Zurich Diamond League Entries Start to Roll In

Published by the IAAF on July 21, 2014

As with every year, the first final of the 2014 IAAF Diamond League series will boast of star-studded fields: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, David Rudisha and Usain Bolt are some of the top stars who have confirmed their appearance in the Letzigrund Stadium this year at the Weltklasse Zürich on 28 August, organisers announced on Monday (21).

Bolt took to his social media platforms to confirm what he had already announced in May: the world record holder, Olympic Champion, and world champion will be part of the Weltklasse Zürich cast.

Despite his late start into the 2014 outdoor season, the Jamaican sprint superstar will run the 100m on the brand-new ‘magic track’ at Letzigrund Stadium this year.

In his seventh appearance at the prestigious meeting, Bolt will be challenged by several finalists of the European Athletics Championships ZUrich 2014.

“Our meeting will be held only 11 days after Zurich 2014. The best Europeans will return to Letzigrund Stadium to compete against the best athletes of the rest of the world,” explained Andreas Hediger, who is responsible for inviting the athletes to Weltklasse Zurich. 

One month prior to the meeting, the provisional start lists already indicate that Weltklasse Zurich will be living up to its reputation of signing the best athletes of the world once again.

“We will of course wait and see what will happen during the European Championships,” added Andreas Hediger.

However, some European stars, including Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre, and his compatriot and newly-minted French 800m record holder Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, have already accepted their Weltklasse Zurich invitation.