Focus on finalists: Elaine Thompson-Herah and Karsten Warholm
We continue our countdown to the World Athletics Awards 2020 on 5 December by taking a closer look at the five men and five women who were confirmed as the finalists for the Athlete of the Year awards.
In Doha, world and Olympic champions prepare for memorable end to an unusual year
In a year without any major international championships, world 5000m champion Hellen Obiri will experience the next-best thing when she takes to the start line for the 3000m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday (25).
Loaded 3000m line-up for Doha as 2020 Wanda Diamond League set to go out on a high
It may have been a far-from-normal season, but the Wanda Diamond League will end on a high in Doha on Friday (25) with what is quite possibly the deepest line-up seen in any discipline this year.
Duplantis scales 6.15m in Rome, world's highest ever outdoor vault
In the country where ‘Mondo’ means ‘world’, Swedish wunderkind Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis confirmed his status as the world’s greatest pole vaulter, jumping higher than anyone ever has in an outdoor stadium, 6.15m, at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome on Thursday (17).
High-flying stars Warholm and Duplantis form a Scandi support group
Karsten Warholm and Mondo Duplantis have created their own support group to deal with the growing expectations around them as they move ever closer to world records in their respective events.
Thompson-Herah, Schippers and Ta Lou set to clash in Doha
Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, two-time world 200m champion Dafne Schippers and multiple world medallist Marie-Josée Ta Lou, will go head to head over 100m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday 25 September 2020.
Duplantis and Thompson-Herah among first big names confirmed for Rome
Organisers of the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea have announced that pole vault world record-holder Mondo Duplantis and double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will compete at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome on 17 September.
World champions Brazier, Chepkoech and Holloway confirmed for Monaco
Organisers of the Herculis meeting have confirmed the participation of four more global champions for the Wanda Diamond League fixture in Monaco on 14 August.
Thompson completes Jamaican Championships sprint double
Following their phenomenal performances in the women’s 100m on Friday, Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce enthralled spectators again on the final day of the Jamaican Championships in Kingston on Sunday (23).
Thompson beats Fraser-Pryce to Jamaican 100m title as both clock 10.73
Fireworks were expected and delivered midway through the four-day Jamaican Championships on Friday night (21) in Kingston.
Taylor, Thompson and McLeod set for Nanjing
Christian Taylor, Elaine Thompson and Omar McLeod are among the seven Olympic champions so far confirmed for the Nanjing World Challenge on 21 May.
Su, Coleman, Thompson and Kejelcha head stellar line-up for Shanghai
Chinese sprint sensation Su Bingtian is set to clash with heavy competition when he bids to regain his 100m crown at the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday 18 May, the second stop on the 2019 IAAF Diamond League circuit.