Paris Diamond League 2023: Preview, schedule and how to watch live
The Meeting de Paris takes place on 9 June in the same city that will host next year’s Olympic Games. Find out everything you need to know about the elite field of athletes readying themselves to compete in the capital of France, as well as the full competition schedule and how to watch all the action live.
Athletics
The Diamond League season is in full swing and this week it’s the turn of Paris to host the prestigious athletics event.
The Paris Diamond League (otherwise known as Meeting de Paris) promises to be nothing short of a classic, with top athletes from across the world converging on Stade Charléty on 9 June to test their mettle against the highest level of international competition.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen will take aim at a world record in the men’s 2-mile event - with the mark he is attacking having not been bettered in 27 years.
But that’s just the beginning of the fun.
Watch out for a stellar group of global athletes battling for honours in France’s capital, including the likes of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400m, Grant Holloway in the 110m hurdles, Noah Lyles and Marcell Jacobs in the 100m, Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m, Dina Asher-Smith in the 200m and many more stars aiming to show their form two months out from the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Athletes to watch at the Paris Diamond League 2023
Jakob Ingebrigtsen competes in the non-Olympic 2-mile event at the Paris Diamond League, with the world record of Kenya’s Daniel Komen - set all the way back in 1997 - on the line.
If Ingebrigtsen is to become the world’s fastest runner over the distance, he will need to set a time quicker than 7:58.61. However, with wave light technology and pacers in place for the race, expect a rapid showing from the Norwegian Olympic 1500m champion and reigning world 5000m title holder.
Another Olympic champion on the start list for Paris is 400m hurdles champion, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The American is due to race the 400m in Paris where much is expected of her as she transitions to the flat discipline.
While Mclaughlin-Levrone has become an expert in navigating the obstacles, her world record time in the 400m hurdles at last year’s World Athletics Championships would have put her into the final of the flat event.
It makes for an intriguing prospect in a year when she has the opportunity to double at the Worlds in Budapest just a year out from Paris 2024.
In the men’s 100m, Italy’s Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is slated to face Noah Lyles, should the former have recovered from the injury that kept him out of a highly anticipated showdown with Fred Kerley in Florence.
Lyles, who is the 200m world champion and American record holder, will be aiming for victory over the shorter distance as he prepares for upcoming challenges that include defending his world title in August in Budapest.
The USA duo of Grant Holloway and Trey Cunningham will go head-to-head in Paris, with the world gold and silver medallist, respectively, aiming to put on a show in the 110m hurdles.
Also watch out for the 2023 Diamond League debut of Great Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson in the women’s 800m, while in the men’s 800m the reigning world champion Jake Wightman will represent the Brits having overcome the injuries that blighted his indoor season.
Dina Asher-Smith is also on the entry list for the women’s 200m, as Britain send a strong contingent to the event in Paris.
Home fans will be eager to see Kevin Mayer, with the French decathlete competing in a ‘triathlon’ event that includes the 110m hurdles, shot put and long jump.
Other stars expected to make an appearance include US discus star Valarie Allman, 400m hurdles supremo Rai Benjamin and in-form pole vaulter Katie Moon.
Paris Diamond League 2023 schedule
9 June (times CEST)
18:57: Women’s shot put
19:35: Women’s high jump
20:14: Men’s 110m hurdles heat A
20:15: Women’s discus
20:20: Women’s pole vault
20:23: Men’s 110m hurdles heat B
20:32: Women’s 4x100m relay
20:39: Men’s 4x100m relay
20:42: Men’s 2-mile
21:04: Men’s 400m hurdles
21:15: Women’s 800m
21:19: Men’s long jump
21:24: Women’s 5000m
21:42: Women’s javelin
21:52: Men’s 110m hurdles final
22:02: Women’s 400m
22:12: Men’s 100m
22:22: Women’s 200m
22:32: Men’s 3000m steeplechase
22:51: Men’s 800m
How to watch the Diamond League Paris 2023
The Paris Diamond League will be broadcast in a number of territories on the WANDA Diamond League YouTube page.
For a full list of global broadcasters, check the official Diamond League website for updates.