BIG SHOTS ENTERING IN THE OPENING EVENT!
Sixteen reigning Olympic and world champions will assemble in Doha on Friday (5) to help kick off the 2017 IAAF Diamond League series, which gets underway for the eighth straight year in the Qatari capital.
In all, 43 global medallists are expected on the Qatar Sports Club track for a programme that includes several high profile rematches from last summer’s Olympic Games and previews of what we can expect as the season progresses towards the IAAF World Championships London 2017 in August.
ROHLER HEADS THE THROWS FIELDS
Olympic champions figure prominently in both of the programme’s throws events.
Thomas Rohler of Germany heads the javelin field, squaring off against Kenya’s world champion Julius Yego and Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, last year’s Diamond Trophy winner. Of the three, only Vadlejch has competed this year, throwing 85.71m in early April.
Locals will keep an eye on Qatar’s rising talent Ahmed Bedeer Magour, a finalist at last year’s Olympics. In all, six of the top 10 finishers in Rio will start in Doha.
Javelin Throw Men / ENTRY LIST
SWE AMB, Kim 84.61
JPN ARAI, Ryohei 79.68 86.83
QAT IBRAHIM KAIDA, Mohamed 66.93 69.04
QAT MAGOUR, Ahmed Bader 83.00 84.74
AUS PEACOCK, Hamish 84.36 84.39
FIN PITKÄMÄKI, Tero 91.53
GER RÖHLER, Thomas 91.28
CZE VADLEJCH, Jakub 85.71 88.02
GER VETTER, Johannes 84.36 89.57
KEN YEGO, Julius 92.72
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