• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Main News
  • Competitions
    • Combine Challenge
    • Diamond League
    • IAAF World Challenge
    • Olympic Games
    • World Athletics Final
    • World Championships
    • Marathon News
    • Indoor News
    • World Juniors
    • World Youth
  • More News
    • Featured
    • College
    • Press Releases
    • Workouts
  • Results
    • Cross Country
    • Upcoming Meets
  • Stats
    • World Rankings
  • List
    • Records by Discipline
    • Records By Category
    • Standard
    • Event Disciplines
    • Multi-Media
World-Track.org-Logo

World-Track and Field Website

The Track and Field News Resource

Home » Competitions » Diamond League » Christian Coleman, Elaine Thompson To Skip Shanghai Diamond League

Christian Coleman, Elaine Thompson To Skip Shanghai Diamond League

May 6, 2018 by Gary Smith Leave a Comment

SHANGHAI, China — Two world-class sprinters withdrew from the IAAF Shanghai Diamond League, meet organizers revealed on Sunday.

The organizers informed that Jamaican Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson and American world indoor 60m champion Christian Coleman will both skip the Shanghai meet.

It is revealed that Thompson, who finished third in the 100m at the Diamond League opener in Doha on Friday and Coleman are both “dealing with physical issues.”

“Unfortunately,” a released stated, “both athletes are dealing with physical issues that prevent them from participating in the IAAF Shanghai Diamond League this coming Saturday (May 12).”

Embed from Getty Images

Coleman, who recently set a new world record of 6.34 seconds over the 60m dash, was expected to make his Diamond League debut in Shanghai, and was scheduled to go head-to-head with defending champion Su Bingtian in a 100m showdown.

The 22-year-old American owns a personal best of 9.82 seconds over the 100m and is hoping to break into the 9.7s this season.

Thompson, meanwhile, who sizzled to a 10.78 victory to lit up the meeting last year, ran 10.90 seconds in Doha, on Friday to get her outdoor campaign underway with a third-place finish behind Marie Josée Ta Lou of Ivory Coast.

Filed Under: Diamond League, Main News

To send email correction or further classifications, please shoot us or Lorraine Cummings an email here

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

World-Track Polls

Who was the most outstanding college athlete last week?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive

Latest Headlines

  • UNI Ready For 2021 MVC Cross Country Championship: Follow Live Results
  • How To Watch Mountain West Cross Country Championships: March 5
  • Indiana State Withdrew From Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championships
  • How To Watch The 2021 NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships
  • Arkansas Women Stay No. 1 In NCAA Division I Women’s Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index
  • BBC Releases How To Watch 2021 European Indoor Championships Live Schedule

Important Links

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Links
  • Photos
  • Writers and Contributors

Search

Tags

400m hurdles Allyson Felix asafa powell Auto beijing berlin bolt Boys and Girls Championships Champion College Indoor Conference Championships Dafne Schippers Draft dwain chambers Elaine Thompson gary smith iaaf IAAF Diamond League iaaf world championships jamaica Justin Gatlin Lashawn merritt live stream NYRR Millrose Games olympic champion olympic games olympics Penn Relays prefontaine classic record result Rio 2016 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce times track track and field track and field news tyson gay usain bolt veronica campbell veronica campbell-brown world champion World Championships world record world record holder yohan blake

©2003-Present SportingAlert.com. All rights reserved.