Olympic and world medallists renew rivalries in Monaco
With the reigning Olympic champions set to compete in nine of the events, there’s lots of star power in action in Monaco.
The evening begins with the women’s shot put, with Germany’s Ogunleye due to come up against world champion Chase Jackson of the USA and world indoor champion Sarah Mitton from Canada.
Duplantis then goes in the pole vault in a field which features not only a full Olympic podium rematch from Paris 2024 alongside Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis, but also a World Championships podium rematch from Budapest in 2023 with EJ Obiena and Kurtis Marschall.
There is another Paris 2024 podium rematch in the men’s 800m: alongside Kenya’s Wanyonyi, Marco Arop of Canada and Djamel Sedjati of Algeria are back to challenge him, as are the surging Frenchman Gabriel Tual and world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel.
Kerr and Shelby McEwen will go head-to-head against each other again in the men’s high jump, while the Olympic silver and bronze medallists in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, Kenneth Rooks and Abraham Kibiwot respectively, are the top draws in that distance.
Meanwhile, Alfred and Tebogo are the runaway favourites in their respective events. And Gout Gout, the 17-year-old Australian sprint sensation who rewrote the Oceanian area record in the 200m with a 20.02 on 24 June in Czechia, is set to run in an invitational under-23 race over the distance, in what will be just his second race ever on European soil.