EILIDH DOYLE has started 2016 with a bang. She won the Doha Diamond League 400m hurdles in 54.53 and then placed third in Rome in 54.81. It is a measure of how far Doyle has come that she was very dissatisfied with Rome, feeling she lost momentum in the middle of the race.
In her third Diamond race of this year, in Birmingham, she and Cassandra Tate both clocked 54.57. While Tate was given first place on the photo, many felt the image showed Doyle equal if not ahead of Tate. The three races have had quality fields, with Doyle defeating Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica in all of them and twice defeating 2015 World Championships bronze medallist Cassandra Tate.