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The new blue wave ready to do battle with the world’s elite middle-distance runners
The middle-distance events at the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris will have a robust French contingent on Saturday 18 June at the Charléty Stadium. Indeed, it will be a unique opportunity for the rising stars across metropolitan France to compete against the big international names. In all, ten Blues will line-up for three races, with Jimmy Gressier (5,000 m), Alice Finot (3,000 m steeplechase) and Benjamin Robert (800 m) leading the attack. It’s an illustration of the desire of the event organiser, the French Athletics Federation’s (FFA), to enable the top of the athletics bill to express themselves on home soil with two years to go until the Paris Olympics.
Kevin Mayer back on home turf
Kevin Mayer will be taking part in the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris on Saturday 18 June. It’s always been a successful meeting for him and holds a special place in his summer schedule. Within the context of a triathlon, the world record holder for the decathlon will be competing in the 110 m hurdles, the long jump and the shot put, gathering together metropolitan France’s top combined events specialists.
The race for environmental responsibility
For several seasons, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) has been placing the emphasis on environmental responsibility at the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris. This approach will be further bolstered this year with the implementation of a series of powerful actions in the field, in partnership with a variety of associations. Presentation.
Throwing open a whole new era in Paris
With Quentin Bigot and Alexandra Tavernier, France boasts two supremely talented hammer throwers accustomed to excelling on a major international stage. To enable them to benefit from a platform worthy of their talent, the French Athletics Federation (FFA) has decided to add a competition dedicated to this speciality to the programme for the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris, which will play out on Saturday 18 June at the Charléty Stadium. The locals of the leg will be pitched against the two reigning Olympic champions, Poles Wojciech Nowicki and Anita Wlodarczyk. Not to be outdone, the women’s discus and javelin competitions will also feature top-flight line-ups.
Eternal Fraser-Pryce takes on the rest of the world
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, one of the greatest sprinters of all time, will take the start of the 100 m on Saturday 18 June at the Charléty Stadium for the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris. The Jamaican will notably be up against Mujinga Kambundji, Marie-Josée Ta Lou and Dafne Schippers along the gala’s home straight.
Kendricks, Braz and the Lavillenie brothers to set the Meeting de Paris aglow
A traditional highlight of the Wanda Diamond League Meeting de Paris, this year’s men’s pole vault competition will once again be able to count on a golden line-up with two Olympic champions, Renaud Lavillenie and Thiago Braz, and the reigning double world champion, Sam Kendricks.
Miller-Uibo and Gardiner, the world best quater-milers make their Paris debut
They are the reigning Olympic champions in the 400 m, fly the flag for the Bahamas at major championships, and are capable of unleashing some of the finest strides in world athletics. With Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner, the Meeting de Paris Wanda Diamond League will be playing host to the queen and king of the lap for the very first time on 18 June.
France’s athletes rally round the capital
With a little over two months until the Wanda Diamond League Meeting in Paris, due to be hosted on 18 June at the Charléty Stadium, France’s first headliners have been unveiled. Indeed, a series of elite French athletes has already confirmed its presence as we await the big reveal of the major international names they’ll be up against.
See you in Paris on 18 June
The 2022 edition of the Meeting de Paris, which counts towards the Wanda Diamond League, will set the Charléty Stadium alight on Saturday 18 June, with a dream programme on offer, including the men’s pole vault, the men’s 5,000 m and the women’s 100 m.
Duplantis and Thompson-Herah shine
Following a year’s interruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Meeting de Paris, the eleventh leg of the Wanda Diamond League, made its big comeback at the Charléty Stadium this Saturday. The competition gave three athletes the chance to secure a Meeting record: Armand Duplantis in the pole vault (the Swede even having a crack at the world record at 6.19 m), Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 100 m and Francine Niyonsaba in the 3,000 m. Virtually across the board, the numerous Olympic medallists in Tokyo managed to hold rank in Paris.