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The 2010 IAAF Diamond League was the first edition of the Diamond League, an annual series of fourteen one-day track and field meetings. The series began on 14 May in Doha, Qatar and ended on 27 August in Brussels, Belgium.〔(IAAF to launch global Diamond League of 1 Day Meetings ). IAAF (2009-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.〕 Superseding the European-centred IAAF Golden League, the Diamond League was the IAAF's first intercontinental series of one-day track and field meetings. Expanding upon the idea of the former Golden League jackpot, there were 32 separate ''Diamond Races'', involving 16 men's and 16 women's track and field events – each of the events featured seven times only over the course of the fourteen meetings of the 2010 Diamond League, and the best athlete in each event won a ''Diamond Trophy''.〔( Welcome to the IAAF Diamond Race How it works ). Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-01-02.〕 The total available prize money for the series was US$6.63 million.〔(Track and Field’s elite endorse IAAF Diamond League at sparkling launch ). IAAF (2009-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-01-02.〕 For infrastructure reasons the men's and women's hammer throw events were not included in the IAAF Diamond League. For this reason the IAAF created a Hammer Throw challenge. For the first time, some of the world's foremost track and field athletes were centrally contracted to an athletics meeting series. For the 2010 series the contracted athletes – called Diamond League Ambassadors – included figures such as Usain Bolt, Kenenisa Bekele, Yelena Isinbayeva and Blanka Vlašić.〔〔(IAAF Diamond League Our Ambassadors ). Diamond League. Retrieved on 2010-01-02.〕 Prior to the series, former World Champion Steve Cram stated that he believed that, through greater television exposure, and mutual responsibility between the IAAF and promoters, the 2010 Diamond League would raise the profile of the sport of athletics.〔Cram, Steve (2009-03-03). (Diamond League can be athletics' new crown jewels ). ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2010-01-03.〕 ==Meeting calendar== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 IAAF Diamond League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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