Two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Felix Sanchez announced his retirement on Tuesday (26) in a video press conference.
The Prefontaine Classic men’s 400m hurdles will be one of the most competitive events at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on 29-30 May.
A two-time Olympic gold medallist, a three-time world champion, and the most dynamic young US middle-distance runner in a generation are among the latest athletes added to the field of the adidas Grand Prix in New York on June 14, organisers for the IAAF Diamond League meeting announced on Thursday (15).
Thursday’s competition at the IAAF World Championships here in Moscow will see more Russian athletes in action on the same apron where Yelena Isinbayeva won her memorable third title on Tuesday.
It is hard to read too much into the heats of the men’s 400m Hurdles which saw 24 out of the 36 starters advance to Tuesday night’s semi-finals.
If you want consistency, don’t look for it in the 400m Hurdles: not this year, at least.
The 27th episode of IAAF Inside Athletics is available to watch online.
Olympic Pole Vault champion Renaud Lavillenie may not yet have the same medal collection as the legendary Sergey Bubka, but on Thursday (4) in Lausanne at Athletissima 2013, the eighth leg of the IAAF Diamond League, the Frenchman could achieve something that even the great World record-holder did not manage.
Tyson Gay, Sally Pearson and Brianna Rollins are just some of the many international stars added to the line-up for the Herculis IAAF Diamond League meeting on 19 July.
A total of 30 London 2012 Olympic Games medallists, including 11 reigning Olympic champions, will be in action at the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix in Birmingham, an IAAF Diamond League meeting on Sunday 30 June.
Exactly one month before the 38th edition of Athletissima, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, 12 London 2012 Olympic Games champions and more than 25 medallists from last summer have already confirmed their attendance in Lausanne on 4 July.
Two more London 2012 Olympic Games champions have confirmed they will compete at the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix – Birmingham at the Alexander Stadium on 30 June, taking the total number of Olympic champions set to appear at the IAAF Diamond league meeting up to eight.