{"id":1178,"date":"2016-08-03T14:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/the-diamond-race-duels-field\/"},"modified":"2016-08-03T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:31:34","slug":"the-diamond-race-duels-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/the-diamond-race-duels-field\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diamond Race Duels: Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Joe Kovacs vs Tom Walsh<\/h3>\n<p>Joe Kovacs won the Diamond Trophy in the shot put last season after a fierce duel with David Storl, and he has been in for another one so far as he seeks to defend his title. Despite having won three of the five Diamond Race meetings so far, Kovacs is only six points ahead of New Zealand&#8217;s Tom Walsh. Walsh&#8217;s victory in Stockholm and regular podium finishes elsewhere have seen him keep Kovacs in his sights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>.<link https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomWalshSP>@TomWalshSP<\/link> isn&#39;t far behind <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeKovacsUSA>@JoeKovacsUSA<\/link> in the shot put <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link>&#8230; <link https:\/\/t.co\/nLtWmGWmNO>pic.twitter.com\/nLtWmGWmNO<\/link>\n<p>&mdash; IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/760844441867259906>August 3, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h3>Ruth Beitia vs Levern Spencer<\/h3>\n<p>The women&#8217;s high jump has been a battle between two experienced athletes, as Levern Spencer tries to stop Ruth Beitia from retaining the Diamond Trophy she won last year. Spencer got off to a good start with a win in Shanghai, but Beitia has now won three on the trot in Oslo, Stockholm and London, meaning the Spaniard has surged into the lead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>Two experienced athletes have gone head-to-head in the high jump <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link> this year. <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ruthypeich>@ruthypeich<\/link> <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevernSpencer>@LevernSpencer<\/link> <link https:\/\/t.co\/FaJDbGXhzp>pic.twitter.com\/FaJDbGXhzp<\/link>\n<p>&mdash; IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/760819400320622592>August 3, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h3>Thomas R\u00f6hler vs Jakub Vadlejch<\/h3>\n<p>With two victories in the first three meetings, German Thomas R\u00f6hler looked incredibly well set to reclaim the Diamond Trophy he won in 2014. Jakub Vadlejch&#8217;s victory in London, though, means that R\u00f6hler still has some work to do. The German has a ten point lead, but a late rally is always possible in the men&#8217;s javelin Diamond Race, as Tero Pitk\u00e4m\u00e4ki proved last season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>Can <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasroehler>@thomasroehler<\/link> win a 2nd <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondTrophy?src=hash>#DiamondTrophy<\/link> in 3 years? Or will Jakub <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vadlejch?src=hash>#Vadlejch<\/link> catch him in the <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link>? <link https:\/\/t.co\/eXTwjJYprH>pic.twitter.com\/eXTwjJYprH<\/link>\n<p>&mdash; IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/760881179062972416>August 3, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<h3>Valerie Adams vs Tia Brooks<\/h3>\n<p>Four-time Diamond Race winner Valerie Adams lost her title after being injured for much of last season, and the shot putter from New Zealand looks determined to win it back this year. Wins in Rabat, Rome and Monaco have given Adams a healthy lead, but she still cannot shake off Tia Brooks, who began her year with a bang, winning in Doha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\"><p>She&#39;s already got four <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiamondRace?src=hash>#DiamondRace<\/link> titles. <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieAdams84>@ValerieAdams84<\/link> is up against <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiaBrooksOnline>@TiaBrooksOnline<\/link> as she goes for a 5th. <link https:\/\/t.co\/gNDUdR7sxP>pic.twitter.com\/gNDUdR7sxP<\/link>\n<p>&mdash; IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) <link https:\/\/twitter.com\/Diamond_League\/status\/760911906689261568>August 3, 2016<\/link><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the season climax just weeks away, it&#8217;s time to look at the one-on-one battles which...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,8,187,75,68,18,145,73,16,188,126,152,108],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-diamond-league","tag-diamond-race","tag-field","tag-high-jump","tag-javelin","tag-joe-kovacs","tag-levern-spencer","tag-ruth-beitia","tag-shot-put","tag-thomas-rohler-jakub-vadlejch","tag-tia-brooks","tag-tom-walsh","tag-valerie-adams"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","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=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}