Diamond League unveils 2026 season event schedule

Following a record-breaking season that concluded in Zurich recently, fans and athletes are gearing up for the upcoming campaign, bringing the world’s best athletes together across 14 global stops.

The Doha opener, will precede Shanghai and Xiamen stops in China, then to Rabat, Morocco, on May 31 for the African leg.

After stops in Stockholm, Oslo and Paris, the world’s biggest stars will head to Eugene on the US west coast for a meeting which has seen five world records in the past three seasons alone.

The series then returns to Europe for meetings in Monaco and London, before the Road to the Final enters the home straight in August.

Lausanne, Silesia and Zurich will be the last stops before athletes assemble in Brussels for the Diamond League Final on 4-5 September.

Reigning world and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, 3000m steeplechase world champion Faith Cherotich, and world 1500m finalist Nelly Chepchirchir will be among the Kenyans looking to extend their dominance after a strong 2025 season that saw them claim three Diamond League trophies.

Diamond League 800m champion Wanyonyi ended last season in style, holding off Britain’s Max Burgin to win in 1:42.37 in Zurich.

Burgin clocked 1:42.42 for second, with Canada’s Marco Arop third in 1:42.57 in the two-lap race. The 21-year-old Kenyan star confirmed his class with a mature performance that cemented his place as the man to beat heading into 2026.

Olympic bronze medallist and reigning world 3000m steeplechase champion Faith Cherotich continued her rise by defending her Diamond Trophy with a time of 8:57.24.

The Kipkelion-based runner finished ahead of Kenyan-born Norah Jeruto of Kazakhstan (9:10.87) and Tunisia’s Marwa Bouzayani (9:12.03), proving once again that she is in a league of her own.

World 1500m finalist Nelly Chepchirchir produced one of the most thrilling finishes in Zurich.

She stormed past Australia’s Jess Hull in the final stretch to claim her first Diamond Trophy in 3:56.99, showing the strong finishing power that has made her a rising star on the circuit.

Teenage steeplechaser Edmund Serem, younger brother to Olympian and 2024 Diamond Trophy winner Amos Serem, showed great promise with a fearless run to claim silver in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. He clocked 8:09.96, just behind Germany’s Frederik Ruppert (8:09.02).

At the Tokyo World Championships, 17-year-old Serem, the reigning World U20 steeplechase champion, powered his way to bronze in the punishing water-and-barrier race, marking a brilliant breakthrough on the senior stage.

Serem clocked 8:34.56 to secure his first global medal, and he will be one to watch when the next Diamond League series begins.

The 2026 Diamond League will build up to the first-ever World Athletics Ultimate Championship, set for Budapest, Hungary, from September 11–13.