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≡ DIAMOND LEAGUE ≡
The full schedule for the 2025 season of the Wanda Diamond League was confirmed on Wednesday, with 15 meets scheduled in 14 countries and five months of the calendar:
● 26 Apr.: Xiamen (CHN)
● 03 May: Shanghai/Suzhou (CHN)
● 16 May: Doha (QAT)
● 25 May: Rabat (MAR) ~ Meeting Int’l Mohammed VI
● 06 Jun.: Rome (ITA) ~ Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
● 12 Jun.: Oslo (NOR) ~ Bislett Games
● 15 Jun.: Stockholm (SWE) ~ Bauhaus Galan
● 20 Jun.: Paris (FRA) ~ Meeting de Paris
● 05 Jul.: Eugene (USA) ~ Prefontaine Classic
● 11 Jul.: Monaco (MON) ~ Herculis Meeting
● 19 Jul.: London (GBR)
● 16 Aug.: Silesia (POL) ~ Kamila Skowlimowska Memorial
● 20 Aug.: Lausanne (SUI) ~ Athletissima
● 22 Aug.: Brussels (BEL) ~ Memorial Van Damme
● 27-28 Aug.: Zurich (SUI) ~ Diamond League Final
There is no Olympic Games in 2025 and the World Athletics Championships are now at the end of the season, from 13-21 September in 2025 in Tokyo (JPN).
In addition, the World Athletics carve-out dates for national championships are from 2-3 August and 23-24 August, quite late in the season.
As usual, the Diamond League schedule offers no dependable day or time to watch, as the 16 meet days are scattered over five different days and five different time zones:
● Sunday (2): Rabat, Stockholm
● Wednesday (2): Lausanne, Zurich I
● Thursday (2): Oslo, Zurich II
● Friday (5): Doha, Rome, Paris, Monaco, Brussels
● Saturday (5): Xiamen, Shanghai-Suzhou, Eugene, London, Silesia
This Diamond League schedule also shows meets in 12 different weeks across the 18 consecutive weeks from the end of April through the last full week of August, with a nearly four-week gap from 20 July to 15 August, of which one week is devoted to national championships.
This raises the question of where the four Grand Slam Track events will go. The organizers have said one meet will be held in Los Angeles – site not yet disclosed – which would clearly fit either before the Xiamen Diamond League opener on 26 April, or between the Shanghai-Suzhou and Doha meets, on 3 and 16 May.
Where will the other three go? A second meet has been said to be in the U.S. and the other two overseas, but with no indication as to date or place. It will be fascinating to see how the Grand Slam events will sit with the Diamond League dates, now that the Diamond League schedule is out.
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