Friday, May 6, 2011

Diamond League


Of course I mean athletics, not StarCraft II.

The athletics season proper kicks off today with the opening Diamond League event of the year in Doha, Qatar. A further 13 Diamond League events are planned with a finale in Sprouts this September.

Usain Bolt shattered the 100m world record at the 2009 Diamond League meeting in Berlin. Sub 9.5 this time Usain. Pretty please?


Here is the list of superstars to watch over the coming months.

EventSuperstars to watch
Men's 100m Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell
Women's 100m Shelly-Ann Fraiser
Women's 200m Allyson Felix
Women's 400m Sanya Richards
Men's 800m David Rudisha, Abubaker Kaki
Women's 800m Caster Semenya
Men's 5000m / 10,000m Kenise Bekele
Women's Pole Vault Yelena Isinbayeva
Women's High Jump Blanka Vlasic
Men's Javelin Andreas Thorkildsen

Nearly all above have broken the world record in their respective events.

Janey mackers.

Check out the Diamond League.

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