Into the bargain, the IAAF Diamond League 100m race will feature Americans Michael Rodgers and Marvin Bracy, the latter having been victorious at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Birmingham earlier this month.
The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games – the 11th meeting of the 14-meeting 2015 IAAF Diamond League – takes place just four weeks before the 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing and the meeting will provide an important yardstick Britain’s top athletes as they prepare to battle for medals in China.
Dasaolu’s only previous appearance at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park came at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where he reached the semi-final of the 100m, and he is looking forward to returning there in a month’s time.
“I can’t wait for the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, it’s a great event and an iconic stadium so it will be amazing to compete in front of such a big British crowd again. I’m sure the atmosphere under the lights on the Friday night will be a great experience for all of the athletes,” said Dasaolu, who has a personal best of 9.91.
Kilty, who ran a personal best of 10.05 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Birmingham , now has a first outing under 10 seconds in his sights and he is hoping the Friday night atmosphere in the Stadium, the first day of the two-day event, will help him to break that barrier.
“The Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games will be a massive reception which will be amazing, it would be great to run sub-10 there. I’m very confident at the moment,” said Kilty.
“British sprinting is absolutely amazing at the moment and everybody is buzzing to be part of it. The attitude in our sprinters has improved and we all want to achieve higher things on the world stage, so I think that’s why it’s brought it forward.
"Once you have one or two guys running really fast times the rest of us realise we can do it and everyone steps up and it’s a domino effect,” he added.
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