Newly-minted American record holder Chaunte Lowe leads the way into Oslo Friday at the Diamond League’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway.
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Lowe, fresh off her American-record clearance of 2.04m/6-8.75 in Cottbus, Germany on Sunday, will have to hold off reigning World Indoor and Outdoor champion Blanka Vlasic (CRO) once again after beating her last week at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Two-time Olympic medalist and 2007 double world champion Bernard Lagat will compete in the men’s 5,000m along with the 2009 USA Outdoor Champs 5,000m runner up Chris Solinsky, who recently set the American record over 10,000m. Lagat and Solinsky will be chasing the American record of 12:56.27, set by Dathan Ritzenhein last year. Also watch for two-time Olympic and World Outdoor medalist Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) and the 2008 World Indoor 3,000m champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia.
LaShaunte’a Moore will lead the way in the women’s 200m after breaking 11 seconds in the 100m last week for the first time and becoming the first female ever to do so in South America. She’ll be joined by two-time World Outdoor 100m bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter, who is coming off a 10-race win streak in the 100m. They’ll look to hold off three-time Olympian Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH).
Reigning World Indoor champion Debbie Dunn headlines the women’s 400m, with 2009 World Outdoor 400m silver medalist Lashinda Demus and Monica Hargrove also in the mix. All three were members of the gold medal-winning 2009 World Outdoor Championships 4×400 team, and will take on 2008 Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Novlene Williams-Mills of Jamaica.
Two-time World Indoor champion and ’08 Olympian Lolo Jones leads the women’s 100m hurdlesfield and will try to hold off a pair of Canadian’s: 2003 World Outdoor champion Perdita Felicien and 2009 World Outdoor silver medalist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.
Trell Kimmons, the 2010 World Indoor Championships 60m fourth place finisher, will take on former world record holder Asafa Powell (JAM) and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Richard Thompson (TRI) in the men’s 100m. Producing great times thus far this season, Powell looks to beat Thompson, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist.
Two-time World Outdoor champion Kerron Clement will challenge two-time World Outdoor medalist Bershawn Jackson in the men’s 400m hurdles. Jackson already has one Diamond League victory under his belt from his win in Doha.
2009 World Outdoor champion Christian Cantwell, the only man ever to win three World Indoor shot put titles, is entered that event. Also in the field is 2007 World Outdoor champion Reese Hoffa and two-time Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson, the most-medaled man in World Outdoor shot put history. Joining them is Poland’s Olympic gold medalist Tomasz Majewski.
2008 Olympic Games fourth-place finisher Derek Miles will go up against reigning Olympic and World Indoor and Outdoor gold medalist Steve Hooker (AUS) in the men’s pole vault. Elsewhere, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton and three-time USA Outdoor champion Aretha Thurmond will compete in the women’s discus.
For more information and complete results from the 2010 ExxonMobil Bislett Games, visit http://www.diamondleague.com/Home/.
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