Samsung Diamond League Trophy unveiled in Stockholm in 2010 (© Johan Frick-Meijer)
MonteCarloThe climax to the 2011 Samsung Diamond League begins in two days’ time.
With the 13th edition of the IAAF World Championships concluding in fine style on Sunday (4) with a World 4x100m Relay record* set in front of a packed stadium of highly vocal and enthusiastic spectators in Daegu, Korea, the sport’s attentions have now swung back to Europe and the conclusion of the second season the 14 meeting Samsung Diamond League, which is the sport’s premier global invitational tour.
The meetings Weltklasse Zürich (Thu 8) and Belgacom Memorial Van Damme (Fri 16 Sep), which respectively take place in Zürich, Switzerland and Brussels, Belgium, are the two Finals of the series just as they were last year.
Click here for Zürich - TIMETABLE & ENTRY LIST
Athletes in 32 event disciplines have been keenly battling for points in each event’s Diamond Race since the start of the Samsung Diamond League season in Doha, Qatar in May. The winners of each Diamond Race receive a 40,000 USD cash prize and a spectacular Diamond RaceTrophy.
16 Diamond Races are being played out to a conclusion in Zürich, and the remaining 16 in Brussels just over a week later.
There is still plenty opportunity for athletes to advance, as in the Finals the points are doubled, and the athlete with the highest number of points in each event discipline wins the Diamond Race.
Click here for the current standings of the DIAMOND RACE
POINTS
Points per event discipline at each meeting:
1st place - 4 points (Final: 8 points)
2nd place - 2 points (Final: 4 points)
3rd place - 1 point (Final: 2 points)
In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides, if there still is a tie, the better result at the Final decides. For an athlete to win a Diamond Race and its associated prize, and/or to be ranked in the final points standings, he / she must compete in the final (Zürich or Brussels) of their event discipline.
Samsung Diamond League - 2011
Doha QAT - Fri 6 May
Shanghai CHN - Sun 15 May
Rome ITA - Thu 26 May
Eugene USA - Sat 4 Jun
Oslo NOR - Thu 9 Jun
New York USA - Sat 11 Jun
Lausanne SUI - Thu 30 Jun
Paris FRA - Fri 8 Jul
Birmingham GBR - Sun 10 Jul
Monaco MON - Fri 22 Jul
Stockholm SWE - Fri 29 Jul
London GBR - Fri 5/ Sat 6 Aug
Zurich SUI -Thu 8 Sep
Brussels BEL - Fri 16 Sep
*subject to usual ratification procedures
