The London Diamond League assembly is all the time described with superlatives. Sixty thousand true observe followers stuffed the stadium to the brim, wanting three magnificent hours of world athletics. Spencer Barden, the elite meet director, orchestrates fantastic fields that remember British athletics whereas offering British followers an opportunity to see among the best athletes on this planet.
However the secret to Spencer’s success is the British athletes, from Keely Hodgkinson to Dina-Asher-Smith, to Molly Caudery, to Matthew Hudson-Smith!
Then, the key, secret sauce, end with a nice efficiency so followers wish to come to a different observe meet! Ian Stewart did it, and now Spencer Barden does it, and his placement of the Males’s 100 meters, with Noah Lyles, the right mixture of elite athlete and sports activities entertainer, delivered, with the gang going Wow!
I visited the London Diamond League for practically a decade, and have loved it immensely. I watched it thrice on TV as I couldn’t imagine how compelling the meet was in 2024!
London Athletics Meet
Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) – 20 July 2024
Males’s 100m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing Wind: -0.3
1 Noah LYLES USA 9.81 8
2 Akani SIMBINE RSA 9.86 7
3 Letsile TEBOGO BOT 9.88 6
4 Louie HINCHLIFFE GBR 9.97 5
5 Ackeem BLAKE JAM 9.97 4
6 Zharnel HUGHES GBR 10.00 3
7 Jeremiah AZU GBR 10.08 2
8 Yohan BLAKE JAM 10.23 1
Males’s 400m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Matthew HUDSON-SMITH GBR 43.74 8
2 Vernon NORWOOD USA 44.10 7
3 Jereem RICHARDS TTO 44.18 6
4 Charles DOBSON GBR 44.23 5
5 Kirani JAMES GRN 44.38 4
6 Christopher MORALES-WILLIAMS CAN 44.90 3
7 Bayapo NDORI BOT 45.03 2
Males’s Mile – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Oliver HOARE AUS 3:49.03 8
2 Narve Gilje NORDÅS NOR 3:49.06 7
3 Adel MECHAAL ESP 3:49.21 6
4 Niels LAROS NED 3:49.45 5
5 Stewart MCSWEYN AUS 3:49.59 4
6 Cameron MYERS AUS 3:50.16 3
7 Adam FOGG GBR 3:50.48 2
8 Andrew COSCORAN IRL 3:50.49 1
9 Filip RAK POL 3:50.92
10 Jochem VERMEULEN BEL 3:51.00
11 Elliot GILES GBR 3:52.30
12 Vincent CIATTEI USA 3:52.54
13 Archie DAVIS GBR 3:55.07
14 Adam SPENCER AUS 3:55.49
Neil GOURLEY GBR DNF
Callum DAVIES AUS DNF
George MILLS GBR DNF
Males’s 3000m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Dominic Lokinyomo LOBALU SUI 7:27.68 8
2 Grant FISHER USA 7:27.99 7
3 Edwin KURGAT KEN 7:28.53 6
4 Telahun Haile BEKELE ETH 7:30.80 5
5 Sean MCGORTY USA 7:32.79 4
6 Cornelius KEMBOI KEN 7:33.56 3
7 Brian FAY IRL 7:34.48 2
8 Emmanuel Korir KIPLAGAT KEN 7:34.59 1
9 Morgan BEADLESCOMB USA 7:36.10
10 Nicholas GRIGGS IRL 7:36.59
11 Mike FOPPEN NED 7:37.12
12 Jack ROWE GBR 7:38.70
13 Melkeneh AZIZE ETH 7:39.13
14 Jonas RAESS SUI 7:40.30
15 Gideon Kipkertich RONO KEN 7:41.76
16 Scott BEATTIE GBR 7:42.78
17 Will BARNICOAT GBR 7:48.12
18 Ellis CROSS GBR 7:48.45
19 Rory LEONARD GBR 7:56.52
Jude THOMAS AUS DNF
Males’s 400mH – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Alison DOS SANTOS BRA 47.18 8
2 Roshawn CLARKE JAM 47.63 7
3 Ismail Doudai ABAKAR QAT 47.72 6
4 Kyron MCMASTER IVB 47.81 5
5 Wilfried HAPPIO FRA 48.26 4
6 CJ ALLEN USA 48.49 3
7 Gerald DRUMMOND CRC 48.89 2
8 Alastair CHALMERS GBR 49.52 1
Males’s Excessive Bounce – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Hamish KERR NZL 2.30 8
2 JuVaughn HARRISON USA 2.26 7
3 William GRIMSEY GBR 2.22 6
4 Jan ŠTEFELA CZE 2.22 5
5 Thomas CARMOY BEL 2.22 4
6 Norbert KOBIELSKI POL 2.18 3
Mutaz Essa BARSHIM QAT DNS
Males’s Shot Put – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Leonardo FABBRI ITA 22.52 8
2 Ryan CROUSER USA 22.37 7
3 Payton OTTERDAHL USA 22.13 6
4 Joe KOVACS USA 22.03 5
5 Jacko GILL NZL 21.11 4
6 Tom WALSH NZL 21.06 3
7 Scott LINCOLN GBR 20.71 2
8 Roger STEEN USA 20.15 1
Males’s 4x100m – Promotional Occasion
Closing
1 Japan JPN 38.07
2 Australia AUS 38.31
3 Nice Britain & NI B GBR 38.32
4 Canada CAN 38.35
5 Netherlands NED 38.55
6 France FRA 38.56
Nice Britain & NI GBR DNF
Girls’s 200m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing Wind: -0.9
1 Gabrielle THOMAS USA 21.82 8
2 Julien ALFRED LCA 21.86 7
3 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 22.07 6
4 Daryll NEITA GBR 22.20 5
5 Rhasidat ADELEKE IRL 22.35 4
6 Tamara CLARK USA 22.59 3
7 Jenna PRANDINI USA 22.93 2
8 Amy HUNT GBR 22.96 1
Girls’s 400m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Nickisha PRYCE JAM 48.57 8
2 Natalia KACZMAREK POL 48.90 7
3 Lieke KLAVER NED 49.58 6
4 Amber ANNING GBR 49.63 5
5 Laviai NIELSEN GBR 49.87 4
6 Lynna IRBY-JACKSON USA 50.71 3
7 Victoria OHURUOGU GBR 50.76 2
8 Talitha DIGGS USA 52.47 1
Girls’s 800m – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Keely HODGKINSON GBR 1:54.61 8
2 Jemma REEKIE GBR 1:55.61 7
3 Georgia BELL GBR 1:56.28 6
4 Natoya GOULE-TOPPIN JAM 1:56.83 5
5 Rénelle LAMOTE FRA 1:57.06 4
6 Halimah NAKAAYI UGA 1:57.26 3
7 Allie WILSON USA 1:57.52 2
8 Laura MUIR GBR 1:57.63 1
9 Catriona BISSET AUS 1:58.12
10 Elena BELLÒ ITA 1:58.89
Erin WALLACE GBR DNF
Girls’s 400mH – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Femke BOL NED 51.30 8
2 Shamier LITTLE USA 52.78 7
3 Rushell CLAYTON JAM 53.24 6
4 Andrenette KNIGHT JAM 53.69 5
5 Jessie KNIGHT GBR 54.15 4
6 Cathelijn PEETERS NED 54.50 3
7 Shiann SALMON JAM 54.50 2
8 Lina NIELSEN GBR 54.65 1
Girls’s Pole Vault – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Nina KENNEDY AUS 4.85 8
2 Alysha NEWMAN CAN 4.75 7
3 Molly CAUDERY GBR 4.65 6
3 Sandi MORRIS USA 4.65 6
5 Eliza MCCARTNEY NZL 4.65 4
5 Angelica MOSER SUI 4.65 4
7 Roberta BRUNI ITA 4.65 2
8 Katie MOON USA 4.50 1
Olivia MCTAGGART NZL NH
Girls’s Lengthy Bounce – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Malaika MIHAMBO GER 6.87 -0.1 8
2 Agate DE SOUSA POR 6.75 +1.1 7
3 Larissa IAPICHINO ITA 6.70 -0.2 6
4 Milica GARDAŠEVIĆ SRB 6.58 +0.7 5
5 Katarina JOHNSON-THOMPSON GBR 6.54 +0.5 4
6 Tiffany FLYNN USA 6.50 +1.4 3
7 Yanis DAVID FRA 6.28 +0.9 2
8 Tiffany YUE HKG 6.24 +0.2 1
Girls’s Javelin Throw – Diamond Self-discipline
Closing
1 Mackenzie LITTLE AUS 66.27 8
2 Adriana VILAGOŠ SRB 65.58 7
3 Maggie MALONE-HARDIN USA 62.99 6
4 Haruka KITAGUCHI JPN 62.69 5
5 Tori PEETERS NZL 60.43 4
6 Victoria HUDSON AUT 60.35 3
7 Līna MŪZE-SIRMĀ LAT 60.33 2
8 Bekah WALTON GBR 52.19 1
Girls’s 4x100m – Promotional Occasion
Closing
1 Nice Britain & NI GBR 41.55
2 France FRA 42.10
3 Nice Britain & NI B GBR 42.46
4 Australia AUS 42.48
5 Netherlands NED 42.50
6 Switzerland SUI 42.71
Canada