Amy Hunt, Mondo Duplantis, Shericka Jackson and Letsile Tebogo headline Lausanne Diamond League 2026, Lausanne, Switzerland; broadcast in 170+ countries

Lausanne Diamond League 2026: Amy Hunt, Mondo Duplantis, Shericka Jackson and Letsile Tebogo headline star-studded track and field action - how to watch live

Track and field’s finest converge on Lausanne, Switzerland, for the lastest instalment of Diamond League action. Here are the key things you need to know before the meet begins on Friday (21 August).

The medals, records and continental titles of the 2026 European Athletics Championships are quickly fading into the rearview mirror, but that doesn’t mean the athletics season anywhere near finished.

Beckoning the world’s top track and field athletes to Switzerland’s “Olympic capital”, the 2026 Diamond League season resumes on Friday (21 August) at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne.

The meet, known locally as Athletissima , will feature some of the world’s greatest athletes, including four-time European champion Amy Hunt , pole vault world record holder Armand “Mondo” Duplantis and sprint superstars Shericka Jackson and Letsile Tebogo .

Swiss hopes, such as newly crowned European champions Audrey Werro (women’s 800m) and Angelica Moser (women’s pole vault), and perennial favourites like Simon Ehammer (men’s long jump), will aim to hold their own and shine in front of a local crowd.

With the start list oozing with talent and filled to the brim with Olympic champions, world champions, established veterans and rising stars, there’s bound to be no shortage of excitement or excellence as the world’s best go head-to-head once more.

Read on for more of a preview below, where you can also find the full schedule and how to tune in live.

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Lausanne Diamond League 2026: Athletes to watch

Great Britain’s Hunt was outright imperial at the European Athletics Championships, claiming the women’s sprint-double, women’s 4x100m title and a mixed 4x100m gold to leave as the most decorated athlete in a single edition of the championships .

She’ll hope to prove that was just the beginning of her reign over track and field’s high-octane sprint distances, coming to face-to-face with five-time Olympic medallist Jackson in a highly-anticipated women’s 200m clash.

While the Jamaican superstar holds the better season’s best between the pair at 21.87 seconds – compared to Hunt’s 22.19 – the British continental champion has proven she’s not to be underestimated.

An equal amount of intrigue will surround the men’s 200m in Lausanne, with Africa’s finest – Olympic champion Tebogo and Commonwealth champion Sinesipho Dambile – set to go head-to-head.

Having skipped the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Tebogo will look to remind the South African rising star of his own prowess in the half-lap sprint. That said, it’s been an up-and-down season for the Botswana superstar, who trails Dambile this season: 19.74 to 19.84.

Swiss fans will be eager to catch a glimpse of European champion Werro in the women’s 800m, as she faces 400m hurdles star turned two lap threat Femke Broeders-Bol and Commonwealth runner-up Lilian Odira in one of the meet’s most-anticipated races.

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Paris 2024 runner-up Marco Arop will meet in the men’s 800m, with the United States’ Brandon Miller hoping to edit the script and showcase his extraordinary ability to slay the event’s giants at the international level.

All eyes will be on “Mondo” Duplantis in the men’s pole vault, with Swiss European champion Moser looking to pull off a highly desired encore against Team USA’s Katie Moon and Sandi Morris on home soil.

And don’t forget about Olympic champions Masai Russell in the women’s 100m hurdles, Miltiadis Tentoglou in the men’s long jump and Neeraj Chopra in the men’s javelin, who will aim to create some headlines of their own in Lausanne.

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Lausanne Diamond League 2026: Schedule

The event will take place on Friday (21 July) , with the men’s pole vault set to take place a day earlier on Thursday, 20 August. All times local (CEST, UTC +2).

19:10 - Men’s triple jump

20:04 - Women’s 400m hurdles

20:05 - Women’s pole vault

20:24 - Women’s 3000m steeplechase

20:48 - Men’s long jump

20:50 - Women’s 100m hurdles

Lausanne Diamond League 2026: How to watch

The 2026 Diamond League athletics series is broadcast across more than 170 countries and territories worldwide, with global coverage available through a mix of television partners and streaming platforms.

Selected territories will also be able to follow the meeting via livestream on the official Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel, although the stream will not be available worldwide.

To search by territory, check here .

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