Monaco Diamond League 2021: When and where to watch, event timings, start lists, and live streaming details

Modified Jul 06, 2021 14:03 IST

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After a brilliant ending to the Stockholm leg, the action will now move to the Monaco Diamond League, which will begin on July 9. The 400m hurdles event will be the headline of the penultimate competition ahead of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Rai Benjamin and Karsten Warholm will battle it out with the winner entering the Olympics as a gold medal favorite.

Warholm, the two-time world champion, shattered the 29-year-old 400m hurdles world record last week in Oslo. He clocked 46.70 in front of his home crowd to break Kevin Young’s 1992 Barcelona Olympics record of 46.78 seconds.

READ: Who can claim the men's 400m hurdles throne?

An improved Rai Bejamin, on the other hand, missed Young’s record by 0.05 seconds during the US Olympic Trials. He recorded 46.83 on the clock to win the trials.

The 100m men at the Monaco Diamond League, meanwhile, will be an all-out battle between USA’s three Tokyo Olympic-bound sprinters. Trayvon Bromell, who achieved 9.77, the season’s fastest, will be challenged by Ronnie Baker and Fred Karley. Other racers in line to participate include Italian champions Marcel Jacobs and Filippo Tortu, and France’s Jimmy Vicaut.

READ: Rai Benjamin vs Karsten Warholm to lock horns in pre-Tokyo Olympics 2020 showdown

Two-time Olympic champion (100m) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will also be seen in action at the 200m women’s event. American champion Gabrielle Thomas, who holds a personal best of 21.61 will challenge the Jamaican sprinter.