Tag: Diamond
Letsile Tebogo, Botswana’s sprint diamond on track for gold in Paris
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the first African sprinter in history to win a medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, is also the African record holder in…
Couple wants statue for ‘diamond sons’ from Driebergen: ‘It would be a shame if they were forgotten’
As sixties, Paola and Bram know the ‘golden oldies’, but the work of The Blue Diamonds is less well-known among the generations after them. That has to change, the couple…
Here’s Mondo Duplanti’s juicy Diamond League winnings
Armand Duplantis is hotness at the moment. He can’t be beat and is getting closer and closer to another world record. He met his expectations at the Diamond League in…
Athletics: SVT broadcasts the Diamond League gala live from Stockholm Stadium – watch it here
In addition to Duplanti’s pursuit of a new pain record, the discus duel between the new world record holder Mykolas Alekna and Daniel Ståhl is tickling. Also fit Andreas Almgren…
Eveliina Määttänen was invited to the Diamond League’s top competition – Finland’s record can be broken soon | Sport
Määttänen, who is in good shape, ran close to the Finnish record of 800 meters in his first race of the summer. Runner Eveliina Määttänen has received an invitation to…
Athletics: Ayal Dagnachew collapsed after finishing in the Diamond League
Competitors were quick to help 22-year-old Dagnachew. After a while she sat up with some help and got some water. It was an Ethiopian podium with Mekedes Alemeshete first in…
Track and Field: Khaddi Sagnia jumped 6.40 in Diamond League season debut
Khaddi Sagnia had not competed since the WC in Budapest this summer due to a knee injury. Today she was back and hit with 6.40 in the first jump. On…
Athletics: Armand Duplantis won the first Diamond League event of the season in China
Today, the new Diamond League season began, with a gala in Xiamen, China. In the pole vault, it went exactly as most expected: With victory for Armand Duplantis. “Really, really…
The climate activists who caused chaos in Stockholm’s Diamond League were fined | Sport
The climate activists who caused chaos in last summer’s Diamond League have been sentenced to fines in Stockholm District Court. Last July, the Diamond League in Stockholm saw a dangerous…
The European Union sanctions Russia’s largest diamond producer, Alrosa
The European Union sanctions the Russian diamond giant Alrosa and its director and places them on its blacklist. This announcement was made by the European Council on Wednesday January 3,…