{"id":16449,"date":"2025-08-07T10:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=16449"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:42:43","slug":"sprint-stars-eye-final-bid-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/sprint-stars-eye-final-bid-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint stars eye final bid in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman will both make a last bid for the Wanda Diamond League Final when they line up at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on August 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US sprinters Richardson and Coleman will race in the women&#8217;s 100m and men&#8217;s 200m respectively at the last Diamond League meeting before the series final in Zurich on August 27-28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two-time Diamond League champion Coleman is on the verge of qualification in the men&#8217;s 100m, but still needs points if he is to secure his 200m ticket to the season finale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson, meanwhile, is in need of a big performance after finishing ninth in her only Diamond League race of the season so far in Eugene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both stars undoubtedly have the quality to pull qualification out of the fire, however, having been among the very best sprinters in the world in recent seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coleman is a three-time world champion and the world record holder over 60 metres and has nine career Diamond League wins to his name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richardson is the Olympic silver medallist and reigning world champion over 100m and has picked up five Diamond League wins in the past three seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. 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