RESULT
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo finished 7th with a personal best 7:43.73 in Doha Diamond League 3000m race on Friday.
The race was won by Kenya's Ronald Kwemoi in the world's fastest time this year. Kwemoi gets 8 Diamond League points, Kiplimo gets 2.
It was a good time for Kiplimo, taking into account it is still early in the track season.
The national record is 7:30.95 set by Moses Kipsiro in 2009.
Result Doha by jadwongscribd on Scribd
Shanghai next
Focus now turns to the Shanghai Diamond League May 13, where two Ugandans will compete.
Seventeen-year-old Peruth Chemutai, who finished 7th in the junior women's race of the World Cross Country Championships, renews her 3000m steeplechase rivalry with several Kenyans and Ethiopians who did well in Kampala.
Top on the list is Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet of Bahrain and silver medalist Hyvin Kiyeng from Kenya.
Mercyline Chelangat will run the 5000m that has a star field led by world number one Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia and Kenya world cross country champion Irene Chepet Cheptai
RACE PREVIEW
Kiplimo, fresh from his victory in the World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, will take on an array of seniors in the lucrative now-traditional Doha Diamond League curtain-raiser.
Sixteen-year-old Kiplimo will run the men’s 3000 meters against a strong field that includes Olympic champion Conseslus Kipruto, Rio's 5000m Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo, World Indoor Champion 2016 Yomif Kejelcha and Muktar Edris (2015 World Running World Championships and World Junior Champion at 5000m in 2012.
The teenager became the first Ugandan to win gold at the World Cross Country Championships in March, when he won the men’s junior title in front of thousands of cheering fans including President Yoweri Museveni.
His traditionally runs the 5000m and 10000m on track. He finished 11th in his 5,000m heat at last year's Rio Olympics.
His traditionally runs the 5000m and 10000m on track. He finished 11th in his 5,000m heat at last year's Rio Olympics.
Today's meeting marks the beginning of the eighth season of the Diamond League that is this year spread over 14 meetings in 13 different countries.
Sixteen reigning Olympic and world champions will assemble in Doha to help kick off the 2017 IAAF Diamond League series.
The best performances in the Doha leg of the Diamond League have traditionally come in the long-distance races.
The sprints should however provide one highlight when Justin Gatlin ,35, who finished second at last year's Olympics 100m final, and Andre De Grasse 22, who came third, renew their rivalry. The two will have their eyes on London in August, when they will take on Usain Bolt in his international farewell.
New structure for the Diamond League
The IAAF Diamond League changes formula this year. Starting from the Doha stage, athletes will pick up points in the first 12 meetings to qualify for the two finals in Zurich (24 August) and Brussels (1 September), which will include the Diamond Trophy and $ 100,000 for each of the 32 Diamond Races, of which $ 50,000 is reserved for every single winner of the final.
Previously, athletes accumulated points throughout the season with the overall winner of each of the 32 disciplines being the athlete with the most points, irrespective of whether they won the final.
Eight points will be awarded to the first, seven to second and so on to one point for the ranked eighth. At the end of qualifying matches, the best eight or twelve depending on the discipline will be invited to the finals. The winner of each race entered in the 12-day schedule will receive a $10,000 cheque.
IAAF Diamond League NewFormat 2017 by jadwongscribd on Scribd
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