Diamond League series begins today on CBC featuring Felicien, George, Holder and Lopes-Schliep
Friday, May 11, 2012
OTTAWA – Four of Canada's top five
internationally decorated women's sprint hurdlers will be in action today at
the 2012 Diamond League series kick off in Doha, Qatar. Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., Phylicia
George of Markham, Ont., Nikkita Holder of Pickering, Ont., and Priscilla
Lopes-Schliep of Whitby, Ont., will all be in the same race in what is sure to
be a preview of the upcoming Track and Field Trials. Of course the Trials later this summer will
determine which three of Canada's fab five hurdlers earn the right to don the
maple leaf at the Olympic Games. The
fifth member of Canada's hurdling powerhouse is Angela Whyte of Edmonton, Alta
who has already notched the Olympic A standard but is not racing in Doha.
2010
100-metre hurdle Diamond League champion Lopes-Schliep is back in fine form
after taking a year off to start her family.
Lopes-Schliep gave birth in September, in only her second outdoor race
this past weekend she finished second at the Jamaica Invitational in a blazing
fast Olympic A+ standard time of 12.64 seconds.
Racing
Lopes-Schliep will be club teammates Nikkita Holder and Phylicia George who
finished sixth and seventh respectively at the 2011 World Championships. Holder and George have seasonal bests of
12.84 and 12.87, both Olympic A standards.
Rounding out the Canadian content in Doha is 2007 World Championship
silver medalist and two-time World Champ Perdita Felicien.
Live
streaming coverage of the Doha Diamond League begins at noon eastern time today
with the women's hurdles set to go at 1:12pm.
In each
of the first two seasons of the IAAF Diamond League a Canadian athlete has
captured a prestigious diamond encrusted trophy. Lopez-Schliep won the Diamond League title in
the 100-metre hurdles in 2010 while Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., won the
shot put Diamond League title in 2011.
2012 Diamond League series
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Doha,
Qatar
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May
11
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Shanghai,
China
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May
19
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Rome,
Italy
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May
31
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Eugene,
United States
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June
2
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Oslo,
Norway
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June
7
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New
York, United States
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June
9
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Paris,
France
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July
6
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London,
Great Britain
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July
13
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Monaco,
Monaco
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July
20
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Stockholm,
Sweden
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August
17
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Lausanne,
Switzerland
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August
23
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Birmingham,
Great Britain
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August
26
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Zurich,
Switzerland
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August
30
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Brussels,
Belgium
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September
7
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CBC Diamond League coverage
The
complete 2012 Diamond League series is streamed live on cbcsports.ca, full schedule can be found here.
Follow
the hurdlers on Twitter: @perditafelicien (Perdita Felicien), @phyliciageorge
(Phylicia George), @Brownnstone (Nikkita Holder) and @GoPriscilla (Priscilla
Lopes-Schliep)
-AC-
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