2022 Diamond League Track and Field Schedule Released

Apparently the stadium issues are putting an end to London but either way the loss of a prime summer spot in London is massive loss for the sport. Losing 2 meets in Britain is devastating coming LESS than a DECADE after a tremendously successful Olympic Games track session and World Championships in 2015. All under the WA leader from UK, Sebastian Coe. The entire sport has regressed under Coe and he has aims to shorten the DL meets and limit events further eroding the sport.

Title says 2021.

Is it already possible to know what events (3000m, 5000m especially) will take place in each meeting?

Another one bites the dust wrote:

Apparently the stadium issues are putting an end to London but either way the loss of a prime summer spot in London is massive loss for the sport. Losing 2 meets in Britain is devastating coming LESS than a DECADE after a tremendously successful Olympic Games track session and World Championships in 2015. All under the WA leader from UK, Sebastian Coe. The entire sport has regressed under Coe and he has aims to shorten the DL meets and limit events further eroding the sport.

Not entirely disagreeing, but why were the UK meets so often duds? They are annually among the least interesting, least star-studded on the schedule it seems to me.

Might be cancelled if there's no cure for the South African Variant soon.

UK meets were traditionally a taxation problem for non-UK based athletes. They lost more in sponsorship taxation than they won at the meet, so bypassed the meet. Then the organisers got onto the same trick as the US meets and stacked the events to ensure home wins. They have always been weak meets.

Somewhat related as I’m trying to figure out what meets I can make it to in Eugene. Obviously WC, dates exist for NCAAs and now Pre but I cannot find dates for USA Outdoors. My assumption is that it will be in Eugene in the same stadium for Worlds and it has to be in July but no dates exist. Am I wrong?

bloviating wrote:

Somewhat related as I’m trying to figure out what meets I can make it to in Eugene. Obviously WC, dates exist for NCAAs and now Pre but I cannot find dates for USA Outdoors. My assumption is that it will be in Eugene in the same stadium for Worlds and it has to be in July but no dates exist. Am I wrong?

AFAIK, USATF haven't announced a location yet. WA have made the 12 day gap between Paris and Stockholm the official national al trials window. World champs start July 13 I think, so you have to have trials wrapped up by June 30th (Stockholm) otherwise athletes aren't even going to get two weeks to recover.

That makes sense. I meant June. USATF has dates for all kind of national meets in Eugene in June. Without memorizing the schedule, I’m thinking the site will not be the New Reimagined Historic Hayward. Which makes little sense as US runners can compete on the same track, runways, etc. prior to Worlds.