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Throwing stars lead China’s challenge at Shanghai Diamond League
Chinese throwing stars Gong Lijiao and Lyu Huihui will return to the Shanghai Stadium on Saturday 18 May to defend last year’s crowd-pleasing Diamond League victories as they headline two of the meeting’s six star-studded field events.

McLeod targets fourth victory at his favourite meet
World and Olympic champion Omar McLeod will target a fourth successive victory in the men’s 110m hurdles when he returns to the Shanghai Diamond League on 18 May for the one-day meeting’s headline event.

Hassan the headline act as distance stars flock to Shanghai
European 5000m champion Sifan Hassan takes on the world’s best metric milers at the 2019 Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday 18 May when she returns to China’s premier one-day athletics meeting for the first time since her breakthrough performance in the same venue exactly five years ago.

Coleman set to light up Shanghai sprint showdown
The four fastest sprinters in the world last year will go head-to-head on Saturday 18 May in a bid to win the men’s 100m at the Shanghai Diamond League, the second stop on the International Association of Athletics Federations’ global circuit of premier one-day meetings.

Su heads stellar line-up for 2019 Shanghai Diamond League
Chinese sprint sensation Su Bingtian is set to clash with heavy competition when he bids to regain his 100m crown at the 2019 Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday 18 May, the second stop on the International Association of Athletics Federations’ global circuit of premier one-day meetings.

New track installed in Shanghai Stadium
A new track is being installed in Shanghai Stadium in lead up of the IAAF Shanghai Diamond league 2019.

2019 IAAF Shanghai Diamond League Disciplines Announced
The 2019 IAAF Diamond League schedule was announced earlier today. We are excited to confirm that the coming edition of the IAAF Shanghai Diamond League will be held on Saturday May 18th, 2019.

Post-Meeting Press Conference Quotes
Shaunea Miller-Uibo “I know with the quality of the field that some of the girls would finish off strong so that was a major thing for me.

Gong and Lyu channel China Power as McLeod hits historic hat-trick
Gong Lijiao channelled her China Power in the Shanghai Stadium this evening (Saturday 13 May) as she dominated the women’s shot put to notch up a fourth Shanghai Diamond League victory and cement her status as the best in world.

Press Conference take-aways
Omar McLeod is in the mood to make a piece of Shanghai Diamond League history on the track tomorrow (Saturday 12 May) by securing a third successive 110m hurdles victory at China’s premier international athletics meeting.