INDIANAPOLIS - Christian Cantwell, Tyson Gay and Lolo Jones will lead an impressive American lineup including multiple athletes with top world marks at the Samsung Diamond League DN Galen meeting Thursday and Friday. The meet will be held in the historic Stockholm Olympic Stadium, home to the 1912 Olympic Games and site of 83 World record-setting performances, more than any other stadium can claim.
The IAAF Diamond League encompasses 32 individual event disciplines, with a points scoring 'Diamond Race' which runs throughout the 14 meeting series. Winners of each Diamond Race will get a Diamond Trophy and a cash prize. For complete rules and regulations, CLICK HERE.
The men's shot put competition will take place Thursday, Aug. 5 and features an incredible line up of five of the top U.S. throwers. 2008 Olympic gold medalist, reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion and current world-leader Christian Cantwell will lead the field along with 2007 World Outdoor champion Reese Hoffa and two- time Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson. 2008 NCAA Outdoor champion Cory Martin, who holds the number 2 throw in the world so far this year, two- time NCAA champion Ryan Whiting, who holds the third and fourth best world throws, and 2009 USA Indoor champion Dan Taylor will round out the talented field which will see competition from 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 2009 World Outdoor runner-up Tomasz Majewski (POL).
The men's 100m will feature the long-awaited contest between two of the world's greatest sprinters: Tyson Gay and Jamaican rivals Usain Bolt. The two Olympians are facing off for the first time since the 2009 World Outdoor Championships where World Record holder Bolt claimed first ahead of American Record holder Gay. Bolt is tied with Asafa Powell (JAM), who pulled out the race at the last minute due to injury, for the fastest time in the world this year, while Gay is the third fastest runner in the world so far this year. 2009 USA Outdoor champion Michael Rodgers and 2010 USA Outdoor runner up Trell Kimmons will also join the field.
Entered in the men's 800m is 2010 USA Outdoor champion Nick Symmonds, four-time USA Outdoor and Indoor champion Khadevis Robinson and five-time NCAA Outdoor champion Andrew Wheating, who will be competing as a professional for the first time. They will challenge reigning World Indoor champion and 2009 World Outdoor runner up Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD).
Chris Solinsky, who holds the 10,000m American Record, and two-time USA Outdoor 10,000m champion Galen Rupp will be running in the 5,000m this meet and will face tough competition from 2008 Olympic silver medalist and world-leader Eliud Kipchoge (KEN), Vincent Kiprop Chepkok (KEN) and 2009 World Athletics Final champion Imane Merga (ETH). Kipchoge, Chepkok and Merga hold the top three times in the world this year, while Solinsky and Rupp hold the second and third fastest times by an American so far this year.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor, 2008 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Outdoor champion Kerron Clement and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and current world-leader Bershawn Jackson will lead the men's 400m hurdles field. Joined by Michael Tinsley, they have four of the top five U.S. times so far this year, and will be challenged by 2009 World outdoor silver-medalist Javier Culson (PUR) who is the third fastest in the event in the world so far this year.
Two-time World Indoor champion and current world-leader Lolo Jones is the Diamond Race leader in the women's 100m hurdles and will look to claim another victory in Stockholm. Also look for 2010 NCAA champion Queen Harrison, who holds the second fastest U.S. time this year.
The women's 200m will be led by three-time World Outdoor champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist Allyson Felix, who has the fastest U.S. time so far this year. Felix will be joined by 2010 USA Outdoor champion Consuella Moore and runner-up Shalonda Solomon as well as 2008 NCAA Indoor champion Bianca Knight. 2009 World outdoor bronze medalist Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (BAH) will be their main competition.
The women's 1,500m will include 2010 USA Outdoor champion Anna Pierce, Christin Wurth-Thomas, who has the fourth fastest time in the world so far this year, and 2009 World Outdoor bronze medalist Shannon Rowbury, as well as world-leader Anna Alminova (RUS).
In the field, four-time USA Outdoor champion and 2010 World Indoor bronze medalist Chaunte Lowe will be competing against rival Blanka Vlasic (CRO) once again. Lowe is the world-leader in the event, while Vlasic, the reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion, is the next highest jumper in the world so far this year.
In the women's long jump, reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion Brittney Reese will face all three medalists from the 2010 European Championships: Ineta Radevica (LAT), 2010 World Indoor runner-up Naide Gomes (POR) and world-leader Olga Kucherenko (RUS). Reese is the current Diamond Race leader with two Samsung Diamond League victories under her belt already this season.
For more information and complete results from the Samsung Diamond League Stockholm meeting, visit http://www.diamondleague-stockholm.com/en/Home/.
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