The Americas will be targeting maximum points in this event via Francena McCorory and Novlene Williams-Mills, the two quickest in the field on this year s performances.
The top four jumpers on this year s world list will clash in Marrakech, and the talent-stacked event will be one of the highlights of the IAAF Continental Cup.
Five of the world s seven fastest quarter-milers in 2014 are in the field. LaShawn Merritt is the quickest of those, with 43.92, and the 28-year-old US sprinter the 2008 Olympic champion, two-time world champion and winner of the 2014 Diamond Race ...
All but two of the world s top seven one-lap hurdlers will compete in Marrakech, led by Diamond Race winner Kaliese Spencer who has headed the world list since the Jamaican Championships in June and won six of her seven IAAF Diamond League races plus C...
Dafne Schippers lost her world lead to Allyson Felix s 22.02 clocking at the IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels last Friday, finishing third behind her Europe team-mate in Marrakech, Myriam Soumare of France.