2024 Brussels Diamond League Final: Preview, schedule, how to watch Sha'Carri Richardson, Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone live
The meeting on 13 and 14 September marks the final stop in the 15-event Diamond League series that began in Xiamen in April.
After 14-meeting series, the Diamond League concludes with the Final in Brussels on 13-14 September.
Olympics superstars from Paris 2024 are set to compete in the capital of Belgium, alongside several global champions who have either been invited to the Final or amassed enough points to qualify for the Memorial Van Damme.
In addition to the Diamond League Trophy, winners will earn a wildcard entry to the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Japan.
Multiple world record breakers Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and Faith Kipyegon are among the Olympic gold medallists from Paris who will race in Brussels.
African track stars Letsile Tebogo and Emmanuel Wanyonyi, American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, shot putter Ryan Crouser, and Ukraine’s high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchik will also be vying for Diamond League honours.
Find out all you need to know about the who, what and where of the final Diamond League meeting on 13 and 14 September.
When and where is the 2024 Memorial Van Damme, Brussels Diamond League?
The 15th stop of the Diamond League meet will take place on 13 and 14 September at the King Baudouin Stadium, with a regular capacity of 50,000.
Diamond League action in the stadium begins at 7:11pm on Friday with the women’s discus throw. The first event of the meeting on Saturday 14 September will be the women’s javelin throw at 6:52pm.
After Olympic glory, gold medallists eye Diamond League success in Brussels
The high quality of the Diamond League Finals looks set to continue in Brussels, with the series tipped to reach a thrilling climax. At least 18 Olympic champions from Paris 2024 will be competing across the track and field of the King Baudouin Stadium, making it one of the largest non-championship event of the season.
Botswana’s Tebogo will be looking to complete an undefeated post Paris season in the men’s 200m. Since his surprise 200m triumph at the Stade de France last month, he has achieved three Diamond League victories, which should motivate him as he eyes his first Diamond Trophy.
The line-up for the women’s 100m on Friday also features a high-class field. Reigning Olympic champion Julien Alfred will face American Richardson, the dash world champion who enjoyed a return to winning ways at the last stop in Zurich.
The fastest woman in the world over 1500m, Kenya’s Kipyegon will also be eyeing her fifth Diamond Trophy in Brussels. She will be joined by fellow world record holder and Paris double gold winner Beatrice Chebet. Chebet has put her pursuit of the 5000m world record, which Kipyegon broke last year, on hold after failing to lower the mark in Zurich.
But there could be record-breaking plans for another Kenyan, Wanyonyi, who is now ranked third fastest of all time. His winning time, of 1:41:11 in Lausanne, is just two tenths of a second off David Rudisha’s record.
Still on world records, it's highly likely that the great Duplantis will attempt to break his own world record for a fourth time this year. He added a centimetre to his 6.24m mark in Silesia and is expected to end his dominant season with another epic vault.
Fellow world record-holder Ingebrigtsen, who took gold in the 5000m, will step down to the 1500m, seeking to end the series with a win, after finishing second to Olympic silver medallist Yared Nuguse in Zurich.
The imperious McLaughlin-Levrone will race for the first time since the Olympics at Paris 2024, where she took double gold and lowered her 400m hurdles world record. She will compete in the 400m on Friday and 200m the following day, with special races organised by the local organisers to honour her record-breaking achievement in Paris.
American shot putter Crouser will lead the men’s field, with fellow Paris 2024 Olympic winner Yemisi Ogunleye of Germany is favoured in the women’s shot put. Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi expected to star in the women’s javelin, Australia’s Nina Kennedy in the women’s pole vault, and Valarie Allman is tipped to star in the women’s discus.
Schedule for the 2024 Memorial Van Damme, Brussels Diamond League
(All times local, UTC+2/GMT+2)
13 September
- 19:11: discus throw women
- 19:17: long jump men
- 19:43: shot put women
- 19:45: pole vault men
- 19:47: 400m men B*
- 19:53: 400m women B*
- 20:04: 400m women
- 20:17: 100m women
- 20:28: 110m hurdles men
- 20:29: high jump women
- 20:35: discus throw men
- 20:37: 5000m men
- 20:52: triple jump women
- 21:01:100m women
- 21:09: 3000m steeplechase men
- 21:29: 1500m men
- 21:40: 800m women
- 21:52: 400m men
14 September
- 18:52: javelin throw women
- 19:28: triple jump men
- 19:32: shot put men
- 19:51: pole vault women
- 19:53: 200m women B*
- 20:04: 400m hurdles men
- 20:17: 200m women
- 20:20: high jump men
- 20:22: javelin throw men
- 20:27: 3000m steeplechase women
- 20:46:100m hurdles women
- 20:52: long jump women
- 20:54:1500m women
- 21:07: 200 men
- 21:18: 5000m women
- 21:40: 800m men
- 21:52: 400m hurdles women
*Non-Diamond League events
2024 Brussels Diamond League: how to watch live
Action will be streamed in a number of territories on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube page, but the live stream will not be available in all territories.
BBC has the rights in the UK and will broadcast it on BBC Two, while for audiences in the U.S., live coverage will be provided by NBC/Peacock.
SuperSport is the rightsholder for the 2024 Diamond League in most of Africa.
Please check your local listings to find out more information.