{"id":1106,"date":"2016-06-11T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/oslo-5-things-we-learned\/"},"modified":"2016-06-11T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T10:01:40","slug":"oslo-5-things-we-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/oslo-5-things-we-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Oslo: 5 things we learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>1. Schippers sneaks into the lead<\/h3>\n<p>Dafne Schippers is the name on everyone&#8217;s lips ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio, and the Flying Dutchwoman may also have the Diamond Trophy in her sights. Third in the women&#8217;s 100m Diamond Race, she was lagging behind in the 200m before a stunning performance in Oslo. A meeting record, Diamond League record and victory saw her take ten points to surge up the rankings and claim first place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>Not just a <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondLeague?src=hash>#DiamondLeague<\/link> record, not just a MR&#8230; <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/dafneschippers>@dafneschippers<\/link> has also taken the lead in the 200m <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link>! <link https:\/\/t.co\/ltQ6j0KgzI>pic.twitter.com\/ltQ6j0KgzI<\/link>\n<p>\u2014 IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/740994076019986432>June 9, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h3>2. Lavillenie and Perkovic stay steely<\/h3>\n<p>Renaud Lavillenie is chasing a seventh consecutive Diamond Trophy this season, and in the face of unprecedented competition from Shawn Barber and Sam Kendricks, has had to fight so far. That continued in Oslo, where Lavillenie made two fouls on his first height. The legendary Frenchman rallied, however, and beat Barber to take a ten point lead in the Diamond Race. Equally dominant in recent years has been Sandra Perkovic, who was brilliant once again as she took another victory and an 18 point lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 640\/360\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F5FLUJs0b-oE&#038;video_width=640&#038;video_height=360)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FLUJs0b-oE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>3. R\u00f6hler out for more Z\u00fcrich joy<\/h3>\n<p>The Diamond Trophy proved cathartic for Thomas R\u00f6hler two years ago, as he bounced back from disappointment at the European Championships in Z\u00fcrich&nbsp;to claim the Diamond Trophy in the same city weeks later. He may be on course to do so again after a brilliant display in Oslo put him nine points ahead in the 2016 Diamond Race. With the final set for Z\u00fcrich again, it could be a happy d\u00e9j\u00e0-vu for the German<\/p>\n<h3>4. Brianna rolls into the lead<\/h3>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s women&#8217;s 100m Hurdles was an all-american affair in the Diamond Race, and this season is no different. It was Kendra Harrison who led ahead of the Bislett Games, but that was set to change as Brianna Rollins put in a wonderful performance to take victory and sneak two points ahead of Harrison in the standings. Diamond Trophy holder Dawn Harper Nelson remains in third.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>A fine performance from <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bri_Rollin>@Bri_Rollin<\/link>, which sees her take the lead in the <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link>! <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OsloDL?src=hash>#OsloDL<\/link> <link https:\/\/t.co\/KWogkBCxxz>pic.twitter.com\/KWogkBCxxz<\/link>\n<p>\u2014 IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/740986935594881024>June 9, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h3>5. McPherson on Miller&#8217;s tail<\/h3>\n<p>Shaunae Miller had established a relatively comfortable lead in the Diamond Race prior to Oslo, but that was blown away at Bislett. The women&#8217;s 400m Diamond Race is now a thrilling affair, after Stephanie-Ann McPherson&#8217;s victory took her to within a single point of Miller at the top. With Natasha Hastings just four points behind her in third, it is shaping up to be a fine battle for the Diamond Trophy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 640\/360\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FTvaFIoxnzGs%3Flist%3DPLIhANLSvh9wnpdigk1BpbFj2h-tItiLNk&#038;video_width=640&#038;video_height=360)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvaFIoxnzGs?list=PLIhANLSvh9wnpdigk1BpbFj2h-tItiLNk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With half of the IAAF Diamond League season now over, the Diamond Race is well underway in all...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[132,143,64,6,8,131,137,144],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-bislett-games","tag-brianna-rollins","tag-dafne-schippers","tag-diamond-league","tag-diamond-race","tag-oslo","tag-renaud-lavillenie","tag-thomas-rohler"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}