It's go-time as athletes will make a mad dash to qualify for the Diamond League finals and put up their last world-leading marks at the Lausanne Diamond League. Several USAs 4th-placers will seek redemption against their fellow team members in pursuit of a coveted DL Champion wild-card bid to Worlds, including Keni Harrison and Josh Hoey. In addition, Grant Fisher will attempt to win his first Diamond League race while Noah Lyles will rematch Kishane Thompson at this year's Athletissima finale. Check out the full event-by-event preview below. 

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Men's pole vault (6pm ET Tuesday): With no Mondo, Karalis is the star

It's hard to ignore the world records Mondo Duplantis pumps out with what seems like regular frequency, but if you look past the headlines you'll find that Greece's Emmanouil Karalis is building up a legacy for himself that's nearly as impressive. His 6.08m leap at Greek nationals made him the 3rd-highest vaulter in history, and though he finished more than a quarter-meter behind Mondo's 6.29 WR in Budapest this week he'll be the prohibitive favorite in the Mondo-less Lausanne street meet.

The field, which includes Americans Sam Kendricks and Austin Miller, will compete on the Swiss streets the night before the main track action. Kendricks is the veteran with Olympic silver in Paris to show for it, but Miller went from never even qualifying for NCAAs in college to pulling the ultimate upset at USAs this year with a 5.92m PB and win.

Men's shot put (1:30pm ET Wednesday): Awotunde joins the fray

This is the first of a few fields that are largely a repeat from Silesia, so it goes without saying the winner on Saturday will be the man to beat in Lausanne. But there is one (actually, only one) new name in Josh Awotunde, the surprise USATF champion who launched a 22.47m PB on his last attempt to take his first national title.

Adding Awotunde isn't an afterthought; as it stands now, he'll be favored in Lausanne over Payton Otterdahl, Tripp Piperi, Joe Kovacs, and Roger Steen who finished 2nd through 5th at USAs in that order. He might have a tougher time beating world leader Leonardo Fabbri of Italy, who is (as of writing) the world leader and was the 2024 Diamond League overall champ.

Women's javelin (1:43pm ET): Kitaguchi back to winning?

The last time we had a DL women's javelin back in Oslo, Japanese Olympic champ Haruka Kitaguchi broke Elina Tzengko's hot streak (the Greek thrower had won all of the first three javelin competitions at DL meets this year). We'd be tempted to then pick Kitachugi for the win in Lausanne but she's coming off a loss to the Serbian Adriana Vilagoš in Ostrava, who will also be present.

Vilagoš is the only athlete in the field to have thrown within a meter of Victoria Hudson (AUT)'s season best this year. Hudson was only 9th in Rabat but that was before throwing her 67.76m world lead late June, which was also a national record.

Women's 400m (2:04pm ET): Whittaker takes on Naser

Compared to the Silesia women's 400m a few days prior, Lausanne won't have Olympic champ Marileidy Paulino, World Indoor champ Amber Anning, and Martina Weil, but it makes up for that in part with the addition of Arkansas standouts Bella Whittaker and Britton Wilson. And though losing Paulino is a big blow, Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser is a sure bet to push the two new Americans and Alexis Holmes (who returns from Silesia) to fast times.

Whittaker had her international breakout in June winning the Oslo and Stockholm Diamond Leagues, but she's never beaten Naser over 400m outdoors before. She was runner-up at USAs only behind Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone while Holmes and Wilson, both running the in the shadow of stellar 2023 seasons, were 5th and 6th respectively.

Women's 800m (2:11pm ET): Hodgkinson returns with the stakes dialed up

The British Olympic 800m champ Keely Hodgkinson is scheduled for a soft launch in Silesia running a non-Diamond event, but Lausanne will be her first true test against circuit leaders Georgia Hunter-Bell (GBR) and Tsige Duguma (ETH). In 2025, 1:57 or 1:56-high is often "enough" to win a Diamond League, so even if Hodgkinson isn't back to full health following her injury she might be capable of a win here.

With Hodkinson previously absent and Kenya's 2023 world champ Mary Moraa highly inconsistent this year, Duguma and Hunter-Bell have filled the void – every DL 800m this year has been won by one of them, which is especially impressive for Hunter-Bell who was previously known more for her 1500m bronze medal. Fans will watch to see where Hodgkinson fits in to this new hierarchy.

Top American Addy Wiley, who stumbled in the last 100m of USAs, will be out for vengeance again against her international rivals. World Indoor champ Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) hasn't won a DL outdoors yet but has performed solidly, while the home crowd will cheer Audrey Werro who won the European U23 Championships for Switzerland this year.

Men's 110m hurdles (2:23pm ET): Tinch has made the team, now he needs to prove he can win

American Cordell Tinch shocked with a 12.87 T-#4 all-time mark in Shanghai this year. With the depth in the US as it was, making the team would still be challenge (he missed out on the Olympics last year) but he got it done with a runner-up finish. Now with Grant Holloway uncertain, Tinch could prove he can win Worlds with a good Lausanne showing.

Beating Dylan Beard (3rd at USAs), Trey Cunningham (4th), and Jamal Britt (DNF in the final) should be possible as he trounced them at USAs though all three have had success at Grand Slam Track this year. Along with Tinch, both Cunningham and Jason Joseph have won on the DL circuit this year already, with Joseph's win at the Rome DL no doubt a huge selling point to his Swiss home crowd.

Women's high jump (2:25pm ET): Heptathletes take on Mahuchikh

First thing's first: Fans will come to Lausanne to see Ukraine's world-record-holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh in action. Her 2025 season has been a little rockier than 2024 – she's coming off a fluke 4th-place finish at the London DL – but discounting that, she's been trading wins with Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) and could certainly win on Wednesday. With no Olyslagers, it was the Brit Morgan Lake that won for her home crowd in London so it'll be a treat to see all three clash in Lausanne. Mahuchikh's 2.02m What's Gravity Challenger winning mark still stands as the world lead.

Fans may come for Mahuchikh, but they might leave more impressed with how the multi-event athletes Nafi Thiam (BEL) and Anna Hall (USA) fare. It's not so common to see heptathletes in individual high jump fields – we've seen Hall compete in some 400mH DL races this year – but Thiam, the reigning Olympic gold medalist and heptathlon high jump world best-holder, has had great success on the DL circuit in years past, winning the 2016 Brussels high jump competition. Her 2.02m PB is right in line with the rest of the pro high jump field, though Hall's 1.95m best could use some improving.

Women's 3000m steeplechase (2:29pm ET): NCAA champ Lemngole has a shot

The women's steeplechase reached new heights at the Pre Classic this year as Winfred Yavi nearly broke the world record with an 8:45 stunner. There's one problem though: None of the top three (Yavi, circuit leader Faith Cherotich, and Norah Jeruto) from that race are entered in Lausanne, making for a wide-open race that will yield a new circuit winner.

The fourth-placer at Pre, Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan, ran sub-9 that race and would be a safe pick given her international experience. But Kenya's Doris Lemngole lit up the track to win NCAAs for Alabama this year in an 8:58 NCAA record and has only lost to Cherotich in a steeplechase this year, who isn't entered Wednesday.

Outside of the battle for the win, this race is peppered with American talent; Kaylee Mitchell (3rd at USAs), Olivia Markezich (5th), Courtney Wayment (6th), Val Constien (7th), and Gabi Jennings (9th) will all be doubling back from USAs. Constien was last year's breakout performer with her 9:03 Trials win, but she's struggled this year opening the door for Oregon State alum Kaylee Mitchell to break through with a Worlds team-qualifying performance. It should be noted that despite being the farthest back at USAs, Gabi Jennings beat Mitchell to be the top American at Pre and could contend for top U.S. honors.

Women's 200m (2:49pm ET): Jackson faces a brand new field of challengers

There's a DL women's 200m on tap at the Silesia Diamond League a few days before Lausanne, but unlike most repeat events this field is changed up quite a bit.

The big returner is Shericka Jackson, the Jamican 2022 and 2023 World champion who is #2 all-time in this event with her 21.41 PB. But aside from Brittany Brown (USA) and Darryl Neita (GBR), the field of challengers she'll be facing will be completely different in Lausanne. Chief among them will be Anavia Battle – she finished runner-up at USAs ahead of Brown (4th) and McKenzie Long (5th), who will also be in Lausanne. Close followers of the Diamond League could have predicted her USAs success as she's the circuit leader in the event having won all DL races except for London.

Olympic 400m champ Marileidy Paulino is stepping down to join; we've seen her blast a 22.30 PB to win the Miami Slam but this time she'll be against 'pure' 200m specialists. Jackson has raced sparingly on the circuit this year but won in Rabat. Even if she wins in Silesia, there's no guarantee she'll be able to repeat against five new faces.

Men's long jump (2:50pm ET): Pinnock rounding into shape

Jamaican Olympic silver medalist Wayne Pinnock waited this year to strike, but at the London DL strike he did with a big win over both his Olympic victor Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE), the world indoor champ Mattia Furlani (ITA), and the Rome DL champ Liam Adcock (AUS). All will meet in Lausanne, and given we've had four men's long jumps at DL events this year with four different winners, anything is possible.

The Swiss crowd will enjoy cheering on Simon Ehammer, a heptathlete who has dipped his foot in the long jump to big success at times. Ehammer was the 2023 overall DL champ in the long jump before winning World Indoor heptathlon gold the following year, and on 31 May this year he set a world lead 8.34 m long jump (since surpassed).

Men's 5000m (2:55pm ET): Can Fisher take down this field to get his first DL win?

It's about time for 2x Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher to catch up to his American teammate Nico Young and win his first Diamond League race. Fisher's come close before (2nd at the London DL 3K last year), but he has a great chance to do it in Lausanne. None of the five previous DL 5K champs (Young, Berihu Aregawi, Reynold Cheruiyot, Andreas Almgren, Yomif Kejelcha) are in the field as of writing, making his path to victory very plausible.

He'll first have to beat Ethiopia's Hagos Gebrhiwet and Telahun Haile Bekele. Gebrhiwet scared the 5K WR last year but he's been inconsistent as of late, finishing 5th and 7th at the Oslo and Monaco DLs while Haile Bekele was even further back in Monaco. Then he'll have to face domestic competition in Graham Blanks, the Harvard NCAA XC champ who ran 12:48 in the super-fast Oslo race but was only 13th at USAs after making the 10K team.

There are a few international wildcards to look out for even if they likely won't threaten to win. Guatemala's Luis Grijalva, who twice finished 4th at Worlds, just ran a huge 12:58 season's best at the Oordegem meet to prove he's still competitive. Colorado Buff Eduardo Herrera ran sub-13 minutes for the first time this year to break the Mexican 5K record. Jakob's brother Filip Ingebrigtsen, now 32 years old, just ran a season's best of 13:11 -- the fastest he's ever run since his 13:12 PB from 2019. And the home crowd will be on their toes for Dominic Lobalu and Jonas Raess; Lobalu beat Fisher in London last year and was 4th at the Olympics, while Raess is a seven-time Swiss champion at the 5K distance most recently last year.

Women's 100m hurdles (3:14pm ET): A re-do for Harrison against Russell and Johnson

With the women's hurdling scene being as it is right now, we knew a star would be left off the U.S. team to Tokyo. And at USAs, sure enough former American record holder Keni Harrison finished in 4th behind Olympic champ Masai Russell, Grace Stark, and Alaysha Johnson. Russell, Johnson, and Harrison return to face a fierce international field including the current world-record holder for Nigeria, Tobi Amusan.

There was another year that Harrison was left off a team -- it was in 2016, when she finished 6th at nationals and then went on to set the world record at 12.20 seconds in her next race. Performing that feat again in 2025 would turn even more heads than it did the first time, but if Harrison can beat Russell or Johnson it would go a long way towards qualifying for Zurich where she technically can get a 'second chance' by winning the DL final, which would unlock a 4th spot for Team USA. 

For the Swiss, the younger Kambundji sister Ditaji will also feature. Not to be upstaged by her 60m indoor-worlds-winning sister Mujinga, Ditaji won World Indoor silver this year in the 60mH to take her first global medal, indicating some time could be taken off her 12.40 PB this year.

Men's 800m (3:23pm ET): Do-or-die for Hoey as Wanyonyi stars

Speaking of Worlds team second-chances, it would be tough to find a candidate as deserving as Josh Hoey. The World Indoor champion began a breakout this year culminating in American indoor 800m record and some solid DL performances outdoors, including a runner-up finish behind Olympic champ Emmanuel Wanyonyi in Monaco. But wasn't able to carry it through to USAs where he front-ran then faded to a 4th-place finish behind Donavan Brazier, Cooper Lutkenhaus, and Bryce Hoppel. 

Had a high schooler not run 1:42.2, Hoey would be on your Team USA to Tokyo. But Lutkenhaus did, so now Hoey is left to fight for a second-chance wildcard spot by winning the DL final -- which essentially means he'll have to beat 6x 1:41 performer Wanyonyi. The Olympic 4th-placer Hoppel will also be in Lausanne to push Hoey to a strong finish (he'll be hoping for a win) for confidence going into that Zurich final.

Canada's 2023 World champion Marco Arop looks to be back on track this year and could also stick with a fast pace. Switzerland sends Ivan Pelizza, their 2024 national champ who was just 5th at the World University Games.

Men's 100m (3:40pm ET): Lyles v. Thompson will always draw crowds

The photo finish of American Noah Lyles versus Jamaican champ Kishane Thompson at the Olympic finish line -- 9.784 to 9.789 -- will forever be burned into track fans' minds. A few days after their duel in Silesia, the two are scheduled to rematch in Lausanne with Oblique Seville, who beat Lyles in London this year, set to join the fray in lieu of Kenny Bednarek (who won't be returning from Silesia). 

Any doubts about Lyles' 200m fitness were erased when he ran 19.63 to win USAs, but in the 100m he only ran the first round of USAs (using his bye) and didn't look fantastic, only beating Ronnie Baker by 0.02 seconds in 10.05. In addition to Seville and Thompson, Lyles might have a tough time with Courtney Lindsey, who just ran 9.82 to place runner-up at nationals behind Kenny B and will also be doubling back from Silesia. Thompson himself set a 9.75 PB this year that's 0.04 faster than Lyles' best. 

2021 Olympic champ Marcel Jacobs, who was 5th at the Olympics last year, will make his Diamond League season debut coming in with a 10.30-second season best. 2024 European 200m champ Timothé Mumenthaler will represent the host country, with a 10.13 100m best to his name.

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Diamond League 2025 Schedule

Here's the full Wanda Diamond League schedule in 2025.

• April 26, 2025 – Xiamen (CHN)
• May 3, 2025 – Shanghai/Keqiao
• May 16, 2025 – Doha (QAT)
• May 25, 2025 – Rabat (MAR)
• June 6, 2025 – Rome (ITA)
• June 12, 2025 – Oslo (NOR)
• June 15, 2025 – Stockholm (SWE)
• June 20, 2025 – Paris (FRA)
• July 5, 2025 – Eugene (USA)
• July 11, 2025 – Monaco (MON)
• July 19, 2025 – London (GBR)
• August 16, 2025 – Silesia (POL)
• August 20, 2025 – Lausanne (SUI)
• August 22, 2025 – Brussels (BEL)
• August 27-28, 2025 – Zurich (SUI)

Diamond League Prize Money In 2025

The 2025 Wanda Diamond League series will distribute a record $9.24 million in total prize money, with $500,000 allocated to each of the regular season meets, including an increased payout for select Diamond+ Disciplines at each meeting.

For the season opener in Xiamen, the Diamond+ Disciplines will be 5000m Women, High Jump Women, 110m Hurdles Men, and Pole Vault Men.

Diamond Disciplines

1. $10,000
2. $6,000
3. $4,000
4. $3,000
5. $2,500
6. $2,000
7. $1,500
8. $1,000
9. $500

Diamond+ Disciplines

1. $20,000
2. $10,000
3. $6,000
4. $5,000
5. $3,000
6. $2,500
7. $2,000
8. $1,500
9. $750

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