Paris Diamond League 2025: Storylines, Top Athletes, Schedule

Paris is ready to host the world’s best track and field athletes once again since the Olympics 2024.

The Diamond League series moves to Paris which is the eighth stop this season. The meet will be held in Paris on 20 June.

Some of the Olympic and world champions will feature at the Paris Diamond League ahead of September’s World Championships in Tokyo.

Grant Holloway, who also brought home a gold medal for the U.S. at Paris 2024, returns to the circuit looking to bounce back after recovering from a freak gym accident that left his knee swollen. He finished a distant 10th in Xiamen shortly after completing a historic three-peat at the World Indoor Championships, also held in the People’s Republic of China.

Tobi Amusan, a world record holder and 2022 world champion, will be pitted against former world record holder Kendra Harrison in the women’s 100m hurdles.

Marileidy Paulino will make her 2025 Diamond League debut in women’s 400m after starring in the inaugural Grand Slam of Track events in Miami and Philadelphia.

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai—who made history by winning her country’s first Olympic title in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at Tokyo 2020—will look to shine.

India’s Neeraj Chopra returns to the Paris Diamond League after eight years. He will be chasing his first Diamond League win this season after a second-place finish behind German Julian Weber in Doha.

In the absence of Kenyan Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, French 800m record holder Gabriel Tual headlines the men’s 800m field at Paris Diamond League.

Also Read: Why Did Mondo Duplantis Earn More Prize Money Than Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the Silesia Diamond League