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Eh, might as well put this up here in some further house keeping in this forum.
This is, to me, the first *big* Diamond League meeting of the year so far, with so many of the big names that have missed Doha, Shanghai and Stockholm due to the lateness of the World Championships, showing up here in Rome.
Dina Asher-Smith, who has won the two 200m races she's competed in so far this season, will face her stiffest test of the year, this time in a 100m race stacked with talent. She'll face Elaine Thompson again, who she beat so convincingly in Stockholm last Thursday, along with American Aleia Hobbs who has already won a 100m in her debut season on the Diamond League circuit. Then there is her old foe from last year Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the line up, as well as another American, English Gardiner, who has a 10.74 lifetime best at this distance.
In the 1500m, Laura Muir is going to face a much sterner test than the jogging exercise she had in Stockholm last week, with world record holder at the distance Genzebe Dibaba, amongst her competitors this time. Along with Tsegye of Ethiopia and Jenny Simpson of the USA there too, Muir's going to have to be on her A game to win. Elish McColgan will be in this race too, working on her speed after the sub 15 minute 5000m in Stockholm and the recent announcement she'll be heading the British team for the "Night Of The 10,000m PB's" at Parliament Hill next month.
There's some more British performers tonight, like NMB in the 200m, Lorraine Ugen in the long jump and Andrew Pozzi in the 110m hurdles, but I can't be bothered to get into the meat and bones of that here because I'm a lazy bum! Go on, go to the this link to see all the line ups and such.
This is, to me, the first *big* Diamond League meeting of the year so far, with so many of the big names that have missed Doha, Shanghai and Stockholm due to the lateness of the World Championships, showing up here in Rome.
Dina Asher-Smith, who has won the two 200m races she's competed in so far this season, will face her stiffest test of the year, this time in a 100m race stacked with talent. She'll face Elaine Thompson again, who she beat so convincingly in Stockholm last Thursday, along with American Aleia Hobbs who has already won a 100m in her debut season on the Diamond League circuit. Then there is her old foe from last year Marie-Josee Ta Lou in the line up, as well as another American, English Gardiner, who has a 10.74 lifetime best at this distance.
In the 1500m, Laura Muir is going to face a much sterner test than the jogging exercise she had in Stockholm last week, with world record holder at the distance Genzebe Dibaba, amongst her competitors this time. Along with Tsegye of Ethiopia and Jenny Simpson of the USA there too, Muir's going to have to be on her A game to win. Elish McColgan will be in this race too, working on her speed after the sub 15 minute 5000m in Stockholm and the recent announcement she'll be heading the British team for the "Night Of The 10,000m PB's" at Parliament Hill next month.
There's some more British performers tonight, like NMB in the 200m, Lorraine Ugen in the long jump and Andrew Pozzi in the 110m hurdles, but I can't be bothered to get into the meat and bones of that here because I'm a lazy bum! Go on, go to the this link to see all the line ups and such.
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