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World Champion Meseret Defar confirmed for DN Galan
Queen of distance running, Meseret Defar, has run well so often in Swedish competitions that she has a ‘special relationship’, with our country. On Saturday she won the 5000m at the World Championships in Moscow and DN Galan is proud to announce that she will compete in the 3000m at DN Galan. 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
The athletic icon Valerie Adams will compete at DN Galan
New Zealand's Valerie Adams has completely dominated the international scene in the women´s shot put in recent years. Her merits includes four victories at the World Championships and two Olympic gold medals. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
DL winner Brenda Martinez will provide strong opposition for Abeba Aregawi
1500m world’s number one, Abeba Aregawi, from Stockholm club, Hammarby IF, will run 800m at DN Galan at 22 August in her hunt for one more Swedish record. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
Swedish Diamond League winner Kim Amb ready for DN Galan
Moscow-bound Kim Amb has had a brilliant javelin season so far with a victory at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting and a personal best throw of 84m and 33 cm. DN Galan has just announced that he will compete in a pre-Finnkamp on 22 August which will be a taster for the classic Sweden vs Finland match which is returning to Stockholm Stadium on 7 and 8 September. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
DN Galan announces World number one David Oliver
The world rankings for 110m hurdles are currenly topped with 13.03 from the charismatic American David Oliver. He was the victor at Saturday’s Anniversary Games in London and now leads the Diamond League ranking. His focus now turns to the World Championships in Moscow and then DN Galan on 22 August. Photo: Deca Text & Bild
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