{"id":1547,"date":"2018-03-15T09:44:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/50-days-to-go\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T09:44:04","slug":"50-days-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/50-days-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"50 days to go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As in all the previous eight seasons, the IAAF Diamond League will begin its journey across the world in Qatar, as the world&#8217;s finest athletes head to Doha on the 4th May.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Doha, the series will head to all four corners of the globe, crossing four continents and twelve countries on the Road To The Final.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Athletes have the opportunity to pick up points in twelve qualifying meetings as they battle it out for a place in the IAAF Diamond League Final at the end of the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The two Finals will take place in Zurich and Brussels on the 30th and 31st August, but the journey begins in Doha in 50 days time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If history is anything to go by, it will be a rip-roaring start to the season. In recent years, Doha has seen jaw-dropping performances from the world&#8217;s biggest track and field stars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who can forget the astonishing triple jump duel between Christian Taylor and Pedro Pablo Pichardo in 2015, in which both men cleared 18 metres?&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%2FqZOvHTP0SAs&#038;video_width=640&#038;video_height=360)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZOvHTP0SAs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" 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<p>A year later, a certain Omar McLeod announced his arrival on the outdoor circuit as he surged to victory in the 110 metre hurdles just months before claiming Olympic Gold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And last year, Thomas R\u00f6hler made history with an enormous throw of 93.90m, breaking a Diamond League record and setting the bar for an extraordinary season in the javelin.&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%2FkNv8Ti8BsHM&#038;video_width=640&#038;video_height=360)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNv8Ti8BsHM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" 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<p>To find out which athletes will be kickstarting this year&#8217;s Road To The Final, keep an eye on the IAAF Diamond League website and social media channels in the coming weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In exactly 50 days, the ninth IAAF Diamond League season will get underway at the Qatar Sports...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[370,228,6,63,372,371],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-50-days","tag-calendar","tag-diamond-league","tag-doha","tag-season","tag-start"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547","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=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}