Six world-leading marks were among the highlights of the 10th PSD Bank Meeting in Dusseldorf on Thursday (29), with St Kitts&rsquo; evergreen sprinter Kim Collins showing there is still plenty of zip in his legs despite near veteran status. Collins, now 38, sped to a 60m win in 6.52 and beat Great Britain&rsquo;s European 100m champion James Dasaolu, who was given the same time, while USA&rsquo;s 2010 world indoor silver medallist Michael Rodgers was third in 6.58.Collins had shown he was the man to watch with a time of 6.55 in his heat less than an hour earlier. Kenya&rsquo;s Nixson Chepseba won the 3000m in a world-leading 7:44.72, showing his strength on the final lap to hold off his compatriot Paul Kipsiele Koech, who was second in 7:45.79.US pair Ryan Whiting and Christian Cantwell, who between them have won five of the past six world indoor shot put titles, had a duel that will be repeated again on German soil on Saturday at the IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Karlsruhe. Whiting underlined his good form when he sent his shot out to a world-leading 20.83m in the fourth round. All three of his valid throws were better than Cantwell&rsquo;s best of 20.53m.Poland&rsquo;s two-time European indoor 800m champion Adam Kszczot was victorious in the 800m for the fourth consecutive year in Dusseldorf when he won on one of his favourite indoor tracks in a world-leading 1:46.48, just edging out his compatriot Marcin Lewandowski, who was second with 1:46.74.Belarusian hurdler Alina Talay, the European indoor 60m hurdles silver medallist, proved she is rounding into good form ahead of this year&rsquo;s championships in Prague in five weeks&rsquo; time when she sped to a world-leading 7.96 over the barriers.<h3>German joy </h3> However, possibly the biggest cheers of the night came when Arne Gabius won the 5000m in a national indoor record and world-leading time of 13:27.53. Another German victory came in the women&rsquo;s triple jump when Kristin Gierisch bounded out to an indoor personal best of 14.30m in the fifth round.Ukraine's Olga Saladukha was the favourite, but the off-form former world champion could only reach 14.14m and had to settle for second place.Switzerland&rsquo;s Selina Buchel won the 800m in 2:01.87, the second-fastest time in the world at this early stage in the season.Great Britain&rsquo;s Lawrence Clarke won the 60m hurdles in a personal best of 7.63, with Germany&rsquo;s Erik Balnuweit and Cuba&rsquo;s former 110m world record-holder and 2008 Olympic gold medallist Dayron Robles second and third respectively, both being given the same time of 7.64; the latter paying the price for a rather sluggish start. Poland&rsquo;s Robert Sobera won the pole vault with 5.65m and collected some notable scalps. Greece&rsquo;s world indoor champion Konstadinos Filippidis was only able to go over 5.60m on this occasion and Germany&rsquo;s world champion Raphael Holzdeppe was still struggling to find his rhythm and finishedfifth with 5.50m, needing three attempts to get over that height and his preceding 5.40m.South Africa&rsquo;s Carina Horn took the honours in the women&rsquo;s 60m with a win in 7.21, her second personal best of the night after clocking 7.27 in her heat.Phil Minshull for the IAAF

Six world-leading marks were among the highlights of the 10th PSD Bank Meeting in Dusseldorf on Thursday (29), with St Kitts’ evergreen sprinter Kim Collins showing there is still plenty of zip in his legs despite near veteran status. 

Six world-leading marks in Dusseldorf

Genzebe Dibaba made it three from three in 15 days as she produced her third breath-taking world record performance to bring the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix to a scintillating climax in the British city of Birmingham on Saturday (15)Having taken three seconds from the 1500m record in Karlsruhe on 1 February and six off the 3000m mark in Stockholm last week, the Ethiopian ran 9:00.48 in the two miles to smash her compatriot Meseret Defar’s five-year-old mark by more than five seconds at the last of this winter’s six IAAF Indoor Permit meetings.It is the 16th world record – although technically Dibaba’s time is a world best as there are no official records for the distance – set at the National Indoor Arena but the first since Kenenisa Bekele broke the men’s two miles mark in 2008, and the appreciative sell-out 7000 crowd came to its feet in full support as Dibaba powered away on her own over the second mile.Having gone through one mile in 4:31.7 behind the Polish pacemaker Renata Plis, Dibaba struck out alone, running 4:28.8 for the second half. Astonishingly, her finishing time could have been even quicker as she was some 10 seconds up on Defar’s record schedule with a quarter of a mile to go (7:54.0) when a sub-nine-minute time was clearly on the cards.She passed 3000m in 8:24.85, the fifth fastest ever time for that distance, and reached the bell in 8:27.7. With the crowd roaring her on, she sprinted the last lap in 32.8 before throwing her arms up in triumph and frustration; the record obliterated, the nine-minute barrier missed by a whisker.“I’m very delighted, because to break three world records was what I’d planned,” said Dibaba, who confirmed she will go for 3000m gold at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, next month.&nbsp; “In the middle of the race I felt a bit weak and tired, but with the help of the crowd and all the buzzing I was able to gain momentum and get the record.“I’m hoping to win a gold again at the World Indoors, that’s the plan. I have a 1500m gold from last time, so this time I want the 3000m.”Record haulDibaba, who pocketed a tidy US$15,000 bonus for her efforts, had never before run over two miles, indoors or out. She now holds not only the world, African and Ethiopian records for the distance, but the family record too, overtaking her older sister Tirunesh who ran 9:12.23 on the NIA track four years ago Genzebe also surpassed her sister as the most prolific indoor record-breaker among the Dibaba siblings.Dibaba won by more than 20 seconds, her fellow Ethiopian Hiwot Ayalew was second in 9:21.59 as all six finishers ran personal bests. Dibaba wasn’t the only Ethiopian in world-beating form as Mohamed Aman took more than half a second from his 800m world lead with an African indoor record of 1:44.52.Only Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer and Russia’s Yuriy Borzakovskiy have now run faster than Aman under cover.The 20-year-old world champion, both indoors and outdoors, took the lead with a lap-and-a-half to go and had a five-metre lead on Adam Kszczot at the bell. The Pole closed the gap down the back straight but Aman was too strong in the final straight.Kszczot was passed by South Africa’s Andre Oliver who also squeezed under 1:45, clocking a personal best of 1:44.99. Kszczot ran his best of the year in 1:45.19 while Andrew Osagie became the second quickest Briton ever, behind Seb Coe, with 1:45.22.Dasaolu in tight finishThe Birmingham crowd also saw two world leads in the men’s 60m, although both came in the semi-finals as France’s European indoor champion Jimmy Vicaut ran 6.48 only for Great Britain’s James Dasaolu to go 0.01 quicker in the second race.Dasaolu went to win the final in 6.50, a clear victory over his likely Sopot rivals, but it was a day of mixed fortunes for the Briton as he strained his left thigh two strides from home and limped over the line.“My right leg felt tight at about 40-50m,” he said. “I think it’s cramp but I’ll go and see the doctors and see what they say.”Vicaut couldn’t match his quick semi, fading to sixth in the last 10 metres as Jamaica’s Nesta Carter came through for second in 6.53.There were no such dramas in the women’s sprint where Ivory Coast’s Murielle Ahoure repeated last year’s victory over Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Both were timed at 7.10, with Britain’s Asha Philip just 0.02 back in third.Dibaba may be the world’s finest distance runner at the moment but she wasn’t the only one in fine form here. Laura Muir already holds the world’s fastest 800m time, and the Briton clocked 4:05.32 in the 1500m today to beat the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan by 0.02.“Hassan is a world class athlete so it gives me a lot of confidence,” said Muir, adding that she’s now unsure which event to run in Sopot.Her time is not only the third fastest in the world this year but also the second quickest ever by a Briton after Kelly Holmes. Hassan’s compensation for her narrow defeat was a Dutch indoor record of 4:05.34.There was more dominant Ethiopian running in the men’s 3000m where Hagos Gebrhiwet took several metres out of his rivals in the final lap to lead two compatriots over the line in 7:35.74.It was just slightly down on his world lead of 7:34.13 from Boston last Saturday but the world 5000m silver medallist will go to Sopot as favourite after again showing his compatriot Dejen Gebremeskel a clean pair of heels. Gebremeskel clocked 7:36.53 with fellow Ethiopian Yenew Alamirew third in 7:37.10.By George! Regina runs into medal reckoningNigeria’s Regina George also put herself in the frame for a Sopot medal in the women’s 400m, coming from behind in the home straight to beat Jamaica’s Kaliese Spencer in 51.78, the third quickest time in the world this year.Britain’s Nigel Levine leapt into the world’s top five in the men’s 400m, beating Dominican Republic’s Olympic silver medallist Luguelin Santos by three metres in 45.71, which matches his personal best. Santos attacked at the bell and around the final bend but had to settle for second in 46.08.The top-billed hurdles clash between the US pair of David Oliver and Aries Merritt was a non-event as neither man appeared in the final. Olympic champion Merritt withdrew from the contest through illness while world champion Oliver could only finish seventh in his semi-final in 7.73.Britain’s Andy Pozzi was the form man at that stage, clocking 7.57, a season’s best he couldn’t repeat in the final when he rapped a hurdle allowing Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde to come through for the victory in 7.55 ahead of Russia’s European champion Sergey Shubenkov.Nixon Chepseba continued to show good form over the 1500m. After winning in Karlsruhe earlier this month, the Kenyan again held off all challengers and clocked 3:37.19 to come home ahead of the fast-finishing German Tesfaye Homiyu and Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski.Homiyu ran a personal best of 3:37.35, while Lewandowski was rewarded with a national indoor record of 3:37.37. Angelika Cichocka will take some confidence into the World Indoor Championships on home soil after the Pole improved her season’s best to win the women’s 800m ahead of European indoor champion Nataliya Lupu in 2:01.61.USA’s Olympic silver medallist Erik Kynard leapt an indoor best of 2.34m to win the men’s high jump, the pick of the day’s field events. Great Britain’s Holly Bleasdale was an easy winner of the pole vault at 4.71m, but wasn’t close in her three attempts at what would have been a world-leading height of 4.77m, while Russia’s world champion Aleksandr Menkov needed only 8.14m to win the men’s long jump.Matthew Brown for the IAAF

Genzebe Dibaba made it three from three in 15 days as she produced her third breath-taking world record performance over two miles to bring the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix to a scintillating climax in the British city of Birmingham on Saturday (15)

Dibaba smashes two miles world best in Birmingham

Her big sister Tirunesh has twice been a world record breaker indoors and it was the turn Genzebe Dibaba to make her own mark on the under cover record books when she smashed the women's world indoor 1500m record * by more than three seconds with a run of 3:55.17 at the IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Saturday (1).The previous best had been 3:58.28, set by Russia’s Yelena Soboleva in 2006, and Dibaba's own previous indoor best was 4:00.13. Her time was also more than a second faster than Abeba Aregawi's Ethiopian outdoor record of 3:56.54 and the outdoor African record of 3:55.30, set by Hassiba Boulmerka. Slovenia’s Sonja Roman took Dibaba through 400m in 1:02.39 and then 800m in 2:08.96, just under a second faster than Soboleva at this stage in proceedings on her world-record run with the Russian having clocked 2:09.7 after four laps of the track. But soon afterwards the Ethiopian hit the front and then it was just a race between her and the clock.Dibaba, still only 22, went through 1200m in a sizzling 3:10.47, compared to Soboleva’s 3:13.1. After a third 400m of just over 61 seconds, she kept up the tempo all the way to the line.“I felt I was ready for a world record,” said the world indoor 1500m champion who is set to defend her title at this year’s edition in the Polish city of Sopot next month. “But I didn’t think I would run 3:55. I was well prepared for tonight, though. I’m extremely happy.”&nbsp; The city of Karlsruhe had replaced the 25-year-old surface in the Europahalle only last summer, and Dibaba admitted that “the track was very fast,” compared to previous years. She has become a regular visitor to Karlsruhe and won the 1500m at the same meeting in 2012 and last year.&nbsp; Poland’s Angelika Cichocka finished a distant second, almost 13 seconds in arrears, in 4:08.15.Germany’s David Storl continued his fine form, the reigning outdoor world champion and principal domestic headline act beating his indoor counterpart Ryan Whiting.In a repeat of the gold and silver medal positions from the IAAF World Championships in Moscow last summer, Storl opened with a meeting record of 21.33m and that proved to be the winning throw.He then pushed himself unsuccessfully the rest of the way in an attempt to take over the world lead. “I didn’t have enough tonight to hit 21.50m,” commented Storl, “but my second throw had potential if I had not fouled.”&nbsp; Storl also referred to the stress of having competed, and winning, only two nights earlier in Düsseldorf. Whiting, who had arrived straight from winning in Bydgoszcz with a world-leading 21.37m on Friday evening, was clearly tired as well but finally got over 21 metres in the fourth round, reaching 21.01m, which proved to be the US putter’s best effort of the night.World leads from Chepseba, Hassan and HildebrandKarlsruhe provided a flying start to the six-meeting 2014 IAAF Indoor Permit series. Three other events, in addition to Dibaba’s 1500m world record, saw 2014 world-leading marks.Both Sifan Hassan and Maryam Jamal were breaking new ground in the women’s 3000m, the Dutch runner was seeing an indoor track for the first time and the Bahraini making her indoor debut at the distance.&nbsp; Hassan came out the definite winner as she kicked off the bell and passed Kenya’s front-running Viola Kibiwot for a world-leading 8:45.32 victory over Kibiwot’s 8:48.12, while Jamal was a distant third in 8:56.90.&nbsp; In the men’s 1500m, Kenya’s 2013 IAAF World Championships finalist Nixon Chepseba took the lead from Germany’s Homiyu Tesfaye halfway through the race and carried on in front to the tape for a world-leading 3:37.02. Ethiopia’s Mekonnen Gebremehdin was second in 3:37.42 and South Africa’s Moscow bronze medallist Johan Cronje was again third in an indoor personal best of 3:37.49.Another Kenyan to triumph in Karlsruhe was Caleb Ndiku, who won the men’s 3000m in a quick 7:36.27, the second fastest time of the year.Germany’s Nadine Hildebrand produced a superb run over the barriers to win the women’s 60m hurdles in a world-leading 7.91. In fact, Hildebrand twice set world-leading times and had a brace of personal best outings after running 7.96 in her heat.In the men’s 800m, Bahrain’s Abraham Rotich derailed some gun-to-tape running by Marcin Lewandowski in the final few centimetres as his late charge pipped the Pole at the finish, although both were given identical 1:46.30 times. It was an indoor best for Rotich, with Spain’s Kevin Lopez finishing third in 1:46.88.In the women’s 60m, the clock stopped at 7.18 for the three top in a blanket finish, with Germany’s Verena Sailer getting the decision over US sprinter Chauntae Bayne and Norway’s Ezinne Okparaebo. The time moved both Sailer and Okparebo to the top of the European list for the season and was also an indoor best for Bayne.Even in the absence of local stars Raphael Holzdeppe (bad back) and Björn Otto (injured foot), the men’s pole vault still ended in German hands and with good quality as Malte Mohr used a dramatic third-jump clearance to win at 5.75m before failing at 5.85m.&nbsp; Although Mohr later said he was “super satisfied”, he worked hard for his victory, being pressed to a third attempt twice and taking a total of eleven jumps.&nbsp; US hurdlers Jarret Eaton and Kevin Craddock went one-two in the men’s 60m hurdles, posting times of 7.54 and 7.58 respectively, while France’s Eloyse Lesueur won the women’s long jump with 6.67m.&nbsp; Phil Minshull and Ed Gordon for the IAAF*Subject to the usual ratification procedures.

Genzebe Dibaba smashed the women's world indoor 1500m record by more than three seconds with a run of 3:55.17 at the IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Saturday (1).

Genzebe Dibaba smashes world indoor 1500m record with 3:55.17 in Karlsruhe

For the first time since 1999, Kenya will have three men in
the World Championships 1500m final.Of course, it could have been four Kenyans, as defending champion
Asbel Kiprop had a wildcard entry, allowing him to join the likes of Nixon
Chepseba, Bethwell Birgen and Silas Kiplagat on the team.But after all four safely advanced from the heats, Birgen
was the only one from the quartet not to make it into the final. Kiprop and Kiplagat, the top two finishers from the 2011
World Championships, were up in the first heat. It set out at a pedestrian pace
as Russia’s Valentin Smirnov led through 400m in 1:02.74 and 2:06.79 with
Britain’s Chris O’Hare and USA’s Lopez Lomong close behind.Kiprop and Kiplagat were near the back, while USA’s Olympic
silver medallist Leonel Manzano was in the middle of the pack. The field
bunched with 500m to go as Kiprop made his move, easing into the lead at the
bell.Along the back straight, Ethiopia’s Mekonnen Gebremedhin
took closer order, followed by Kiplagat, who moved on to Kiprop’s shoulder with
just 200m remaining. At one point it looked as though Kiplagat may challenge
Kiprop for the lead, but the Kenyan pair were prepared to coast down the
home-straight, holding off their challengers to secure the top two spots.After a 52.4-second last lap, Kiprop and Kiplagat clocked
3:43.30 and 3:43.52 respectively, with Gebremedhin taking third just 0.02
behind. O’Hare held on for fourth place, while South Africa’s Johan Cronje took
the fifth automatic qualifying spot.The slow pace of the race gave little hope of the other
finishers advancing to the final on time, and sure enough the likes of Lomong,
Manzano, Nick Willis and Bouabdellah Tahri all missed out on the final.In the second heat, Birgen ensured the pace was quicker from
the outset, leading the field through 400m in 55.88. Half a lap later he was
joined at the front by team-mate Chepseba and they went through 800m in
1:57.06.Turkey’s Ilham Tanui-Ozbilen then moved on to Chepseba’s
shoulder with Morocco’s Abdalaati Iguider also near the front. Djibouti’s 800m
bronze medallist Ayanleh Souleiman edged closer to the lead as the field
approached the bell, but the Kenyan pair were still at the front.USA’s Matthew Centrowitz, bronze medallist in Daegu two
years ago, made his way through the field. Souleiman tried to do the same, but
wasn’t quite as successful as he almost lost his balance on the final bend,
eventually fading to 11th.Birgen similarly ran out of steam along the home stretch,
finishing just one place ahead of Souleiman, well outside the automatic
qualifying spots.At the front, though, Chepseba and Centrowitz booked their
places in the final with respective times of 3:35.88 and 3:35.95. Morocco’a
Mohamed Moustaoui finished third ahead of Florian Carvalho of France and
European champion Henrik Ingebrigtsen of Norway.The non-automatic qualifying spots went to Germany’s Homiyu
Tesfaye and Canada’s Nate Brannen.The list of athletes who missed out on a place in the final
reads like a Diamond League start list: Birgen, Souleiman, Ozbilen, Ethiopia’s
Aman Wote, Lomong, Willis, Manzano, Iguider and Bouabdellah Tahri.That’s not to say it will be a weak final, though. The three
medallists from Daegu will all be there to defend – or attempt to improve upon –
their medals. And all three of the Kenyan finalists have sub-3:30 personal
bests.Whether all three Kenyan athletes will fill the podium – a first
for the event at the World Championships – will all be revealed on Sunday.Jon Mulkeen for the
IAAF

Report: Men’s 1500m semi-finals – Moscow 2013

At many major championships, the heats of the men’s 1500m has
its fair share of trips, falls and shock exits. But there was none of that this
morning in the first round of the event as the three men with sub-3:30 PBs won
each of the three heats.Defending champion Asbel Kiprop went in the first heat and
as expected he dictated the race from the front. Going into the last lap, World
indoor champion Abdalaati Iguider moved up on to Kiprop’s shoulder with the
majority of the field still bunched closely together.But Kiprop kept the challengers at bay and looked very easy
in crossing the line in 3:38.15 – a time that proved to be the fastest of the
day. Iguider crossed the line in second in 3:38.41, marginally ahead of USA’s
Lopez Lomong and 800m bronze medallist Ayanleh Souleiman.The fifth and sixth automatic qualifying spots were taken by
Florian Carvalho of France and European champion Henrik Ingebrigtsen. In a
blanket finish, the times of the following three finishers – Aman Wote of
Ethiopia, Valentin Smirnov of Russia and Nick Willis of New Zealand – proved enough
to advance to the semi-finals.The only minor surprise was that European bronze medallist David
Bustos, Spain’s sole entrant in what is usually a strong event for them,
finished down in 11th and will take no further part.The second and third heats played out in much the same way
as the first, with large groups of athletes poised to strike at the bell.In the second heat it was South Africa’s Johan Cronje who
was in pole position with 400m to go. He was passed at the 200-metre mark by
Turkey’s Ilham Tanui Ozbilen before Kenya’s Silas Kiplagat kicked with 100m to
go, coasting comfortably to the finish to win in 3:39.31.Olympic silver medallist Leo Manzano came through for second
place in 3:39.39, with Ozbilen, Cronje, Germany’s Carsten Schlangen and Morocco’s
Zakaria Mazouzi filling the rest of the automatic qualifying spots in a race
with no time qualifiers.Unsurprisingly, the third and final heat once again came
down to a mad dash to the line in the final 200m. Nixon Chepseba succeeded in
getting there first, stopping the clock in 3:38.37 with Canada’s Nate Brannen
just 0.12 behind.Ethiopia’s Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Chepseba’s Kenyan team-mate
Bethwell Birgen, defending bronze medallist Matt Centrowitz of the USA and
Germany’s Homiyu Tesfaye filled the other automatic qualifying places.In a race where the top nine finishers crossed the line
within a second of each other, France’s Bouabdellah Tahri, Britain’s Chris O’Hare
and Morocco’s Mohamed Moustaoui took the last three remaining non-automatic
qualifying spots.Six of the top seven finishers from the last World
Championships have safely advanced to the semi-finals and so far the Kenyan
quartet looks strong as they bid to become the first nation to sweep the medals
in this event.Jon Mulkeen for the
IAAF

Report: Men’s 1500m heats – Moscow 2013

The ‘Dream Mile’ is always a feature event at Oslo’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games – the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League – and this year’s race on June 13 is no different.It boasts a unique history, highlighted with great names and performances. In the 80s the British trio of Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram all contested the Mile in Oslo and all set World records.This year’s mile will again provide huge interest and excitement as a high-quality field test themselves over four laps of the renowned Bislett track. World champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya is chasing a record three straight victories in the Dream Mile and will be looking to challenge his personal best of 3:48.50.Kiprop, the 2008 Olympic champion, was unfortunately injured in London last season and subsequently struggled in the Olympic final. He is now fully recovered and judging by his early-season form – winning at the Diamond League meetings in Doha (3:31.13) and Shanghai (3:32.39) – the tall 23-year-old will be ready for the task in Bislett.Local interest will be at fever pitch with high expectations for Norway’s Henrik Ingebrigtsen, who last year won the European 1500m title and finished fifth at the London Olympic Games. The vocal Oslo crowd will roar their support for the local hero as he looks to break his own Norwegian record (3:54.28) and get close to the 3:50 barrier.Besides the World and European champions, the ‘Dream Mile’ field will also include World indoor champion Abdalaati Iguider. The Moroccan secured the bronze medal at the London Olympics and will have his eyes firmly set upon a sub-3:50 clocking in just his third ever race over the distance.Kenya will again be well represented in the race by Commonwealth 1500m champion Silas Kiplagat and Olympic finalist Nixon Chepseba, both sub-3:30 1500m athletes at their best. It also means that the race has the past three Diamond Race winners, as Kiplagat won in 2012, Chepseba in 2011 and Kiprop in 2010.The quality and depth of this particular field evokes memories of a great Bislett race more than half a century ago when the Dane Gunnar Nielsen and the Hungarian Lazlo Tabori dead heated in a World record at 1500m.They too were encouraged every step of the way by the knowledgeable Bislett crowd in 1955 and now in 2013 the competitors will receive that same special support for an individual event that is often copied but never really duplicated as the Dream Mile remains one of the most recognizable episodes in the IAAF Diamond League.Organisers for the IAAF2013 IAAF Diamond League calendar Doha, QAT – 10 May Shanghai, CHN – 18 May New York, USA – 25 May Eugene, USA – 1 Jun Rome, ITA – 6 Jun Oslo, NOR – 13 Jun Birmingham, GBR – 30 Jun Lausanne, SUI – 4 Jul Paris, FRA – 6 Jul Monaco, MON – 19 Jul London, GBR – 26-27 Jul Stockholm, SWE – 22 Aug Zürich, SUI – 29 Aug Brussels, BEL – 6 Sep

Oslo Dream Mile: the tradition continues – IAAF Diamond League