IAAF Diamond League Media Information Guide 2013 Www
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
IAAF Diamond League Media Information Guide 2013 www.diamondleague.com 1/37 INTRODUCTION With the creation of the IAAF Diamond League we set out to reinvent the one-day meeting structure of our sport, to bring clarity to the top tier circuit of international invitational competition which takes place outside the IAAF World Championships and Olympic Games. While there remain many challenges ahead if we are to make further advances and cement the IAAF Diamond League’s position as one of the world’s major sports series, we firmly believe that we have made an exceptionally good start in the first three years of the new competition structure. The IAAF Diamond League has a worldwide audience and a broadcasting reach undreamt by the Golden League series which preceded it. Thanks to a 14 meeting circuit which covers Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA, a competition programme that includes virtually the full spectrum of Olympic track and field disciplines, the guarantee of the world’s greatest athletes battling to win 8 Million Dollars in prize money, accumulating points season long to win their event’s Diamond Race Trophy, the IAAF Diamond League has captured the public’s imagination like no other non-championship athletics competition. I eagerly look forward to the 2013 season of the IAAF Diamond League which commences in Doha and concludes at the end of August and beginning of September with the finals in Zurich and Brussels. Lamine Diack IAAF President and Chairman of the Board of Diamond League AG 2/37 CONTENTS PAGE DESCRIPTION 1 Cover 2 Introduction 3 Contents Diamond Race: 4 - 5 Basic Information – How it Works, Points, Prize Money 6 - 8 Diamond Race Winners (2010 – 2012) 9 - 13 Diamond Race All-Time Statistics (2010 – 2012) 14 - 25 Competition Review: Highlights (2012) 26 TV Figures (2010 – 2012) 2013 Season: 27 Calendar 28 - 29 Event Disciplines 30 Host Broadcasters 31 Preview 32 - 36 Contact Details – DL AG, IAAF, IMG, Meeting Organisers and Press Chiefs 37 Media Accreditation 3/37 BASIC INFORMATION HOW IT WORKS The IAAF Diamond League is composed of 14 of the best invitational track and field meetings in the world. The meetings are spread across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the USA, and compose the top tier of the IAAF’s global one-day meeting competition structure. This series of 14 meetings, which began in 2010, showcases 32 event disciplines which are carefully distributed amongst the meetings. In each of the 32 event disciplines there is a “Diamond Race” with points available throughout the 14 meeting season. Winners of each Diamond Race receive a 40,000 USD cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy but more importantly, they will have shown season long consistency to earn the unchallenged honour of being the World Number 1. Each of the 32 event disciplines is staged seven times with the top three Athletes being awarded the same amount of points at each meeting with the exception of the Final where the points are doubled. The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in London which takes place over two days count as one meeting. 4/37 POINTS Points per event discipline at each meeting 1st place - 4 points (Final: 8 points) 2nd place - 2 points (Final: 4 points) 3rd place - 1 point (Final: 2 points) The athlete with the highest number of points in each event discipline at the end of the IAAF Diamond League season wins the "Diamond Race”. In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides, if there still is a tie, the better result at the Final decides. For an athlete to win a Diamond Race and its associated prize, and/or to be ranked in the final points standings, he / she must compete in the final (Zürich or Brussels) of their event discipline. PRIZE MONEY Per each event discipline at each of the 14 meetings All 32 disciplines have the same prize money with a total of 30,000 USD x 16 = 480‘000 USD per meeting Place - Prize Money • 1. 10,000 USD • 2. 6000 USD • 3. 4000 USD • 4. 3000 USD • 5. 2500 USD • 6. 2000 USD • 7. 1500 USD • 8. 1000 USD + rewards for 9th - 12th place finishers in distance races and 9th lane runners in sprints Per each Diamond Race winner at the end of the season The overall winner of each of the 32 Diamond Races will receive a 40,000 USD cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy created by Beyer, one of the oldest and most respected jewellers in the world, which was established in Zürich in the 18th century. Combine the meeting prize money with the Diamond Race cash, and the IAAF Diamond League is offering a total of 8 Million USD in prize money in 2013. DIAMOND RACE WINNERS - WILD CARDS FOR TO IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The overall event winners of the 32 Diamond Races which compose the IAAF Diamond League from the previous year benefit from a wild card much in the same way as already happens with the defending World champion. However, only one or the other can participate as a wild card in case both are from the same country (so the maximum entry from a country will be limited to four in any individual event). The decision to finally enter the athlete still rests entirely with the National Federation, which maintains full control of the final entries. DIAMOND RACE WINNERS - AUTOMATIC INVITES FOR NEXT SEASON To guarantee the strongest possible fields of competitors at each IAAF Diamond League meeting, all winners of the previous year’s Diamond Race Trophies automatically receive an invitation to compete in their event discipline during the following IAAF Diamond League season. 5/37 DIAMOND RACE TROPHY WINNERS DIAMOND RACE TROPHY WINNERS 2010 2011 MEN MEN 100m Tyson Gay (USA) 100m Asafa Powell (JAM) 200m Wallace Spearmon (USA) 200m Walter Dix (USA) 400m Jeremy Wariner (USA) 400m Kirani James (GRN) 800m David Rudisha (KEN) 800m David Rudisha (KEN) 1500m Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 1500m Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba (KEN) 5000m Imane Merga (ETH) 5000m Imane Merga (ETH) 3000m Steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech 3000m Steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) (KEN) 110m Hurdles David Oliver (USA) 110m Hurdles Dayron Robles (CUB) 400m Hurdles Bershawn Jackson (USA) 400m Hurdles David Greene (GBR) High Jump Ivan Ukhov (RUS) High Jump Jesse Williams (USA) Pole Vault Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Pole Vault Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Long Jump Dwight Phillips (USA) Long Jump Mitchell Watt (AUS) Triple Jump Teddy Tamgho (FRA) Triple Jump Phillips Idowu (GBR) Shot Put Christian Cantwell (USA) Shot Put Dylan Armstrong (CAN) Discus Throw Piotr Malachowski (POL) Discus Throw Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) Javelin Throw Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) Javelin Throw Matthias De Zordo (GER) WOMEN WOMEN 100m Carmelita Jeter (USA) 100m Carmelita Jeter (USA) 200m Allyson Felix (USA) 200m Carmelita Jeter (USA) 400m Allyson Felix (USA) 400m Amantle Montsho (BOT) 800m Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 800m Jennifer Meadows (GBR) 1500m Nancy Jebet Langat (KEN) 1500m Morgan Uceny (USA) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 3000m Steeplechase Milcah Chemos 3000m Steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) Cheiywa (KEN) 100m Hurdles Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 100m Hurdles Danielle Carruthers (USA) 400m Hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 400m Hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) High Jump Blanka Vlašic (CRO) High Jump Blanka Vlašic (CRO) Pole Vault Fabiana Murer (BRA) Pole Vault Silke Spiegelburg (GER) Long Jump Brittney Reese (USA) Long Jump Brittney Reese (USA) Triple Jump Yargelis Savigne (CUB) Triple Jump Olha Saladukha (UKR) Shot Put Nadezhda Ostapchuk (BLR) Shot Put Valerie Adams (NZL) Discus Throw Yarelis Barrios (CUB) Discus Throw Yarelis Barrios (CUB) Javelin Throw Barbora Špotáková (CZE) Javelin Throw Christina Obergföll (GER) 6/37 DIAMOND RACE TROPHY WINNERS 2012 MEN 100m Usain Bolt (JAM) 200m Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 400m Kevin Borlée (BEL) 800m Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1500m Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 5000m Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) 3000m Steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 110m Hurdles Aries Merritt (USA) 400m Hurdles Javier Culson (PUR) High Jump Robbie Grabarz (GBR) Pole Vault Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Long Jump Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) Triple Jump Christian Taylor (USA) Shot Put Reese Hoffa (USA) Discus Throw Gerd Kanter (EST) Javelin Throw Vítezslav Veselý (CZE) WOMEN 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 200m Charonda Williams (USA) 400m Amantle Montsho (BIT) 800m Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1500m Abeba Aregawi (SWE) 5000m Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 3000m Steeplechase Milcah Chemos Cheiywa (KEN) 100m Hurdles Dawn Harper (USA) 400m Hurdles Kaliese Spencer (JAM) High Jump Chaunte Lowe (USA) Pole Vault Silke Spiegelburg (GER) Long Jump Yelena Sokolova (RUS) Triple Jump Olga Rypakova (KAZ) Shot Put Valerie Adams (NZL) Discus Throw Sandra Perkovic (CRO) Javelin Throw Barbora Špotáková (CZE) Click here for RESULTS Click here for VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS 7/37 2012 SEASON FINALS 30 August 2012 – First Final, Zürich 7 September 2012 – Second Final, Brussels 8/37 Diamond Race All-Time Statistics 2010-2012 Most number of Diamond Race wins – overall Men (119 athletes from 40 countries) 13 Renaud LAVILLENIE FRA 12 Usain BOLT JAM 9 Reese HOFFA USA 9 Asbel KIPROP KEN 9 David RUDISHA KEN 9 Andreas THORKILDSEN NOR 8 Walter DIX USA 8 Paul Kipsiele KOECH KEN 7 Jeremy WARINER USA 7 David OLIVER USA 7 Gerd KANTER EST Women (106 athletes from 33 countries) 13 Allyson FELIX USA 13 Carmelita JETER USA 12 Milcah CHEMOS KEN 12 Valerie ADAMS NZL 12 Kaliese SPENCER JAM 11 Blanka VLAŠIĆ CRO 10 Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT KEN 8 Amantle MONTSHO BOT 8 Barbora ŠPOTÁKOVÁ CZE 8 Sandra PERKOVIĆ CRO 8 Nadezhda OSTAPCHUK* BLR Most number of Diamond Race wins – single discipline Men 13 Renaud LAVILLENIE FRA