IAAF Diamond League and OMEGA launch smartphone app

OMEGA, the Official Timekeeper of the global premier athletics series, has announced the creation of a mobile application designed to complement their partnership. It was launched on May 2nd.

"The King" returns - Carl Lewis to Bislett as guest of honour

It was 25 years ago that the legendary Carl Lewis, the “athlete of century”, competed in a tightly contested 100m race at the old Bislett Stadium. It was an important day for Lewis; it was his 28th birthday. This year the man himself, often known as “the King” and the winner of two Olympic and three World Championship 100m titles will return to Oslo to be the guest of honour at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games. Maybe he will witness the rise of the next Olympic 100m champion at the Diamond League race in Oslo on 11 June.

Renaud Lavillenie to compete at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games

The new pole vault World Record holder, Renaud Lavillenie, will compete at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Wednesday 11 June. The French pole vaulter claimed his place among the all-time great track and field athletes when he cleared 6.16 metres on 15 February this year, beating the 21-year-old record of the pole vaulting legend Sergey Bubka.

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Disciplines for ExxonMobil Bislett Games June 11 2014

The following disciplines are scheduled for ExxonMobil Bislett Games for 2014

The return of the Kings: Coe, Ovett and Cram at Bislett

The “British kings of middle distance” returned collectively to Oslo for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century when they gathered in Oslo to celebrate the Exxon Mobil Bislett Games on 13th of June 2013. In the late 70s and early 80s Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram were the most recognizable athletes in the world and the most dominant.

World Leads for Bolt and Defar the Highlights in Oslo’s Bislett Stadium

The ExxonMobil Bislett Games on Thursday evening enjoyed two world leads as the sixth stage of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League arrived in Oslo for the prestigious athletic event.

Fourth Oslo win for Defar

Two-time Olympic 5000m champion Meseret Defar is the distance queen of Oslo. The Ethiopian has won here three times before, highlighted by her 2007 World record of 14:16.63. She was beaten by Genzebe Dibaba in Shanghai in her first Diamond League appearance of 2013, but Defar wasn’t ready to suffer a defeat on one of her favourite European tracks.

ExxonMobil Bislett Games Wednesday June 11th 2014

IAAF Diamond League Arrives at Bislett Stadium – Event Preview

The ExxonMobil Bislett Games will take place on Thursday evening as the sixth stage of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League comes to the Oslo for the prestigious athletic event.