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The Independent
3 days ago
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- The Independent
Diamond League 2025: Rome schedule and start times
The Diamond League season picks up in Europe as the action intensifies for some of the world's top athletes. The three-stop Asian swing was followed by a short trip to north Africa but this next fortnight is hectic, with four meets in quick succession. A number of Olympic champions are in action at the event also known as the Golden Gala, among them home hero Gianmarco Tamberi in a strong high jump field that also includes Paris 2024 gold medallist Hamish Kerr. Distance star Nadia Battocletti will also be roared on by the Rome fans as she duels with Beatrice Chebet over 5,000m, while Quincy Hall will hope to pick up his form in the 400m. Here's everything you need to know. When is the Diamond League event in Rome? The Rome Diamond League meeting will be held on Friday 6 June at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. How can I watch it? Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the action live on BBC Four, with coverage on the channel from 8pm BST. A live stream will be available via the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer. Rome schedule (all times BST) 6.15pm Women's pole vault 6.30pm Women's discus 6.48pm Women's triple jump 7.01pm Men's high jump 8.04pm Women's 400m hurdles 8.16pm Men's 1,500m 8.27pm Men's shot put 8.31pm Women's 5,000m 8.35pm Men's long jump 8.59pm Men's 400m 9.13pm Women's 200m 9.27pm Men's 110m hurdles 9.38pm Men's 100m 9.49pm Women's 1,500m Full live results can be found here Diamond League 2025 venues 26 April: Xiamen, China 3 May: Shaoxing, China 16 May: Doha, Qatar 25 May: Rabat, Morocco 6 June: Rome, Italy 12 June: Oslo, Norway 15 June: Stockholm, Sweden 20 June: Paris, France 5 July: Eugene, United States 11 July: Monaco 19 July: London, United Kingdom 16 August: Chorzow, Poland 20 August: Lausanne, Switzerland 22 August: Brussels, Belgium
Irish Times
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Sarah Healy hits new heights, running PB to finish third in lightning-fast Diamond League meeting
Winning a European gold medal can do wonders for confidence and Sarah Healy has wasted no time in demonstrating that. In her first outdoor race of the summer, Healy improved her 3,000m best by almost four seconds when finishing an impressive third in the Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco , on Sunday night. The 24-year-old's time of 8:27.02 bettered the 8:30.79 she ran indoors in New York in February, a few weeks before she won the European Indoor title in Apeldoorn, Netherlands . The third-place finish in Rabat also came in arguably the fastest 3,000m of all-time. Kenya's Beatrice Chebet, the double Olympic champion, won in 8:11.56, ahead of Olympic silver medallist Nadia Battocletti from Italy, who outkicked Healy for second in 8:26.27. Chebet had already shown form before Rabat. The 25-year-old demolished a 5,000m field at the Xiamen Diamond League last month. Last summer, she broke the 10,000m world record before winning the 5,000m-10,000m double at the Paris Games. READ MORE For Healy, the nature of her run was as impressive as her time. She patiently worked her way up through the field, which had been strung out by Chebet's intention to chase a fast time. By the end, Healy had left nine top Ethiopians behind her and another Kenyan, Janeth Chepngetich. 'It was a little messy at the beginning, but I fought back really well and reeled in a lot of girls by myself,' Healy said. 'More than the physical thing, you need confidence to do that and I'm proud of that. Third place in a Diamond League is not something that's easy to come by. I raced it really well.' Chebet won by almost 15 seconds. Only China's Wang Junxia, with her world record of 8:06.11 from September, 1993, has ever run faster. That time has been much disputed since, including by Junxia herself. A month earlier, Junxia won the 3,000m at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, leading home a trio of Chinese women who relegated Sonia O'Sullivan, one of the pre-race favourites, into fourth. Junxia's 8:06.11 was then clocked in Beijing, among the series of sensational times by Chinese runners coached by Ma Junren that haven't been touched since. In early 2016, it emerged that Junxia had detailed the regime of state-sponsored doping in a letter to the South China Morning Post. Signed by nine teammates, all of whom claimed Junren forced then to take drugs, it remained unpublished for 19 years. World Athletics never took any action and all the Chinese women got to keep their medals from Stuttgart. [ Ciara Mageean: 'You do have to be selfish as an athlete, it's the part I find least enjoyable... But no regrets' Opens in new window ] [ Nike sorely misses spirit of the great Steve Prefontaine as running values tumble Opens in new window ] Healy will next turn her attention to her specialist outdoor distance, racing the 1,500m at the Diamond League in Rome on June 6th and then in Paris on June 20th. Her best stands at 3:57.46. In an Irish context, only Ciara Mageean's national record of 3:55.87 is faster. That could come under threat this summer. As could O'Sullivan's 3,000m record of 8:21.64, set in London in July, 1994. That time was, for many years, the fastest in the world clocked by any runner outside of China.
The Sun
05-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
National, personal best records broken in Tokyo
Asics announced record-breaking race results from the Tokyo : Speed : Race, where 125 elite athletes took to the streets of Tokyo to push their speed limits in the new Metaspeed Tokyo Series running shoes. An incredible three area records, 10 national records and 48 personal bests were recorded in the World Athletics certified Tokyo : Speed : Race in the heart of Tokyo. Five national records were broken in the 5km race. Nadia Battocletti, Italy, set a European Record and an Italian national record with a time of 14:32. In the 10km. Race, five national records were broken, including an Australian double, with Isobel Batt-Doyle finishing with a time of 30:44 to also clinch a new area record and Sam Clifford finishing in 27:34. Simbassa Abbabiya completed the 10km in 27:32 securing a new American record. Caroline Nyaga, Kenya, was the fastest woman in the 5km race with a time of 14:19, beating her current personal best, while Harbert Kibet, Uganda, won with a time of 13:00. Joy Cheptoyek, Uganda took first place in the women's 10km with a time of 30:22 and Jemal Yimer, Ethiopia, took first place in the men's race with a time of 27:10. The Malaysian contingent at the start line featured elite runner including Vimal Govendarajoo, and Allison Yee. Vimal, 30, Malaysia's leading runner who hails from Matang, Taiping, clocked 32:40 in the Elite Men's 10km category. Meanwhile, in the general 5km category, Yee, marked her debut at this distance with an impressive personal best of 20:09, earning her 3rd place. Their performances not only showcase Malaysia's growing prominence in running but also inspire the next generation of local athletes to push their limits on the global stage.
