Speaking on the eve of the Doha 2013 meeting (Friday 10 May) which opens the 2013 IAAF Diamond League season – featuring 10 Olympic and 14 World champions, including IAAF Athlete of the Year Allyson Felix – IAAF President Lamine Diack respo...

David Rudisha, the World and Olympic 800m Olympic champion who opens his IAAF Diamond League campaign in Doha on Friday, could be forgiven for lacking a little motivation this season after his stupendous World record performance at London 2012.

A stellar field of Olympic and World champions has gathered in Doha to set the 2013 IAAF Diamond League off and running, and spectators at the Hamad Bin Suhaim Stadium will witness a series of compelling head-to-heads.

Olympic champion and World record-holder Usain Bolt opened his 2013 campaign with 10.09 while World champion Carmelita Jeter sped to a world-leading 10.95 in the 100m at the Cayman Invitational Wednesday night (8).

The 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships expects to welcome 5000 fans to each of the five sessions in Sopot, Poland on 7-9 March next year, and tickets are now available to buy as part of a package.

Olympic champion Sally Pearson was the star attraction in Chonburi, Thailand, on Wednesday (8) as she ran in the 4x100m Relay for Australia in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix series at the IPE Chonburi Campus.