The Diamond League circuit hits the Qatari capital today with a strong presence of British athletes set to compete
The 2024 Diamond League season kicked off last month (April), with Xiamen and Suzhou being the first cities to see athletes chase Olympic standards.
We are now about to hit the meat of the schedule as five Diamond League meets will be held over the next 24 days, starting with today’s competition in Doha.
With the European Championships in Rome a little over a month away, and of course the Olympics fast approaching, athletes will be using this competition to finalise their preparations and put their rivals on notice.
There will also be a strong number of Brits in action, including newly crowned indoor world champions Molly Caudery and Jemma Reekie.
With a current world leading mark of 4.86m in the pole vault, Caudery will be looking to aim for the 4.91m achieved by USA’s Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy at last year’s world championships.
Molly Caudery (Getty)
The pair will also be present in Doha, proving for an exciting competition. Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Moon will attempt to make her way back to the top this afternoon after an injury forced her to sit out during the indoor season.
Kennedy will be looking to improve on the 4.65m mark she set at Australian nationals last year.
There will also be a clash of champions in the women’s 800m as current indoor world champion Jemma Reekie, who won on home turf in Glasgow, will take on reigning outdoor world champion Mary Moraa.
Reekie will hope to establish herself on the outdoor track for the first time this year.
2022 Diamond League champion Moraa will be looking to regain the Diamond trophy after losing the title to Reekie’s GB teammate Keely Hodgkinson in 2023.
The Kenyan record-holder over 400m (50.38) has become a dominant force in the 800m in recent years with a PB of 1:56.03. Reekie is not far behind with a time of 1:56.90 which was set back in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which saw her finish fourth.
Fellow Brits Alexandra Bell and Isabelle Boffey have also made the trip to Doha as they will join Reekie on the start line.
Jemma Reekie and Mary Moraa (Getty)
With British middle-distance running so strong at the moment, there is also set to be a strong team in the women’s 1500m.
British indoor champion Georgia Bell will be set to go head-to-head with training partner Sarah Healy from Ireland. The pair will be joined alongside Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Revee…
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