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Wanda Diamond League season calendar confirmed for 2026 
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Wanda Diamond League season calendar confirmed for 2026 

The 2026 Diamond League season will begin in Doha on May 8 and finish at the two-day series final in Brussels on September 4-5.  The world’s greatest athletes will return to the global stage next year as they embark on another continent-crossing Wanda Diamond League campaign in 2026.  The 2026 season calendar has now been published and can be viewed on the Diamond League website.  Following another record-breaking year in 2025, many of the sport’s biggest names will be hoping to make history once again as athletics’ premier one-day series returns for its 17th season.  As in previous years, athletes will compete for points at 14 meetings as they bid to qualify for the series final in Brussels and a shot at the iconic Diamond Trophy.  The 2026 Roa...
Chebet breaks world 5000m record in Eugene with history’s first sub-14-minute run
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Chebet breaks world 5000m record in Eugene with history’s first sub-14-minute run

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet became the first woman in history to cover 5000m inside 14 minutes, clocking a world record* of 13:58.06 at the Prefontaine Classic – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – in Eugene on Saturday (5). The Kenyan, returning to the scene of her world 10,000m record from last year, was tracked for most of the race by Gudaf Tsegay, who held the world record prior to today, and Agnes Jebet Ngetich. They operated at world record pace from the outset with the first 1000m covered in 2:47.07. The second pacemaker led the field through 2000m in 5:35.37 and dropped out soon after, by which point Chebet, Tsegay and Ngetich had broken away from the rest of the field. Chebet passed 3000m in 8:22.96, 1.04 seconds inside the pace required for a sub-14-minute run. ...
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