Yaroslava Mahuchikh in Xiamen (© Matthew Quine / Diamond League AG)
Olympic champions Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Letsile Tebogo will launch their Wanda Diamond League campaigns at the season opener in Xiamen on 26 April.
Ukraine’s Mahuchikh is a three-time Diamond League high jump champion and her performances on the circuit last year included the world record of 2.10m she achieved at the meeting in Paris, the city in which she later claimed her Olympic gold medal.
She also secured Diamond League wins in Stockholm, Lausanne and Zurich, before claiming her third consecutive Diamond League Trophy at the final in Brussels.
Botswana’s Tebogo secured the 200m title at the Olympic Games and his Diamond League season saw him win 200m races in Monaco, Lausanne, Silesia and Zurich, as well as the 100m in Rome. He then finished second in the 200m final in Brussels.
In 2025, Mahuchikh will return to Xiamen looking to challenge her own meeting record of 2.02m set in 2023. Tebogo will race in the Chinese city for the first time and will contest the 100m.
Another Olympic champion recently announced for the Diamond League is Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred.
The Olympic 100m gold and 200m silver medallist has been confirmed for a Diamond League double, as she will race the 100m in both Oslo on 12 June and Stockholm on 15 June.
“The upcoming Diamond League season is very important because I won’t be having any trials for the World Championships,” she told event organisers. “So, I hope these races put me closer to my goals for Japan.”
Alfred, who also won the world indoor 60m title in 2024, claimed the first Diamond League meeting victory of her career last year when she stormed to top spot in the 100m in Monaco. She then claimed the Diamond Trophy in the discipline at the final in Brussels.
