When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

[DrJay]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Junkies desperately seeking their next fix.....

[aaronk]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Meets coming up that feature loads of the Olympics medalists/finalists:

Friday 17 August: Stockholm Diamond League http://www.diamondleague-stockholm.com/ ... /Overview/
Thurs 23 August: Lausanne Diamond League: http://www.diamondleague-lausanne.com/e ... /Overview/
Then on to Birmingham & Zurich!!

15 August: Paris Decanation http://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/h ... tmlid=4116 (tough website in French only!)
20 August: Gugl Games in Linz, Austria http://www.guglgames.com/
20 August: Budapest http://www.gyulaimemorial.hu/

Wow!
The Stockholm affair has some interesting entrants....or NON-entrants.
A few examples.

Evan Jager in a FLAT 3K. His best is 7:41, so maybe he'll go 7:30-something.
No Bolt or Blake in the 100.
No Felix in the 200, but Jeneba Tarmoh has the 2nd fastest PR of the entrants.
No Rudisha in the 800.
I feel sorry for those 800 guys.
Anything less than what they did in London will be deemed a failure by the media.
Uceny and Lowe are entered, so both have a chance to save their seasons.
Rupp and Lagat aren't running??
And no Lolo!!

[AS]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Wow!
The Stockholm affair has some interesting entrants....or NON-entrants.
(

One determinant of appearance at Stockholm is no doubt the length of time since the athlete's last event. Bit tough for Bolt, Blake etc when they had 6-7 races over the week and only finished on the last day. Bit easier for those who were finished after Day 2 or 3...

Another determinant: the big $$ from Zurich...

And one qualifying statement: the bigger the star, the less likely the organisers will be claiming them as a starter until absolutely confirmed (as the star has more confidence of getting a start come what may, and the meet can't announce too many withdrawals while still appeasing ticketholders).

So fields that are currently small may yet top up with medalists... or 'journeymen'

[jeremyp]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Pearson also not listed though she said after her Olympic win that her next race would be in Stockholm.

She was on a few days ago. Scratch her!

[jeremyp]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

I see Ostapchuk is gone. Wonder why???? :lol:

[DrJay]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

So fields that are currently small may yet top up with medalists...or 'journeymen'

The Journeymen:

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Journeymen

[AS]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Sprint line-ups are hot for Brussels DL (Sept 7th):

Usain Bolt
Yohan Blake
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Warren Weir
Justin Gatlin
Wallace Spearmon
Churandy Martina
Christophe Lemaitre

(No distances mentioned yet)

http://diamondleague.com/News/NewsArtic ... plate=News

[DrJay]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

Sprint line-ups are hot:

Usain Bolt
Yohan Blake
Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Warren Weir
Justin Gatlin
Wallace Spearmon
Churandy Martina
Christophe Lemaitre

(No distances mentioned yet)

http://diamondleague.com/News/NewsArtic ... plate=News

That'd be for Brussels, Fri Sept 7th

[AS]

Re: When London ends, when can I watch the best compete?

That'd be for Brussels, Fri Sept 7th

Oops, yes, will fix post to make that clear.