2010 IAAF Diamond League
| 2010 IAAF Diamond League | |
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| Edition | 1st |
| Dates | 14 May–27 August |
| Meetings | 14 |
| Diamond Races | 32 |
| Ambassadors | 9 |
| World records | 0 |
| Total prize money (US$) | 6.63 million |
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The 2010 IAAF Diamond League was the first edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 14 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 27 August in Brussels, Belgium.[1]
Superseding the European-centred IAAF Golden League, the Diamond League was the IAAF's first intercontinental series of one-day track and field meetings. Expanding upon the idea of the former Golden League jackpot, there were 32 separate Diamond Races, involving 16 men's and 16 women's track and field events – each of the events featured seven times only over the course of the fourteen meetings of the 2010 Diamond League, and the best athlete in each event won a Diamond Trophy.[2] The total available prize money for the series was US$6.63 million.[3]
For infrastructure reasons the men's and women's hammer throw events were not included in the IAAF Diamond League. For this reason the IAAF created a Hammer Throw challenge.[4]
For the first time, some of the world's foremost track and field athletes were centrally contracted to an athletics meeting series. For the 2010 series the contracted athletes – called Diamond League Ambassadors – included figures such as Usain Bolt, Kenenisa Bekele, Yelena Isinbayeva and Blanka Vlašić.[3][5]
Prior to the series, former World Champion Steve Cram stated that he believed that, through greater television exposure, and mutual responsibility between the IAAF and promoters, the 2010 Diamond League would raise the profile of the sport of athletics.[6]
Contents
Meeting calendar
| Date | Meet | Stadium | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 May | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Qatar SC Stadium | Doha | Qatar |
| 23 May | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai Stadium | Shanghai | China |
| 4 June | Bislett Games | Bislett Stadion | Oslo | Norway |
| 10 June | Golden Gala | Stadio Olimpico | Rome | Italy |
| 12 June | Adidas Grand Prix | Icahn Stadium | New York City | United States |
| 3 July | Prefontaine Classic | Hayward Field | Eugene | United States |
| 8 July | Athletissima | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 10 July | British Grand Prix | Gateshead International Stadium | Gateshead | United Kingdom |
| 16 July | Meeting Areva | Stade de France | Paris | France |
| 22 July | Herculis | Stade Louis II | Fontvieille | Monaco |
| 6 August | DN Galan | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 13–14 August | London Grand Prix | Crystal Palace | London | United Kingdom |
| 19 August | Weltklasse Zürich | Letzigrund | Zürich | Switzerland |
| 27 August | Memorial van Damme | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels | Belgium |
Ambassadors
A total of fourteen athletes were given Diamond League Ambassador status, with the intention of bringing attention to some of the sport's foremost competitors. There are seven male and seven female athletes, and the division between track and field specialists is also evenly divided.[7]
Results
| Diamond Race track events | |||||||||
| Men | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 110 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Women | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 100 m hurdles | 400 m hurdles | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Diamond Race field events | |||||||
| Men | Pole vault | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
| Women | Pole vault | High jump | Long jump | Triple jump | Shot put | Discus throw | Javelin throw |
Men
Track
| # | Meeting | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 110 m h | 400 m h | 3000 m st |
| 1 | Doha |  Asafa Powell (JAM)9.81w |
– | – |  David Rudisha (KEN)1:43.00 WL,MR |
– | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:51.21 WL |
– |  Bershawn Jackson (USA)48.66 |
Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:06.28 WL |
| 2 | Shanghai | – | Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.76 MR |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) 45.41 SB |
– | Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 3:32.20 WL |
– | David Oliver (USA) 12.99 WL,MR |
– | – |
| 3 | Oslo | Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.72w |
– | – | David Rudisha (KEN) 1:42.04 WL,MR |
Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:49.56 WL |
 Imane Merga (ETH)12:53.81 PB |
– | Kerron Clement (USA) 48.12 SB |
– |
| 4 | Rome | – | Walter Dix (USA) 19.86 MR |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.73 WL |
– | – | Imane Merga (ETH) 13:00.12 |
 Dayron Robles (CUB)13.14 |
– | – |
| 5 | New York |  Richard Thompson (TRI)9.89w |
– | – |  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)1:44.38 MR |
– | – | – | Kerron Clement (USA) 47.86 MR |
Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:10.43 |
| 6 | Eugene | – | Walter Dix (USA) 19.72 MR |
– | – | Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:49.75 |
Tariku Bekele (ETH) 12:58.93 MR |
David Oliver (USA) 12.90 WL,MR,=NR |
– | – |
| 7 | Lausanne | Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.82 |
Walter Dix (USA) 19.86 |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.57 WL |
David Rudisha (KEN) 1:43.25 |
– | – | – | Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.62 |
Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 8:01.62 WL,MR |
| 8 | Gateshead | – | Walter Dix (USA) 20.26 |
– | – | Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:33.34 |
Vincent Chepkok (KEN) 13:00.20 MR |
– | – | Linus Chumba (KEN) 8:19.72 MR |
| 9 | Paris | Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.84 |
– | Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.49 WL |
 Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD)1:43.50 |
– | – | David Oliver (USA) 12.89 WL,MR,=NR |
– | Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 8:00.90 WL,MR |
| 10 | Monaco | – | Tyson Gay (USA) 19.72 MR |
Jermaine Gonzales (JAM) 44.40 WL,NR |
– | Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:29.27 WL |
– | David Oliver (USA) 13.01 MR |
– | – |
| 11 | Stockholm | Tyson Gay (USA) 9.84 MR |
– | – |  Marcin Lewandowski (POL)1:45.06 |
– | Mark Kiptoo (KEN) 12:53.46 PB |
– | Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.65 MR |
– |
| 12 | London | Tyson Gay (USA) 9.78 WL,MR |
– | Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.67 |
– | Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 3:50.14 PB |
– | David Oliver (USA) 13.06 =MR |
Bershawn Jackson (USA) 48.12 |
Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:17.70 |
| 13 | Zürich | – | Wallace Spearmon (USA) 19.79 MR |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.13 WL |
– | – | Tariku Bekele (ETH) 12:55.03 |
David Oliver (USA) 12.93 |
– | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:01.74 SB |
| 14 | Brussels | Tyson Gay (USA) 9.79 |
– | – | David Rudisha (KEN) 1:43.50 |
Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:32.18 SB |
– | – | Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.85 |
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| Overall winner | Tyson Gay (USA) |
Wallace Spearmon (USA) |
Jeremy Wariner (USA) |
David Rudisha (KEN) |
Asbel Kiprop (KEN) |
Imane Merga (ETH) |
David Oliver (USA) |
Bershawn Jackson (USA) |
Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) |
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In Oslo, Eugene and London, mile races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 1500m.
Field
Women
Track
| # | Meeting | 100 m | 200 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 5000 m | 100 m h | 400 m h | 3000 m st |
| 1 | Doha | – | Kerron Stewart (JAM) 22.34w |
Allyson Felix (USA) 50.15 WL |
– | Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:01.63 |
– | Lolo Jones (USA) 12.63w |
– | – |
| 2 | Shanghai | Carmelita Jeter (USA) 11.09 |
– | – | Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 2:01.06 |
– | Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 14:30.96 WL,MR |
– | Lashinda Demus (USA) 53.34 WL,MR |
Gladys Kipkemoi (KEN) 9:16.82 WL |
| 3 | Oslo | – | Carmelita Jeter (USA) 22.54 |
 Amantle Montsho (BOT)50.34 =SB |
– | – | – | Lolo Jones (USA) 12.66 SB |
– | Milcah Cheywa (KEN) 9:12.66 WL,MR |
| 4 | Rome | LaShauntea Moore (USA) 11.04 |
– | – |  Halima Hachlaf (MAR)1:58.40 WL |
– | – | – | Lashinda Demus (USA) 52.82 WL,MR |
Milcah Cheywa (KEN) 9:11.71 WL |
| 5 | New York | – | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 21.98 WL,MR |
– | – | Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:01.60 WL,MR |
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 15:11.34 |
Lolo Jones (USA) 12.55 WL |
– | – |
| 6 | Eugene | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 10.78 WL,MR |
– | Allyson Felix (USA) 50.27 |
 Mariya Savinova (RUS)1:57.56 WL,MR |
– | – | – | Lashinda Demus (USA) 53.03 MR |
Milcah Cheiywa (KEN) 9:26.70 |
| 7 | Lausanne | Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.99 |
– | – | – | Gelete Burka (ETH) 3:59.28 WL |
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 8:34.58 WL,MR |
 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN)12.56 SB |
– | – |
| 8 | Gateshead | Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.95 |
– | Shericka Williams (JAM) 50.44 |
Alysia Johnson (USA) 1:59.84 |
– | – | – | Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 54.10 |
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| 9 | Paris | – | Allyson Felix (USA) 22.14 |
– | – | Anna Alminova (RUS) 3:57.65 WL |
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:27.41 WL,MR |
– | – | – |
| 10 | Monaco | Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.82 SB |
– | – | Alysia Johnson (USA) 1:57.34 WL |
– | Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 8:28.41 WL |
– | Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 53.63 |
– |
| 11 | Stockholm | – | Allyson Felix (USA) 22.41 |
Tatyana Firova (RUS) 50.46 |
– | Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:00.70 |
– |  Sally Pearson (AUS)12.57 SB |
– | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) 9:17.59 |
| 12 | London | – | Allyson Felix (USA) 22.37 |
Allyson Felix (USA) 50.79 |
Mariya Savinova (RUS) 1:58.64 |
Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:07.60 |
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:36.41 |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.52 WL,MR |
Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 53.78 |
Milcah Cheywa (KEN) 9:22.49 MR |
| 13 | Zürich | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 10.89 |
– | Allyson Felix (USA) 50.37 |
– | Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:01.01 |
– | – | Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 53.33 PB |
– |
| 14 | Brussels | – | Allyson Felix (USA) 22.61 |
– | Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:58.82 |
– | Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:34.13 |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.54 |
– | Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:20.72 SB |
| Overall winner | Carmelita Jeter (USA) |
Allyson Felix (USA) |
Allyson Felix (USA) |
Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) |
Nancy Langat (KEN) |
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) |
Kaliese Spencer (JAM) |
Milcah Cheywa (KEN) |
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In Lausanne and Monaco, 3000m races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 5000m.
Field
References
- ↑ IAAF to launch global Diamond League of 1 Day Meetings. IAAF (2009-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
- ↑ Welcome to the IAAF Diamond Race How it works. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch. IAAF (2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ IAAF Diamond League Our Ambassadors. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
- ↑ Cram, Steve (2009-03-03). Diamond League can be athletics' new crown jewels. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2010-01-03.
- ↑ Five new athlete Ambassadors announced – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF (2010-04-16). Retrieved on 2010-04-21.
- Results
- Results Archive. IAAF Diamond League (archived). Retrieved on 2015-05-17.
External links
- Official website
- IAAF review of competition: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
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