Diamond League tonight

G-Money

In 10 minutes actually, BBC Two and BBC HD apparently.

Blake v Powell in the 100m

MaroonTam

Time for me to get to the TV, so

thirstywork2

Powell going to win in a very fast time !!!

G-Money

One other thing.... NO AD BREAKS!!!

Brianderunner

My fav meet and the best 2hrs of athletics all year. Seen one Daegu hangover already, i wonder how many more we'll get

robinph

I keep forgetting the channel number for BBC HD, so glad you mentioned it. Much better seeing all those identical fluorescent green vests run around the track in HD.

YFlyer

Great turn of speed from James in the last 100m.

Pherekydes

He's so relaxed. Textbook 400m running.

YFlyer

So true.

Brianderunner

This commentator is a joke, bring back tim hutchings

YFlyer

Listening to Czech commentators here. Don't know if they are good or bad.

Domer

His much do you get if you win the diamond league? Jenny Meadows seemed very pleased with get win.

robinph

Domer wrote: »

His much do you get if you win the diamond league? Jenny Meadows seemed very pleased with get win.

Can't seem to get the pdf to load from the actual Diamond League site:
http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Meet-Info/IAAFDiamondLeagueMeeting/

...but this page suggests $40,000 for winning the series:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2011-04/09/c_13820581.htm

Pherekydes

Samsung Diamond League – Diamond Race: How it works
(as of February 2011)
The Samsung Diamond League encompasses 32 individual event disciplines, with a points scoring ‘Diamond Race’ which runs throughout the 14 meeting series.
Each of the disciplines is staged seven times with the top three Athletes being awarded the same amount of points at each meeting with the exception of the Final where the points are doubled. The AVIVA London Grand Prix on two days counts as one meeting.
1st place 4 points (Final: 8 points)
2nd place 2 points (Final: 4 points)
3rd place 1 point (Final: 2 points)
The Athlete with the highest number of points in each discipline at the end of the Samsung Diamond League season wins "The Diamond Race”. In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides, if there still is a tie, the better result at the Final decides. For an athlete to win a Diamond Race and its associated prize, he / she must compete in the final (Zurich or Brussels) of their event discipline.
Winners of each Diamond Race will get a Diamond Trophy and a cash prize but more importantly, will have shown season long consistency to earn the unchallenged honour of being the World Number 1.
PRIZE MONEY
Per each event at each meeting
All 32 disciplines have the same prize money with a total of 30’000 USD x 16 = 480‘000 USD per meeting
Place Prize Money
1. 10.000 USD
2. 6.000 USD
3. 4.000 USD
4. 3.000 USD
5. 2.500 USD
6. 2.000 USD
7. 1.500 USD
8. 1.000 USD
Diamond Race Trophy
per each Diamond Race winner at the end of the season
The winner of each of the 32 Diamond Races will receive a 40’000 USD cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy created by Beyer, one of the oldest and most respected jewelers in the world, which was established in Zurich in the 18th century.

40k for the overall diamond league win seems paltry. Wayne Rooney wouldn't get out of bed for that.

robinph

robinph wrote: »

Can't seem to get the pdf to load from the actual Diamond League site:
http://www.diamondleague-doha.com/Meet-Info/IAAFDiamondLeagueMeeting/

...but this page suggests $40,000 for winning the series:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2011-04/09/c_13820581.htm

Finally got the file.

Each event at each meeting gets:
1 - $10,000
2 - $6,000
3 - $4,000
4 - $3,000
5 - $2,500
6 - $2,000
7 - $1,500
8 - $1,000

Then the overall winner of each of 32 events gets $40,000 + trophy at the end of the series.

robinph

Pherekydes wrote: »

40k for the overall diamond league win seems paltry. Wayne Rooney wouldn't get out of bed for that.

I dunno, $44,000 just for tonight for Jenny Meadows, plus whatever else she got during the previous races...and that must have been a few top three finishes in order to get any points. Better money than any sponsorship cash they might get as they don't need to do anything more for it once they have it.

Domer

Wow... That's not bad!!

Brianderunner

"Jamaica passes the baton beautifully", wtf? they ran into the back of each other and they nearly dropped it on the second changeover, what a terrible commentator, get him off the air.

RoyMcC

GB get the baton round [URL="javascript:emoticon(':applause:')"][/URL]

G-Money

Pherekydes wrote: »

40k for the overall diamond league win seems paltry. Wayne Rooney wouldn't get out of bed for that.

Yeah, I'm sure his "lady of the night" bill is much more than that

Pherekydes

MLF run down by Frater. haha.