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Year after year Stockholm’s DN Galan produces one of the world’s premier athletics events and this year’s edition promises to be no exception. In addition to champions such as Renaud Lavillenie and Allyson Felix who have already been announced, events will be starstudded with the world’s best. In addition many events will be spiced with grudge matches following the recent European Championships in Zurich.
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International highlights for DN Galan

The three European medallists will compete in the men’s javelin and champion Antti Ruuskanen from Finland will be keen to repeat his victory over compatriot, Tero Pitkämäki, and Czech silver medallist and reigning World champion, Vítezslav Vesely. Current world leader Ihab Abdelrahman is also in the field. The Egyptian tops this year’s statistics with a throw of 89.21 metres.

David Storl from Germany was one of the most impressive victors in Zurich when he won the shot with a putt of 21.41 metres. At DN Galan he will face not only fellow medallists, Borja Vivas and Tomasz Majewski but also three top Americans, world leader Joe Kovacs, World and Olympic medallist Reese Hoffa and third in the world this year, Christian Cantwell.

In the women’s high jump the three European medallists, Ruth Beitia, Spain, Maria Kuchina, Russia, and Ana Simic, Croatia, will be local favourite, Emma Green’s main opposition.

The women’s 100m hurdles will see Americans, Dawn Harper Nelson, and Queen Harrison, currently first and second in the world this year, attack Gail Dever’s stadium record of 12.42. They are joined in the quest by Olympic champion, Sally Pearson from Australia.

The men will run 400m hurdles and this race includes the three fastest in the world this year, Javier Culson from Puerto Rico, Michael Tinsley from USA and South African, Cornel Fredricks. Hurdles legend, Felix Sanchez from Dominican Republic will also be in Stockholm. Two Olympic and two World championship golds top his medal collection from a long and successful career.

DN Galan is the eleventh meeting in the 2014 Diamond League series and the first after over a month’s break.Startlists and timeschedule.

David Fridell