Sports18 has acquired rights for Wanda Diamond League to be broadcasted dwell on Sports18 till 2024. The partnership will begin from May 13 with dwell protection of the Doha Diamond League assembly. The sequence may even be obtainable on Voot. The Diamond League sequence is not only a contest of essentially the most elite athletes on the planet but in addition a breeding floor for the long run stars, Anil Jayaraj, CEO, Viacom18 Sports, mentioned. “The addition of live athletics coverage reiterates our commitment to provide fans a comprehensive array of world-class sports events,” he added.
The Diamond League is a monitor and subject sequence sitting within the prime tier of the World Athletics one-day assembly competitions. The 2022 Diamond League contains 13 conferences, beginning with the Doha occasion main as much as the two-day Diamond League Final in Zurich (seventh and eighth September).
It encompasses 32 Diamond Disciplines, following a championship model mannequin. Athletes earn factors on the conferences to qualify for the finale of their self-discipline. At every sequence assembly, athletes are awarded factors between one and eight for rating 1st to eighth, respectively. The prime six within the subject occasions, the highest eight for 100m-800m and the highest 10 for 1500m and lengthy distances qualify for the Final. “Our competitions feature the world’s best female and male athletes throughout the entire season, including reigning Olympic champions and a host of Olympic and World medallists,” Petr Stastny, AG CEO, Diamond League, highlighted.
The Doha meet will see quite a few Olympic champions plying their commerce on the Qatar Sports Club, together with Swedish pole vault star Mondo Duplantis, Canadian 200m champion Andre De Grasse, joint excessive leap champions Gianmarco Tamberi from Italy and homegrown hero Mutaz Barshim from Qatar.
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