2019 IAAF World Challenge
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|Name = 2019 IAAF World Challenge
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|Edition = 10th
|Start date = 28 April
|End date = 3 September
|Meetings = 8
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The 2019 IAAF World Challenge was the tenth edition of the annual IAAF World Challenge, a nine-leg series of track and field meetings. The Jamaica International Invitational was cancelled at the last minute due to financial issues{{cite news |last1=Raynor |first1=Kayon |title=Jamaica's World Challenge meeting canceled due to financial issues |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-jamaica/jamaicas-world-challenge-meeting-canceled-due-to-financial-issues-idUSKCN1S6044 |accessdate=20 June 2019 |work=Reuters |date=30 April 2019 |language=en}} and thus the series this year comprises only eight meetings. The Meeting de Atletismo Madrid was not part of the series for the first time, but was replaced by a new meeting, the Nanjing World Challenge.[https://www.iaaf.org/Competitions/iaaf-world-challenge/calendar/2019 IAAF World Challenge Calendar 2019]. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
Schedule
The following nine meetings were scheduled to be included in the 2019 season:{{Cite web|title=Nanjing added to IAAF World Challenge calendar|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/world-challenge-2019-calendar|publisher=IAAF|date=16 January 2019|accessdate=19 January 2019}}
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!Number !Date !Meet !Stadium !City !Country !Events (M+W) |
align=center|1
| {{Sort|04-28|28 April}} | Brazil Grand Prix of Athletics | Brazil | align=center|7 + 7 = 14 |
align=center|2
| {{Sort|05-04|4 May}} | Jamaica International Invitational | Kingston | Jamaica | align=center|7 + 6 = 13 |
align=center|3
| {{Sort|05-19|19 May}} | Osaka | Japan | align=center|7 + 6 = 13 |
align=center|4
| {{Sort|05-21|21 May}} | Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre | Nanjing | China | align=center|7 + 6 = 13 |
align=center|5
| {{Sort|06-9|9 June}} | Hengelo | align=center|8 + 5 = 13 |
align=center|6
| {{Sort|06-11|11 June}} | Turku | Finland | align=center|6 + 8 = 14 |
align=center|7
| {{Sort|06-20|20 June}} | Ostrava | align=center|7 + 7 = 14 |
align=center|8
| {{Sort|09-01|1 September}} | Berlin | Germany | align=center|7 + 8 = 15 |
align=center|9
| {{Sort|09-03|3 September}} | Zagreb | Croatia | align=center|7 + 6 = 13 |
Season overview
- Events held at IAAF World Challenge meets, but not included in the IAAF World Challenge points race, are marked in grey background.
- IAAF World Challenge winners are marked with light blue background.
=Men=
==Track==
{{Diamond League Men's Track}} |
1
|align=left|Bragança Paulista | - |{{flagathlete|Bernardo Baloyes|COL}} | - |{{flagathlete|Alfred Kipketer|KEN}} |{{flagathlete|Michael Kibet|KEN}} | - |{{flagathlete|Gabriel Constantino|BRA}} |{{flagathlete|Alison dos Santos|BRA}} | - |
2
|align=left|Kingston |
3
|align=left|Osaka |{{flagathlete|Justin Gatlin|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Michael Norman|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Vernon Norwood|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Jonathan Kitilit|KEN}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Shunsuke Izumiya|JPN}} |{{flagathlete|Masaki Toyoda|JPN}} |{{flagathlete|Philemon Ruto|KEN}} |
4
|align=left|Nanjing |{{flagathlete|Mike Rodgers|USA}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Nijel Amos|BOT}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Orlando Ortega|ESP}} |{{flagathlete|Takatoshi Abe|JPN}} |{{flagathlete|Benjamin Kigen|KEN}} |
5
|align=left|Hengelo |{{flagathlete|Arthur Gue Cissé|CIV}} | - |{{flagathlete|Michael Cherry|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Cornelius Tuwei|KEN}} | - |{{flagathlete|Telahun Haile|ETH}} |{{flagathlete|Orlando Ortega|ESP}} | - | - |
6
|align=left|Turku |{{flagathlete|Mike Rodgers|USA}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Cornelius Tuwei|KEN}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Eduardo de Deus|BRA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Andy Bayer|USA}} |
7
|align=left|Ostrava |{{flagathlete|Mike Rodgers|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Andre De Grasse|CAN}} |{{flagathlete|Steven Gardiner|BAH}} |{{flagathlete|Amel Tuka|BIH}} |{{flagathlete|Charlie Grice|GBR}} | - | - | - | - |
8
|align=left|Berlin |{{flagathlete|Andre De Grasse|CAN}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Joshua Thompson|USA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Omar McLeod|JAM}} |{{flagathlete|Luke Campbell|GER}} | - |
9
|align=left|Zagreb |{{flagathlete|Mike Rodgers|USA}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Amel Tuka|BIH}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Shane Brathwaite|BAR}} | - |{{flagathlete|Matt Hughes|CAN}} |
==Field==
{{World Challenge Field}} |
1
|align=left|Bragança Paulista |{{flagathlete|Emiliano Lasa|URU}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Augusto Dutra de Oliveira|BRA}} |{{flagathlete|Chuk Enekwechi|NGR}} | - |{{flagathlete|Nick Miller|GBR}} | - |
2
|align=left|Kingston |
3
|align=left|Osaka |{{flagathlete|Natsuki Yamakawa|JPN}} |{{flagathlete|Omar Craddock|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Naoto Tobe|JPN}} |{{flagathlete|Huang Bokai|CHN}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Edis Matusevičius|LTU}} |
4
|align=left|Nanjing |{{flagathlete|Tajay Gayle|JAM}} |{{flagathlete|Christian Taylor|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Wang Yu|CHN}} | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Thomas Röhler|GER}} |
5
|align=left|Hengelo |{{flagathlete|Luvo Manyonga|RSA}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Sam Kendricks|USA}} | - | - | - | - |
6
|align=left|Turku |{{flagathlete|Zhang Yaoguang|CHN}} |{{flagathlete|Zhu Yaming|CHN}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Fedrick Dacres|JAM}} | - |{{flagathlete|Magnus Kirt|EST}} |
7
|align=left|Ostrava |{{flagathlete|Juan Miguel Echevarría|CUB}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Sam Kendricks|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Tomas Walsh|NZL}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Magnus Kirt|EST}} |
8
|align=left|Berlin | - | - |{{flagathlete|Mateusz Przybylko|GER}} |{{flagathlete|Armand Duplantis|SWE}} | - |{{flagathlete|Piotr Małachowski|POL}} | - |{{flagathlete|Johannes Vetter|GER}} |
9
|align=left|Zagreb |{{flagathlete|Luvo Manyonga|RSA}} |{{flagathlete|Chris Benard|USA}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Tom Walsh|NZL}} | - | - | - |
=Women=
==Track==
{{Diamond League Women's Track}} |
1
|align=left|Bragança Paulista | - | - |{{flagathlete|Maggie Barrie|SLE}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Daisy Jepkemei|KEN}} |{{flagathlete|Andrea Vargas|CRC}} |{{flagathlete|Nikita Tracey|JAM}} | - |
2
|align=left|Kingston |
3
|align=left|Osaka |{{flagathlete|Mikiah Brisco|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Ivet Lalova-Collio|BUL}} | - |{{flagathlete|Noélie Yarigo|BEN}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Sharika Nelvis|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Dalilah Muhammad|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Yukari Ishizawa|JPN}} |
4
|align=left|Nanjing | - |{{flagathlete|Elaine Thompson|JAM}} | - |{{flagathlete|Nelly Jepkosgei|KEN}} |{{flagathlete|Gudaf Tsegay|ETH}} | - |{{flagathlete|Brianna McNeal|USA}} | - | - |
5
|align=left|Hengelo |{{flagathlete|Dafne Schippers|NED}} | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Margaret Kipkemboi|KEN}} |{{flagathlete|Nia Ali|USA}} | - | - |
6
|align=left|Turku |{{flagathlete|Crystal Emmanuel|CAN}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Winnie Nanyondo|UGA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Christina Clemons|USA}} | - | - |
7
|align=left|Ostrava | - | - |{{flagathlete|Shaunae Miller-Uibo|BAH}} | - |{{flagathlete|Gudaf Tsegay|ETH}} | - | - | - | - |
8
|align=left|Berlin |{{flagathlete|Ewa Swoboda|POL}} | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Daisy Jepkemei|KEN}} |{{flagathlete|Tobi Amusan|NGR}} | - |{{flagathlete|Gesa-Felicitas Krause|GER}} |
9
|align=left|Zagreb | - |{{flagathlete|Maja Mihalinec|SLO}} |{{flagathlete|Phyllis Francis|USA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Kate Grace|USA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Sharika Nelvis|USA}} | - | - |
==Field==
{{World Challenge Field}} |
1
|align=left|Bragança Paulista | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Jessica Ramsey|USA}} |{{flagathlete|Valarie Allman|USA}} | - | - |
2
|align=left|Kingston |
3
|align=left|Osaka |{{flagathlete|Brooke Stratton|AUS}} | - | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Wang Zheng|CHN}} |{{flagathlete|Yu Yuzhen|CHN}} |
4
|align=left|Nanjing |{{flagathlete|Jazmin Sawyers|GBR}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Gong Lijiao|CHN}} | - |{{flagathlete|Wang Zheng|CHN}} | - |
5
|align=left|Hengelo | - | - |{{flagathlete|Erika Kinsey|SWE}} | - | - | - | - | - |
6
|align=left|Turku | - |{{flagathlete|Gabriela Petrova|BUL}} | - |{{flagathlete|Alysha Newman|CAN}} |{{flagathlete|Chase Ealey|USA}} | - |{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}} | - |
7
|align=left|Ostrava | - | - |{{flagathlete|Mariya Lasitskene|ANA}} | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Wang Zheng|CHN}} |{{flagathlete|Sara Kolak|CRO}} |
8
|align=left|Berlin |{{flagathlete|Malaika Mihambo|GER}} |{{flagathlete|Shanieka Ricketts|JAM}} | - | - |{{flagathlete|Brittany Crew|CAN}} | - | - | - |
9
|align=left|Zagreb | - | - | - | - | - |{{flagathlete|Sandra Perković|CRO}} | - |{{flagathlete|Sara Kolak|CRO}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-challenge Official website]
{{IAAF World Challenge Meetings}}
{{2019 in athletics}}
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