Excitement Continues to Build: 57 Days to Go!
In May we have already seen the super efforts from Linden Hall (4.04.47 PB and OQ in the 1500m) and Josh Robinson (85.11m PB and OQ in the javelin), not to mention the fantastic performances from Jared Tallent and Dane-Bird Smith in...
Robinson throws his way to Rio 2016, as Samuels & Lapierre deliver podium finishes in Shanghai
It has been a big day for Australian athletics, with Joshua Robinson (Qld) staking his claim for Rio 2016 selection in Perth (WA), as Dani Samuels (NSW) and Fabrice Lapierre (NSW) delivered podium finishes...
Complete Shanghai Diamond League Results
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai
Shanghai, 14/05/2016
Men's results
100 Metres - Men Race 1 Wind: -0.7 m/s
1 Tang , Xingqiang CHN 10.30
2 Xu , Haiyang CHN 10.40
3 Andrews , Nicholas AUS 10.51
4 Slowikowski , Przemyslaw POL 10.51
5 Ma , Jianliang CHN 10.54
6 Wu , Zhiqiang CHN 10.59
7 Grzeskowiak...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (14-May) -- Lucas Rotich entered today's UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K with extra motivation to win and make his family proud. For the first time since his newborn son Carson was born two weeks ago, the Kenyan marathoner...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (13-May) -- There are few athletes that have achieved more --and been robbed of more-- in the sport of athletics than Edna Kiplagat. At 36-years-old, the Kenyan mother of five is back here to race the streets...
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
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NEW YORK (13-May) -- The last time Boulder's Laura Thweatt traversed the hills of Central Park, she was in a boatload of pain running her way to a top American finish in her marathon debut at the TCS New...
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World championships silver medallist Ihab Abdelrahman is relishing the chance to perform on Chinese soil again when he spearheads a world-class javelin field at the star-studded Shanghai Diamond League meeting this Saturday (14 May).
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