The Diamond League schedule is back on track following a break to make way for the Commonwealth Games and European Athletics Championships, with the 12th meeting of the series set to take place on Friday at Lausanne’s Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Switzerland.
Audrey Werro will have the energy of the home crowd on her side after a stunning win in the women’s 800m last week over Keely Hodgkinson in Birmingham for the European title and will look to make another dominant statement on the track. Despite being the favorite, Werro will be tested by Femke Broeders-Bol, Addison Wiley and Prudence Sekgodiso.
In the women’s 200m Shericka Jackson and Amy Hunt will need every inch of the track to stay ahead of Brittany Brown, Kayla White and Favour Ofili — who all have the speed to take what will be a loaded matchup. And on the men’s side of the 200m, Letsile Tebogo will close out the meet but not before lining up alongside Zharnel Hughes, Courtney Lindsey and Sinesipho Dambile, who has one of the time times in the event this year.
With world record ambitions still on her radar, Masai Russell leads the way in the women’s 100m hurdles with Alaysha Johnson, Nadine Visser, Ditaji Kambundji and U.S. champion Alia Armstrong all set to do more than just be witness to her attempt in a race that will come down to the closing moments.
Ja’Kobe Tharp and Jamal Britt will cross paths in the men’s 110m hurdles with Shunsuke Izumiya, Kendry Menéndez and Jason Joseph looking to play the role of spoiler as a deep men’s 5,000m field will be stacked as Grant Fisher, Nico Young, Birhanu Balew and Parker Wolfe will have to shake off the Swiss support that will surely push Dominic Lobalu through the opening laps.
Grabbing the world lead from Peruth Chemutai in the women’s 3,000m steeplecase will be on Winfred Yavi’s mind as the favorite in the event but she will first have to outpace Marwa Bouzayani and Faith Cherotich while the women’s 400m hurdles will be another test for Emma Zapletalova with U.S. national champion Anna Cockrell and Rushell Clayton’s closing speed down the stretch likely to play out in Lausanne.
A men’s 800m matchup featuring Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Marco Arop and Brandon Miller promises to be one of the meeting’s highlights along with a showdown in the women’s pole vault where Katie Moon will need to push the bar higher to stay ahead of Sandi Morris, Nina Kennedy and Angelica Moser.
Andy Diaz Hernandez leaped to a world lead in the men’s triple jump with an 18.15m performance last week in Birmingham that will give him the extra boost to take Andrea Dallavalle, Jordan Scott, Yasser Triki and Pedro Pichardo while the women’s javelin is mostly up for grabs for Zizi Yan or Sara Kolak who grabbed a European title of her own just days ago.
Event Schedule
12:50 p.m. – Women’s Javelin
1:10 p.m. – Men’s Triple Jump
1:50 p.m. – Men’s 400m Hurdles
2:04 p.m. – Women’s 400m Hurdles
2:05 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault
2:15 p.m. – 200m Women
2:22 p.m. – Men’s Javelin
2:24 p.m. – Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase
2:40 p.m. – Men’s 800m Men
2:48 p.m. – Men’s Long Jump
2:50 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles
3:00 p.m. – Men’s 5,000m
3:23 p.m. – Men’s 110m Hurdles
3:32 p.m. – Women’s 800m
3:41 p.m. – Men’s 200m
How To Watch
The Diamond League YouTube channel will broadcast the event in select countries. In the United States, coverage will be provided by FloTrack beginning at 2 a.m., while CBC Sports will air the event in Canada and viewers in the United Kingdom can watch via BBC 1.
All times Eastern.
2026 Diamond League season schedule
May 16 – Shanghai/Keqiao
May 23 – Xiamen
May 31 – Rabat
June 4 – Rome
June 7 – Stockholm
June 10 – Oslo
June 19 – Doha
June 28 – Paris
July 4 – Eugene
July 10 – Monaco
July 18 – London
August 21 – Lausanne
August 23 – Silesia
August 27 – Zurich
September 4-5 – Final in Brussels
