• New format aims to make athletics more compelling to fans
Radical new plans for athletics’ elite Diamond League circuit will see meetings cut to 90 minutes, fewer events, and the 5,000m and 10,000m scrapped. The new proposals, which were announced by IAAF president Seb Coe, are designed to make the sport more fast paced, compelling and relevant to fans in the way the Twenty20 format has shaken up cricket.
Coe said that the plans, which will come into effect in 2020, would lead to a global calendar with one meeting a week across 13 weeks during the summer. He also confirmed that more field events would be held in city centres rather than stadiums and that the current 32 track and field disciplines that make up the Diamond League would be reduced to 24.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/11/radical-diamond-league-plans-athletics under the title “Radical Diamond League plans will cut meeting length and ditch long races”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
