Diamond League 2025 Xiamen: List Of Events, Schedule, Athletes To Watch

The Diamond League 2025 series will kick off in Xiamen, People’s Republic of China, on Saturday, 26 April.

The one-day meet will bring together top international athletes in track and field.  World record holders Mondo Duplantis, Ukraine’s high jump world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Kenya’s distance runners Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet are among eight Olympic gold medallists from the Paris 2024 Games who will compete at the Diamond League in Xiamen.

Other big names for the first stop of the 2025 series include Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson in the women’s 200m, along with a star-studded men’s 200m field led by Olympic gold medallist Letsile Tebogo, the season’s fastest man Akani Simbine, and world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu.

Kenya’s double Olympic gold medallist Beatrice Chebet will aim to start her season with a bang in the women’s 5000m, an event where she also holds the world record. Paris 2024 gold medallist Valerie Allman in the women’s discus and Soufiane El Bakkali, one of the best men’s steeplechasers in the world, will feature in the Diamond League Xiamen.

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Diamond League 2025 Xiamen: Schedule 

All times in Chinese Standard Time / CST (8 hours ahead of GMT/UTC)

Saturday 26 April

• 18:15 – High jump women
• 18:20 – Shot put women
• 18:35 – Pole vault men
• 19:04 – 400m men
• 19:15 – 5000m women
• 19:21 – Discus women
• 19:35 – Long jump men
• 19:40 – 110m hurdles men
• 19:50 – 200m women
• 20:01 – 100m men
• 20:07 – 1000m women
• 20:24 – 100m hurdles women
• 20:33 – 3000m steeplechase men
• 20:52 – 300m hurdles men

Diamond League 2025 Xiamen: Where to watch

Action will be streamed around the world on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube page. 

Fans can also watch the events on the following broadcast networks and streaming platforms: