By AFP More by this AuthorBRUSSELSThe Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, the fourth meeting of the coronavirus-hit Diamond League athletics season, will be staged behind closed doors on September 4, organisers have said. "The health and the safety of the spectators, the athletes and the staff are our highest concern and priority," Brussels meeting director Cedric Van Branteghem said in a statement on Tuesday. The Diamond League season is set to belatedly get underway on August 14 in Monaco, but meetings in Eugene, London, Paris, Rabat, Gateshead and China have all been cancelled. AdvertisementThe Brussels meet will feature four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah and Belgian Bashir Abdi attempting to break the track hour record set by Haile Gebrselassie in 2007. Sweden's pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis will also compete at the King Baudouin Stadium.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2020 10:41 UTC