The 2010

London Grand Prix The London Athletics Meet, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games and London Diamond League, is an annual athletics event held in London, England. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix even ...

was the 58th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in

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, England. Held from 1314 August at the

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, it was the twelfth leg of the inaugural

IAAF Diamond League The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meet competitions. The inaugural season was ...

– the highest level international track and field circuit.Fordyce, Tom (2010-08-13)
"Tyson Gay sets best 100m time of 2010 at Crystal Palace"
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''. Retrieved 2021-04-30. 40 events were contested with 27 of them being point-scoring Diamond League events. Rain fell both days and temperatures were described as "cold" by the

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. Despite this,

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champion

Oscar Pistorius Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius ( , ; born 22 November 1986) is a South African double amputee, former professional sprinter, and convicted murderer. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games. Pistorius r ...

for South Africa, running in the men's T44 (below knee amputee)

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

event, set a new world record with a time of 47.04 seconds. Though the time was slower than his personal best set in Italy in July of the same year, 46.02 seconds, his personal best had not been run in an

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sanctioned race, making his 47.04 seconds race on 14 August the official world record."Oscar Pistorius sets new world 400m record "
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'' (2010-08-14). Retrieved 2021-04-30. Meet organisers hoped to stage a competition between the three fastest men in the world—

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt (; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time. He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, ...

Tyson Gay Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprint (running), sprinter who competed in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres, 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the United States records in track ...

, and

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consistently ...

—in the men's

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

.Herman, Martin; Oxley, Sonia (2010-08-12)
"Injured Asafa Powell withdraws from London Diamond League"
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''. Retrieved 2021-04-30. However, Bolt declined to participate, claiming he would lose more money than he would make because of British taxes, and Powell withdrew the day before the race with injuries to his hamstring and back. With Bolt and Powell absent, Gay won in a world leading time of 9.78 seconds ahead of

Yohan Blake Yohan Blake (born 26 December 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter specialising in the 100 metres, 100-metre and 200 metres, 200-metre sprint races. He won gold at the 100 m at the 2011 World Athletics Championships as the youngest 100 m world champion ...

, who finished second behind Gay in a personal best time of 9.89 seconds. Gay's time was also a stadium and meeting record, and his victory made him the top ranked 100 metres sprinter for the season. Other notable records in the men's events included a meeting record by

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in the

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with a mark of 67.82 metres, and an equalling of the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

meeting record of 13.06 seconds by David Oliver, originally set by

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became w ...

in 1992. In the women's events,

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 26 August 1982) is a Canadian retired hurdling, hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She was born in Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, and currently lives in Whitby, Ontario, Whitby. Personal ...

won in a world leading time and meeting record of 12.52 seconds in the

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, making up a metre deficit from the 50 metres mark to pass

Sally Pearson Sally Pearson, OAM (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is a retired Australian athlete who competed in the 100 metre hurdles. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a si ...

who finished second in a time of 12.61 seconds. Milcah Chemos narrowly held off

Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova (, née Ivanova (), divorced Zarudneva (); born 26 April 1986 in Svetly Yar, Svetloyarsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Svetly Yar, Volgograd Oblast) is a Russian former disgraced middle-distance runner who specialised ...

in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

, winning in 9:22.49 to Zarudneva's 9:22.60, both under the previous meeting record.

Allyson Felix Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. She specialized in the 200 meters from 2003 to 2013, then gradually shifted to the 400 meter ...

doubled in the

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and

sprints, winning the former by half of a second (22.37 seconds to

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (born 16 January 1976) is a former Bahamian sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. Ferguson-McKenzie participated in five Olympics. Ferguson-McKenzie is assistant coach of track and field at University o ...

's 22.88 seconds), and narrowly winning the latter in 50.79 seconds ahead of Tatyana Firova who placed second in 50.84 seconds.

Diamond League results

Top three placers in each scoring event earned four points, two points, and one point for first place, second place, and third place respectively. The athlete with the most points in a Diamond League event (e.g. women's 100 metres) at the end of the season wins the Diamond Trophy for their event."IAAF Diamond League – Diamond Race: How it works"
''IAAF Diamond League'' (2010-05-13). Retrieved 2021-04-30.

Men

Women

Other results

Men

Women

References

;Results
"Results Archive Diamond League Selected Season: 2010"
''Diamond League'' (2010-08-14). Retrieved 2021-05-01.

External links

Official Diamond League London website
{{2010 in athletics

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Diamond League results

Men

Women

Other results

Men

Women

See also

References

External links