After a quick stint in Eugene at the Prefontaine Classic, the Diamond League season shifts back to Europe for the tenth showcase of the series as the Meeting Herculis EBS in Monaco touches down at Stade Louis-II on Friday.
And like last week’s stunner at Hayward Field, some of the marquee names of the sport will be ready to execute on the track and in the field as Masai Russell, Julien Alfred, Mondo Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, Marileidy Paulino, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Letsile Tebogo headline a deep field of athletes ready to inch toward the next world lead — or record.
In the women’s 200m, all eyes will be on Alfred as she faces Gabby Thomas, Cambrea Sturgis and Adaejah Hodge, who clocked 21.68 to take the current world lead this year. Tebogo will find himself in a loaded men’s 100m as Oblique Seville takes his 9.82 into battle with Jordan Anthony and Marcell Jacobs all being capable of finding the extra gear to cross the line first.
Russell has been on a mission in the women’s 100m hurdles as he season build up points to a matter of when — not if — she will see a world record in the event. In Monaco she will line up against Nadine Visser, Pia Skrzyszowska and Alaysha Johnson. A packed men’s 3,000m steeplechase could come down to a frantic kick on the final lap as Simon Kiprop Koech, Abraham Kibiwot, Edmund Serem and Geordie Beamish will all be factors when the bell sounds.
Kipyegon looks to rebound from her third place finish in the mile in Eugene and is an easy favorite in the women’s 3,000m where she will take on Nadia Battocletti and Freweyni Hailu, who holds current world lead in 8:24.22. Meanwhile, Collen Kebinatshipi’s strong campaign this season will get its next test in the men’s 400m as he will be in the mix against Matthew Hudson-Smith, Jacory Patterson and Jereem Richards.
Duplantis is back in winning form and pulls into Monaco ready to reestablish his dominance in the men’s pole vault against familiar competition in Kurtis Marschall, Baptiste Thiery, Thibaut Collet and Renaud Lavillenie. Paulino will assert her dominance in the women’s 400m as Dejanea Oakley, Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Rhasidat Adeleke will join her at the start line.
Katie Moon hopes to put the women’s pole vault out of reach in one of her early attempts but first must deal with a group that features Nina Kennedy, Imogen Ayris, Tina Šutej and Angelica Moser. Wanyonyi steps up from the 800m and into the men’s 1,000m field with Djamel Sedjati, Jack Wightman and Mohamed Attaoui all ready to assert themself before the race is decided on a final sprint.
Event Schedule
12:15 p.m. – Women’s Pole Vault
12:30 p.m. – Women’s Javelin Throw
12:40 p.m. – Women’s Triple Jump
1:55 p.m. – Men’s High Jump
2:00 p.m. – Men’s Pole Vault
2:04 p.m. – Women’s 400m
2:11 p.m. – Men’s 1000m
2:21 p.m. – Men’s 400m
2:32 p.m. – Women’s 3000m
2:35 p.m. – Men’s Long Jump
2:49 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles
3:05 p.m. – Men’s 3,000m Steeplechase
3:19 p.m. – Women’s 200m
3:28 p.m. – Men’s 5,000m
3:52 p.m. – Men’s 100m
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 p.m., while CBC Sports will air the event in Canada and viewers in the United Kingdom can watch via BBC 2.
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
