Contents. IAAF Diamond League 2014 media guide Introduction. Diamond Race 3... Basic information how it works, points, prize money

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2 1 Contents 2... Introduction Diamond Race 3... Basic information how it works, points, prize money 5... Diamond Race winners ( ) 9... Diamond Race all-time statistics ( ) Competition review: 2013 highlights TV figures ( ) 2014 season Calendar Event disciplines Host broadcasters Preview Contact details DL AG, IAAF, IMG, meeting organisers and press chiefs Media accreditation

3 2 Introduction W ith the creation of the IAAF Diamond League, we set out to reinvent the one-day meeting structure of our sport to bring clarity to the top-tier circuit of international invitational competition which takes place outside the IAAF World Championships and Olympic Games. While there remain many challenges ahead, if we are to make further advances and cement the IAAF Diamond League s position as one of the world s major sports series, we firmly believe that we have made an exceptionally good start in the first four years of the new competition structure. The IAAF Diamond League has a worldwide audience and a broadcasting reach undreamt of by the Golden League series which preceded it. Thanks to a 14-meeting circuit which covers Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA, a competition programme that includes virtually the full spectrum of Olympic track and field disciplines, the guarantee of the world s greatest athletes battling to win 8 million dollars in prize money, accumulating points season-long to win their event s Diamond Race Trophy, the IAAF Diamond League has captured the public s imagination like no other non-championship athletics competition. I eagerly look forward to the 2014 season of the IAAF Diamond League which commences in Doha and concludes at the end of August and beginning of September with the finals in Zurich and Brussels. Lamine Diack IAAF President and Chairman of the Board of Diamond League AG

4 3 How it works The IAAF Diamond League comprises 14 of the best invitational track and field meetings in the world. The meetings are spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA, and compose the top tier of the IAAF s global one-day meeting competition structure. This series of 14 meetings, which began in 2010, showcases 32 event disciplines which are carefully distributed among the meetings. In each of the 32 event disciplines there is a Diamond Race with points available throughout the 14-meeting season. Winners of each Diamond Race receive a USD $40,000 cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy. But more importantly, they will have shown season-long consistency to earn the unchallenged honour of being the world No.1. Each of the 32 event disciplines is staged seven times with the top three athletes being awarded the same amount of points at each meeting with the exception of the final where the points are doubled. The Sainsbury s Glasgow Grand Prix, which takes place over two days, counts as one meeting. Points Points per event discipline at each meeting: 1st place 4 points (Final: 8 points) 2nd place 2 points (Final: 4 points) 3rd place 1 point (Final: 2 points) The athlete with the highest number of points in each event discipline at the end of the IAAF Diamond League season wins the Diamond Race. In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides. If there still is a tie, the better result at the final decides. For an athlete to win a Diamond Race and its associated prize, and/or to be ranked in the final points standings, he/she must compete in the final (Zürich or Brussels) of their event discipline.

5 4 How it works Prize money At each of the 14 meetings, all 32 disciplines have the same prize money with a total of USD $30,000 x 16 = USD $480,000 per meeting. Place prize money 1st USD $10,000 2nd USD $6000 3rd USD $4000 4th USD $3000 5th USD $2500 6th USD $2000 7th USD $1500 8th USD $1000 plus rewards for 9th-12th place finishers in distance races and 9th lane runners in sprints. The overall winner of each of the 32 Diamond Races will receive a USD $40,000 cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy created by Beyer, one of the oldest and most respected jewellers in the world, which was established in Zurich in the 18th century. The meeting prize money combined with the Diamond Race cash, the IAAF Diamond League is offering a total of USD $8 million in prize money in Diamond Race winners wild cards for the IAAF World Championships The overall event winners of the 32 Diamond Races which compose the IAAF Diamond League from the previous year benefit from a wild card, much in the same way as already happens with the defending world champion. However, only one or the other can participate as a wild card in case both are from the same country (so the maximum entry from a country will be limited to four in any individual event). The decision to finally enter the athlete still rests entirely with the National Federation, which maintains full control of the final entries. Diamond Race winners automatic invites for next season To guarantee the strongest possible fields of competitors at each IAAF Diamond League meeting, all winners of the previous year s Diamond Trophies automatically receive an invitation to compete in their event discipline during the following IAAF Diamond League season.

6 5 Diamond Race winners 2010 Men Event Women Tyson Gay (USA) 100m Carmelita Jeter (USA) Wallace Spearmon (USA) 200m Allyson Felix (USA) Jeremy Wariner (USA) 400m Allyson Felix (USA) David Rudisha (KEN) 800m Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 1500m Nancy Jebet Langat (KEN) Imane Merga (ETH) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 3000m steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) David Oliver (USA) 110m/100m hurdles Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) Bershawn Jackson (USA) 400m hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) Ivan Ukhov (RUS) High jump Blanka Vlašic (CRO) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault Fabiana Murer (BRA) Dwight Phillips (USA) Long jump Brittney Reese (USA) Teddy Tamgho (FRA) Triple jump Yargelis Savigne (CUB) Christian Cantwell (USA) Shot put Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) Piotr Malachowski (POL) Discus Yarelis Barrios (CUB) Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) Javelin Barbora Špotáková (CZE)

7 6 Diamond Race winners 2011 Men Event Women Asafa Powell (JAM) 100m Carmelita Jeter (USA) Walter Dix (USA) 200m Carmelita Jeter (USA) Kirani James (GRN) 400m Amantle Montsho (BOT) David Rudisha (KEN) 800m Jennifer Meadows (GBR) Nixon Chepseba (KEN) 1500m Morgan Uceny (USA) Imane Merga (ETH) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 3000m steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) Dayron Robles (CUB) 110m/100m hurdles Danielle Carruthers (USA) David Greene (GBR) 400m hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) Jesse Williams (USA) High jump Blanka Vlašic (CRO) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault Silke Spiegelburg (GER) Mitchell Watt (AUS) Long jump Brittney Reese (USA) Phillips Idowu (GBR) Triple jump Olha Saladukha (UKR) Dylan Armstrong (CAN) Shot put Valerie Adams (NZL) Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) Discus Yarelis Barrios (CUB) Matthias De Zordo (GER) Javelin Christina Obergföll (GER)

8 7 Diamond Race winners 2012 Men Event Women Usain Bolt (JAM) 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 200m Charonda Williams (USA) Kevin Borlée (BEL) 400m Amantle Montsho (BIT) Mohammed Aman (ETH) 800m Pamela Jelimo (KEN) Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 1500m Abeba Aregawi (SWE) Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 3000m steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) Aries Merritt (USA) 110m/100m hurdles Dawn Harper (USA) Javier Culson (PUR) 400m hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) Robbie Grabarz (GBR) High jump Chaunte Lowe (USA) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault Silke Spiegelburg (GER) Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) Long jump Yelena Sokolova (RUS) Christian Taylor (USA) Triple jump Olga Rypakova (KAZ) Reese Hoffa (USA) Shot put Valerie Adams (NZL) Gerd Kanter (EST) Discus Sandra Perkovic (CRO) Vítezslav Veselý (CZE) Javelin Barbora Špotáková (CZE)

9 8 Diamond Race winners 2013 Men Event Women Justin Gatlin (USA) 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Warren Weir (JAM) 200m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) LaShawn Merritt (USA) 400m Amantle Montsho (BOT) Mohammed Aman (ETH) 800m Eunice Jepkoech Sum (KEN) Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 1500m Abeba Aregawi (SWE) Yenew Alamirew (ETH) 5000m Meseret Defar (ETH) Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 3000m steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) David Oliver (USA) 110m/100m hurdles Dawn Harper-Nelson (USA) Javier Culson (PUR) 400m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) High jump Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole vault Silke Spiegelburg (GER) Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) Long jump Shara Proctor (GBR) Christian Taylor (USA) Triple jump Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Ryan Whiting (USA) Shot put Valerie Adams (NZL) Gerd Kanter (EST) Discus Sandra Perkovic (CRO) Vítezslav Veselý (CZE) Javelin Christina Obergföll (GER)

10 9 Diamond Race statistics Most Diamond Race wins all-time overall Men (141 athletes from 43 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 17 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 15 Usain Bolt JAM 100m/200m 11 David Rudisha KEN 800m 10 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 10 Asbel Kiprop KEN 800m/1500m/mile 10 David Oliver USA 110mH 10 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin 9 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 8 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 8 Walter Dix USA 200m 8 Tyson Gay USA 100m/200m 8 Javier Culson PUR 400mH Women (120 athletes from 33 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 17 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 16 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 15 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 13 Allyson Felix USA 100m/200m/400m 13 Carmelita Jeter USA 100m/200m 12 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 12 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 12 Blanka Vlašic CRO High jump 11 Christina Obergföll GER Javelin 10 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 3000m/5000m 10 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400mH

11 10 Diamond Race statistics Most Diamond Race wins all-time single discipline Men Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 17 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 11 David Rudisha KEN 800m 10 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 10 David Oliver USA 110mH 10 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin 9 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 9 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500m/mile 8 Usain Bolt JAM 200m 8 Javier Culson PUR 400mH 8 Walter Dix USA 200m 8 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC Women Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 17 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 16 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 15 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 12 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 12 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 12 Blanka Vlašic CRO High jump 11 Christina Obergföll GER Javelin 10 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 3000m/5000m 10 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400mH 10 Carmelita Jeter USA 100m

12 11 Diamond Race statistics Most Diamond Race scoring (top-3) finishes all-time overall Men (327 athletes from 63 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 21 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 20 Asbel Kiprop KEN 800m/1500m/mile 20 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 20 David Oliver USA 110mH 18 Javier Culson PUR 400mH 18 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 18 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 17 Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 17 Usain Bolt JAM 100m/200m 16 Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 16 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin Women (297 athletes from 57 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 25 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 23 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 22 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 21 Carmelita Jeter USA 100m/200m 21 Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 19 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 19 Allyson Felix USA 100m/200m/400m 19 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 19 Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 19 Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin

13 12 Diamond Race statistics Most Diamond Race scoring (top-3) finishes all-time single event Men Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 21 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 20 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 20 David Oliver USA 110mH 18 Javier Culson PUR 400mH 18 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 18 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 17 Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 16 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500m/mile 16 Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 16 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin Women Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 25 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 23 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 21 Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 21 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 19 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 19 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 19 Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 19 Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin 18 Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 17 Christina Obergföll GER Javelin 17 Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault

14 13 Diamond Race statistics Most appearances in Diamond Races all-time overall Men (1048 athletes from 92 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 29 Asbel Kiprop KEN 800m/1500m/mile 26 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 25 Dylan Armstrong USA Shot put 25 Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 25 David Oliver USA 110mH 24 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 23 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 23 Churandy Martina NED 100m/200m 22 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500m/mile 22 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 22 Angelo Taylor USA 200m/400m/400mH 22 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin 22 Jesse Williams USA High jump Women (956 athletes from 78 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 28 Blessing Okagbare NGR 100m/200m/long jump 27 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 1500m/3000m/5000m 27 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 26 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 25 Michelle Carter USA Shot put 25 Carmelita Jeter USA 100m/200m 23 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 23 Sofia Assefa ETH 3000mSC 23 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 23 Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault

15 14 Diamond Race statistics Most appearances in Diamond Races all-time single discipline Men Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 26 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 25 Dylan Armstrong USA Shot put 25 Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 25 David Oliver USA 110mH 24 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 23 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 22 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500m/mile 22 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 22 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin 22 Jesse Williams USA High jump Women (956 athletes from 78 countries) Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 27 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 25 Sofia Assefa ETH 3000mSC 25 Michelle Carter USA Shot put 25 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 24 Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 23 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 23 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 23 Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 22 Christina Obergföll GER Javelin 21 Emma Green Tregaro SWE High jump 21 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400mH 21 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 21 Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 21 Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 21 Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus 21 Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin

16 15 Diamond Race statistics Most Diamond Race points all-time overall Men Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 86 Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 64 David Oliver USA 110mH 61 Asbel Kiprop KEN 800m/1500m/mile 59 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000mSC 57 Gerd Kanter EST Discus 54 Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 53 Javier Culson PUR 400mH 52 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin 48 David Rudisha KEN 800m 41 Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin Women Wins Athlete NAT Event(s) 94 Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 82 Amantle Montsho BOT 400m 79 Kaliese Spencer JAM 400mH 78 Sandra Perkovic CRO Discus 76 Milcah Chemos KEN 3000mSC 69 Carmelita Jeter USA 100m/200m 61 Christina Obergföll GER Javelin 58 Allyson Felix USA 100m/200m/400m 58 Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 57 Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault

17 16 Diamond Race statistics Diamond Race records men (at end of 2013 season) Event Result Wind Athlete Born Nat Venue Date 100m Usain Bolt 86 JAM Roma (ITA) m Yohan Blake 89 JAM Bruxelles (BEL) m Kirani James 92 GRN Paris (FRA) m 1:41.54 David Rudisha 88 KEN Paris (FRA) m 3:28.88 Asbel Kiprop 89 KEN Monaco (MON) Mile 3:49.09 Haron Keitany 83 KEN Eugene (USA) m 7:27.26 Yenew Alamirew 90 ETH Doha (QAT) m 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel 89 ETH Paris (FRA) m hurdles Aries Merritt 85 USA Bruxelles (BEL) m hurdles Bershawn Jackson 83 USA Lausanne (SUI) m steeplechase 7:53.64 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto 85 KEN Monaco (MON) High jump 2.41 Bohdan Bondarenko 89 UKR Lausanne (SUI) Pole vault 5.96 Renaud Lavillenie 86 FRA Monaco (MON) Long jump Mitchell Watt 88 AUS Stockholm (SWE) Triple jump Teddy Tamgho 89 FRA New York (USA) Shot put Christian Cantwell 80 USA Eugene (USA) Discus Piotr Małachowski 83 POL Gateshead (GBR) Javelin Andreas Thorkildsen 82 NOR Bruxelles (BEL)

18 17 Diamond Race statistics Diamond Race records women (at end of 2013 season) Event Result Wind Athlete Born Nat Venue Date 100m Carmelita Jeter 79 USA Eugene (USA) m Veronica Campbell-Brown 82 JAM New York (USA) m Amantle Montsho 83 BOT Monaco (MON) m 1:56.59 Francine Niyonsaba 93 BDI Bruxelles (BEL) m 3:56.15 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 84 MAR Paris (FRA) m 8:28.41 Sentayehu Ejigu 85 ETH Monaco (MON) m 14:20.87 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot 83 KEN Stockholm (SWE) m hurdles Sally Pearson 86 AUS Paris (FRA) m hurdles Kaliese Spencer 87 JAM London (GBR) m steeplechase 9:05.02 Yuliya Zaripova 86 RUS Stockholm (SWE) High jump 2.05 Anna Chicherova 82 RUS Bruxelles (BEL) Pole vault 4.83 Yarisley Silva 87 CUB London (GBR) Long jump Brittney Reese 86 USA Doha (QAT) Triple jump Yargelis Savigne 84 CUB Monaco (MON) Shot put Valerie Adams 84 NZL Roma (ITA) Discus Sandra Perkovic 90 CRO Lausanne (SUI) Javelin Christina Obergföll 81 GER Zürich (SUI)

19 18 Competition review 2013 season Doha, 10 May David Rudisha produced an 800m victory of characteristic majesty in contributing one of 11 world-leading performances as the 2013 IAAF Diamond League got off to a hugely successful launch on a warm and balmy night when fellow Olympic champion Brittney Reese earned victory in the women s long jump with 7.25m. The US jumper s fourth-round effort was the best in the world for nine years, and an improvement of six centimetres on her personal best, set two years earlier. Not only was it a meeting record, it was the best jump in the history of the Diamond League. Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was second with 7.14m (2.2m/s). Rudisha, in his first appearance of the season, floated over the line in 1:43.87 ahead of the 19-year-old Ethiopian Mohammed Aman, second in 1:44.21, who had been the only runner to find a way of beating the Kenyan in the previous couple of years. Apart from Rudisha and Reese, the Doha world-leaders club numbered Sandra Perkovic in the discus (68.23m, MR), Ryan Whiting in the shot put (22.28m MR), Konstantinos Filippidis in the pole vault (5.82m), Abeba Aregawi in the 1500m (3:56.60), Dawn Harper-Nelson in the 100m hurdles (12.60), Lidya Chepkurui in the 3000m steeplechase (9:13.75 MR), Amantle Montsho (49.88) in the 400m thus preventing Olympic 200m champion Allyson Felix (50.19) from earning an 11th consecutive victory on this track Asbel Kiprop in the 1500m (3:31.13) and Hagos Gebrhiwet in the 3000m (7:30.36). In a 1500m race which fully engaged the noisy and flag-waving contingents of Ethiopian and Kenyan supporters, Sweden s Aregawi was challenged by the diminutive figure of Faith Kipyegon still a junior who moved past the tiring figure of Ethiopia s Genzebe Dibaba to finish second in a Kenyan record of 3:56.98, with Dibaba earning a personal best of 3: Perkovic threw a world lead and meeting record of 67.37m and continued in demoralising fashion with throws of 66.36m, 65.70m and 67.13m before reaching 68.23m on her last attempt with all five valid efforts being unmatched by any of her competitors.

20 19 Competition review 2013 season Shanghai, 18 May Long jumper Li Jinzhe rose to the challenge of a home meeting which produced four meeting records and nine world leads as he defeated a field which included the three past Olympic champions in Dwight Phillips, Irving Saladino and Greg Rutherford to win with 8.34m, finishing three centimetres clear of Russia s Aleksandr Menkov. On an evening when, but for a brief shower at the start, competition was unhindered by the rain which had fallen for the previous few days, the other world leads came from Kirani James in the 400m (44.02), Shelly- Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100m (10.93), Francine Niyonsaba in the 800m (2:00.33, outdoor lead), Genzebe Dibaba in the 5000m (14:45.92), Conseslus Kipruto in the 3000m steeplechase (8:01.16), Zuzana Hejnova in the 400m hurdles (53.79), Caterine Ibarguen in the triple jump (14.69m) and Tero Pitkamaki in the javelin (87.60m). There was also injury drama, with Olympic champion and world record-holder Aries Merritt pulling up before the first hurdle in the 110m hurdles, Carmelita Jeter exiting the track on a stretcher after finishing third in the 100m and Rutger Smith suffering a severe leg injury in the discus. Merritt pulled up largely as a precautionary measure after feeling cramping sensations in his right hamstring in the warm-up to a race won by 2011 world champion Jason Richardson in 13.23, while Jeter clutched the back of her thigh as she hobbled through the last few steps of her 100m. James, the world and Olympic champion, faced London minor medallists Luguelin Santos and Lalonde Gordon, as well as former world and Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt, who finished second in as his successor recorded the fastest ever Diamond League time. Dibaba earned her victory by sprinting clear of her compatriot, Olympic champion Meseret Defar, who was second in 14: Pitkamaki finished narrowly clear of the Czech Republic s Viteslav Vesely, who threw 86.67m, while in the men s high jump another duel took place between Mutaz Essa Barshim and Bohdan Bondarenko, with the former taking the win on countback, having cleared 2.33m on the first attempt. In Doha the previous Friday Bondarenko had beaten his rival on home territory.

21 20 Competition review 2013 season New York, 25 May Unseasonably cold and rainy conditions did not prevent some big performances in the field events as Olympic discus champion Sandra Perkovic obliterated the meeting record and improved her world lead to 68.48m at the adidas Grand Prix, while her friend and compatriot Blanka Vlasic, the former world champion, earned victory with a meeting record of 1.94m in her first high jump competition for 20 months following injury and illness. Other highlights included Ethiopia s Hagos Gebrhiwet securing his second Diamond League victory of the season with a worldleading 13:10.03 in the 5000m, and US long jumper Janay DeLoach Soukup beating her compatriot, Olympic champion Brittney Reese, with a meeting record of 6.79m. Perkovic s first throw was a meeting record of 64.00m, but after a near 45-minute delay between the first two rounds that left the competitors stranded in the cold and damp, her second throw went only to 62.50m and she contemplated finishing her competition. However a third effort of 66.31m changed her mind. The Croatian, who left her coach Ivan Ivancic after winning the Olympic title to let her boyfriend Edis Elkasevic guide her, sent her fourth effort into the cage but then produced her best throw in the fifth round having taken time out to warm herself up with hot water. In her first competition since recovering from achilles tendon surgery and a serious bacterial infection, Vlasic was apprehensive coming up against a field featuring the meeting record-holder in Sweden s Emma Green Tregaro and the USA s Olympic silver medallist Brigetta Barrett. However, her fears turned out to be unfounded as she cleared the first six heights of the competition with her first attempts, including one at 1.94m which equalled Green Tregaro s meeting record set in I cannot explain to you how scared I was before this competition, said Vlasic. I was jumping around 1.90m in my training and still feeling a lot of pain. This is just a dream come true.

22 21 Competition review 2013 season Eugene, 1 June Qatar s 21-year-old Olympic bronze medallist Mutaz Essa Barshim set an Asian high jump record of 2.40m, contributing one of 10 world leads to the Prefontaine Classic meeting. He was the first man to scale that height outdoors since Russia s Vyacheslav Voronin in 2000, beating a mark of 2.39m which, when it was set in 1984 by China s Zhu Jianhua, was also the world record. The USA s Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard and Canada s Olympic bronze medallist Derek Drouin cleared personal best heights of 2.36m for second and third place respectively. France s Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie won with a world-leading 5.95m, while in the discus, Germany s world and Olympic champion Robert Harting extended his winning streak to 35 competitions with a massive world-leading 69.75m. The women s triple jump saw Colombia s Caterine Ibarguen win with a slightly wind-assisted 14.93m, with Ukraine s Olha Saladhua second with a legal 14.85m a world-leading legal mark. The women s 400m hurdles and the men s 110m hurdles produced world-leading performances from, respectively, Zuzana Hejnova, who clocked 53.70, and Jamaica s Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment, who ran a national record of Burundi s Francine Niyonsaba won the women s 800m in a meeting record and world-leading 1:56.72, while fifth-placed Mary Cain, just 17, moved to third on the world youth all-time list over two laps with 1: Silas Kiplagat beat fellow Kenyan Asbel Kiprop in the Bowerman mile, clocking a world-leading 3:49.48, with the former Olympic champion second in 3: Another Kenyan win came from Edwin Soi, who out-sprinted Britain s double Olympic champion Mo Farah to win the 5000m in a world-leading time of 13: For Farah, second in 13:05.88, it was a first defeat in a track final since finishing fourth in the 2012 World Indoor Championships 3000m. Ethiopia s Tirunesh Dibaba supplanted her younger sister Genzebe at the head of the 2013 world lists for 5000m with a time of 14: LaShawn Merritt inflicted the first 400m defeat Kirani James had suffered since winning the Olympic title the previous year, the US sprinter finishing in Double Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won the women s 100m in a windassisted

23 22 Competition review 2013 season Rome, 6 June Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champion, arrived in Italy saying that he wanted to make a statement by beating the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion Usain Bolt. The US sprinter proved as good as his word as he shocked the world record-holder and most of the 53,305 crowd in the Olympic Stadium by winning in 9.94, with Bolt clocking That was ridiculous, a perfect start and then I just cropped off, said Bolt. I think it was the perfect start that threw my game off. I have to do more strength work, I guess. I think it needs just some time to get it all back together. The other major upset of the night came in the women s 200m, where the Ivory Coast s US-based Murielle Ahoure set a national record of and left Olympic champion Allyson Felix a distant second in There were three world-leading times on the track. Ethiopia s Mohammed Aman won the 800m in 1:43.61, just ahead of another fast-rising young talent, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse. The 21-year-old Frenchman was second in a personal best of 1: Botswana s 2011 world champion Amantle Montsho won her 400m in a world-leading 49.87, and the last of the world-leading times came from Ethiopia s Yenew Alamirew, who clocked 12:54.96 in the 5000m. Croatia s Sandra Perkovic earned a third consecutive Diamond League victory in the discus with 68.25m, almost four metres better than anyone else. Germany s Christina Obergfoll was equally impressive, despite being tired after flying in from the west coast of the United States after winning in Eugene the previous Saturday, taking victory in the javelin with 66.45m. And Germany s Olympic and European bronze medallist Raphael Holzdeppe equalled his personal best of 5.91m in winning the pole vault. In the women s high jump, there was a rare dead heat for first place between the Russian pair of Anna Chicherova and Svetlana Shkolina after both had cleared 1.98m with identical records and then performed identically in the jump-off down, where they agreed to split the prize money and Diamond Race points after successful attempts at 1.97m.

24 23 Competition review 2013 season Oslo, 13 June Usain Bolt produced a world-leading performance of in the 200m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games despite cold conditions, with a capacity crowd witnessing his eclipse of the meeting record of set by Namibia s Frankie Fredericks in After European champion Churandy Martina had been disqualified for a false start, Bolt got out of his blocks cautiously at the second time of asking with a reaction time of 0.182, but he was soon into his stride, finishing more than half a second clear of home runner Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, who clocked a season s best of It was very chilly today, but I ran as fast as I could, and as I promised, said Bolt, competing for the first time since his 100m defeat in Rome. My goals are the same to be the best in the world and win three gold medals in Moscow. And my dream is to break 19 seconds in the 200m. Two-time Olympic 5000m champion Meseret Defar earned the fourth victory of her career on the Bislett track where she had set a world record of 14:16.63 in Defar ran the sting out of her Ethiopian compatriot Genzebe Dibaba, who had beaten her at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting, and covered the final 400m in 61.7 to finish in 14: Vitezslav Vesely, the European javelin champion, led the competition from start to finish, improving on his opening throw of 83.98m with a second-round effort of 85.96m that was not bettered. The withdrawal of Kenya s world champion Asbel Kiprop threw the Dream Mile wide open and Djibouti s Ayanleh Souleiman grabbed the opportunity to take his first ever Diamond League win in 3:50.53 ahead of Kenya s Nixon Chepseba who set a personal best of 3: A clearance of 1.97m enabled Svetlana Shkolina to end the unbeaten 2013 run put together by fellow Russian Anna Chicherova, the Olympic high jump champion. After her surprise defeat of Olympic 200m champion Allyson Felix in Rome the previous week, Ivory Coast s Murielle Ahoure suffered an unexpected defeat herself over 100m by Ivet Lalova, who recorded a season s best of to Ahoure s

25 24 Competition review 2013 season Birmingham, 30 June On a warm afternoon when many leading performers suffered defeats, home runner Mo Farah was one of the few to resist the trend. He brought the meeting to a rousing close with a superfast final 100m to beat Ethiopia s Yenew Alamirew and Hagos Gebrhiwet at the end of a tactical 5000m. Among the major names who relinquished unbeaten records were Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the women s 200m and Sally Pearson in the 100m hurdles, while two other Olympic champions, Aries Merritt and Felix Sanchez, were left adrift in their hurdles races. Sandra Perkovic, however, remained undefeated in the women s discus after winning with 64.43m. Elsewhere, Amantle Montsho suffered her first 400m Diamond League loss of the season behind Britain s Christine Ohuruogu, who won by 0.01 in Milcah Chemos set a meeting record of 9:17.43 in the women s 3000m steeplechase, and Bohdan Bondarenko matched Javier Sotomayor s 20-year-old meeting record in the high jump as he improved his personal best by three centimetres to 2.36m. The earliest cheers of the day were for Christian Taylor, the Birmingham-based US triple jumper who finished clear of France s Teddy Tamgho with a best of 17.66m. I knew it was going to be a special day, said Taylor. I live down the street now so I can almost call it home. Fraser-Pryce s first defeat of the year after six straight wins came at the hands of Blessing Okabare, who clocked in the 200m with the Jamaican second in Pearson, recovering from early season injury problems, endured her worst defeat for three years as she finished fourth in the 100m hurdles behind US pair Dawn Harper-Nelson (12.64) and Kellie Wells (12.67), with Britain s Tiffany Porter third. Merritt also had injury problems and was second with behind former world champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, who clocked

26 25 Competition review 2013 season Lausanne, 4 July Just a week after adding three centimetres to his high jump personal best in Birmingham, where he had won with 2.36m, Bohdan Bondarenko raised the bar to a dramatic new level as he produced a winning leap of 2.41m that lifted him to equal third on the all-time lists and bettered by one centimetre the Ukrainian record set in 1985 by Rudolf Povaritsyn, who was the first man to jump 2.40m. The mark was also the best recorded since 1994, and a Diamond League record. Most of the field exited the competition at 2.33m but Bondarenko passed that height and cleared 2.35m on his first attempt. Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard, the only other athlete left in the competition, then took the lead with a first-time clearance at 2.37m, a personal best. His rival responded straight away by jumping 2.39m with a huge clearance over the bar. It was clear to Kynard that he had to go higher. After one failure at 2.39m, Kynard then missed twice at 2.41m. Bondarenko, whose exploits by now had captured the full attention of the capacity crowd, then sailed over 2.41m on his final attempt before making three good attempts at a world record height of 2.46m. It s difficult to take in, jumping 2.41m really is something, said Bondarenko, whose best before this year was 2.31m. I know that improving on that will be very difficult, but I do feel I will get there. Aided by a perfect 2.0m/s tailwind, Tyson Gay held off a strong challenge from Jamaica s former world record-holder Asafa Powell to win the 100m in Sandra Perkovic, Croatia s Olympic discus champion, confirmed victory in the Diamond Race with a fifth consecutive win, although she had to work hard to surpass Cuba s two-time world silver medallist Yarelis Barrios, who led temporarily with 67.36m, the second-best mark of her life. With the next throw of the competition, Perkovic responded with 68.96m, just 15cm short of her personal best, and breaking her own Diamond League record of 68.77m from Stockholm in Abeba Aregawi also secured the Diamond Race win in the 1500m after an easy victory in 4:02.11.

27 26 Competition review 2013 season Paris, 6 July Usain Bolt produced a world-leading 200m time of at the Stade de France, witnessed by a capacity crowd of more than 52,000 spectators. Fellow Jamaican Warren Weir was second in with France s former European champion Christophe Lemaitre third in I love Paris, I always feel wonderful here. As you see, I m getting there, said Bolt, clearly still sensitive about the criticism he suffered earlier in the season immediately before and after his surprise 100m defeat at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome. There were also world-leading performances from Kirani James in the 400m (43.96), Ethiopia s Tirunesh Dibaba in the 5000m (14:23.68), Ezekiel Kemboi in the 3000m steeplechase (7:59.03) and Zuzana Hejnova, who secured the Diamond Race victory in the 400m hurdles with a national record of James held off his predecessor as world and Olympic champion, LaShawn Merritt, with the second-best time of his career, while Merritt finished in 44.09, his fastest time since winning the 2009 world title. Dibaba s winning 5000m time was also a meeting record and the seventh-fastest ever run over the distance. Kemboi waited until 250m from the finish before taking the lead from the Frenchman who had finished behind him in silver medal position at the London 2012 Olympics, Mahiedine Mekhissi- Benabbad. The eccentric Kenyan would have finished even faster had he not supplied one of his show-boat finishes 20m from the line, drifting into the second lane with his arms held wide. Mekhissi-Benabbad held his form to set a European record of 8:00.09, an improvement on the former continental standard of 8:01.19, which had been held since 2009 by his compatriot Bouabdellah Tahri. Djibouti s Ayanleh Souleiman won the 1500m in 3:32.55, 0.01 ahead of Ethiopia s Aman Wote, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce held off the challenge of Blessing Okagbare to win the 100m in 10.92, with the Nigerian clocking Russia s world and Olympic champion Anna Chicherova won the high jump with 2.01m.

28 27 Competition review 2013 season Monaco, 19 July Asbel Kiprop became the fourth-fastest 1500m runner of all time as he won in 3:27.72, with Britain s Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion Mo Farah setting an astonishing European record of 3:28.81 behind him on a night which produced seven worldleading performances. Within the Diamond League framework, Kenyan Edwin Soi s 5000m time of 12:51.34 and Vitezslav Vesely s javelin throw of 87.68m joined the world-leading efforts of Renaud Lavillenie, who won the pole vault with 5.96m and Amantle Montsho, who won the 400m in a national and Diamond League record of The men s 1500m was not a Diamond Race-counting event on this occasion, and nor were the two sprint relays which began the track action and produced world-leading times of and respectively for the US men s and women s quartets. A near-capacity crowd at the Stade Louis II witnessed an exceptional 1500m race which saw Farah follow the tall and upright Kenyan home, thus breaking the European record of 3:28.95 set by Spain s Fermin Cacho in 1997, and the British record of 3:29.67 set just along the coast in Nice in 1985 by Steve Cram. Kiprop, meanwhile, was happy and excited about his performance, adding: I m very surprised about Mo Farah and his mark of 3:28.81 that s crazy! Now I want to give my best in Moscow. Brigetta Barrett celebrated victory in the high jump where she defeated Russia s Olympic champion Anna Chicherova with an effort of 2.01m by performing a well-rehearsed version of For Once In My Life before the final firework display. The women s long jump was also a competition of the highest quality as Russia s European indoor champion Darya Klishina produced a second-round leap of 6.98m, just seven centimetres off her personal best, only to see Nigeria s Blessing Okagbare outdo her with successive seven-metre jumps a wind-assisted 7.04 (2.1m/s) in round two and a third-round personal best of 7.00m (0.0m/s). The men s 5000m was won in dramatic style by Soi, who passed Bahraini junior Albert Rop as they came into the final straight and maintained his lead under heavy pressure to cross in 12:51.34, the best in the world this year and a meeting record. Rop s reward for his persistence was a senior Asian record of 12:51.96.

29 28 Competition review 2013 season London, July A year on from the London 2012 opening ceremony, a capacity crowd of 60,000 witnessed the Olympic stadium celebrate its birthday with two world-leading marks and Usain Bolt s fastest 100m time of the year. Newly branded as the London Anniversary Games, this meeting was an opportunity to see two days of action before the stadium s shutdown for two years of re-configuring ahead of the 2017 IAAF World Championships. Of the 11 Olympic champions on show on Friday and Saturday, two of them enjoyed encore wins on day one, and none attracted more attention than the 100m gold medallist Usain Bolt, who crowned the evening by running his the 100m in 9.85 despite what he described as a horrifying start. World-leading times came from the Czech Republic s Zuzana Hejnova in the women s 400m hurdles, where she lowered her national record to ahead of home runner Perri Shakes- Drayton, who ran a personal best of 53.67, and the United States Shannon Rowbury, who won the 3000m in 8: Bohdan Bondarenko provided one of the highlights of Friday night by winning the high jump with 2.38m after another close battle with Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard. Yarisley Silva achieved her second consecutive Diamond League victory over Jenn Suhr and Fabiana Murer, beating the Olympic and world champions with a Diamond League record of 4.83m. Bolt wasn t the only Jamaican sprinter reliving London 2012 glories, for Olympic bronze medallist Warren Weir led compatriot Jason Young to the 200m line in 19.89, as both men dipped under 20 seconds. Kirani James produced a well-paced piece of 400m running to become the only other London 2012 winner apart from Bolt to repeat his Olympic victory, clocking

30 29 Competition review 2013 season Stockholm, 22 August Ethiopia s Meseret Defar would have preferred to have raced over 5000m, the distance at which she had won consecutive Olympic and world titles, but she made the very best of the scheduled 3000m race to win in 8: At the bell, Defar had her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba, the world indoor champion, on her shoulder, with the Kenya s world silver medallist Mercy Cherono also close. However, Defar turned the screw as they entered the final bend and crossed five metres clear of Cherono, who clocked a personal best of 8: On a chilly evening, but with a near-capacity crowd in the 1912 Olympic Stadium, eight of the top nine high jump finalists from the Moscow did battle here again and once again Svetlana Shkolina came out on top to continue her unbeaten record this season as her fellow Russians Anna Chicherova and Mariya Kuchina took second and third place. Shkolina had first-time clearances at 1.90m, 1.94m and 1.98m before failing at 2.01m, but only Chicherova joined her in attempting that height, and the Olympic champion s earlier failed attempt at 1.94m saw her take second place on count-back. Moscow bronze medallist Mariya Abakumova became a member of Stockholm s Diamond Club after bettering Trine Hattestad s 13-year-old javelin stadium record of 67.92m with a winning effort of 68.59m. The Czech Republic s world 400m hurdles champion Zuzana Hejnova joined her as winner of a 1-carat, US$10,000 diamond after beating the meeting record of set in 2011 by Jamaica s Kaliese Spencer, as she won in The final race of the night, over 800m, involved Sweden s world 1500m champion Abeba Aregawi but was conclusively won by the Kenyan who won the world title at that distance in Moscow, Eunice Sum, in 1: World shot put champion Valerie Adams secured her 40th consecutive competition victory with a third-round effort and stadium record of 20.30m.

31 30 Competition review 2013 season Zurich, 29 August Meseret Defar s outstanding 5000m win over her compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba and Bohdan Bondarenko, bringing the Letzigrund Stadium to a standstill as he attempted again to improve the high jump world record, provided the highlights of the first of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League finals. In total, there were 15 Diamond Race trophies awarded along with the US$40,000 first prize that accompanies them the women s shot put winner Valerie Adams was crowned on the previous day before another sell-out crowd of 26,000 in Zurich. Defar and Dibaba, the 5000m and 10,000m gold medallists respectively from the World Championships, were brought together to battle for supremacy over the shorter distance, something that had not happened in Moscow. It was just their fourth race against each other since the Beijing Olympics five years ago. Dibaba may have come in as the world record-holder and 2013 world leader, but it was Defar who prevailed in a thrilling last lap, finishing just under two seconds in front of her Ethiopian compatriot and rival in 14: Defar s win meant that she was also victorious in the Diamond Race and added a $US40,000 first prize as well as the Diamond Trophy, which all winners received at the end of the meeting. Usain Bolt won the 100m in 9.90, but the Diamond Race went to US sprinter Justin Gatlin, third on the night in 9.96, a reflection of his season-long consistency. In the women s 200m, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won in with Murielle Ahoure second in Bondarenko had already secured the Diamond Race after winning the high jump with an effort of 2.33m, and he then asked for the bar to be set at 2.46m before requesting silence from the crowd for his 11th attempt in the last two months at Javier Sotomayor s two-decade-old standard of 2.45m. However, the record abides. Silas Kiplagat won the 1500m in 3: Djibouti s world 800m bronze medallist Ayanleh Souleiman finished second in

32 31 Competition review 2013 season 3:31.64 but had already won the Diamond Race thanks to his performances earlier in the season. Zuzana Hejnova won her 400m hurdles race in to take her unbeaten run to 11 races in this event this season, and another world champion hurdler, David Oliver, won the 110m hurdles in It was the third consecutive Diamond League win for Oliver and helped him regain the Diamond Race he had won in its inaugural year of Fellow US athlete LaShawn Merritt was another man who added US$40,000 to his bank balance after winning the 400m in Maria Abakumova won the javelin with 66.91m but world champion Christina Obergfoll, second with 63.36m, had already secured the Diamond Race. World long jump champion Aleksandr Menkov had also secured the Diamond Trophy before the meeting, and finished sixth in a competition which marked the final competitive appearance of four-time world champion Dwight Phillips, who was given a special award by IAAF President Lamine Diack in honour of his achievements. Gerd Kanter, the 2008 Olympic champion, could only take the Diamond Trophy if he won the discus and Piotr Malachowski finished outside the top three and that is exactly what happened after the Estonian threw a season s best of 67.02m in the third round while Malachowski was seventh with 63.70m. World champion Robert Harting reached 66.83m in the fourth round but it was just 19cm short of the mark which would have given him the win and, instead, made him the Diamond Trophy recipient. Diamond Trophies in the women s pole vault and long jump went respectively to Silke Spiegelburg and Shara Proctor. Kenya s Eunice Sum won the 800m Diamond Trophy after winning in 1:58.82, just 0.11 ahead of the Russian she beat the to the world title, Maria Savinova. In the men s 3000m steeplechase, Conseslus Kipruto secured the Diamond Trophy with third place.

33 32 Competition review 2013 season Brussels, 6 September Usain Bolt was upstaged by fellow Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the final IAAF Diamond League meeting of the season. Fraser-Pryce had won the 200m Diamond Trophy with victory in Zurich the previous week, and her overall victory was already guaranteed in the 100m, but that didn t stop her from going all-out in the Belgian capital. Her winning time of into a -0.3m/s headwind, no less was the third-fastest clocking of her career and broke the 16-yearold meeting record. She thus achieved something that even Bolt has not yet managed to do winning the Diamond Race in both the 100m and 200m in the same season. The men s 100m was not a Diamond League discipline in Brussels on this occasion but Bolt made it a third win in a row as he stopped the clock in 9.80, just 0.04 shy of his own meeting record from two years ago. World silver medallist Warren Weir was the third sprint winner from Jamaica, edging ahead of compatriot Nickel Ashmeade to win the 200m in to succeed Ashmeade as the Diamond Race titleholder. World champion Mohammed Aman came to Brussels with a lead in the 800m Diamond Race that could not be beaten, but pushed himself to a national record of 1:42.37, bettering the previous mark by almost a full second. By winning the 3000m steeplechase in Brussels, world champion Milcah Chemos became the first athlete in history to win four Diamond Race titles in a row in the same event. Moments later, pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie replicated her achievement.

34 33 Competition review 2013 season There were just two athletes left in the hunt for the Diamond Trophy in each of the men s 5000m, 400m hurdles and women s high jump. The Ethiopian pair of Hagos Gebrhiwet and Yenew Alamirew were vying to cross the line first in the 5000m, and the latter managed it to secure the big prize, winning in 12: Third place in the 400m hurdles one ahead of his Diamond Race rival was enough for Javier Culson, and in the women s high jump the world champion Svetlana Shkolina continued her unbeaten run this season to beat fellow Russian Anna Chicherova to the Diamond Trophy. Sandra Perkovic, already Diamond Race winner in the discus, earned victory with 67.04m, thus joining 400m hurdler Zuzana Hejnova as the only athletes to win all seven Diamond League competitions this season. World shot put silver medallist Ryan Whiting also had an unassailable lead in the Diamond Race, but won nevertheless with 21.45m. Also assured of the overall prize were 100m hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson and Sweden s world 1500m champion Abeba Aregawi, The former won with a season s best of 12.48; the latter maintained her unbeaten run in a time of 4: World triple jump champion Caterine Ibarguen was another athlete who simply had to turn up in Brussels to confirm that she would receive her Diamond Trophy, but the Colombian also ended her season on a victorious note, recording 14.49m. Vitezslav Vesely and Christian Taylor finished second in the javelin and triple jump respectively, but secured Diamond Trophies nevertheless. Vesely was beaten by World silver medallist Tero Pitkamaki, 87.32m to 86.67m, while Taylor gave best to France s Teddy Tamgho. Amantle Montsho, beaten in the women s 400m, was also a winner overall.

35 34 TV figures Meeting Broadcaster 2010 live audience in domestic market 2011 live audience in domestic market 2012 live audience in domestic market 2013 live audience in domestic market Doha Al Jazeera Sports 810, , , ,400 Shanghai CCTV5 7,628,000* 31,229,000 8,426,500* 1,714,500* Oslo NRK1 629, , , ,000 Rome Rai3 1,210,200 1,022,100 1,260,500 2,030,000 New York NBC 1,218,000 1,271,000 1,787,000 3,067,000 Eugene NBC 1,218,000 1,111, ,000 1,961,000 Lausanne TSR2, RSI LA 184, , , ,000 Birmingham BBC2 (+BBC HD) 1,007,800 1,939,000 1,176,000 1,041,000 Paris Canal+ 584, , ,700 1,742,000 Monaco Canal+ 420, , ,459 1,372,000 Stockholm SVT1 / SVT2 1,020, ,200 1,223,600 1,403,000 London Day 1 BBC2 (+BBC HD) 1,613,500 1,541,400 1,471,600 5,325,000 London Day 2 BBC1 1,306,400 1,373,500 1,446,500 1,971,000 Zurich SF Zwei / RSI LA 2 (SRG) 373, , , ,000 Brussels VRT 311, , , ,000 Total 19,535,800 44,169,700 20,659,559 24,492,000 Golden League 2009: 5.7millions Note: LIVE only inclusive of parallel on HD channels - *Rating for CCTV5 is cumulative

36 calendar Doha, QAT Shanghai, CHN Eugene, USA Rome, ITA Oslo, NOR New York, USA Lausanne, SUI Paris, FRA Glasgow, GBR Monaco, MON Stockholm, SWE Birmingham, GBR Zurich, SUI Brussels, BEL Friday 9 May Sunday 18 May Saturday 31 May Thursday 5 Jun Wednesday 11 Jun Saturday 14 Jun Thursday 3 Jul Saturday 5 Jul Friday 11 - Saturday 12 Jul Friday 18 Jul Thursday 21 Aug Sunday 24 Aug Thursday 28 Aug Friday 5 Sep

37 Diamond Race disciplines men 100m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 200m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 400m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 800m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May New York 14 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 1500m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun Oslo 11 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 3000m/ 5000m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 3000m steeplechase Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun Oslo 11 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 110m hurdles Doha 9 May Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Brussels 5 Sep 400m hurdles Shanghai 17 May New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug High jump Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Pole vault Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Paris 5 Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Long jump Doha 9 May New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Triple jump Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Rome 5 Jun Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Zurich 28 Aug Shot put Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug Discus Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Javelin Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug

38 Diamond Race disciplines women 100m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 200m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 400m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 800m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun Oslo 11 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 1500m Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May New York 14 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 3000m/ 5000m Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep 3000m steeplechase Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May New York 14 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 100m hurdles Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Birmingham 24 Aug Zurich 28 Aug 400m hurdles Doha 9 May Eugene 31 May Rome 5 Jun Oslo 11 Jun Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep High jump Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug Pole vault Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Glasgow Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Zurich 28 Aug Long jump Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug Triple jump Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Shot put Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep Discus Shanghai 17 May Eugene 31 May Oslo 11 Jun Paris 5 Jul Glasgow Jul Stockholm 21 Aug Zurich 28 Aug Javelin Doha 9 May Rome 5 Jun New York 14 Jun Lausanne 3 Jul Monaco 18 Jul Birmingham 24 Aug Brussels 5 Sep

39 38 Host broadcasters Birmingham Brussels Doha Eugene Glasgow Lausanne BBC VRT Al Jazeera NBC BBC RTS, SRG SSR Monaco Canal + New York Oslo NBC NRK Paris Canal + Rome Shanghai Stockholm Zurich RAI CCTV SVT SF

40 season The fourth season of the IAAF Diamond League will blast out of the blocks on 9 May 2014 in Doha, Qatar. The structure of the IAAF Diamond League follows the successful format of the first four seasons. With no major senior global outdoor championships this year, the IAAF Diamond League will take on extra importance as athletes do battle each month in the hunt for the Diamond Race Trophy. World s top stars guaranteed The top stars of athletics will once again be taking part in the IAAF Diamond League in After four seasons, the goal of ensuring head-to-head competition between the best athletes in the world has been achieved in almost every event discipline. The names of the participating athletes in 2014 will be announced on a meeting-by-meeting basis, as was the case during the first four seasons. Get set for a new season of the very best of the best of track and field. Get set for the IAAF Diamond League Follow all the news and live results on

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43 42 Contact details IAAF Diamond League meetings Eugene Prefontaine Classic 2110 Fairmount Blvd Eugene OR USA General Meeting director, Tom Jordan: Press chief, Jeff Oliver: Glasgow Sainsbury s Glasgow Grand Prix British Athletics Alexander Stadium Walsall Road Birmingham West Midlands B42 2BE UK General diamondleague@britishathletics.org.uk Meeting director, Cherry Alexander: calexander@britishathletics.org.uk Press chief, Craig Gundersen: cgundersen@britishathletics.org.uk Lausanne Athletissima Case postale Poliez-le Grand Switzerland General info@athletissima.ch Meeting director, Jacky Delapierre: jdelapierre@athletissima.ch Press chief, Pierre-André Pasche: pa.pasche@athletissima.ch

44 43 Contact details IAAF Diamond League meetings Monaco Herculis Fédération Monégasque d Athlétisme Stade Louis II Monaco General info@herculis.com General media media@herculis.com Meeting director, Jean-Pierre Schoebel: meetingdirector@herculis.com Press chief, Lydie Calvas: lcalvas@gouv.mc New York Adidas Grand Prix Global Athletics & Marketing 437 Boylston Street Floor #4 Boston MA USA General adidasgrandprix@globalathletics.com Meeting director, Mark Wetmore: mark@globalathletics.com Press chief, Andy Martin: media@globalathletics.com Paris Meeting Areva Fédération Française d Athlétisme Bureau du MEETING AREVA Stade de France ZAC du Cornillon Nord Saint-Denis La Plaine cedex France General meeting.areva@athle.fr Meeting director, Laurent Boquillet: laurent.boquillet@athle.fr Press chief, Laurence Dacoury: ldacoury@wanadoo.fr

45 44 Contact details IAAF Diamond League meetings Rome Golden Gala Federazione Italiana Di Atletica Leggera Via Flaminia Nuova Roma Italy General Meeting director, Luigi D Onofrio: gigi.donofrio@gmail.com Press chief, Marco Sicari: marco.sicari@fidal.it Oslo ExxonMobil Bislett Games Bislett Alliansen PO Box 5889 Majorstua 0308 Oslo Norway General media@bislettalliansen.no Meeting director, Steinar Hoen: steinar@bislettalliansen.no Press chief, Anne Kullebund: anne@bislettalliansen.no Shanghai IAAF Diamond League Shanghai Snelliusstraat NV Nijmegen Netherlands General Ellen@gscmail.nl Meeting director, Jos Hermens. Event coordinator, Ellen van Langen (Global Sports Communication): Ellen@gscmail.nl Press chief co-ordinator (from the Netherlands), Marleen Vink-Rennings: marleen@gscmail.nl

46 45 Contact details IAAF Diamond League meetings Stockholm DN Galan Stadionklubbarnas Service Stockholm AB PO Box S Stockholm Sweden General Meeting director, Anders Tallgren: Press chief, Johan Storåkers: Zurich Weltklasse Zürich Geschäftsstelle Baslerstrasse Zurich Switzerland General Meeting director, Patrick Magyar: Press chief, Janine Geigele: Accreditation and technical media manager, John-Eric Ericsson:

47 46 Media accreditation The IAAF Diamond League operates a centralised online media accreditation system for all 14 meetings. Accreditation for the 2014 season begins on 14 March 2014.

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