DIAMOND LEAGUE MEETING
Venue: Zurich Dates: 19 August
Coverage: Live on BBC 3 and BBC Sport website 1900-2100 BST (UK users only); updates on BBC Radio 5 live; highlights on BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer (UK users only)
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Allyson Felix will attempt to wrap up the 400m Diamond League title when she runs in the competition's penultimate meeting in Zurich on Thursday.
The American, already confirmed as 200m champion, leads the points from Amantle Montsho and has never lost to her.
Tyson Gay competes in the 4x100m relay but has opted to sit out the 200m.
Zurich is the final meet for 16 of the 32 disciplines - the rest taking place in Brussels on 27 August - with double points on offer in all events.
Although big-draw names like Usain Bolt, Kenenisa Bekele and Yelena Isinbayeva will be absent, the start list includes 10 Olympic champions, 12 world champions, and 16 European champions.
Felix is one of the stars on show is Felix and the 24-year-old is in pole position to pick up her second $40,000 cheque and Diamond League Trophy this season.
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She won the 400m at Crystal Palace last weekend to leave her on 12 points, four ahead of Montsho of Botswana and six clear of Russia's Tatyana Firova and fellow American Debbie Dunn.
Already assured of titles are American Carmelita Jeter in the 100m and Kenyan Nancy Lagat in the 1500m, while Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic will win the javelin should she finish in the top three, as will Belarussian Nadzeya Ostapchuk in the shot put.
But disciplines that will go down to the wire include the women's 400m hurdles, where Lashinda Demus is breathing down the neck of Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer, and the triple jump with Cuba's Yargelis Savigne going head-to-head with Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan.
Brazil's Fabien Murer tops the pole vault standings but must aim for a top-two finish to ensure she edges Russian Svetlana Feofanova, and it is a similar story in the women's long jump, with American Brittney Reese enjoying the slimmest of leads over Russia's in-form Darya Klishina, who won in Crystal Palace.
On the men's side, there is no 100m race but Walter Dix goes in the 200m and the American will hope to extend his unassailable lead in the standings.
Oliver storms to 110m hurdles victory
Gay, who clocked 9.78 seconds to win the 100m in Crystal Palace, misses the 200m due to a slight problem with his left knee which hampers him coming out of the blocks on the bend, but he is scheduled to participate in an eagerly-anticipated sprint relay.
In the 110m hurdles, David Oliver is unbeaten outdoors this year and appears set to maintain his unblemished record in this year's Diamond League.
Jeremy Wariner has already won the 400m title but has not been at his best this season and Jamaica's Jemaine Gonzales, Belgium's Jonathan Borlee and the British duo of Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney will look to upset the former world and Olympic champion.
There should be a thrilling climax to the men's steeplechase as three Kenyans battle it out for the honours. Paul Kipsiele Koech tops the standings on 13 points after winning in London, with Olympic champion Brimin Kiprop Kipruto on 10 and Ezekiel Kemboi three adrift.
The 5000m should see a similarly intense fight, with current leader Imane Merga of Ethiopia aiming to resist the challenge of compatriot Tariku Bekele and Kenyan duo Eliud Kipchoge and Vincent Chepkok.
Russian Ivan Ukhov, Linus Thornblad of Sweden and American Jesse Williams are locked in a three-way battle for the men's high jump title, while there is a straight duel in the long jump between American Dwight Phillips and Fabrice Lapierre of Australia.
Poland's Piotr Malachowski needs to rebound from his fifth-placed finish in Crystal Palace with a victory in the discus to claim at least a share of the top prize, with Estonian Gerd Kanter and Zoltan Kovago of Hungary waiting in the wings.
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