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The Diamond League in July
Two legendary legs in Lausanne and Monaco and that of London kicked off a very hot summer for the Diamond Race. We get the low-down on the key performances in July in the run-up to the various national championships.
A high-altitude duel
Two years on, Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim will do battle once again in the Charléty Stadium for the Meeting de Paris on 24 August. The previous duel in Paris, in 2017, was cut short when Tamberi, just back from a serious ankle injury, fluffed his three attempts at the first bar of 2.20m. However, it would be for another time.
Karsten Warholm, the star in Paris
Perfect timing. Positioned less than 5 weeks before the start of the 2019 Worlds in Doha (27 September to 6 October), the MEETING de PARIS promises to be the MUST meeting on the road to the capital of Qatar. On Saturday 24 August, the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League will offer the public at the Charléty Stadium a line-up which promises a bountiful crop of stellar performances such as Karsten Warholm in 400m hurdles.
Stefanidi and Morris at high altitude
The Greek and the American are neck and neck. The MEETING DE PARIS, on Saturday 24 August, might well enable them to score a few more points one month prior to the Worlds.
Claye-Taylor, the sky’s the limit in their triple jump duel
The duel between Christian Taylor, who boasts the finest track record in the history of the modern triple jump competition with two Olympic titles and three gold medals in the Worlds, and Will Claye, his eternal shadow, is sure to tickle your taste buds. The Herculis Monaco meeting already brought them back together in the IAAF Diamond League, on 12 July 2019, with victory going to the former thanks to a jump of 17.82m, or seven centimetres further than his American compatriot.
Robert-Michon to challenge Perkovic in the discus
Mélina Robert-Michon is well behind Sandra Perkovic in their current face-off. However, she’s gaining strength, whilst the Croatian isn’t yet at the peak of fitness. Mélina Robert-Michon and Sandra Perkovic are due to meet at the Charléty Stadium on 24 August. They have already clashed on two occasions this season.
A trio of stars in the 200m
A 3-way match between the young American hotshot of the sprint, the world champion in London and an Olympic medallist in Rio. The poster really gets the imagination going, yet it’s very real. Noah Lyles, Ramil Guliyev and Christophe Lemaitre will indeed be present at the Charléty Stadium on 24 August. All three are pretenders to victory, but which of them will gain the upper hand?
Duels on every front !
The line-up for the MEETING de PARIS 2019 is taking shape. With one month to go till the big day on Saturday 24 August at Charléty Stadium, things are looking good. The French leg of the IAAF Diamond League will once again offer the public audience the very best of world athletics. Headlining the event will be a series of what promise to be explosive duels, in both track and field, men and women’s competitions.
The IAAF Diamond League in June
Throwback on the Rome, Oslo, Rabat and Stanford meetings...
The first two clashes announced at Charléty Stadium
The MEETING de PARIS 2019, set to be hosted on 24 August at the Charléty Stadium, has some supreme clashes in the pipeline between the world’s top athletes. In the pole vault competition, Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie will be up against the reigning European champion and current number 1 on the world stage this season, Swedish athlete Mondo Duplantis. In the second face-off, Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, reigning European champion, will be challenging the 2015 world champion, Russian Sergey Shubenkov and the Olympic silver medallist, Spaniard Orlando Ortega.