May 10 (Reuters) – Kenya’s world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 meters at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London Games sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won the women’s 200 and […]
In the first Diamond League of the season Gatlin (USA) gets the win at 9.97 seconds, .02 over Michael Rodgers (USA). Nesta Carter (JAM) was 3rd at 9.99 as well.
The two time Olympic 100m champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce picks up the first 200m win of the new season over fellow Jamaican Sherone Simpson at 22.48 by .25 seconds.
In the final lap, Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) crushed the field by 1.65 seconds to get the first win of the season with a World Leading time of 7:30.36.
Mohammed Aman (ETH) thought he could get another win from the World Record holder David Rudisha (KEN), but Rudisha had the speed at the end to secure the win at 1:43.87, by .34 seconds.
Allyson Felix (USA) just seemed to run out of gas in the final stretch as Amantle Montsho (USA) picks up the first win of the season at 49.88, .31 seconds faster than Felix.
The Olympic silver medalist Dawn Harper leads the (nearly) all American field across the line at 12.60. Kellie Wells came in at 12.73, Queen Harrison at 12.74 and Lolo Jones in 5th at 12.97 seconds.
At the start of the Diamond League season, Michael Tinsley (USA) gets the win over his fellow countryman Bershawn Jackson by .2 seconds, at 48.92 seconds
In the first Diamond League of the season, Abeba Aregawi (SWE) gets the win at 3:56.66, .32 seconds over Faith Chepngetiah (KEN).
Doha 2013, the first meeting in the Samsung Diamond League calendar, is pouring more glitter on the 10th of May Athletics extravaganza by adding 800m Olympic gold medalist David Rudish to a dream lineup.
March 4 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s 100 meters world champion Yohan Blake is the first high-profile athlete to sign up for the opening Diamond League event in Doha, organizers said on Monday. The meeting on May 10 in Qatar is the first of the 14 Diamond League fixtures. “This will be my first time in Qatar […]
Justin Gatlin of the U.S., Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Nesta Carter, also of Jamaica, run during the men’s 100m at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet, in Doha, May 11, 2012. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous) By Regan Doherty DOHA, May 11 (Reuters) – The U.S got the better of sprint rivals Jamaica in the season-opening Diamond […]
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (GRE) again gets the better of the World Champ, Jesse Williams (USA) to start the season.
Setting a new meet record at 20.02, Dix (USA) gets the first win of the new season, by .24 seconds.
In the first race of the new season, Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (KEN) holds off Meseret Defar (ETH) for the win by .05 seconds.
Merritt (USA) gets the first win of the new season with a meet record at 44.19, as he makes his way to defend his Olympic title.
An inadvertent bump in the final length may have helped Silas Kiplagat hold off fellow Kenyan Asbel Kiprop, to get the win by .15 seconds.
In a bit of a surprise, American and 200m champ Allyson Felix takes down Veronica Campbell Brown and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce – by .2 seconds.
In a non Diamond League 100m race, Powell (JAM) had a great start, but Gatlin (USA) managed to catch him at the line at 9.87 seconds.
World champ and record holder Rudisha (KEN) picks up a win in a non Diamond League race, at 1:43.10.
Doha hosts the first major outdoor event of 2012 as the Diamond League season gets underway.
(L-R) Meseret Defar of Ethiopia, Allyson Felix of the U.S., Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica and Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya pose during a news conference for the Diamond League athletics meet in Doha, May 10, 2012. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous) By Mike Rowbottom for the IAAF Doha, Qatar – Speaking on the eve of the Samsung Diamond League […]
May 6, 2011: Walter Dix of the U.S. wins the men’s 200m at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: American Funmi Jimoh clears a world-best 6.88m to win the women’s long jump at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: American Kellie Wells runs a personal-best 12.58 to beat Lolo Jones in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: World indoor record holder Teddy Tamgho of France wins the men’s triple jump at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: Canada’s Dylan Armstrong wins the men’s shot put at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: Petr Frydrych of Czech Republic win the men’s javelin at the Diamond League meeting in Doha.
May 6, 2011: Jesse Williams wins the men’s high jump at the Diamond League meeting in Doha.
May 6, 2011: L.J. Van Zyl of South Africa upsets American Bershawn Jackson to win the men’s 400m hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
May 6, 2011: Ethiopia’s Yenew Alamirew surges to victory in the men’s 3000m at the Diamond League meeting in Doha.
May 6, 2011: American Allyson Felix holds off a stiff challenge from Botswana’s Amantle Montsho to win the women’s 400m at the Diamond League meet in Doha.
Olympic bronze medalist Warren Weir (JAM) gets the win at 20.18 seconds, and Justin Gatlin (USA) (Doha’s 100m winner) just edges in to 2nd place over Jason Young (JAM), by .01 seconds at 20.21.
Track and field’s Diamond League season started today in Doha, Qatar.
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Jan 23 (Reuters) – Triple London Olympic champion Usain Bolt is injury free and eyeing three gold medals at this year’s world championships in Moscow in August. As part of his preparations, the Jamaican 100 and 200 meters world record holder will run the longer sprint at the Bislett Games Diamond League meeting in Oslo […]
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South Africa’s Chad le Clos shakes hands with Japan’s Daiya Seto after winning the men’s 200m butterfly final during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Dubai, October 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah) No less than 130 swimmers from 32 nations will compete on October 2-3 in the first leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup […]
Kenya’s David Rudisha celebrates winning the men’s 800m at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet, in Doha in this May 11, 2012 file photo. David Rudisha will not try to steal Usain Bolt’s limelight at the London Olympics but the humble Kenyan 800 meters runner has the pedigree to light up the track in a […]
Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen prepares for the men’s javelin throw event at the IAAF World Challenge Ostrava Golden Spike track and field meeting in Ostrava, May 25, 2012. (REUTERS/David W Cerny) By Philip O’Connor OSLO, June 14 (Reuters) – Following the sudden death of his Olympic teammate Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen carries […]
Russia’s gold medal winner Yelena Isinbayeva competes during the women’s pole vault final at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships at the Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul on March 11, 2012. (RIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) By Alison Wildey LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) – After falling out of love with the pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva is […]
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After a last second defeat in Doha, Asafa Powell (JAM) gets the win at 10.02 seconds.
Jamaican runner Asafa Powell attends a news conference ahead of the IAAF Diamond League Athletics meet in Shanghai May 18, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song By Nick Mulvenney SHANGHAI, May 18 (Reuters) – Asafa Powell thinks he has pinpointed why he has so often failed to produce on the big occasion and believes that if he is […]
Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica (C), Carmelita Jeter of the US (L) and Sherone Simpson of Jamaica (R) compete in the women’s 100m event of the Diamond League athletics meet in Shanghai on May 15, 2011. The Diamond League awards points depending on performances throughout the 14-event program with the overall winners in […]
KINGSTON, May 4 (Reuters) – Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from Saturday’s Jamaica International invitational with a groin injury, ending any shot at racing against Usain Bolt, his agent said on Friday. Powell was entered in the 200 metres but was considering running against triple Olympic champion and fellow Jamaican […]
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