Athletics Weekly – July 24, 2019

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ANY of the world’s best

athletes descended on

the British capital for

the annual Anniversary

Games. The latest stop in the

IAAF’s Diamond League series

saw a two-day programme of

events at the London Stadium

with British athletes taking

advantage of the world-class

competition and fine weather

conditions to register a series of

PBs and national records.

Biggest cheers went to Laura

Muir, Lynsey Sharp, Jonnie

Peacock and the British 4x100m

team as they scored victories

on home soil.

But there was a European

400m hurdles record from

Karsten Warholm of Norway,

Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-

Pryce and Danielle Williams

were in red-hot form in the

100m and 100m hurdles,

Daniel Ståhl of Sweden was in

imperious form in the discus,

while Kenya’s Hellen Obiri was

the pick of an impressive bunch

of middle-distance running

performances by East African

athletes.

The arena was only a little

more than half full, yet the

crowd was still impressively

noisy during certain moments.

Some also feel the event is too

thinly spread over two days and

would profit from being held

on a single day or evening, but

these are small criticisms on a

meeting that was otherwise well

organised and full of top-class

track and field.

The world’s best athletes

gathered for a two-day

festival of athletics

in London