Doha Diamond League

[MR_ME]

Yep its back this week. Brits include DAS, Holly Bradshaw and Lawrence O.

https://doha.diamondleague.com/programme-results-doha/

[RunUnlimited]

Hmm... The first time that Dina Asher Smith will have raced Sha'Carri over 100m since she beat her in that freezing cold, rain-sodden Diamond League in Gateshead 2021. With Richardson having run that gust-added 10.57 a couple of weeks ago, we get to see if that was a one-off or whether the loud mouthed one will actually back up her self-promoted hype for a change.

[LuckySpikes]

I was thinking the other day ... What if athletics promoted itself like boxing, for example, with every top athlete having a nickname? (Strange what passes through your (my) head).
SR might be Sha'Carri "The Motormouth" Richardson ...

[philipo]

A great quality meet in prospect at such an early date
The events are well represented and looking at each event record at this meet over the years it's quite remarkable the standard achieved at early May.

[LuckySpikes]

Indeed, it's absolutely loaded!

[Grassmarket]

Always a noisy crowd too, practically a home meet for the east Africans.

[MR_ME]

It will be shown live on BBC 2.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001llr8

[Ursus]

Won’t all be in that sort of form but 7 spearists with PBs over 89.50.

[MR_ME]

Holly B's DNS due to achilles problem during warm up. Disappointing but no point taking risks at this point in the season.

[Grassmarket]

DAS 10.98 3rd, very much a season opener. Richardson 10.76.

[Occasional Hope]

10.98 is a nice start for DAS.

Shacarri Richardson looks as if she may be taking things more seriously this year. She looks more toned down and that was a great performance.

[Grassmarket]

Maybe off the late night snack binges?

[Mikka]

or possibly/probably Mitchell has her taking more serious things this year

[MysteryBrick]

Irritating as Richardson is, that was an impressive final 40. She looks like a different athlete.

[CAML]

Has anyone done that to Jackson in the last 30?

[LoveSprints1]

Irritating as Richardson is, that was an impressive final 40. She looks like a different athlete.

She looked more like her old self when she first burst on to the collegiate scene. Last year her running style seemed to move away from being as light on her toes. Looks like she has ditched that experiment!

It was a great start to the season by Dina, but I don't see her featuring in the World's if SR keeps up this form and with SAFP, Shericka and Elaine.

[Chafford1]

DAS needs to start running under 10.8 this season if she is to be a medal contender. Not much evidence from Doha but early days.

[Occasional Hope]

It's faster than she's ever previously run this early in the season, which is a promising sign, although a new PB will almost certainly be required for her to get a medal in Budapest (and still might not be enough given the competition).

I'm not convinced ETH will be a factor this year.

[jjimbojames]

Agree re ETH - either injured or a very weird build up.

DAS - normally opens with a 200m, so 100m later in the season, and this is still her fastest opener. She normally drops about 4/10 over 200m through the season, so a 10.7 by Budapest isn’t a crazy thought. Whether that will be enough to take out enough of SAFP, SJ, ETH, SCR, (not forgetting people like Alfred and Hobbs) for a medal remains to be seen, but she’s certainly a contender. I hope her 200m is ready - I’d like to see a 21.7 this year at least

[philipo]

The number of quality100 m runners is more numerous than ever. Personally I do not think that Das can medal at Budapest but in the 200m We will have to wait till July to see how she fares