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World record-holders Mondo Duplantis and Yaroslava Mahuchikh will be among the stars aiming to shine on day one of the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich on Wednesday (27 August). Titles for five of the 32 Diamond League disciplines will be decided Wednesday at Sechseläutenplatz, with the remainder contested Thursday at Letzigrund Stadium. Prize money of US$30,000 to US$50,000 and wild card entries to the Tokyo 2025 World Championships are up for grabs.
In the men’s pole vault, Mondo Duplantis—Olympic and world champion—comes in chasing his fifth straight Diamond Trophy, having already extended the world record multiple times this year, most recently to 6.29m in Budapest. Emmanouil Karalis, after a Greek record of 6.08m, aims to make an impression ahead of Tokyo. Olympic podium finishers Sam Kendricks and Kurtis Marschall join the field.
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh seeks her fourth consecutive women’s high jump Diamond Trophy but faces fierce competition. Mahuchikh, who set a 2.10m world record last year and leads this season at 2.02m, will meet Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers, who matched that height in both Perth and Stockholm and leads their head-to-head 4–3 this year. Eleanor Patterson, another Tokyo and Budapest podium finisher and 2022 world champion, returns as does Mahuchikh’s compatriot Yuliia Levchenko.
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Women’s shot put features Chase Jackson, who owns the season’s four farthest winning marks and a US record of 20.95m. She’ll be challenged by Jessica Schilder, second on the season’s list at 20.69m, as well as Sarah Mitton and Maggie Ewen, both Diamond League champions themselves.
The men’s shot put brings together four of last year’s Olympic top five and multiple global medalist Tom Walsh. Joe Kovacs, missing from the World Championships lineup, seeks a fourth Diamond title with a 22.48m season’s best, while Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri leads the world rankings with his national record of 22.82m. Olympic medallist Rajindra Campbell and Payton Otterdahl, who claimed wins in Rabat and Silesia, add to the stacked field.
In men’s long jump, Greece’s two-time Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou tries to regain his 2022 Diamond title. He’ll face Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, the reigning world indoor heptathlon champ and 2023 Diamond League winner, plus Italy’s world indoor champion Mattia Furlani. Liam Adcock, Wayne Pinnock, and Carey McLeod further boost the quality of the field.
Source: Jess Whittington for World Athletics
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