DIAMOND LEAGUE RETURNS 2026

The 2026 Diamond League season will begin in Doha on May 8, traveling across four continents before the highlight climax in Brussels on September 4-5
Following a record-breaking season that concluded in Zurich a few weeks back, fans and athletes alike are anticipating the new one, which will unite the world's best athletes at 14 global locations.

The Doha season-opener, will be preceded by Shanghai and Xiamen trips in China, then Rabat, Morocco, on May 31 for the African leg.
After Stockholm, Oslo and Paris stops, the world's best stars will head to Eugene on the US west coast for a meet that has seen five world records over the past three seasons alone.

The series then looks across to Europe for Monaco and London gatherings, before the Road to the Final enters its last phase in August.

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

World and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, 3000m steeplechase world champion Faith Cherotich, and world 1500m finalist Nelly Chepchirchir are some of the Kenyans who will look to carry on dominating after a successful 2025 season in which they secured three Diamond League titles.

Wanyonyi, the Diamond League 800m titleholder, finished last season in style, defeating Britain's Max Burgin to the win in 1:42.37 in Zurich.

Burgin clocked 1:42.42 for second, Canada's Marco Arop third in 1:42.57 in the two-lap race. 21-year-old Kenyan talent booked his class with a grown-up run that positioned him as the one to watch in 2026.

Reigning world 3000m steeplechase champion and Olympic bronze medallist Faith Cherotich extended her rise in taking her Diamond Trophy with 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.
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.

Teenager steeplechaser Edmund Serem, younger brother to Olympian and 2024 Diamond Trophy winner Amos Serem, recorded a winning debut with a gallant charge to capture 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, fought his way to bronze in the grueling water-and-barrier event, a breathtaking breakthrough at the senior level.

Serem timed 8:34.56 to take his initial world medal, and watch out for him when the next Diamond League series commences.

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