A festive edition packed with surprises !

The 2015 edition of the MEETING AREVA, on Saturday 4 July at the Stade de France, promises to be explosive on the track. With a line-up gathering together some of the top stars from world athletics (Usain Bolt, Renaud Lavillenie, Kirani James, Aries Merritt, Asafa Powell, Mutaz Barshim, Almaz Ayana and Valerie Adams…), records will be in peril in a fair few events. In addition to Renaud Lavillenie, the presence of France’s top names, (Jimmy Vicaut, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Kafétien Gomis…), will add a sumptuous French twist to the Paris event.

World records set to tremble !

A heady record aroma will pervade the Stade de France track, on Saturday 4 July 2015, for the next edition of the MEETING AREVA. Indeed, the French leg of the IAAF Diamond League has become accustomed to mixing it with the big names of world athletics and France’s top athletes. This year, the evening has the added appeal of at least four world records in serious danger of tumbling. The main ‘threat’ is centred on the men’s high jump, pole vault and 110m hurdles, plus the women’s 5,000m. Four scheduled highlights of a meeting, which is sure to boast endless opportunities for glory.

[Translate to English:] Meeting Diamond League de Rome : Lavillenie confirme, Vicaut accélère

The hurdles headline on 4 July at the Stade de France

Big news for Saturday 4 July 2015 at the Stade de France. For the very first time, the MEETING AREVA will offer spectators not one but two hurdles events. This initiative is being proposed by the French Athletics Federation, organiser of the French stage of the IAAF Diamond League as a result of the exceptional quality of the line-up, where the world’s top specialists will compete against an impressive armada of French hurdlers.

[Translate to English:] Meeting d’Eugene : Lavillenie et Martinot-Lagarde taille patron !

A possible record for Barshim and Bondarenko at MEETING AREVA

The air of the summits is set to blow in the Stade de France, on Saturday 4 July 2015, at the MEETING AREVA. In addition to Renaud Lavillenie, king of world pole-vaulting and a familiar face at the French stage of the IAAF Diamond League, two other athletes are making serious headway at very high altitude: Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim and Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko. The two high-jump prodigies who, for the past two seasons, have been embroiled in a duel, could well smash the world record in the discipline - 2.45m by Cuban Javier Sotomayor on 27 July 1993 - and earn a place in the history books

IAAF Diamond League launch : Four French athletes in the running !

The IAAF Diamond League kicks off this weekend, starting with the Doha meeting on Friday. This will quickly link onto the second leg, due to be held in Shanghai on Sunday. Though last year’s two French winners in the overall ranking of this prestigious circuit, Renaud Lavillenie and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, have had to withdraw (the former is suffering from a minor shoulder injury, the second preferring to play it safe before making his comeback), a total of five French athletes will nevertheless do battle with the world’s elite.

Bolt, Lavillenie, two headliners at the MEETING AREVA

The promotional campaign for the MEETING AREVA 2015 has begun with a little over three months until the event. It is showcasing two athletes, two of the biggest names in world athletics. This duo of superstars from the track will perform at the Stade de France on Saturday 4 July for the French stage of the IAAF Diamond League.

Usain BOLT at the MEETING AREVA!

With a little less than five months to go, the MEETING AREVA 2015 can already tick off one name on the list of stars. And not just any name: Usain Bolt.

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