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Among the athletes, the London Stadium is known for its energy, revered for the din created first at the London 2012 Olympics and relaunched for the 2017 IAAF London World Championships. This weekend (Sat 21 , Sun 22) Anniversary Games, which forms the stop 11 of 2018 IAAF Diamond League will not be less supercharged while the athletics season will reach its heady heights
Muir, Obiri and Hbadan will be tangled in the mile
Laura Muir no doubt has eyes on the European Championships in Berlin, where she will compete in the 1500m and 5000m. She will travel one mile in London in pursuit of the British record (held in 4: 17.57 by Zola Budd). Hellen Obiri and Sifan Hbadan are two women who know both distances. They had a 1-2 in 5000m in Rabat last week, while Obiri, world leader in 14: 21.75, was followed by Hbadan, who was rewarded with a European record of 14: 22.34.
Be the speed of arrival of Jenny Simpson, who arrived late to win the silver over 1500m at last year's World Championships, which is the biggest threat on Sunday night . Muir, who holds the record for the best 1500m in 3 "55" 22, could well get his record, but the win is far from badured.
Olympic champion Matt Centrowitz and the world champion. Europe 2012 Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Coleman Rodgers and Baker battle Ujah, Gemili and Hughes
One of the most memorable moments of the world championships last year was the men's 4x100m, and many of its protagonists return for the 100-meter individual Saturday:
Chijindu Ujah – who will win the title of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League with a win in Zurich – and Adam Gemili form half of the British quartet that has ran the United States to win the 4x100m gold; both are entered to participate in two rounds on Saturday.
Christian Coleman and Mike Rodgers, part of the American team beaten in silver, also return to London. While Coleman, injured on the occasion of last week's victory in Rabat (9.98), and Rodgers, the third fastest man of the year (9.89), will take revenge, they will also face Ronnie Baker. Their fellow American signed the best time in the world this year (9.88) and won big in Eugene, Paris and Rome.
Other threats will also come from Britain's Zharnel Hughes, who lowered his PB to 9.91. Yohan Blake, Olympic silver medalist, and Akani Simbine, last year's World Finalist
In the women's 100m non-scoring, 2012 Jamaican Olympic champion in the 100m, Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce, is in the lead.
in the 200m
Dafne Schippers successfully defended her world title on the 200m in London last year; On Sunday, the Dutchman will face two of the athletes she has defeated in this final
Although silver medalist Marie-Josee Ta Lou leads the world in the 100m (10.85), the winner of the World Cup ™ Ivorian athlete has not yet replicated this speed. on the distance turn around. It's not like Dina Asher-Smith, whose 22.29 for bronze at the Commonwealth Games ranks him above Schippers this year. The Briton also has a national record in the 100m (10.92) and his first win at the Diamond League of the IAAF (in Stockholm) in 2018.
The European Championships are just a few weeks away, and it will be a good gauge for them both, especially with Jamaica's two-time Olympic champion Jamaican Elaine Thompson and Sherika Jackson, second fastest at world this year with 22.05, also on
Hurdle long hopes and runs for the United States
Two years ago, the London Stadium was the backdrop for the women's 100m hurdles world record, Keni Harrison breaking the barriers in 12.20. Contrary to what happened in 2016, while his record remained undefeated throughout the season in the IAAF Diamond League, Harrison suffered defeat this year in Shanghai in May
. Brianna McNeal was victorious The IAAF Diamond League, most recently in Rabat, notably in Stockholm in the 12.38. The pair will run this year for the first time since their meeting in Székesfehérvár earlier this month. This race belonged to Sharika Nelvis, who is also registered for Sunday's two-round competition.
Jamaican Danielle Williams, 2015 world champion who set a PB of 12.48 for second place in Stockholm, is also 400m hurdles world champion Kori Carter, who recorded 12.78 this year.
Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad is leading the test in the case where Carter fell. The American athlete, who won the world 's money in London last year, has not found a consistent form this season, but still has wins from Shanghai and the United States. ;Oslo. Shamier Little leads the London entrants in terms of time thanks to his 53.41 in Lausanne. Janieve Russell and Georganne Moline were second and third behind Little in Switzerland, and both return for London
Aries Merritt, the 2012 Olympic champion in the United States, faces world champion Andrew Pozzi of Great Britain. 19659002] Kendricks prepares for another London victory
The men's pole vault entries are not far from the former London champions. Renaud Lavillenie won the Olympic gold medal in 2012 during a seven-year period during which he won each annual title of the IAAF Diamond League (2010-16). This race was completed last year by Sam Kendricks, who has been undefeated all season, including at the World Championships in London, where he won the gold.
This year, Lavillenie found a 5.95m form before winning in Shanghai. Kendricks, who won at the World Cup in London last weekend, was not in the same compelling form as last year, but remains at the top of the standings for the final, earning the maximum points with victories in Rome, Paris and Rabat. Under-20 world champion Armand Duplantis, who is third on the 2018 World List behind the aforementioned duo and will win the first IAAF diamond league win in Stockholm, will join them. .
The games will challenge the female javelin. Kesley-Lee Roberts of Australia won the silver while Sunette Viljoen of South Africa won the gold medal at Gold Coast but both are currently in the top eight on the road to the final. Viljoen hopes the set will inspire her again – last week she won the World Cup ahead of Kara Winger and Lu Huihui. The latter is second on the road to the final standings and in May set an Asian record of 67.69m.
As the javelin waits for a woman to take possession of the event, the discus remains the realm of Sandra Perkovic. Croatian currently has 13 victories, including 71.38 meters in the world rankings. No other registered athlete has gone beyond 68 meters this year.
Lasitskene seeks to rise again
Until last week, it was a similar story in the female high jump. However, in Rabat, Maria Lasitskene was able to clear a record of 1.90m, which means that her series of 45 victories ended abruptly. Although Mirela Demireva, the Rabat winner who crossed the 2.00m mark for the first time in her Stockholm career earlier this month, is not present in London, Yuliya Levchenko is. The world silver medalist from Ukraine also beat Lasitskene in Rabat, crossing 1.94m to finish second in the countdown.
If Lasitskene fails again, the British heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson could be one of the athletes to flourish. The indoor pentathlon world champion holds the national record of 1.98m and is also entered for the long jump.
In a typical British event, Johnson-Thompson will compete alongside Lorraine Ugen, world leader at 7.05m, Jazmin Sawyers, European silver medalist in 2016, and Shara Proctor, 2015 world bronze medalist Christabel Nettey and Brooke Stratton, respectively gold and silver medalists at the Commonwealth Games, will also be in attendance.
Focus on Manyonga jump
Luvo Manyonga, the current leader of the IAAF Diamond League, is leading the participants in the long jump. The South African, winner of the world championships in London last year, has won two of three victories on this year's circuit, winning a record 8.58m in Rome. Although his grades have been wrong since then – 8.25m in Stockholm in the third – Manyonga returned to the London World Cup, where he scored 8.51m.
He will be joined by the two previous Olympic champions, Jeffery Henderson and Greg Rutherford – the latter is a key player in the iconic Super Saturday of 2012. Juan Miguel Echevarria, indoor world champion and winner of Stockholm with 8,83 m of wind, withdrew injuries
Samba over 400m
Another 2012 Olympic champion, Kirani James, is back in the stadium for the men's 400m. The Grenadian, who was 19 when he won the gold medal, has not raced on the IAAF Diamond League circuit since winning in Birmingham in 2016. It is intriguing, just like Abderrahman Samba, the man who crossed the 400m hurdles. year, pbad number two at all times in Paris with 46.98. Abdalelah Haroun, world bronze medalist, finished second in Rabat last week.
The men's 800m world record was set in London in 2012. Although David Rudisha, the man who owns it, Wycliffe Kinyamal – who comes from the same village – will not be present this weekend . Kenyan, who won the Commonwealth gold medal at the start of the season, has the fastest time this year of the contestants: 1: 43.91 to win in Shanghai. Although he also won in Rome, Kinyamal was only third in Eugene, as his compatriot Emmanuel Korir won in front of 2012 Olympic silver medalist Nijel Amos. The three will race again in London, with the Polish Adam Kszczot, who will attempt in August to win a third consecutive European crown.
The men's 5000m will return to London for Muktar Edris, who beat Mo Farah last year's world title in the British capital. The Ethiopian has not shown a lightning form this year as Birhanu Balew, a candidate in Bahrain, has risen to the top of the IAAF Diamond League standings, winning his second race at points of the season in Lausanne with an advance of 13: 01.09. This race was also notable for the late fall of Yomif Kejelcha, who put that incident to bed by winning the 3000m in Rabat last week. The three will run in London in what is the stuff of another clbadic duel.
Away from the competition, Saturday's program will see the 4x400m relay team of Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro and Nicola Sanders of Britain and Northern Ireland. the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games receive re-awarded bronze medals following the disqualification of Russia and Belarus.
Thomas Byrne for the IAAF
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