here<\/a>. Notable competitors are:<\/p>\nKerron Stewart (JAM) – women’s 100
Sanya Richards (US) – women’s 400
Damu Cherry (US) – women’s 100H
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) & Blank Vlasic (CRO) – women’s high jump
Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS) – women’s pole vault<\/p>\n
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) – men’s 5000
Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) – men’s javelin<\/p>\n
Missing a lot of names on the men’s side, but still enough competition to keep the meet interesting. Perhaps a bit too close to many National Championship meets – something the Golden League needs to consider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Golden League Circuit begins Sunday with its first stop in Berlin. This year’s “golden” events are: Men – 100, 400, 3000\/5000, 110H, JavelinWomen – 100, 400, 100H, High Jump, Pole Vault The individual(s) that can win their event at every stop of the tour will win or share in a $1,000,000 prize. The stops are Berlin (6\/14), Oslo (7\/3), Rome (7\/10), Paris (7\/17), Zurich (8\/28) and Brussels (9\/4). Berlin will not only be the first stop of the Golden League, but will also give individuals an opportunity at something of a dress rehearsal for the World Championships as this year’s Worlds will be held in the same venue. The meet’s Preliminary Start List can be found here. Notable competitors are: Kerron Stewart (JAM) – women’s 100Sanya Richards (US) – women’s 400Damu Cherry (US) – women’s 100HYelena Slesarenko (RUS) & Blank Vlasic (CRO) – women’s high jumpYelena Isinbaeva (RUS) – women’s pole vault Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) – men’s 5000Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) – men’s javelin Missing a lot of names on the men’s side, but still enough competition to keep the meet interesting. Perhaps a bit too close to many National Championship meets – something the Golden League needs to consider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-2Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":230,"url":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=230","url_meta":{"origin":176,"position":0},"title":"Golden League comes to an end with Triple winners","author":"CHill","date":"September 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Friday's Golden League meet in Brussels marked the end of the Golden League which next year will morph into the new bigger Diamond League. 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