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Strong fields across the board, including a cast of Olympic and World champions and medallists, are being assembled for the Colorful Daegu Meeting - IAAF World Challenge - on 12 May, the final test event for the IAAF World Championships, Daegu, Korea, 27 August - 4 September. Jeter to chase her own meet record In the women's 100m, world leader Carmelita Jeter of the USA, the second fastest woman in history and the winner of the inaugural Samsung Diamond Race Trophy in the event, will be chasing her own meeting record of 10.83 set in 2009. She'll be taking on compatriots Lashaunte Moore and Marshevet Myers, the winners in the Rome and London legs, respectively, of the 2010 Samsung Diamond League series. Oliver taking centre stage Kamel vs Lalang at 800m The middle distances will not be lacking star power. In the men's 800m, Bahrain's Yusuf Saad Kamel, the world 1500m champion and bronze medallist over two laps from Berlin 2009, will take on Kenyan ace Boaz Lalang. In the women's 1500m, the young Ethiopian talents - World indoor champion Kalkidan Gezahegne and Tizita Bogale, the World junior champion - will tangle for early season domestic bragging rights. Women's IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge to kick off More news |