With the newly launched entry lists for the upcoming Monaco Diamond League assembly, the monitor world is in for some of the electrical 800m showdowns of 2025. On Tuesday, organizers confirmed the sector for the tenth cease on the Diamond League circuit, set for July 11 on the Stade Louis-II in Monaco’s Fontvieille district.
The standout occasion? With out query, the boys’s 800m, which is able to characteristic the whole Olympic podium–Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati and Canada’s Marco Arop. They’ll be joined by almost each top-10 runner on this planet this 12 months, making it one of many deepest fields we’ve seen.
Arop might have his work lower out for him: regardless of coming in because the reigning world champion, the Canadian’s season’s better of 1:48.38 doesn’t even crack the worldwide prime 10 this 12 months.
The lineup
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya) – world #1
Djamel Sedjati (Algeria) – world #2
Josh Hoey (U.S.A.) – world #3
Gabriel Tual (France) – world #5
Mohamed Attaoui (Spain) – world #6
Slimane Moula (Algeria) – world #7
Bryce Hoppel (U.S.A.) – world #8
Max Burgin (U.Okay.) – world #10
Marco Arop (Canada) – world #12
Peter Bol (Australia) – world #19
Patryk Sieradzki (Poland) – world #69
Nonetheless solely 20, Wanyonyi, the reigning Olympic champion, is the one runner on this planet this 12 months to interrupt 1:42, boasting a world-leading 1:41.95.
Six of the top-10 entrants ran their season’s bests eventually month’s Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden, suggesting Monaco may very well be simply as quick–or quicker.
For Arop, Monaco marks his Diamond League debut of 2025, following the early conclusion of the Grand Slam Observe (GST) season. He’s the one member of Monaco’s discipline who competed as a Racer in GST’s inaugural 12 months, successful all three Slam 800m races. Bear in mind, the 800m wasn’t Arop’s sole focus this 12 months; as a Racer, he additionally took on the unfamiliar 1,500m at every Slam, clocking a good season’s greatest of three:35.38.
The Monaco Diamond League will mark the primary showdown of the complete Olympic podium for the reason that Diamond League Last in Brussels final September, the place Wanyonyi took the crown. The query now: can Wanyonyi keep on prime, or will Arop declare a prime spot on this planet rankings?
The one different Canadian set to compete in Monaco is world champion shot putter Sarah Mitton, who can even throw at Saturday’s Prefontaine Traditional Diamond League assembly in Eugene, Ore.
