Diamond League announces calendar for 2021 season with 14 athletics meetings
ByReuters
Published 24/11/2020 at 09:58 GMT
The 2021 Diamond League is scheduled to start in Rabat in May and finish in Zurich in September. The 2020 calendar was hit hard by Covid-19, with several events cancelled and others rescheduled. Next year the event is set to hold 14 meetings around the globe, including London, Shanghai and Doha.
Britain's Dina Asher-Smith celebrates after winning the women's 200m during the IAAF Diamond League competition on May 3, 2019 in Doha
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The Diamond League released its provisional calendar for the 2021 season, which will consist of 14 athletics meetings beginning in Rabat in May and ending in Zurich in September.
Doha will stage a meeting on May 28 after which Rome will host the first European event of the season on June 4, with Oslo hosting a week later. Meetings in Stockholm, Monaco and London are scheduled for the first two weeks of July.
After a one-month break for the rearranged Tokyo Olympics, action will resume in Shanghai on Aug. 14.
Eugene will host its first Diamond League meeting on Aug. 21, with China to hold its second event of the season the following day.
The final leg will take place in Europe with meetings in Lausanne, Paris and Brussels before the season finale in Zurich from Sept. 8-9.
The calendar remains provisional and is subject to changes depending on the global health situation, the Diamond League said.
The 2020 calendar was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with several events cancelled and others rescheduled.
2021 Diamond League calendar
- Rabat - May 23
- Doha - May 28
- Rome - June 4
- Oslo - June 10
- Stockholm - July 4
- Monaco - July 9
- London - July 13
- Shanghai - Aug 14
- Eugene - Aug 21
- China - Aug 22
- Lausanne - Aug 26
- Paris - Aug 28
- Brussels - Sept 3
- Zurich - Sept 8-9
Highlights from 2019 Diamond League
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