Eugene Diamond League

Ruth Jebet Hyvin Kiyeng and Keni Harrison Threaten World Records at Eugene Diamond League

 June 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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In this season’s fourth Diamond-League meeting in Eugene, several star-studded events ended with world-leads but three women athletes came tantalizingly close to breaking World Records in their events. Bahrain’s Ruth Jebet looked like breaking Gulnara Galkina’s 2008 world record of 8:58.81 in women’s 3000m steeplechase. Second placed Kenyan world champion Hyvin Kiyeng wasn’t far away […]

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Diamond League Ends

First Rabat Diamond League Ends with Brilliant Performances from Ayana Semenya & Bosse

 May 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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For the first time ever, Diamond League moved to Africa with the third meeting of 2016 season at the Moroccan capital of Rabat on May 22. The event was a huge success with three world-leads results out of four DL distance races. The highlight was provided by Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana, who crushed everyone in women’s 5000m and […]

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India’s Sudha Singh Breaks National Record in 3000m Steeplechase at Shanghai DL Meeting

 May 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s 2010 Asian Games gold medalist Sudha Singh finished 8th in women’s 3000m steeplechase in Shanghai Diamond League Meeting on Saturday. It wasn’t a great performance from world standards but her time of 9:26.55 was enough for her to break the national record, hitherto held by Lalita Shivaji Babar. In the night lit up by […]

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2016 Diamond League

2016 Diamond League Season Has a Colorful Start at Doha with 12 World Leads in One Night

 May 8, 2016   R K Gupta

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The first meeting of the 7th IAAF Diamond League series got off to a grand start at the Qatari capital Doha on Friday May 6, 2016. Doha produced 12 world-lead performances highlighted by Tori Bowie’s superb victory in women’s 100m sprint and a strong challenge for women’s triple jump queen Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia. World […]

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2016 Diamond League Season Assumes More Importance in the Olympic Year

 April 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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The inaugural event of the annual IAAF Diamond League at Doha is less than 10 days away. Top global athletes are expected to come together and show their skills in a run up to 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Before a month-long Olympic break after the London Meet on July 23, ten DL meetings would have […]

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IAAF Diamond League

2015 IAAF Diamond League Meetings End with Twin Finals at Zurich and Brussels

 September 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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Four days after Beijing’s 2015 World Athletics Championships, first of the two Diamond League finals was staged at Zurich on September 03, 2015. It was a short time for many athletes, who suffered from World Championship hangover and arrived in Zurich with jet-lags. This could have affected their performances somewhat but with lot of cash […]

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London Diamond League IAAF

London DL Meet Highlighted by Usain Bolt Mo Farah Amos Rudisha & Kiprop’s Strange Mile

 July 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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The two-day Sainsbury Anniversary Games, of which the London Diamond League was a part, were held in Olympic Stadium during July 24-25, 2015. All talk on Friday was about Usain Bolt returning to the track and Mo Farah dominating the field in 3000m. Besides these two big names, Friday’s events saw sparkles by Britain’s Zharnel […]

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Wonder Blaze at Monaco in Men & Women’s 1500m Genzebe Dibaba Breaks World Record

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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Monaco’s Herculis meeting encompassing 10th Diamond League meet ended with pyrotechnics and impressive fireworks on July 17 but the blazes came earlier in women’s 1500m, in which Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba shattered the 22-year old world record by breasting the tape in 3:50.08 minutes. The earlier record stood in the name of Chinese athlete Yunxia Qu, […]

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Lausanne Diamond League

Lausanne Diamond League: Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah Star in Swiss Athletic Night

 July 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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On July 09, 2015, the Lausanne Diamond League Meeting concluded with Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah producing great performances in the events of their choice. USA’s Justin Gatlin was dominant in his 9.75s 100m sprint leaving Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay in his wake. Great Britain’s Mo Farah, who disappointed his fans at Birmingham by […]

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IAAF Diamond League 2015

Three Athletes Come Close to Breaking World Record at Paris Diamond League Meeting

 July 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Amidst amazing performances in Paris’ 8th Diamond League Meeting of 2015 season, three athletes attempted to reach long standing world marks in the Saint-Denis arena on July 04, 2015. The closest was USA’s Evan Jager, who missed by an incident of fate but still made history in men’s 3000m steeplechase. But Jager still broke Northe […]

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