Diamond League Ceo Petstny on the influence of new arrivals at the scene and why he thinks his series is still the best of the whole sport
“Sometimes new children in the block attract more attention than those who have been around for some time,” said Petr Stasnik. When he is chatting Time In mid-April, the Executive Director of “Wanda Diamond” League discusses the last arrival of fresh events in the calendar of athletics and their potential impact.
None of the big fan arrived than the Grand Slam Track, a number of the 200 MC and 400 m champion created by Michael NS Johnson.
There are other fresh faces, such as Athlos’s meeting, which will take place in New York for the second time in New York, and the world’s record-holding Ryan pig has “challenge for the gravity.” – Will happen in India at the end of this month?
In the latest issues of this magazine, the Likes of Olympic Champion Carl Lewis spoke about the need for fragments and industry so that the subjects start to start their way if sports survive.
The spark sees a little differently. “If everyone has their own series, it will be more fragmented, and it will be more difficult to follow the fans,” he said. “Thus, I think it’s good that there is interest, and I think it’s good that the athletes develop to the fans of which channels that actually practices this individual activity.”
Touching upon the fact that Diamond League events are distinguished both tracks and field objects, he adds. “Of course, we feel that we present that sport.”
Those who are not considered “diamond objects” and, therefore, are not presented on the Diamond League program, for example, about the statement, can do something about the Gold League.
At the time of writing, the first meeting on the schedule of 2025 should have taken place in Xiamen, and the second is now rapidly approaching in Shanghai. But before the step was launched or the artillery was thrown some great statements.
Last month’s press releases were declared Jakob Ingebrigtsen, July, WITH YOUR CONCHION CLE Cole Hocker and Bronze Medalist Nagouse, for example, later with London Athletics, when Norwegian sold 50,000 tickets.
“This is the level of execution, as well as heads with heads in many events (it is concerned about me as a fan),” he originally with the diamond league. “The level of performance in 2023 and 2024, seven world records that break in the diamond league meetings are just amazing. But we can’t build in which we bring product.
“At the beginning of the last season, I said: Assign a lot of other athletes in all our events than any other event. “
This prize money is really lower than the others, but it is true that the awards of the diamond league have never been higher. Before the Grand Slam Track athletes take $ 100,000 for $ 50,000 for victory for each event.
This, of course, is at the top of the exceeding of the negotiated fees for the first place, while the winners of the diamond league are also gaining access to wild cards.
“We feel that we have a stable model when it refers to sports, series meetings, where you can buy qualification points, then it’s the final time. “That finality even reaches the World Wild Card Championship, whether the World Cup or Final Championships (new World Athletics Event for 2026). We also have a stable economic model, unlike some others.
While the Stasnik says he welcomes the competition that the Grand Slam Track brings, it has already thrown a clash of an intrigue calendar. May 3 will see the second manager of the year in Shanghai on a date, which represents the second slam of the year in Miami.
“Both will have the best athletes during their events,” he said. “Thus, the fact is that the calendar is even more challenged than before.”
Which begs the question, there will be enough room for everyone.
“It’s a question I can’t answer because we haven’t tried it yet,” says the spark. “It will not be easier with the calendar. It will be a greater challenge when we have European Championships that are not loyal to the structure of the Athletics calendar. It’s where we will see that there is enough space for everyone.
“The calendar has always been a challenge, and it does not lighten it. As I have already said, it is good that they have been staged since the same day, but if there are two main opportunities.
“Now I hope that the people will not forget that the diamond league remains the highest level in this sport.”
He asked his thoughts about the inauguration in Kingston, “Stastrik” simply adds. “I would like to talk about our series.
Stastrik does not necessarily agree with the idea that at the moment changes the path and field sports. Moreover, this year the landscape spread in the diagn-league meetings.
“We have tried things in the diagond league with the final three (jumps and throws), and now the world in athletics tries to jump the belt, but it keeps leaving, jumping and the best victory. “We have seen in several other formats, it still runs, jumping, throwing and the fastest and fastest. We must constantly change again without changing the essence of sports.
“We will start our season, and then we will see how we are perceived. Maybe more people will follow a diamond league. Who knows? “
2025 Diamond League Schedule:
April 26 – Xiamen (Chn)
May 3 – Shanghai / KEQIAO (CHN)
May 16 – Doha (Cat)
May 25 – Rabat (Mar)
June 6 – Rome (ITA)
June 12 – Oslo (new)
June 15 – Stockholm (SWE)
June 20 – Paris (from)
July 5 – Eugene (USA)
July 11 – Monaco (Mon)
July 19 – London (GBR)
August 16 – Silesia (POL)
August 20 – Lozan (Su)
August 22 – Brussels (Bell)
August 27 – Zurich (Su)
