Topic: Diamond League

I'll make up for lost time in 2012

EILISH McCOLGAN fought back the tears when she watched last year's world athletics championships with her broken foot in plaster.. . But the...
The world's fastest man Usain Bolt is back in action at the Diamond League meeting on Friday and hoping to erase bad memories of last year.Twelve months ago, the Jamaican, who is the reigning world and Olympic champion as well ...

Bolt the main drawcard for Monaco athletics meet

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt might be the main drawcard for Friday's Diamond League meeting, but eyes will also be on Australian Steve Hooker's season debut in the men's pole vault.Reigning double world and Olympic sprint champion Bolt ...

Prefontaine Classic provides more 400 prep for Felix

Allyson Felix, still pondering the possibility of a 200m-400m double bid at the World Championships, will further hone her 400m skills at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Saturday.Felix, a three-time world champion at 200m, is the defending 400m champion ...

Rudisha to open Diamond League campaign in Doha

Kenya's 800m world record holder David Rudisha confirmed on Thursday that he will open his Diamond League campaign for the second consecutive year in Doha on May 6.Rudisha last year won a thrilling duel with Olympic 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop ...

Allyson Felix planning for Olympic double in London

SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Allyson Felix hopes this year's world championships will be a dress rehearsal for a 200m/400m double at the 2012 London Olympics, the triple world 200 meters champion said on Friday."I am hoping whatever I do ...

Bolt to make Monaco debut in 100m

World and Olympic double sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica will race in this season's Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 22, organisers confirmed Thursday.Bolt will run the 100m in what should be a key warm-up ahead of the ...

Bolt to headline Paris Diamond League meet

World and Olympic double sprint champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica will race in this season's Diamond League meeting in Paris on July 8, organisers confirmed Sunday.It will be the Jamaican's third consecutive appearance in the French capital, but his ...

Reid and Chelanga

Sheila Reid of Villanova Is NCAA Cross Country Champion. You could feel it every time you started going into the wind, Sheila Reid said of the blustery conditions in Terre Haute, Indiana, conditions that kept the women's 6k race at the ...
Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep is the queen of the hurdles.. . The native of Whitby, Ont., took top spot on Friday in women's 100-metre event in...