A flurry of Diamond League conferences in coming days embody Silesia (July 16), Monaco (July 21) and London (July 23). With the World Championships in Budapest little over a month away, athletes are finalising their preparations and hoping for some confidence-boosting performances.
The Silesia occasion on Sunday has definitely attracted among the largest names within the sport with world record-holders similar to Mondo Duplantis of Sweden within the pole vault, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway within the 1500m, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela within the triple leap, Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa within the 400m and Ryan Crouser of the USA within the shot put.
Crouser takes on his outdated adversaries Joe Kovacs of the USA and Tom Walsh of New Zealand, whereas Duplantis is up towards KC Lightfoot and Sam Kendricks of the USA.
There are a variety of Brits in motion too. In Ingebrigtsen’s race, for instance, Elliot Giles and George Mills are within the discipline.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Getty)
The sprints are notably stacked with in-form Shericka Jackson of Jamaica dealing with US champion Sha’Carri Richardson plus Britain’s Daryll Neita within the ladies’s 100m.
Cravont Charleston, the US males’s 100m champion, takes on fellow American and reigning world champion Fred Kerley along with Ackeem Blake of Jamaica and Akani Simbine of South Africa.
Fred Kerley (Getty)
Alison dos Santos, the world 400m hurdles champion from Brazil, continues his comeback from damage as he faces Van Niekerk of South Africa and Commonwealth champion Muzala Samukonga of Zambia.
Additional Brits in motion embody Jemma Reekie, Erin Wallace and Melissa Courtney-Bryant in a 1500m race that appears set to be dominated by Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom, Hirut Meshesha and Diribe Welteji.
Birke Haylom (AG Diamond League)
Within the ladies’s excessive leap Morgan Lake takes on Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine and Nicole Olyslagers of Australia.
Victoria Ohuruogu is in a ladies’s 400m that options Marileidy Paulino of Dominican Republic.
Marileidy Paulino (Errol Anderson)
Elsewhere, Aimee Pratt is within the 3000m and Josh Zeller the 110m hurdles.
The occasion is ready to be proven on the BBC purple button for UK viewers and the timetable is right here.
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