{"id":5900,"date":"2025-04-17T17:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2025-04-18T07:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T07:39:17","slug":"golden-discus-line-up-in-eugene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/golden-discus-line-up-in-eugene\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden discus line-up in Eugene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three of the world&#8217;s best discus throwers will go head to head at the ninth Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Eugene on July 5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reigning Diamond League and Olympic champion Valarie Allman will take on six-time Diamond League champion Sandra Elkasevic and reigning world champio Laulauga Tausaga at the Prefontaine Classic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic champion in 2021 and 2024, Allman has also held the Diamond Trophy for the last four seasons, picking up a total of 14 Diamond League wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Few athletes have been as successful as Elkasevic in the Diamond League. The Croatian, who also won back-to-back Olympic golds in 2012 and 2016, has six titles, making her the first successful woman in the series&#8217; history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tausaga is the reigning world champion since her victory in Budapest in 2023, when she became the first American woman ever to win World Championship gold in the discus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. 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