Canada’s Marco Arop will seek gold in Switzerland on Thursday

The Diamond League season has returned, and world-class athletes are heading to Lausanne, Switzerland to continue the momentum set in motion in Paris–or to seek redemption if they did not achieve their Olympic goals. The meeting begins with men’s pole vault on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 12 p.m. ET, with the rest of the events following on Thursday, Aug. 22 at 1 p.m. ET.

Men’s 800m

 

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Canada’s own Olympic 800m silver medallist, Marco Arop, will once again face off against Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya. Arop ran 1:41.20 in Paris and is the fittest he has ever been, so this will undoubtedly be another very close race. Olympic fourth-place finisher Bryce Hoppel of the U.S. will be looking to take one of the top spots in the race after just missing the podium in Paris.

Men’s 1,500m

The Lausanne meeting will see another match-up between newly-minted Olympic 1,500m champion Cole Hocker and Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen following Hocker’s shocker of a win in Paris, where he knocked Ingebrigtsen off the podium completely.

“I’m the fittest I’ve ever been, and I don’t want to leave anything on the table,” Hocker said at the Lausanne Diamond League press conference. “I hate losing, so every time I race I want to win. Now that the world record is in the conversation, I’m obviously so excited–I hope to take a stab at that, whether it’s this season or next year.”

Fifth-place finisher Hobbs Kessler of the U.S. will be battling with Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot to round out the podium.

Men’s 110m hurdles

The 110m hurdles will feature the entire podium from the event in Paris–Olympic champion Grant Holloway and runner-up Daniel Roberts will battle with Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell, Olympic bronze medallist, as he tries to upgrade his third-place finish. Holloway will have his sights set on taking down the world record, which is just one hundredth of a second faster than his 12.81 personal best.

Women’s 800m

 

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A stacked field of athletes will toe the line for the women’s 800m. Olympic bronze medallist Mary Moraa of Kenya will be battling other Olympic finalists Shaniqua Maloney of Saint Vincent and Rénelle Lamote of France. Americans Nia Akins and Allie Wilson will also be in the mix. It was announced that their teammate, former Olympic champion Athing Mu, would be racing to re-establish her dominance in the 800m, after a crash at U.S. Olympic trials kept her from defending her Olympic title; however, she is no longer listed in the Lausanne lineup.

Women’s 400m hurdles

Femke Bol will be seeking redemption off a devastating third-place finish in Paris. Without world record holder Sydney-McLaughlin-Levrone and Olympic silver medallist Anna Cockrell in the lineup, the Dutch sprinter is expected to easily take the win in Lausanne.

Men’s 200m

Newly-minted Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana will show off his fitness once again, aiming to hold off a field with three other Olympic finalists and 100m bronze medallist Fred Kerley of the U.S.

Men’s pole vault

Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 21 at 12 p.m. ET is the men’s Diamond League pole vault. Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, two-time Olympic champion, world indoor and world outdoor champion, will be making an appearance. The pole vault GOAT is fresh off a new world record of 6.25 m, which is almost 30 cm higher than the second-best height in the stacked field–the only person Duplantis will be competing against is himself as he chases yet another record-breaking jump.

How to watch

The event will be livestreamed on CBC Sports on Thursday, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Results from the competition can be found here.