Diamond League 2012

[Kermit]

Less than a month to go before the start of this year's League, let's see how the promoters have done in getting athletes to compete in this unique year of athletics.

11 May Doha
m100m Asafa Powell, Nesta Carter, Justin Gatlin
w100m Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kerron Stewart, Allyson Felix.
m200m Walter Dix
m3000m Kenenisa Bekele
w300m Vivian Cheruiyot
w800m Pamela Jelimo
w1500m Genzebe Dibaba
m800m Abubaker Kaki v Asbel Kiprop v Silas Kiplagat v Augustine Kiprono Choge v David Rudisha
mLJ Dwight Phillips, Godfrey Mokoena, Greg Rutherford
wJT Barbora Spotakova
m400m LaShawn Merrit, Angelo Taylor
w100mH Danielle Carruthers, Kellie Wells
mHJ Mutaz Barshim

Others competing are Maryam Jamal, Gelete Burka, Alfred Kirwa Yego, Amine Laalou, Tintu Luka.

19 May Shanghai
m110h Liu Xiang, Jason Richardson, David Oliver, Aries Merritt.
m100m Asafa Powell
w200m Veronica Campbell-Brown, Carmelita Jeter
mJT Andreas Thorkildsen
m500m Kenenisa Bekele
mTJ Christian Taylor, Phillips Idowu, Will Claye
m800m Asbel Kiprop, Marcin Lewandowski, Alfred Kirwa Yego, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
mSP Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell, Adam Nelson, Ryan Whiting, Dylan Armstrong
m400mH Angelo Taylor, Bershawn Jackson, LJ van Zyl
w1500m Genzebe Dibaba, Helen Obiri, Janeth Jepkosgei
w400m Amantle Montsho, Francena McCorory, Shericka Williams, Novlene Williams-Mills

31 May Rome
m100m Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Christophe Lemaitre, Kim Collins, Lerone Clarke
w5000m Vivian Cheruiyot, Meseret Defar, Sylvia Kibet
w800m Caster Semenya, Maria Savinova, Pamela Jelimo, Janet Jepkosgei
m400mH David Greene, Bershawn Jackson
w400mH Lashinda Demus, Kaliese Spencer, Melaine Walker
mDT Robert Harting, Gerd Kanter, Piotr Malachowski, Virgilius Alekna, Ehsan Hadadi
wSP Valerie Adams, Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Chiara Rosa
wJT Mariya Abakumova, Christina Obergfoll, Barbora Spotakova, Sunette Viljoen
w100m Ivet Lalova, Shelly Ann Fraser, Kerron Stewart, Sherone Simpson
m4x100m GB, Italy, Canada, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland
4x400m Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, South Africa, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland
mHJ Jesse Williams, Ivan Ukhov, Aleksey Dmitrik, Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Silvano Chesani
w100mH Marzia Caravelli, Dawn Harper, Priscilla Lopes Schliep, Danielle Carruthers, Tiffany Porter, Brigitte Foster Hylton, Lolo Jones
mPV Claudio Stecchi, Giuseppe Gibilisco
wTJ Yamile Aldama, Simona La Mantia, Olga Saladukha, Tatyana Lebedeva


2nd June Eugene
Kenyan Olympic M10000m trials (1st June)
w10000m Tirunesh Dibaba, Sule Utura, Pauline Korikwiang, Wude Ayalew, Belaynesh Oljira, Tigist Kiros Gebreselassie, Layes Abdullayeva, Lineth Chepkurui, Abebech Afework, Amy Yoder Begley, Lucy Kabuu Wangui, Pauline Njerike, Margaret Wangari, Worknesh Kidane, Aheza Kiros, Aberu Kebede (1st June)
m5000m Kenenisa Bekele, Mo Farah, Tariku Bekele, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Jacob Cheshari, Galen Rupp, Matt Tegenkamp, Dathan Ritzenhein, Isaiah Kiplangat Koech (18yo), Yenew Alamirew, Abera Kuma, Albert Rop (17yo), Tesfaye Cheru (19yo), William Malel (18yo), David Bett (19 yo), Alistair Ian Cragg, Craig Mottram, Collis Birmingham, Chris Thompson, Augustine Choge
wDT Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Aretha Thurmond, Zaneta Glanc, Sandra Perkovic, Kateryna Karsak, Xuejun Ma, Gia Lewis-Smallwood, Darya Pishchalnikova (1st June)
wHT Betty Heidler, Tatyana Lysenko, Anita Wlodarczyk, Wenxiu Zhang, Kathrin Klaas, Jessica Cosby, Amber Campbell, Sultana Frizell (not part of DL)
wPV Jenn Suhr, Fabiana Murer, Martina Strutz, Svetlana Feofanova, Anna Rogowska, Holly Bleasdale, Angelica Bengtsson, Kylie Hutson
wHJ Chaunte Lowe, Anna Chicherova, Emma Green Tregaro, Svetlana Shkolina, Melanie Melfort, Xingjuan Zheng, Ebba Jungmark, Ariane Friedrich, Mariya Kuchina
mMile (Bowerman and International) Silas Kiplagat, Asbel Kiprop, Abdelaati Iguider, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Haron Keitany, Nick Willis, Collins Cheboi, Russell Brown, Amine Laalou, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, Matthew Centrowitz, David Torrence, Leonel Manzano, Andrew Wheating, Aman Wote, Bethwell Birgen, Bernard Lagat, Dawit Wolde, Tesfaye Cheru, Lopez Lomong, Nicholas Kemboi, Will Leer, Dorian Ulrey, Jeff See, Alan Webb, Gideon Gathimba, Mohamed Al Garni, Remmy Limo Ndiwa, Mohammed Shaween
m400m Kirani James, LaShawn Merritt, Kevin Borlée, Christopher Brown, Jeremy Wariner, Angelo Taylor, Demetrius Pinder, Oscar Pistorius
w400m Amantle Montsho, Sanya Richards-Ross, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Williams, Debbie Dunn, Natasha Hastings
m110H Dayron Robles, Liu Xiang, Jason Richardson, David Oliver, Aries Merritt, Andrew Turner, Ashton Eaton, Dongpeng Shi
wLJ Brittney Reese, Janay DeLoach, Maurren Higa Maggi, Shara Proctor, Funmi Jimoh, Eloyse Lesueur, Ineta Radevica, Minjia Lu
mTJ Christian Taylor, Alexis Copello, Will Claye, Leevan Sands, David Girat, Yanxi Li, Johnathan Silva, Osviel Hernandez
w3000mSc Milcah Chemos, Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge, Sofia Assefa, Lydiya Rotich, Hiwot Ayalew, Gesa Felicitas Krause, Barbara Parker, Lyudmila Kuzmina, Sara Hall, Emma Coburn, Brdget Franek, Beverly Ramos, Mardrea Hyman, Eunice Jepkorir
w3000m Sally Kipyego, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Amy Hastings, Molly Huddle, Elizabeth Maloy, Purity Rionoripo,
Brie Felnagle, Julia Lucas, Jackie Areson, Lisa Uhl, Angela Bizzarri, Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, Adrienne Herzog, Eunice Sum
mSP Dylan Armstrong, Christian Cantwell, Reese Hoffa, Ryan Whiting, Tomasz Majewski, Daniel Taylor
mJT Matthias de Zordo, Vitezslav Vesely, Sergey Makarov, Vadims Vasilevskis, Stuart Farquhar, Petr Frydrych, Cyrus Hostetler, Zigismunds Sirmais

7th June Oslo
m100m Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell
m500m Kenenisa Bekele, Imane Merga, Sileshi Sihine, Dejen Gebremeskel, Joseph Ebuya, Lucas Rotich, James Kwalia, Moses Kipsiro, Sondre Moen, Sindre Burass
Dream Mile Asbel Kiprop, Abdelaati Iguider, Youssef Saad Kamel, Marcin Lewdowski, Hailu Mekonnen, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, Andy Baddeley, Amine Laalou, Henrik Ingebritsen
w100H Sally Pearson, Lolo Jones, Danielle Carruthers, Tiffany Porter, Christina Vukecivic
mTJ Phillips Idowu, Christian Taylor, Luc Adams
mSP Tomasz Majewski, David Storl, Dylan Armstrong, Reese Hoffa

9th June New York
m100m Yohan Blake
w100m Carmelita Jeter, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson
m400m Jeremy Wariner, Jermaine Gonzales
m800m David Rudisha (No 800m World record holder has run in the U.S. since Sebastian Coe won two medals at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
m110H Jason Richardson, Aries Merritt, David Oliver, Hansle Parchment, Dayron Robles, Omo Osaghae, Orlando Ortega
w400m Sanya Richards-Ross, Novlene Williams-Mills
mHJ Jesse Williams
w800m Jenny Simpson
m1500 Matthew Centrowitz, Bernard Lagat, Leo Manzano, Craig Mottram, Augustine Choge,

6th July Paris
m100m Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Christophe Lemaitre, Jimmy Vicaut, Keston Bledman
m800m David Rudisha, Mohammed Aman, Leonard Kosencha
m5000m Kenenisa Bekele, Bernard Lagat
m300mSC Paul Kipsiele Koech, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, Bouabdellah Tahri
w100mh Sally Pearson, Tiffany Porter, Kristi Castlin
m400mh David Greene, Javier Culson
mTJ Phillips Idowu, Osviel Hernandez


13-14th July London
m5000m (13th) Mo Farah
mTJ Phillips Idowu, Christian Taylor
w100mH Sally Pearson Tiffany Porter
w400m Christine Ohuruogu
m400m Dai Greene, Bershawn Jackson, Javier Culson
m200m Christophe Lemaitre, Wallace Spearmon, James Ellington, Christian Malcolm
m110h Liu Xiang,
mHJ Robbie Grabarz, Samson Oni, Tom Parsons, Martyn Bernard
mDT Lawrence Okoye, Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse


20th July Monaco
m200m Usain Bolt
wPV Yelena Isinbayeva, Vanessa Boslak, Monika Pyrek, Martina Strutz, Fabiana Murer
m400m LaShawn Merritt, Martyn Rooney, Kevin Borlee, Jonathan Borlee
w400mh Zuzana Hejnová
w800m Caster Semenya, Alysia Montaño
m800m Andrew Osagie
m1500m Nick Willis, Silas Kiplaga
mLJ Mauro Vinicius Da Silva, Mitchell Watt, Greg Rutherford
mHJ Robbie Grabarz
wTJ Olga Rypakova
wDT Stephanie Brown Trafton
mJT Vítezslav Veselý


17th August Stockholm
w1500m Abeba Aregawi, Genzebe Dibaba
w100mh Sally Pearson

23rd August Lausanne
mPV Renaud Lavillenie, Steve Hooker
w100m Veronica Campbell-Brown
mDT
wSP Valerie Adams
100m
200m
w4x100m

Birmingham

30th August Zurich
Usain Bolt

7th September Brussels

As you can see, promoters have either not signed or athletes are not committing themselves to events beyond their national trials - could be an interesting time

...... to be continued!

[Kermit]

Four World champions added to New York line-up - Samsung Diamond League
http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64773.html

The previous post has been amended.

[Kermit]

Startlist of stars unveiled in Rome - Bolt, Powell and Lemaitre rematch
http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64784.html

[Maza1987]

Can't wait for the DL to start this year.

[Kermit]

Just a week to go

[Kermit]

Top 10 duels to watch at the Doha Diamond League

http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/News/ ... plate=News

[Kermit]

Nine athletes who have won a total of 26 World Championships medals have been added to the field for the adidas Grand Prix on June 9, organizers have announced.

Among them are Jenny Simpson, the reigning women’s 1500-meter World Champion; Matthew Centrowitz, Bernard Lagat, and Leo Manzano, the top three American men at the distance; and a pair of Jamaican athletes who posted huge wins last weekend.

http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/Ne ... plate=News

I'm not quite sure what I am actually looking forward to with this year's league, is it the match ups or an assault on precinct world record. I do hope that the UK's best athletes get more opportunities to compete than in previous seasons.

[Mr Halibut]

Does anyone know if the BBC red button coverage usually ends up on the iPlayer?

[Kermit]

I don't think so

[Kermit]

Americans Jenn Suhr and Chaunte Lowe will find plenty of high class international competition to match their own impressive talents respectively in the Pole Vault and High Jump at the 38th Prefontaine Classic - Samsung Diamond League meeting at Hayward Field on 2 June.
http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64839.html

Liu Xiang will defend his Shanghai Diamond League 110m Hurdles crown on 19 May, taking on Daegu World Championship gold medallist Jason Richardson of the USA. One of many classy line-ups for the second leg of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League series.
http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64838.html

[d pickup]

'Bekele back from injury to eye Olympic double'

He is for real it appears. He runs 3000 in Doha today

see
www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Bekel ... index.html

[Kermit]

The first post Olympic signing has been made, Bolt to run in Zurich
http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/Ne ... um=twitter

[Kermit]

Oslo announces it's 5k line up. Bekele is one of 8 sub 13 minute runners in the field!

http://www.diamondleague.com/en/News/Ne ... um=twitter

[Kermit]

Cuba's Dayron Robles, the World record holder (12.87) and reigning Olympic gold medallist in the 110m Hurdles, has joined the field for the adidas Grand Prix on 9 June

http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64988.html

[Kermit]

Kiprop-Kiplagat rematch in Eugene http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64989.html

[Kermit]

The organisers in Eugene look as if they are coming out with daily announcements, this time it's the 400s

http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=64997.html

[Kermit]

Tiffany Porter has been added to the list for Rome - amongst others

http://iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=65009.html

[tootingmick]

Just moving topic above' junk'

[Kermit]

Since Shanghai announcements have be made by the organisers of Rome, Olso, Eugene and London.

The opening post of this thread has now been amended.

[Kermit]

Barbara Parker to run in the steeple in Eugene, mens shot & javelin field also announced. Idowu v Taylor plus mens shot announced in Oslo. Pearson v Porter announced in London.

First post has been updated.

[usedtoit33]

Richard kilty not competing in Rome according to Twitter.

[jjimbojames]

Richard kilty not competing in Rome according to Twitter.

Bad hammy, I believe

[Mr Halibut]

Tyson Gay to run in the 100m B race (i.e. not against Blake) in New York.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... 2F20120605

[shivfan]

Tyson Gay to run in the 100m B race (i.e. not against Blake) in New York.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... 2F20120605

Why the B race? why not against Blake?

[jjimbojames]

Tyson Gay to run in the 100m B race (i.e. not against Blake) in New York.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/ ... 2F20120605

Why the B race? why not against Blake?

Obviously wants a low key return but needs to fulfil the demands of his sponsor at the same time, would be my guess - he'd probably be better off just finding a small meet where he could race quietly, but I assume he wants some proper competition

On the positive side, he must be confident that he can run a decent time to put himself out there

[Kermit]

This is an interesting development as Gay himself said earlier this year that his opener would be the US trials. Perhaps Gatlin has him spooked.

[BigGut]

Does anybody know if Baddeley is planning on a Diamond League performance, his 3000m gave e some hope that he may be physically right, but I still feel he is lacking tactically.

[Kermit]

Outside of the 2 UK events has he been invited to any or has his agent been able to get him in one?

[Mr Me]

Does anybody know if Baddeley is planning on a Diamond League performance, his 3000m gave e some hope that he may be physically right, but I still feel he is lacking tactically.

Hes running the dream mile at the oslo diamond league this week.

http://www.diamondleague-oslo.com/en/Li ... ream-Mile/

[jjimbojames]

Outside of the 2 UK events has he been invited to any or has his agent been able to get him in one?

A good question to generalise out - loads more Brits on the circuit this year, and not just funded ones. Down to better agents or is there more of a desire to get them racing?