IAAF Golden League: Oslo, Norway Live on Ten Sports

MUMBAI: One of the most famous athletics meetings in the world will be shown live on Ten Sports this week, with the broadcast of the legendary Bislett event from Norway, part of the IAAF Golden League

Among the highlights will be the 100 metres mens sprint where The reigning European champion, Francis Obikwelu of Portugal, will run against the worlds fastest man, Asafa Powell.

On a night that traditionally threatens world record on what is by reputation one of the fastest tracks in the athletics world, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia could well have her eye on the record books. She broke the world record on the women’s 5000m in New York last year with 14:24.53 and believes she can lower it further.

As ever the Bislett meeting will end in the “dream mile”. The mens race over one mile is one of the highlights of the athletics year, and is where athletes such as Steve Ovett and Steve Cram both broke the world record in the 1980s.

The meeting is the first from the Golden League this season, with athletes aiming for a share in the one million USD jackpot that is available to anyone who wins his or her event in all 6 meetings. Last year the jackpot was shared between three athletes, Asafa Powell in the 100 metres along with two Americans, the mens and womens champions from the 400 metres, Jeremy Wariner and Sanya Richards.

The other events are in Paris, Rome, Zurich, Brussels and the final in Berlin. All the meetings will be shown live on Ten Sports in the sub-continent.

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