World athletics governing body has added five disciplines that were omitted from the Diamond League meetings this year.
According to the statement, the 200 metres and triple jump, 3000m steeplechase, the 5000m and the discus for the circuit of the world’s most prestigious meetings.
“The efforts made toward reinstating the previously removed disciplines are perceived as a tremendous success,” the American said in a statement from World Athletics.
Field events will be given a new status in the meetings, packed into a two-hour window to “give them their own stand-alone moments of focus and drama”, World Athletics said
The 2021 Diamond League season is scheduled to begin in Rabat, Morocco on May 23 and will culminate in a two-day final in Zurich on September 8-9.