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Fraser-Pryce in confident mood ahead of 100m showdown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is relishing the chance to bounce back from a disappointing 2014 when she takes on a field ‘good enough for the World Championships final’ in her first 100m of the year at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting this evening.
China’s new generation ready to take on Liu’s mantle
China’s track and field future is in good hands despite the retirement of sprint hurdles legend Liu Xiang, according to two of the nation’s new generation of stars set to compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on Sunday, 17 May.
Shanghai to pay tribute to ‘one of the greatest’
Chinese officials and international athletes paid tribute to legendary sprint hurdler Liu Xiang today ahead of a special ceremony to mark the former world record holder and Olympic champion’s retirement from the sport at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday, 17 May.
Shanghai stars are ready to meet their rivals
The latest chapter in the serial saga of high jump rivalry between Mutaz Barshim and Bohdan Bondarenko is about to be written at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday, 17 May, and rivalries were the hot topic at the first pre-event press conference on Friday when five of the meeting’s big name stars faced the media at the Shanghai Stadium.
Bondarenko bounds in to take on Barshim at Shanghai Diamond League
Bohdan Bondarenko will renew his high jump rivalry with Mutaz Essa Barshim at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Sunday 17 May, the second stop on this year’s IAAF Diamond League calendar.
A farewell to Liu Xiang
The men’s 110m hurdles is always a special event at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting, usually providing a fittingly close-fought climax to a thrilling night’s athletics.
Event Previews – WOMEN
Triple world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce takes on her compatriot Veronica Campbell-Brown in a mouth-watering 100m clash that also includes world 200m and long jump medallist Blessing Okagbare in a field containing no fewer than six women who have run the dash in under 11 seconds.
Event Previews - MEN
Mutaz Barshim will renew his high jump rivalry with Bohdan Bondarenko in Shanghai on a night of head-to-heads that also pitches Kirani James against LaShawn Merritt, Greg Rutherford against Aleksandr Menkov and Aries Merritt against David Oliver.
David Oliver expects maximum points in Shanghai
The reigning 110m hurdles champion David Oliver will begin his 2015 Diamond League campaign in Shanghai on 17 May when he takes on a world class field including world record holder Aries Merritt, 2011 world champion Jason Richardson and China’s Asian Games champion Xie Wenjun. Here he speaks about his expectations ahead of the meeting, his desire to retain his world title in Beijing this summer, and the retirement of Liu Xiang.
40 Amateur Runners Ready to Debut at Diamond League Shanghai Track
2015 Jiayin Mini Diamond Race Preliminary Rounds complete