Athletics on TV Friday 11th May

The first Diamond League Athletics meeting of the season takes place later today in Doha. The meeting will be televised on by the BBC via the red button between 5pm-7pm tonight.

The men's 3000m is notable for Kenenisa Bekele's 2012 track debut in a race which also includes 2011 World Cross Country Champion Imane Merga, and Augustine Choge and Edwin Soi who took silver and bronze medals respectively ahead of Mo Farah at the world indoors in Istanbul earlier this year.

British athletes on the start lists include Andrew Osagie (world indoor 800m bronze in Istanbul) and Michael Rimmer in the men's 800m, Emma Jackson in the women's 800m, and Steph Twell in the women's 3000m.

Let's Run preview HERE. Athletics on the BBC TV/radio/red button schedule HERE.

For fans of triathlon, the BBC is also showing coverage of the San Diego leg of the Triathlon World Series, on the red button tomorrow. San Diego BBC preview HERE.