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Back on home soil

Set to be hosted this Saturday afternoon at the Charléty Stadium by the Fédération Française d’Athlétisme (French Athletics Federation), the Parisian meeting is giving the usual pride of place to its French athletes, who will be competing alongside nearly 30 medal winners from the Tokyo Games. In front of an extremely supportive crowd, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Gabriel Tual, two men in great shape for this end of season meet, will rank among the athletes to watch from the French contingent, alongside bosses, Renaud Lavillenie and Mélina Robert-Michon.

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Meeting Wanda Diamond League de Paris : Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, two sprint queens in Paris

Already very enticing, the line-up for the French leg of the Wanda Diamond League 2021 has been further fleshed out in recent days with invitations being accepted by the American Allyson Felix in the 400 m and Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100 m. The daring duo boast two of the finest track records in the history of athletics.

Olympic champions setting a course for the Charléty Stadium

After Tokyo comes Paris. Exactly three weeks after events drew to a close in the Olympic stadium in the Japanese capital, the heroes of the recent Games will be heading over to the Charléty Stadium, on Saturday 28 August. With some twenty or so days until the event itself, the line-up for the French meet in the 2021 Wanda Diamond League is already taking shape. In fact, it promises to be one of the richest in the history of the Meeting de Paris with eight reigning Olympic champions, plus ten silver medallists and eight bronze winners confirming their presence. In all, Paris will play host to nearly thirty of the athletes who gained a spot on the podium at the last Games in Tokyo, with the cast set to be further fleshed out over the next two weeks.

Meeting Wanda Diamond League in Oslo : Warholm goes down in legend

The Norwegian has written one of the finest pages in the history of athletics, securing the world record for the 400 m hurdles in 46’’70. Renaud and Valentin Lavillenie snatched third and fourth places in the pole vault, clearing 5.81 m and 5.71 m respectively.

Wanda Diamond League Meeting in Doha: A scare in the low hurdles

In the sweltering heat of Qatar, American Rai Benjamin took the win in a very compact lap of the track with obstacles. Other event favourites stepped up to the plate in Doha too, including Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas in the triple jump and Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 100 m.

Wanda Diamond League in Doha : Live video coverage of Rojas targeting the world record

Yulimar Rojas will be one of the star attractions of the Qatari Diamond League meeting this Friday, during which she will have a crack at breaking the world triple jump record. Rai Benjamin in the 400 m hurdles and Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100 m could also really shake up the history books on the home soil of Mutaz Barshim, whose presence will be eagerly awaited in the high jump.

Wanda Diamond League de Gateshead : Bedrani pockets a podium place in the rain

Djilali Bedrani secured third place in the 3,000 m steeplechase in Gateshead (UK), a race broadcast free of charge, like the rest of the meeting, on the FFA’s Facebook page and the SportAll application. The cold and the deluge put a dampener on any hopes of stellar performances during this first leg of the Diamond League, but conditions in Doha this Friday could not be more different.

Wanda Diamond League Meeting in Gateshead: Live video coverage as the world’s elite get back on track!

The flagship circuit of world athletics kicks off this Sunday with the meeting in Gateshead (UK). On paper, it’s a stellar competition that notably features a very tempting women’s 100 m and men's pole vault contest. Four athletes will make up the French contingent.