Diamond League returns with action in Lausanne

Religion Kipyegon might have narrowly missed out on breaking the world 1500m report in Monaco earlier this month, however the Kenyan middle-distance runner has already earned sufficient factors for a spot within the 1500m in Zurich the place she can be aiming to win her third Diamond Trophy.

Religion Kipyegon

The Wanda Diamond League can be again with a bang on Friday 26 August  as Lausanne hosts the eleventh cease within the 13-meeting collection following a short pause for the European and NACAC Championships.

With the World Athletics Championships, Commonwealth Video games and World U20 Championships all having concluded prior to now month as nicely, lots of the athletes in motion in Lausanne and Brussels (2 September) could have new additions to their medal cupboard again dwelling. Others, in the meantime, can be extremely motivated to make up for missed alternatives at latest main occasions.

There’s quite a bit on the road, too. The winners on the Wanda Diamond League Last in Zurich on 7-8 September will earn a wildcard entry to the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.

And whereas a number of athletes have already accomplished sufficient to earn a spot on the Wanda Diamond League remaining, there are nonetheless scoring alternatives available in Lausanne and Brussels.

The lads’s 200m, for instance, can be contested in each of these cities, and all eight locations within the remaining are doubtlessly nonetheless up within the air. World champions Noah Lyles and Michael Norman are on account of race in Lausanne, the place they’ll face world bronze medallist Erriyon Knighton and Commonwealth champion Jereem Richards, amongst others. They may all be aiming to financial institution sufficient factors to qualify for Zurich.

The road-up for the ladies’s 200m in Zurich is already primarily determined. The qualifiers for the ultimate embody Jamaica’s world champion Shericka Jackson, world and Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo, 2019 world champion Dina Asher-Smith, European champion Mujinga Kambundji and Olympic bronze medallist Gabby Thomas.

It’s all to play for within the ladies’s 100m, although, because the world’s greatest sprinters may nonetheless accumulate factors in Lausanne and Brussels. Jackson will contest that self-discipline in Lausanne and can tackle world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah.

The Jamaican dash superstars are only a few of the worldwide champions who can be in motion on the remaining Diamond League fixtures.

World 400m hurdles champion Alison Dos Santos can be racing in Lausanne, seeking to full an undefeated season in his specialist self-discipline. Other than the World Championships, the 22-year-old has this 12 months gained in Doha, Eugene, Oslo, Stockholm and Silesia.

Mondo Duplantis is one other athlete who has dominated his occasion this 12 months. The Swedish pole vaulter, who raised his personal world report to six.21m to win the world title in Oregon earlier than retaining his European title in Munich final week, is about to compete at Brussels on 2 September.

Fellow world record-holder Ryan Crouser can also be in line to compete on the Diamond League Last in Zurich, however first the US shot putter will wish to prolong his successful streak in Lausanne, the place he’ll face two-time world champion Joe Kovacs.

Religion Kipyegon might have narrowly missed out on breaking the world 1500m report in Monaco earlier this month, however the Kenyan middle-distance runner has already earned sufficient factors for a spot within the 1500m in Zurich the place she can be aiming to win her third Diamond Trophy.

Fellow Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen hasn’t but acquired fairly sufficient factors to assert a lane in Zurich, however the younger Norwegian – contemporary from his double triumph on the European Championships – is a late addition to the Lausanne entry lists. A number of Diamond Trophy winner Timothy Cheruiyot and Commonwealth champion Oliver Hoare are additionally entered.

The ladies’s 100m hurdles has been one of many highest high quality and best occasions on this planet this 12 months, and that appears set to proceed by way of to the top of the season. World champion Tobi Amusan, Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, former world record-holder Kendra Harrison and 2019 world champion Nia Ali are all entered for Lausanne and can seemingly play main roles once more in Brussels and Zurich.

The lads’s 110m hurdles additionally hangs within the steadiness. Two-time world champion Grant Holloway, Olympic champion Hansle Parchment, Commonwealth champion Rasheed Broadbell and world silver medallist Trey Cunningham are all racing in Lausanne, seeking to safe a spot for Zurich.

The ladies’s javelin is one other wide-open occasion, particularly with many athletes having fun with a robust late-season run of kind. World bronze medallist Haruka Kitaguchi is the one athlete at the moment in a assured qualifying spot for Zurich, however the likes of world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber, world record-holder Barbora Spotakova, world silver medallist Kara Winger and European champion Elina Tzengko may all advance to the ultimate with a robust displaying in Brussels.

Anticipate many extra enthralling clashes from the world’s best athletes in Lausanne and Brussels earlier than the Wanda Diamond League reaches an thrilling climax in Zurich on 7-8 September.