BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural IAAF Diamond League concluded in Brussels on Friday after 14 meetings including two finals stops in Zurich and Brussels.
Following is the introduction to the Diamond League, which had replaced the Golden League to become the premier event of world athletics.
The Diamond League encompasses 32 individual event disciplines, with a points scoring "Diamond Race" which runs throughout the 14 meeting series.
Each of the disciplines is staged seven times with the top three Athletes being awarded the same amount of points at each meeting with the exception of the Final where the points are doubled. The London Grand Prix with 27 disciplines on two days counts as one meeting.
1st place 4 points (Final: 8 points)
2nd place 2 points (Final: 4 points)
3rd place 1 point (Final: 2 points)
The Athlete with the highest number of points in each discipline at the end of the IAAF Diamond League season wins "The Diamond Race". In case of equality on points, the number of victories decides, if there still is a tie, the better result at the Final decides. For an athlete to win a Diamond race and its associated prize, he/she must compete in the final (Zurich or Brussels) of their event discipline.
Winners of each Diamond Race will get a Diamond Trophy and a cash prize but more importantly, will have shown season long consistency to earn the unchallenged honour of being the World Number 1.
For each event at each meeting, all 32 disciplines have the same prize money with a total of 450,000 US dolalrs per meeting
Each winner can get 10,000 dollars, the second finisher 6000, third 4000, fourth 3000, fifth 2500, sixth 2000, seventh 1500 and eighth 1000. The winner of each of the 32 Diamond Races will receive a 40,000 US dollar cash prize and a spectacular Diamond Trophy created by Beyer, one of the oldest and most respected jewellers in the world, which was established in Zurich in the 18th century.
