Doha 17 170 world-leading athletes will take part in the Doha Diamond League tonight at the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium.
The matches will be played at 5.00 pm Doha time. The Doha Diamond League will feature Tokyo Olympic gold medalists Mutas Issa Bershim of Qatar and Gian Marco Timbery of Italy reuniting on Qatar soil in the high jump.
A total of 170 athletes, including seven renowned Olympic and world champions, will compete in the Doha Diamond League today. Doha will host the first round of the 2022 Athletics Diamond League. The league, which starts today, will be played in 13 rounds. Zurich will host the finals of the tournament, which starts in Doha. Doha will host the men’s 200m, women’s 400m, men’s 800m, 1500m, women’s 3000m, men’s high jump, pole vault and javelin.
Bershim and Timbery say medal-sharing will no longer exist
Burshim and Timbery made it clear at a news conference in Doha yesterday that medal-sharing will no longer be what happened in Tokyo. Timbery made it clear that he would not return to the past and would not change what he had done. The two will remain good brothers and friends. The medal was shared as both deserved a gold medal in Tokyo. Asked if he would share the gold medal again, Timbery, who is also the 2021 Diamond League winner, said the answer was no. In Tokyo, Bershim and Timbery shared the gold medal by jumping 2.37 meters.
The duo are gearing up to reach new heights in the Doha Diamond League. Bershim is aiming for his first hat – trick in the world title at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in July this year.