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Perkovic loyal to the meeting
Croatian Sandra Perkovic has won the women’ discus competition at the MEETING de PARIS, this Saturday evening at Charléty Stadium. The clincher was a throw of 68.60m, the meeting record.
This evening, Paris is the global capital of athletics
The 2018 edition of the MEETING de PARIS will play out this evening at the Charléty Stadium, from 18:40hrs local time. Renaud Lavillenie, Kevin Mayer, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Mariya Lasitskene, Nafissatou Thiam and Caster Semenya rank among the event’s headline acts in this the seventh leg of the Diamond League.
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Jump in Paris !
Fans of field events can rub their hands in glee. The 2018 edition of the MEETING de PARIS, on Saturday 30 June at the Charléty Stadium, promises to be an historic vintage. Indeed, the jumping competitions will play host to the very best in world athletics. Three events are on the programme: men’s pole vault, women’s high jump and triple jump. For each of them, the line-up is worthy of an Olympic final.
[Translate to English:] Christophe Lemaitre, des moqueries aux Jeux Olympiques
Flat out in the hurdles
SPEED IN PARIS. The slogan for the 2018 edition of the MEETING de PARIS, on Saturday 30 June at the Charléty Stadium, is not just about the sprint competition. Indeed, the hurdles events promise to be just as quick and explosive, with the hurdlers gunning for the best times in the world this season. Equally, the dizzying heights of the continental records may also fall.
In the name of SPEED
Good old habits die hard. True to form, on Saturday 30 June 2018 at the Charléty Stadium, the MEETING de PARIS will offer a programme in which the sprint event promises to be explosive. The organisers of the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League are guaranteed the presence on the track of the biggest names in today’s athletics. The clash of safe bets and rising stars is not be missed.
An 800m burning with enthusiasm
A double ration of thrills. On Saturday 30 June 2018, the MEETING de PARIS will present the audience at the Charléty Stadium with two reigning world champions from one of the most explosive middle-distance events: the 800m. Caster Semenya on the one hand, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse on the other. Two of the most iconic stars of world athletics competing in the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League. A guaranteed showstopper.
Nafissatou Thiam set to take things to another level in Paris !
The line-up is complete. Following on from French athlete, Kevin Mayer, world decathlon champion last year in London, the other big name from the combined events will also be present on Saturday 30 June at Charléty Stadium for the MEETING de PARIS 2018. Nafissatou Thiam, the reigning world champion and Olympic champion in the heptathlon, has ensured organisers of her participation in the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League.