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World Youth Champion Irene Ekelund confirmed for DN Galan
She has broken seven Swedish junior sprint records this year and on 22 August World Youth Champion and athletics promising new star Irene Ekelund, 16, will line up in the DN Galan 100m. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
Historic Swedish Diamond League evening in Lausanne, victories for Abeba and Kim
There was 100% blue and yellow success in Lausanne on Thursday evening as Abeba Aregawi won the 1500m, and is set for overall victory in the event, and Kim Amb threw the furthest in the javelin. Never before has Sweden won two Diamond League events in the same competition. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
Double World Champion Blanka Vlasic signs up for DN Galan
The women’s high jump at DN Galan on 22 August just got an extra lift with the confirmation that Blanca Vlasic will also compete. Among a field of the world’s best, she will face Olympic and World Champion, Anna Chicherova. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
Fourth Diamond League victory in a row for Abeba Aregawi
The 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham concluded the same way as all the others this summer – with a victory for Hammarby’s Abeba Aregawi after a really impressive finish. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
One more Olympic Gold Medallist confirmed for DN Galan
Jennifer Suhr, the current women’s Olympic Pole Vault Champion is confirmed to compete on 22 August at DN Galan in Stockholm’s famous Olympic Stadium. Foto: Deca Text & Bild
Another Olympic champion ready for DN Galan
DN Galan has previously announced that Ebba Jungmark and Emma Green Tegaro are confirmed for this year’s DN Galan. Now we can complement the Swedish duo with Olympic champion Anna Chicherova. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
The world elite in Stockholm!
2013 is an intense year for athletics with DN Galan on the legendary Olympic Stadium in Stockholm as the main highlight. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
The Diamond League events at DN Galan 2013
DN Galan will include 16 Diamond League events next year and one of them is 110 m hurdles which was one of the most spectacular events in Diamond League last summer. The american Aries Merritt set a World record of 12.80 in Brussels and has competed at DN Galan before. Hopefully he will be one of many stars at Stockholm Olympic Stadion 22 Augusti 2013! Photo: Deca Text & Bild
DN Galan still amongst the world's best athletics meets
On Friday 17 August, the Stockholm Stadium Clubs arranged the 46th DN Galan as part of the Samsung Diamond League. The event went smoothly despite organizational challenges in the run-up to the meet with a number of key personnel leaving the organization creating difficult pre-conditions. But the event itself ended up including 11 Olympic gold-medallists and an additional 27 medallists from the London Games. It led to seven new stadium records from five athletes in thee different events. The winners in the three events were all awarded with diamonds for their performances. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
World class throwing by Sandra and Valerie
A total of six stadium records were broken in the women's throwing events where the Olympic champions Sandra Perkovic, discus and Valerie Adams in shot put were awarded with diamonds. Perkovic's 68.77 was the competitions best result. Photo: Deca Text & Bild