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Fireworks Forecast in DohaPublished by IAAF on May 14, 2015 The Qatar Sports Club has become the traditional venue to get the IAAF Diamond League underway and, for the sixth consecutive year, once again there should be some outstanding performances and exciting contests in Doha on Friday (15). Middle-distance races have often provided the thrills. This year, the men’s 800m sees a potentially great head-to-head battle between Ethiopia's world champion, indoors and outdoors, Mohammed Aman and Kenya’s world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop, the latter making one of his rarer forays at the shorter distance. Aman this year has eschewed the indoor season and will be making his 2015 debut but rarely brings anything less than his best form to the starting line. Kiprop’s gold medals, meanwhile, may have come over 1500m but he has already shown good early season form over two laps of the track with a 1:44.4 outing on home soil in Nairobi back in March. The duel should make for a raucous and enthusiastic atmosphere. The expatriate Ethiopian community in Qatar has packed the stadium at the meeting for many years and 12 months ago saw a large contingent of Kenyan fans cheer on their compatriots in one of sport's enduring national rivalries. If someone is to upset the top two then perhaps it will be Qatar’s own Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla. Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org
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