A round-up of some of the latest news and results from the world of athletics

Aries Merritt could compete indoors

World 110m hurdles record-holder and Olympic champion Aries Merritt is considering competing indoors this winter, informs ALTIS.

Merritt won world bronze in Beijing last year before undergoing kidney transplant surgery shortly afterwards.

My training is going pretty well so you may see me run a few indoor meets late, and if I run quick enough you may see me at our National Championships, trying to make the World Indoor team!” he said. Merritt won the world indoor title in 2012.

Brianna Rollins clocks 7.99

At the Cherry and Silver Invite, 2013 world champion Brianna Rollins clocked the first sub-8.00 60m hurdles of the winter with 7.99. She also won her prelims in the 60m flat with a 7.29 PB and in the 200m with 23.64. Australian Portland-bound Fabrice Lapierre won the long jump with 7.88m.

The return of Olympic medalist Brigetta Barrett in the high jump saw her claim a 1.84m win. There was a fast 600m by Trinidad’s Jarrin Solomon with 1:16.97.

Dwain Chambers 6.83 60m in Reykjavik

The best results at the Reykjavik International Indoor Games (EA Permit) were the 800m by home star Anita Hinriksdottir 2:02.47 and a 60m win by Britain’s Dwain Chambers in 6.83.

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 20.89 200m

Britain’s 2013 European junior champion Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake improved to 20.89 in the 200m when winning at the Conference Clash meet. Second was Christian Coleman with 20.94.

In the women’s 200m, Felicia Brown ran 23.13 and Kali Davis-White 23.25 in different races.

Mikiah Brisco was fastest in the women’s 60m heats with 7.26 and Randall Cunningham cleared a personal best of 2.26m in the high jump.

Pedro’s Cup

The Pedro’s Cup indoor meet on February 5, an EA Permit event, is getting ready for another show at the Atlas Arena in Lodz. Double Olympic gold medallist Tomasz Majewski plans to start his indoor season in the shot put here. His main rival should be USA’s Ryan Whiting and junior world record-holder Konrad Bukowiecki.

In the men’s high jump is set to be Ukrainian European medalist Andriy Protsenko and in the women’s event is Poland’s Kamila Licwinko and Spain’s European champion Ruth Beitia. The men’s pole vault will have Greek world indoor champion Kostadinos Filippidis against local athletes Pawel Wojciechowski and Piotr Lisek.

In the 60m hurdles Orlando Ortega should be the main star and in the women’s event European indoor champion Alina Talay of Belarus. In the men’s 60m world and European indoor champion Richard Kilty returns to Poland to open his international season against Yunier Perez of Cuba and Henricho Bruintjies from South Africa.

Coe in Doha

In his first official appearance as the new Diamond League chairman, IAAF president Seb Coe visited Doha the host city of the first 2016 IAAF Diamond League competition.

Coe said that the Diamond League series needs to be reviewed in order to maximise its impact.

To take the popularity of the event to the next level, we need to attract a bigger audience,” he said. My vision is to engage more young people to the sport. The average age of those following athletics nowadays is 55. This is not sustainable. We want the youth to come and watch our stars. We need to establish younger audiences in the Middle East which is an economic powerhouse, a growing market.”

After missing the 2015 edition of the Doha Diamond League, due to the absence of high jump from the schedule, local and international star Mutaz Essa Barshim is expected to return on home turf this season.

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