2016 meeting on Friday 6 May.
The IAAF Diamond League has introduced a new points format for the 2016 season with 1st – 10 points, 2nd – 6 points, 3rd – 4 points, 4th – 3 points, 5th – 2 points, and 6th – 1 point.
Rabat, Morocco replaces New York as host for 2016 as the prestigious IAAF Diamond League global series of one-day athletics meetings expands into Africa.
World leading runs by top Africans Faith Kipyegon, Habiba Ghribi and Yomif Kejelcha were the highlights of the 39th AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on Friday.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the outdoor World Record for the women’s 1500m in 3:50.07 at the Meeting Herculis, IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
South African Wayde van Niekerk smashes African 400m record with 43.96 in Paris, Birech overcame Jager at last hurdle, Dibaba and Sum shine in Paris – IAAF Diamond League on Saturday.
There are joint leaders in three of the 32 individual Diamond Races after seven meetings, and with the tables beginning to take shape, it looks set to be a nail-biting second half of the season.
Asbel Kiprop, Jairus Birech, Genzebe Dibaba and Murielle Ahoure are some of the African winners at the 50th ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday.
Complete results of the Diamond Race at the 50th ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway on Thursday 11 June, 2015.
Ethiopia’s world indoor 3,000m champion, Genzebe Dibaba has officially revealed to the media her intent to break the world 5,000m record in Oslo on Thursday evening.
Kenya’s Julius Yego extended the African Javelin record to 91.39 metres in dramatic fashion at the IAAF Diamond league meeting in Birmingham on Sunday.
11 World leads, Five Meeting and Four Diamond League Records Fall at the opening meeting of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday night.
Ethiopian and Kenyan women will battle for supremacy over the 3000m Steeplechase at the Doha 2015 meeting taking place at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday May 15.
Reigning world champions Asbel Kiprop and Mohammed Aman will clash with Nijel Amos in a scintillating 800m contest on the Qatar Sports Club track at the Doha 2015 meeting on Friday May 15.
Qatari record holder, Femi Ogunode, will test his might against top world stars when the 2015 IAAF Diamond League campaign kicks off at the Doha 2015 meeting on Friday May 15.
South African Godfrey Khotso Mokoena won the men’s long jump in a season’s best of 8.19m to crown a spectacular season with the diamond trophy at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday.
Algeria’s Taoufik Makhloufi held Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat to win, in 3:31.78, the men’s 1500m Diamond Race in Brussels on Friday, but it was the Kenyan who won the diamond trophy.
Kenya’s Mercy Cherono withstood the challenge from 2014 world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba to win the women’s 3000m Diamond Race (8:28.95) in Brussels on Friday.
Kenya’s Jairus Kipchoge Birech pulled out his first run under eight minutes to secure the men’s 3000m steeplechase Diamond Race title with 7:58.41 in Brussels on Friday.
He’s not back to his best shape yet, but Kenya’s World 800m record-holder, David Rudisha, is still ready to shine at the Weltklasse Zürich 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
Kenya’s Mercy Cherono set a new Diamond League record and world-lead time of 9:11.49 to win the women’s two miles at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday.
South Africa’s middle-distance runner Andre Olivier set the fastest ever time by a South African athlete over the unofficial 600m distance at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris won the men’s 5000m in a world season’s best of 12:54.83 at the 2014 DN Galan IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Thursday.
Watch the video interview of Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo after setting a new Ugandan women’s 800m record of 1:58.63 at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday.
African athletes storm to three national records, a World Junior Record and various world-leading times on a record-breaking night at the 2014 Meeting Herculis – IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
Video highlights of Day 2 Sainsburys Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on July 12, 2014. Duration of video: 2:59 mins.
Watch the video highlights of the Day 1 – Sainsburys Glasgow Grand Prix – the 9th leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in Glasgow, Scotland on July 11, 2014. Duration of video: 3:00 minutes.
David Rudisha lived up to his promise at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix on Saturday with a commanding 800m performance to equal the time his Kenyan compatriot Asbel Kiprop ran in Paris last week.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 Meeting Areva – the 8th leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in Paris, France on July 5, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01 minutes.
South-African 400m Hurdler, Cornel Fredericks, continued his steady rise in the global rankings with another solid performance at the 2014 Meeting Areva – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris.
Egypt’s Abdelrahman El Sayed bounced back to win the men’s Javelin; Blessing Okagbare, Asbel Kiprop, Hiwott Ayalew, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi shine at the Meeting Areva 2014 – IAAF Diamond League in Paris.
The full Official Results of the Meeting Areva 2014 – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris, France on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Full official results of the Athletissima 2014 – IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 adidas Grand Prix – the sixth leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings – in New York, USA on June 14, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01.
Watch the video highlights of the 2014 ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF Diamond League meeting – in Oslo, Norway on June 11, 2014. Duration of video: 3:01.
Watch the video highlights of the Golden Gala 2014 meet – the 4th leg of the IAAF Diamond League meetings at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy on June 5, 2014.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba, put her patchy outdoor season form behind her with a strong performance to win the women’s 5000 metres at the IAAF Diamond League – Golden Gala meeting in Rome on Thursday.
Watch the video highlights of the 40th Prefontaine Classic, the 3rd leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League meetings at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon – USA on May 31, 2014.
Johan Cronje lowers the 27-year-old South African record in the men’s mile to 3:50.70 on Saturday night at the 40th Prefontaine Classics – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon.
World indoor champion Ayanleh Souleiman sets a new Djibouti mile record with a world leading time of 3:47.32 at the 40th Prefontaine Classic – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
Watch the video highlights of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China on May 18, 2014. Duration of Video: 3:00 mins.
Photo Gallery: African athletes at the first leg of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League series of athletics meetings, held at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha on May 9, 2014.
Egypt’s Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed blew the Javelin competition apart in the opening round with a huge African record at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China on Sunday.
Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare sets two meet records on her way to victory in the women’s Long Jump and 200m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, China on Sunday.
The emergence of Kemi Adekoya in Bahraini colours at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Qatar last Friday shows there’s no end in sight to the talent drain of African athletes.
Watch the race highlights video from the IAAF Diamond League – Doha 2014 meeting at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha on May 9th.
Hellen Onsando Obiri sets a new African and Kenyan record in the women’s 3000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday, leading a Kenyan sweep home in 8:20.68.
African 800m stars Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Nijel Amos of Botswana talk tactics, friendship and David Rudisha on the eve of 2014 IAAF Diamond league kick-off in Doha.
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