Doha DL, 11 May

[Patriot]

Anyone know if this is being televised? Thanks, peeps.....

[2dodgy]

Red Button 1700-1900 BST live coverage from Doha

[Geoff]

Friday, 11 May
Diamond League, Doha
1700-1900, Red Button

Saturday, 19 May
Diamond League, Shanghai
1300-1500, Red Button

Sunday, 20 May
Great Manchester Run
1000-1200, BBC Two

Great Manchester CityGames
1530-1700, BBC Two

Thursday, 31 May
Diamond League, Rome
1900-2100, BBC Three

Some Red Button coverage may not be available on Freeview.

[Geoff]

Doha Provisional Entry Lists - Samsung Diamond League

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/ne ... 64826.html

Rooney, Osagie, Rimmer, Rutherford, Tomlinson, Oni, Emma Jackson, Perri, Goldie etc. Should be good viewing and interesting from a British perspective.

[sidelined]

Doha Provisional Entry Lists - Samsung Diamond League

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/ne ... 64826.html

Rooney, Osagie, Rimmer, Rutherford, Tomlinson, Oni, Emma Jackson, Perri, Goldie etc. Should be good viewing and interesting from a British perspective.

That 'etc' means Stephanie Twell in the 3000m, Kate Dennison and Sally Peake.

The men's 800 and women's 3000 fields are stacked...

[LopenUupunut]

Provisional mDT entry list:

(name/nationality/SB/PB)
HARRADINE Benn AUS 67.53 67.53
CASANAS Yennifer Frank ESP 66.25 67.91
ISRAEL Mart EST 62.86 66.98
KANTER Gerd EST - 73.38
KOVAGO Zoltan HUN 68.21 69.95
VIKAS Gowda IND 66.28 66.28
HADADI Ehsan IRI 66.60 69.32
ALEKNA Virgilijus LTU 65.72 73.88
GUDZIUS Andrius LTU 60.78 61.85
MALACHOWSKI Piotr POL 65.62 69.83
OLGUNDENIZ Ercument TUR 64.80 66.89
ROME Jarred USA 61.16 68.76

Should be interesting. At least 6 guys could win without it being a real surprise (Harradine, Kanter, Hadadi, Alekna, Małachowski and Kővágó)... pity Harting and Okoye are missing.

[Patriot]

Great, thanks guys

[Kermit]

I've been trying to keep up to date with DL announcements via it's own thread until such times as the official start list is produced.

It's nice to see that UKA have at last released the shackles from the athletes and allowed them to get premium competition in the build up to the "Big Show"

[Geoff]

Provisional mDT entry list:

(name/nationality/SB/PB)
HARRADINE Benn AUS 67.53 67.53
CASANAS Yennifer Frank ESP 66.25 67.91
ISRAEL Mart EST 62.86 66.98
KANTER Gerd EST - 73.38
KOVAGO Zoltan HUN 68.21 69.95
VIKAS Gowda IND 66.28 66.28
HADADI Ehsan IRI 66.60 69.32
ALEKNA Virgilijus LTU 65.72 73.88
GUDZIUS Andrius LTU 60.78 61.85
MALACHOWSKI Piotr POL 65.62 69.83
OLGUNDENIZ Ercument TUR 64.80 66.89
ROME Jarred USA 61.16 68.76

Should be interesting. At least 6 guys could win without it being a real surprise (Harradine, Kanter, Hadadi, Alekna, Małachowski and Kővágó)... pity Harting and Okoye are missing.

I think this meet was possibly in Okoye's plans but perhaps needs a period at home after being in California for the past 5 weeks or so. He may well be throwing in Rome.

[Blindfaith]

I know its not an actual Diamond League event tonight, but I presume the BBC will not be showing the Mens 3k, which is absolutely loaded, as it is after their schedule end of coverage...gutted..

[BBC]

Red Button 1700-1900 BST live coverage from Doha

Does that mean a live feed from the BBC Athletics website too ?

[Kermit]

It should be.

[Geoff]

Hope Chris Tomlinson isn't injured. He has an r against his first jump and hasn't taken his second. Assume the r stands for retired?

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Rutherford 7.98 for 4th in LJ

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Mukhtar Mohammed 1.46.41 in 800 B race. 0.11 outside Olympic B

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Hope Chris Tomlinson isn't injured. He has an r against his first jump and hasn't taken his second. Assume the r stands for retired?

Didn't take his first jump.

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Perri 400h 3rd in 55.25 - Olympic A - started well - hurdling not so hot as the race went on.
Good start to the season.
Melaine Walker 54.63 WL won well.

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Men's 200 m - Walter Dix wins in 20.02.
Mookie Salaam (who ran 9.98 for the 100 earlier this year) looks like he's pulled a hamstring.

Men 100 m - Gatlin 9.87 beats Powell 9.88.

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Women 800. Pamela Jelimo 1.56.94 WL
Emma Jackson 1.59.37 Olympic A - despite being far too far back at the bell.

[usedtoit33]

Just got in and switched on. Heard there was a fast m100m but don't know the results.

That's great from Emma Jackson!

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Men 800
Rudisha wins in 1.43.10
3rd Osagie 1.44.64 Olympic A - PB

also Kate Dennison just cleared 4.50 in the pole vault. Olympic A.

[usedtoit33]

Andy Osagie 1:44.64 PB, Michael Rimmer 1:44.86! (I think)

1:43.10 WL for Rudisha, given a good race by his compatriot Kinyor.

Felix beats VCB in the 100m! There's a turn-up.

[trickstat]

plus Rimmer 1:44.86. I think you have to go back to the early 90s for the last time 2 Brits broke 1:45 in the same race?

[Guto Nyth Bran]

Andy Osagie 1:44.64 PB, Michael Rimmer 1:44.86! (I think)

1:43.10 WL for Rudisha, given a good race by his compatriot Kinyor.

Felix beats VCB in the 100m! There's a turn-up.

Yep - Rimmer's time confirmed. This is a pretty good night

[usedtoit33]

plus Rimmer 1:44.86. I think you have to go back to the early 90s for the last time 2 Brits broke 1:45 in the same race?

I was trying to remember the last time we had two Brits sub 1:45 in a season.

It really is fantastic to see so many Brits hit the standards in the early races with just 9 weeks to go.

[sidelined]

Hope Chris Tomlinson isn't injured. He has an r against his first jump and hasn't taken his second. Assume the r stands for retired?

Is Tomlinson actually there? Louise Hazel was tweeting pictures of him warm weather training in Portugal yesterday, so I doubt it.

Great to see all these A standards. Solid start from PSD but I wish she'd run though the line...

I thought Emma Jackson paced her race really sensibly. She knocked half a second off her PB -you can't complain about that.

[trickstat]

plus Rimmer 1:44.86. I think you have to go back to the early 90s for the last time 2 Brits broke 1:45 in the same race?

I was trying to remember the last time we had two Brits sub 1:45 in a season.

Possibly 1993 when Martin Steele ran 1:43.84 and Curtis Robb 1:44.92 (in different races a month apart)

[usedtoit33]

Wow, 2 men sub 3:30 in the m1500m after no one breaking 3:30 at all last year! Kiprop must be kicking himself but I think Kiplagat knocked him.

I thought that was a PB from Emma Jackson but wasn't sure by how much. Knocking off half a second in your first serious race is brilliant.

[trickstat]

19 August 1992 Zurich (in the B race) 1st David Sharpe 1:43.98 2nd Steve Heard 1:44.96.

[usedtoit33]

19 August 1992 Zurich (in the B race) 1st David Sharpe 1:43.98 2nd Steve Heard 1:44.96.

Ninteen or 20 years. Hmmm, it's been a while then! I'm delighted to see it again.