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The Road To The Final reached its decisive phase in many disciplines this Friday July 21, as the IAAF Diamond League completed its 11th stage of the season at the Herculis Meeting in Monaco. Here's a summary of the top headlines. Manangoi wins, Kiprop misses out on Final Elijah Motonei Manangoi won a thrilling 1500m in Monaco, overtaking Timothy Cheruiyot on the home straight to come in at 3:28.80. Victory saw Manangoi finish top of the qualification standings. Three time Diamond Trophy winner and current holder Asbel Kiprop , meanwhile, finished only 11th, meaning he did not secure a place in the top 12 of the qualification standings, and will not be able to defend his title at the Final. Ibargüen rallies, takes revenge on Rojas For much of the women's triple jump, it looked like Venezuelan pretender Yulimar Rojas was going to inflict a second defeat this season on Colombian legend Caterine Ibargüen. The Diamond Trophy holder and Olympic champion rallied in ...

Catch up on what Kendra Harrison , Wayde Van Niekerk , Maria Lasitskene, Thomas Röhler and Renaud Lavillenie had to say at Thursday's press conference ahead of the 11th IAAF Diamond League meeting of the summer in Monaco. *NOTE: Forward Video to 27 minutes to start watching Copyright © 2011-2017 | AthleticsAfrica.Com

The Road To The Final reached Africa this weekend as the world's top athletes descended on Rabat for the Meeting International Mohammed VI. The action saw many stars book their place in the Final, while others picked up enough points to raise their hopes of securing a qualifying place. Here's a summary of the top headlines: Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) and Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) at the Rabat Diamond League / Photo credit: Kirby Lee / IAAF Protsenko qualifies, Tamberi fights back Andriy Protsenko put in a consummate display of jumping to secure victory in Rabat, but the night belonged to Gianmarco Tamberi. After returning from injury just weeks ago, Tamberi's second Diamond League appearance of the season marked a brilliant return to form in which he finished joint second, picking up seven points, and moving him closer to a qualifying position. "I needed these points, I need to reach the Final", he said. Ibargüen returns to top of the stan...

Hellen Obiri from Kenya won the Women's Mile at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games in London on Sunday, setting a meeting record of 4:16.56, and breaking her national record. Hellen Obiri at the London Diamond League / Photo IDL/Kirby Lee Kenya's Winny Chebet was third while there was a Polish record of 4:19.55 for Angelika Cichoka in fourth. In the men’s 800m, Botswana's Nijel Amos leapt to the top of the world leaderboard as he brought back memories of the 2012 Olympic final where he chased world record-setting David Rudisha to the line for a world U20 record of 1:41.73. He wasn’t quite that quick this afternoon, but Amos adopted Rudisha-like tactics as he followed pacemaker Bram Som through half way in 49.58 and held off the field into the home straight to win in 1:43.18, his quickest time since 2015. Many of the world's top athletes secured their place in the IAAF Diamond League Final at the end of the season by picking up crucial points a...

It was a thrilling night of IAAF Diamond League action at Athletissima in Lausanne on Thursday evening. A number of athletes secured qualification for the Final, and records were tumbling left, right and centre. Here's a summary of the top headlines. Wayde van Niekerk eases to record South African Wayde van Niekerk made his first Diamond League appearance of the season in Lausanne, and he made quite a splash, easing over the line in 43.62 and smashing the 400m Diamond League record. The win gives him eight points and brings him to 9th place in the rankings, meaning a spot in the top eight and a place in the Final is within touching distance. Kendricks and Wojciechowski deliver thrilling finale The men's pole vault was the last event to finish in Lausanne, as Sam Kendricks, Pawel Wojciechowski and Renaud Lavillenie went the full distance in a brilliant battle. After Lavillenie had bowed out at 5.87m, Kendricks and Wojciechowski both cleared 5.93m. ...

The 2017 IAAF Diamond League season reached Paris on Saturday, as the world's top athletes had another chance to pick up valuable points on the Road To The Final. It proved to be a night of upsets and decisive moments at the Stade Charlety. Here's a summary of the top headlines. Thompson back in the running Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson had drifted down the qualification standings in the women's 100m over the last few weeks. She eased to victory in 10.91 in Paris to take her tally to 16 points. Though she is now second, and still yet to officially qualify, Thompson's passage to the Final now looks a lot smoother than it did before tonight. Kendricks beats Lavillenie again Sam Kendricks had twice beaten Renaud Lavillenie in this season's Diamond League before this evening, and he extended his streak, winning again after he cleared 5.82m. Seven time Diamond Trophy winner Lavillenie couldn't use his home advantage, and is still without a win...