IAAF President Lamine Diack today called the inaugural IAAF World Relays, due to kick off tomorrow (Saturday) at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, The Bahamas, the latest example of athletics continuing evolution.”

World high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko will take on Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov at the Mohammed VI d'Athletisme IAAF World Challenge meeting on 8 June in what will be their third clash of 2014.

Hypo-Meeting s heptathlon field has been boosted by a handful of up-and-coming talents who will be looking to continue their rise to the top at the IAAF Combined Events Challenge meeting in Gotzis, which gets under way on 31 May.

When you think of the javelin, you automatically think of Oslo and the ExxonMobil Bislett Games. The IAAF Diamond League meeting in Norway s capital has a rich tradition in the event and the assembled field for 11 June will only add to that.

The inaugural IAAF World Relays gets under way on Saturday (24) in Nassau, The Bahamas, and you can follow all the action on the IAAF website.

If strategy is a question in the 4x800m, it is even more so for the 4x1500m, where a fourth runner may deliberately give up a lead in order to position herself better for the closing sprint.