CANADIAN DELIGHT AT DIAMOND LEAGUE FIXTURE IN BIRMINGHAM

The British athletes may have enjoyed several victories on home turf at the Muller Birmingham Diamond League, but the Canadian athletes certainly enjoyed several high quality performances at the second Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season.

WORLD ATHLETICS HERITAGE PLAQUE HONOURING DIANE LEATHER CHARLES PRESENTED IN BIRMINGHAM

The presentation of The World Athletics Heritage Plaque honouring Diane Leather Charles, who in 1954 became the first woman to run below five minutes for the mile, was presented at the Muller Birmingham Diamond League on Saturday (21), the second fixture in the Wanda Diamond League.

Six world leads plus five British wins as Müller Birmingham Diamond League sets tone for summer

British athletes shone at their home Müller Birmingham Diamond League as Laura Muir, Dina Asher-Smith, Matt Hudson-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and the women’s 4x100m relay took victory while there were also six world leads set at an impressively renovated Alexander Stadium.

ATHLETES EXPECT OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATMOSPHERE AT MÜLLER BIRMINGHAM DIAMOND LEAGUE

The Müller Birmingham Diamond League will feel like a one-day Olympic and Paralympic Games according to the world-class athletes ready to rip the label off the brand-new Alexander Stadium tomorrow (Saturday 21 May).

Statement – Elaine Thompson-Herah in Birmingham

2015 Birmingham Diamond League Flashback

The 2015 Birmingham Diamond League saw Adam Gemili make history, as he became the hundredth British man to go sub 10 seconds over 100m. His time of 9.97 wasn’t quite enough for first place as the American Marvin Bracy came out on top, but Gemili enjoyed an afternoon that saw him break his personal best twice – setting a high standard and finishing dead on 10.00 seconds in his heat.

PARALYMPIC CHAMPIONS LINE-UP FOR MÜLLER BIRMINGHAM DIAMOND LEAGUE

With just a few days to go until the Müller Birmingham Diamond League on Saturday 21 May, a host of Paralympic, world and European medallists – including three champions from Tokyo and eight Paralympic medallists overall – are set to descend upon the newly renovated Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

START LISTS GO LIVE FOR MÜLLER BIRMINGHAM DIAMOND LEAGUE AND RETURN OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETICS TO ALEXANDER STADIUM

With four days to go until the Müller Birmingham Diamond League on Saturday 21 May, a host of global athletics stars – including several Olympic and Paralympic champions - are set to descend upon the newly renovated Alexander Stadium in Birmingham as start lists have gone live.

WORLD HEPTATHLON CHAMPION KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON JOINS STAR-STUDDED LONG JUMP FIELD

Reigning world and Commonwealth heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) will compete in the long jump at the Müller Birmingham Diamond League on Saturday 21 May.

2013 Birmingham Diamond League Flashback

2013 saw four individual wins on home soil for British athletes at the Birmingham Grand Prix – including a dramatic 800m victory for 18-year-old Jessica Judd.