International Athletics is back!……..Well Sort Of

For those looking for some international athletic news , the Bislett Impossible Games took place in Oslo on 11 June 2020 .  Some of track and field’s biggest global stars took part in the Impossible Games in Oslo in the first live athletics meeting of the summer.

Highlights on the programme included  400m hurdles world champion Karsten Warholm  attempt at a world record over 300m hurdles, and a virtual pole vault showdown between world record holder Mondo Duplantis and Diamond League record champion Renaud Lavillenie. Norway’s Ingebrigtsen brothers, meanwhile, went head to head in a cross-continent 2000m showdown with a Kenyan team led by 1500m world champion Timothy Cheruiyot.

The Impossible Games was  live streamed on the Wanda Diamond League Facebook and YouTube channels in certain regions.

The next event is Zurich – Inspiration Games – 9 July 2020

This event will be a three-way competitions featuring the Swiss athletics talents and stars representing other sports across multiple countries with the Main venue: Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich and the Additional venues: USA 1: California / USA 2: Florida / USA 3: New York / Portugal: Lisbon / Netherlands: Papendal / 1 additional venue tba

This event will again be Live Streamed on Facebook and Youtube on the Wanda Diamond League Page.

Events and entry list (status: 09.06.2020)

Women

Dicipline Athlete Nation Team
150 m Allyson Felix USA NA
Mujinga Kambundji SUI E
Shaunea Miller-Uibo BAH W
300 m Hurdles Dalilah Muhammad USA NA
Lea Sprunger SUI E
tba W
3 x 100 m Niederlande NED W
Schweiz SUI E
USA USA NA
Pole Vault Sandi Morris USA NA
Ekaterini Stefanidi GRE E
tba W

Men

Discipline Athlete Nation Team
100 Yards André De Grasse CAN NA
Omar McLeod JAM W
Jimmy Vicaut FRA E
200 m Noah Lyles USA NA
Alex Wilson SUI E
tba W
Triple Jump Omar Craddock USA NA
Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR E
Christian Taylor USA W
4th discipline men tba

W = Team World / NA = Team North America / E = Team Europe

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