A re-run of the Olympic men’s 1500m final and the Duplantis vs Warholm 100m head-to-head are among the highlights of this week’s star-studded event
They call it the two-hour Olympics. The Weltklasse in Zurich has been one of the top grand prix meetings on the international circuit for years. This week’s event – the penultimate Diamond League of 2024 – looks set to sparkle as much as ever too.
Men’s 1500m – Olympic champion Cole Hocker takes on the minor medallists from Paris, Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse, plus fourth-placed Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who has been in top form since the Games with a stunning world 3000m record in Poland last week. Elliot Giles, fresh from a world road mile record, also runs, plus Niels Laros, Timothy Cheruiyot and more. Set your alarm for 21:27 local time. Read more on the big showdown here.
Warholm vs Duplantis over 100m – this unique head-to-head sees the world 400m hurdles record-holder against the world pole vault record-holder. Their 100m abilities seem nicely matched but who will win this friendly showdown? We will find out on Wednesday night at the Letzigrund Stadium. More on the big head-to-head here.
Karsten Warholm and Mondo Duplantis (Getty)
Pole vault quality – the women’s event takes place at the main train station on Wednesday (Sept 4), the day before the main Diamond League programme, featuring Olympic champion Nina Kennedy, Katie Moon, Sandi Morris, Alyshan Newman an Angelica Moser. The men’s event with Mondo Duplantis, Sam Kendricks and more is on Thursday (Sept 5).
Stacked women’s 100m – Olympic champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia takes on Brits Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita plus world champion Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States among others.
Sprint hurdles showdowns – the women’s race at the Diamond League features Olympic champion Masai Russell, plus Deyynne Charlton, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Cyrena Samba-Mayela and Nadine Visser in a further evidence that the world’s top hurdlers are never afraid to race each other. The men’s race also features all the Olympic medallists led by Grant Holloway.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty)
Women’s high jump – Olympic champion and world record-holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh has been one of the big stars of 2024 and she takes on Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson among others.
Men’s shot put – a top-class event sees the ever-consistent Ryan Crouser facing fellow American Joe Kovacs, Italian Leonaro Fabbri whereas Britain’s Scott Lincoln is in the line-up too.
Ryan Crouser (Getty)
Women’s 800m – no Keely Hodgkinson but Mary Moraa set a world 600m best a few days ago and she is up against Olympic medallist Tsige Duguma plus Brits Jemma Reekie and Georgia Bell.
Men’s long jump – Multiple global champion Miltos Tentoglou will stat favourite but the Greek faces a good field that includes Mattia Furlani of Italy, local favourite Simon Ehammer of Switzerland and Britain’s Jacob Fincham-Dukes.
Mattia Furlani, Miltos Tentoglou, Simon Ehammer (Getty)
Men’s 200m – look out for Letsile Tebogo to shine as the Botswanan Olympic champion is in the form of his life as he takes on Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek and Alexander Ogando.
There’s lots more too such as a women’s 5000m featuring double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya, the men’s javelin with Anderson Peters, Julian Weber and Julius Yego whereas Warholm goes in the 400m hurdles against Alison dos Santos.
What Has The 2024 Diamond League Season Looked Like?
Beginning at the end of April, the 2024 Diamond League season will visit Xiamen and Shanghai/Suzhou in China. From there, it will travel to Qatar on May 10, Morocco on May 19, Eugene, Oregon (Prefontaine Classic), Oslo (Bislett Games), on May 30, Stockholm (BAUHAUS-galan), on June 2, Paris on July 7, Monaco (Herculis EBS Meeting), on July 12, London (London Athletics Meet) on July 20, Lausanne (Athletissima) on August 22, Silesia (Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial) on August 25, and Rome (Golden Gala Pietro Mennea) on August 30.
This year’s Diamond League schedule consists of 15 events spread across the globe, with the season-ending championship event scheduled for Brussels on September 13–14.
Seven men’s and seven women’s disciplines will be present in the Diamond League Zurich 2024 as competitors continue to accrue points for the year’s championship in Belgium.
The world’s best track and field athletes come together in the invitation-only Diamond League to compete, win cash, accumulate points for the season-ending championship event, and eventually improve sports’ standing internationally.
Diamond League competition typically consists of 16 different disciplines, however not all of them are offered at every event.
The athletes that move on to the season’s final event, where they fight for greater prize money and Diamond League crowns, are determined by the points they have accrued over the previous 14 events.
$10,000 for a regular event win and $30,000 for a final event win are up for grabs at every event.
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