What? Diamond League athletics meet.
Where? Shanghai, China.
When? May 16.
TV: SVT1 and SVT Play broadcast starting at 12:10 - when Armand Duplantis competes.
+ What is the Diamond League?
The Diamond League includes 14 competitions around the world – where the world's best athletes compete for a place in the final in Brussels on September 4-5.
Not all disciplines are included in every competition, but each discipline is included in approximately four to eight of the 14 sub-competitions.
In the semi-finals, the winner receives the equivalent of approximately 100,000 Swedish kronor. The winner in Brussels receives approximately 300,000 kronor. Each organizer also gets to choose eight disciplines where the prize money is higher.
+ That's why the season opener was postponed
The season opener was supposed to be in Qatar on May 8. But due to the war in the Middle East, that competition was postponed until June 19.
+ Events in Shanghai
Men: 100 m, 800 m, 3,000 m, 110 m hurdles, 300 m hurdles, pole vault, discus.
Women: 200 m, 400 m, 1,500 m, 100 m hurdles, 3,000 m steeplechase, long jump, shot put.
+ Five Swedes compete
Armand Duplantis, pole vault, ranked first in the world. Fanny Roos, shot put, ranked fifth in the world. Khaddi Sagnia, long jump, ranked 15th in the world. Daniel Ståhl, discus, ranked second in the world. Andreas Almgren, 3,000 m, ranked 13th in the world.
+ Sixth year in a row?
Since 2020, Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in pole vaulting fifteen times. The world record is 6.31 m - which he set at a competition in Uppsala in March.
The 26-year-old has been undefeated since 2023. In Shanghai, he is challenged by, among others, Greek Emmanouil Karalis, who is second all-time with 6.17 m.
Duplantis has won the Diamond League five times in a row.
+ Star-studded competition in Stockholm
Stockholm Stadium will host the fifth event on June 7. The world's fastest woman, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, is set to compete. Also competing are Armand Duplantis, reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion Rai Benjamin, and last year's DL winner Jacory Patterson.
Last year's gala ended with a world record for Duplantis and a European record for Almgren.
+ Full competition schedule
May 16: Shanghai, China.
May 23: Xiamen, China.
May 31: Rabat, Morocco.
June 4: Rome, Italy.
June 7: Stockholm, Sweden.
June 10: Oslo, Norway.
June 19: Doha, Qatar.
June 28: Paris, France.
July 4: Eugene, USA.
July 10: Monaco.
July 18: London, United Kingdom.
August 21: Lausanne, Switzerland.
August 23: Chorzów, Poland.
August 27: Zurich, Switzerland.
September 4–5: Brussels, Belgium.
