The Diamond League of track and field athletic competitions announced on Tuesday that Shenzhen would host the 2022 season’s second meet in China, with the men’s 100 metres set to headline the event.
The season begins in Doha on May 13 and ends in Zurich on September 7-8 while China hosts meetings in Shanghai on July 30 and Shenzhen on Aug. 6.
Athletes will return to China for the first time since the Covid-19 hit, with two meetings in China this year being called off due to strict travel restrictions enforced by the pandemic. The Diamond League also announced which disciplines will be held at different meetings.
A total of 14 events will be held in Shenzhen, including the men’s 100 metres, men’s 400 metres and women’s 200 metres.
“The new meeting will take place on 6th August at the 40,000-capacity Bao’an Stadium,” the Diamond League said in a statement.
“The Shenzhen meeting organising committee will be led by Norwegian Rune Stenersen and the men’s 100 metres will be the headline event.”
Meanwhile, a detailed schedule of which disciplines will take place at which meetings in the 2022 Wanda Diamond League season is now available.
In 2022, the Wanda Diamond League will once again pit the world’s best athletes against each other across 14 meetings and 32 disciplines.
Following the release of the calendar last month, fans can now find out which disciplines will take place at which meetings with the announcement of a detailed season schedule.
Athletes will have up to seven opportunities to compete for Diamond League points in their chosen diamond discipline in the course of the season, as they bid for a place in the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich.
Each of the 13 series meetings will take place in a two-hour TV world programme and will stage at least 13 diamond disciplines.
At the end of the 13 series meetings, the athletes with the most points in each diamond discipline will qualify for a place in the final in Zurich on 7-8 September.
