Quality line-up expected as Uni plays host to annual LIA meet

TOP ATHLETES will be in action in Loughborough this weekend, taking part in the Loughborough International Athletics match.

The action takes place on Sunday (May 20) with a number of international stars confirmed entrants.

Fresh off the back of winning a brilliant bronze at the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast, Mark Dry will line-up in the men’s hammer.

Dry will have home advantage, given he trains at Loughborough University’s Paula Radcliffe Stadium on a daily basis, and will hope to follow up his performance down under with a victory on home turf.

Another star who’ll be in action is Ireland’s Thomas Barr, the 25-year-old 400m hurdler having finished fourth at the Olympic Games in Rio two years ago.

Loughborough University alumna Emily Diamond will also be in action, the Olympic 4x400m bronze medallist contesting the 200m, where she’ll face off against her GB relay teammate Laviai Nielson. Diamond has produced the fastest time by a British athlete over the outdoor 400m this year, only missing out on a place in the Commonwealth Games final by a fraction of a second.

Loughborough International Meet Director Nick Dakin said: “This is always a very busy but exciting time of year as the fields for our historic meet start to take shape, with people finalising their competition schedules ahead of an action packed summer. “