IAAF Diamond League Agrees to Global Calendar of 14 Cities for 2010, release, commentary by Larry Eder

The Diamond League will arrive in 2010. Fourteen events, around the globe and track fans able to plan on TV, digital coverage, world class competition and a consistent season should be pleased… the DL will be fourteen sites in 2010…

IAAF Diamond League agrees a global calendar of 14 cities for 2010
16 June 2009
Monte-Carlo â€“ It has been agreed that the IAAF Diamond League will be composed of 14 cities across the globe in America, Asia, Middle East and Europe.
Yesterday at a meeting of the General Assembly of IAAF Diamond League held in Berlin, Germany, the 2010 Calendar was confirmed.
As well as the 12 meetings which were confirmed in Monte-Carlo on 2 March when the new circuit of elite Athletics Meetings was originally announced, at the time there were 3 other cities, Berlin, Doha and Rome which had expressed an interest in becoming part of the IAAF Diamond League. Of this trio, the meetings in Doha and Rome fulfilled the necessary criteria of membership and were accepted into the IAAF Diamond League.
Work is on-going on a slightly altered distribution of events amongst the 14 meetings, and this schedule will be communicated at a later date.
An official launch of the 2010 IAAF Diamond League will take place on Saturday 22 August in Berlin, the penultimate day of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (15-23 Aug 2009).

IAAF Diamond League
2010 Calendar
Doha (QAT) â€“ Fri 14 May
Shanghai (CHN) â€“ Sun 23 May
Oslo (NOR) â€“ Fri 4 June
Rome (ITA) â€“ Thu 10 June
New York (USA) â€“ Sat 19 June
Eugene (USA) â€“ Sat 3 July
Lausanne (SWI) â€“ Thu 8 July
Gateshead (GBR) â€“ Sun 11 July
Paris (FRA) â€“ Fri 16 July
Monaco (MON) â€“ Thu 22 July
Stockholm (SWE) â€“ Fri 6 Aug
London (GBR) â€“ Fri 13 and Sat 14 Aug
ZÃ¼rich (SWI) â€“ Thu 19 Aug
Brussels (BEL) â€“ Fri 27 Aug
To learn more about our sport, we encourage our readers to go to the
following places:
http://www.iaaf.org to learn about our global sport.
http://www.usatf.org to learn about the sport in the U.S.
http://www.runningnetwork.com to find a local running community, running store, running event, or to get involved in the grass roots culture of our sport.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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