Gay muscles to 100m win in Brussels

England's opening Diamond League meeting in 2011 has been moved from Gateshead to Birmingham, athletics governing body the IAAF has announced.

This year's inaugural Diamond League featured races in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

In 2011 there will still be 14 events across those continents but on 10 July the series will move to the Alexander Stadium in England's second city.

The Diamond League replaced the Golden League, which ran from 1998-2009.

The first Golden League event comprised six meetings, which became seven for the remainder of its existence.

There are 32 individual events in each of the 14 meetings in the current format, 16 for men and 16 for women, with points awarded at each to give an overall winner in every discipline.

American Tyson Gay is the defending champion in the men's 100m, with compatriot Carmelita Jeter winning the women's 100m.

Diamond League calendar 2011:

Friday 6 May - Doha, Qatar

Sunday 15 May - Shanghai, China

Thursday 26 May - Rome, Italy

Saturday 4 June - Eugene, USA

Thursday 9 June - Oslo, Norway

Saturday 11 June - New York, USA

Thursday 30 June - Lausanne, Switzerland

Friday 8 July - Paris, France

Sunday 10 July - Birmingham, Great Britain

Friday 22 July - Monaco

Friday 29 July - Stockholm, Sweden

Friday 5/Saturday 6 August - London, Great Britain

Thursday 8 September - Zurich, Switzerland

Friday 16 September - Brussels, Belgium

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