The 2010 Diamond League season was the first season of the

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, an annual series of fourteen one-day

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meetings. The series began on 14 May in

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and ended on 27 August in

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. Superseding the European-centred

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, the Diamond League was the

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's first intercontinental series of one-day

meetings. Expanding upon the idea of the former Golden League jackpot, there were 32 separate ''Diamond Races'', involving 16 men's and 16 women's track and field events – each of the events featured seven times only over the course of the fourteen meetings of the 2010 Diamond League, and the best athlete in each event won a ''Diamond Trophy''. The total available prize money for the series was

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6.63 million.Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch

(2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02. For infrastructure reasons the men's and women's

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events were not included in the IAAF Diamond League. For this reason the IAAF created a Hammer Throw challenge. For the first time, some of the world's foremost track and field athletes were centrally contracted to an athletics meeting series. For the 2010 series the contracted athletes – called Diamond League Ambassadors – included figures such as

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and

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. Prior to the series, former

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stated that he believed that, through greater

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exposure, and mutual responsibility between the IAAF and promoters, the 2010 Diamond League would raise the profile of the sport of athletics. Winners 2010 IAAF Diamond League

Meeting calendar

2005-07-01 - United Kingdom - England - London - Crystal Palace - Crystal Palace Transmitter - Crystal Palace Sports Centre

Ambassadors

A total of fourteen athletes were given Diamond League Ambassador status, with the intention of bringing attention to some of the sport's foremost competitors. There are seven male and seven female athletes, and the division between track and field specialists is also evenly divided.Five new athlete Ambassadors announced – IAAF Diamond League
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(2010-04-16). Retrieved on 2010-04-21. Usain Bolt Lightning pose

Results

Men

Track

In Oslo, Eugene and London, mile races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 1500m.

Field

Women

Track

In Lausanne and Monaco, 3000m races are counted to the Diamond League standings for the 5000m.

Field

References

;Results
Results Archive
IAAF Diamond League (archived). Retrieved on 2015-05-17.

External links

Official website
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review of competition
Part 1
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