Questions about Diamond League

[taylor_morin]

I'm sort of new to the sport (started following around Olympic Trials time), and now that the Olympics are over I have two questions about the Diamond League.

1. Are there any sites that have live updating results of the meet, similar to london2012.com for the olympics?

2. How much weight should one put on the results of a Diamond League race, for example, if someone finishes in the top 2 or 3 in a few meets, is that enough to say they will be a contender at a larger meet?

[kuha]

Re: Questions about Diamond League

You can start here:

http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/index.html

[Marlow]

Re: Questions about Diamond League

2. How much weight should one put on the results of a Diamond League race, for example, if someone finishes in the top 2 or 3 in a few meets, is that enough to say they will be a contender at a larger meet?

It's enough to SAY they'll be contender. Whether they WILL contend is a whole nuther matter!

[AS]

Re: Questions about Diamond League

2. How much weight should one put on the results of a Diamond League race, for example, if someone finishes in the top 2 or 3 in a few meets, is that enough to say they will be a contender at a larger meet?

For another 12 months there are NO larger meets than than the Diamond League.

[26mi235]

Re: Questions about Diamond League

It also depends on the depth of the fields. In some, injuries/fatigue (or protecting their ranking) may lead some to passing many of the meets making for thinner fields, but some meets such as Zurich are the cream of one-day Track and Field.