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06.05.2011 - HIGH JUMP PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Mutaz Barshim – 3rd place I am satisfied with my performance it was a good start. It was e special day for me competing with the big guys.

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06.05.2011 - SDL Doha 2011 - Event report - Women’s events

The 2011 Samsung Diamond League has begun in Doha with some excellent early season performances in the women’s events, especially from Funmi Jimoh (long jump), Kelly Wells (100m hurdles) and Anna Mishchenko (1500m).

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06.05.2011 - SDL Doha 2011 - Event report - Men’s events

It was a night when favourites faltered and new stars emerged – local stars in the shape of sprinter Femi Ogunode and high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim who both set national records – as the men’s events at the Doha Diamond League saw five of the seven Diamond Trophy winners from last year fail to register a win at the start of their 2011 campaigns.

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06.05.2011 - High hopes for islanders Thomas and Ioannou

They come from small islands and both are one of the top high jumpers of the world. 2007 World Champion Donald Thomas from Bahamas and 2009 World silver medalist Kyriakos Ioannou from Cyprus look ready to add their names in the Doha SDL books as winners and new meeting record holders.

In Doha meeting no one has ever jumped higher than 2.28 but Thomas and Ioannou are sure that the bar will be raised higher than 2.30 tomorrow at Qatar Sports Club. more

05.05.2011 - Wind on Andreas’ and Petr’s side

Javelin stars Andreas Thorkildsen from Norway and Petr Frydrych from Czech Republic will both be lining up on Friday as the 2011 Diamond League season gets underway in Doha, Qatar.

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05.05.2011 - Maggi and Costa back in Doha to defend Brazilian colours at Diamond League

Olympic champion Maurren Maggi and World Indoor bronze medallist Keila Costa will carry Brazil’s hopes in the opening leg of the Samsung Diamond League race, to be held on Friday at the Qatar Sports Club.

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05.05.2011 - Expect 2.30, says birthday boy Parsons

British high jumper Tom Parsons believes the meeting record will be beaten “easily” at the first 2011 Samsung Diamond League meeting at Doha’s Qatar Sports Club stadium tomorrow (Friday 6 May).

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05.05.2011 - German stars Mohr and de Zordo open season in Doha

Germany has great tradition in technical disciplines. Now it has such strong athletes like Malte Mohr in pole vault and Matthias de Zordo in javelin thrown who are always ready to grab medals from every meeting they compete.

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05.05.2011 - Barshim is living the dream with Tamgho and Lavillenie

Qatar’s young high jump star Mutaz Barshim sat between two of the biggest names in world athletics on the eve of the Doha Diamond League meeting in Doha today simply unable to believe how far he’d come in the space of a single year.

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05.05.2011 - Kipchoge and Kipsiro look forward to a fast 3,000m season debut

Doha. - Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and Ugandan Moses Kipsiro expect a fast race tomorrow in the 3,000m as they get ready to start their outdoor season on the opening leg of the 2011 Samsung Diamond league event tomorrow at Qatar Sports Club.

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