The Doha Diamond League meeting returns to old Qatar Sports stadium...

The Doha Diamond League is the first of the 2022 Diamond League meetings, and it happens on May 13, 2022.

Stuart Weir wrote this piece on the Doha DL meeting.

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Olympic & Sports Museum, Doha, Qatar, photo by Qatar Olympic Association

The Doha Diamond League which starts the 2022 series is back at the old Qatar Sports stadium. The Khalifa stadium which hosted the 2019 World Championship, is now on Soccer World Cup duty. In all honestly, Qatar Sports is more suited to the event as the normal Doha DL attendance would rattle around in the Khalifa.

Qatar Sports Stadium, Doha, Qatar, photo by Qatar Olympic Association

The event press conference took place at the new Olympic and Sports Museum, which was set up to showcase the significance and development of sports culture in Qatar.

Doha Diamond League, photo by Diamond League AG

The highlight of the press conference was when Gianmarco Tamberi promised that he and Barshim would jump until there was a winner this time! Tamberi also talked about his dunk in the NBA All-Star Celebrity basketball game, which he said was as exciting a moment as the Olympic gold medal. His only disappointment, he confided, that he was still waiting for the Boston Celtics to send him a contract offer.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Mondo Duplantis, Dina Asher-Smith, photo by Stuart Weir

To see Gianmarco Tamberi’s dunk in NBA All-Star Celebrity basketball game:
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/02/18/watch-gianmarco-tamberi-with-impressive-put-back-dunk-in-nba-all-star-celebrity-game/

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Jeff Benjamin has written for 30 years for American Track and Field along with RunBlogRun. The Former President of the Staten Island AC & Chair of the Staten Island Running Association was the 5th man scorer for his Susan Wagner High School NYC XC City Championship team. Also a member of the College of Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame for XC, Jeff currently serves as the LDR Chairman for USATF NY. A passionate (or fanatical) follower of the Sport, some of Jeff's subjects have included Sebastian Coe, Emma Coburn, Eamonn Coghlan, Matt Centrowitz, Jim Spivey, Galen Rupp, Joe Newton, Tom Fleming, Ajee’ Wilson, Bill Rodgers, Allan Webb, Abel Kiviat, Jordan Hassay, Marty Liquori, Caster Semenya, Rod Dixon, Carl Lewis and Jim Ryun as well as Book Reviews and articles covering meets and races in the Northeast U.S.
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