The London Diamond League is scheduled on Saturday, July 19, 2024. The event will be featuring some of the best 100m athletes of the 2024 season lining up for the title.
The London Diamond League 2024 is one of the last notable events of the 2024 outdoor season before the Paris Olympics. Despite the quadrennial event being just a few days away, there are some big names competing in London.
Fans were surprised to see some of the top athletes of the 2024 season like Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo, Yohan Blake, Gabby Thomas, and Dina Asher-Smith among others be a part of the tournament. They took to X to express their excitement while also making predictions on the winner of the London Diamond League.
"What a loaded line up 👌🏼🔥🔥🔥 ,"a fan tweeted.
One fan said that the winner would be either Noah Lyles and Letsile Tebogo.
"Between Lyles and Tebogo," the fan wrote.
"Apart from Simbine and maybe letsile, can’t see anyone getting close to upsetting Noah with Zarnell being injured all season," another fan commented.
Here are some more fan reactions:
" I'm leaning towards a Noah win but wouldn't be surprised if Tebogo pulls off the upset," wrote a fan.
" Great lineup. If Noah can’t win this ,it’s curtains for the Olympics," another fan chimed in.
" This will be brutal 🔥🔥,"tweeted a fan.
London Diamond League 2024 Schedule
The event in the British Capital will feature some still competition in the Men's 100m and the Women's 200m, among other events. The schedule of the London Diamond League is as follows. All times mentioned are in BST (Local Times).
11:53 - Club Connect Women U15 4 x 100m
12:01 - Club Connect Men U15 4 x 100m
12:09 - Club Connect Women U17 4 x 100m
12:17 - Club Connect Men U17 4 x 100m
12:26 - 100m National Men
12:35 - 100m National Women
12:42 - 1500m Ambulant Men
12:50 - javelin women
13:23 - shot put men
13:36 - pole vault women
14:04 - 400m hurdles women
14:21 - high jump men
14:33 - 400m women
14:43 - 400m hurdles women
14:49 - long jump women
14:52 - 3000m men
15:08 - 800m women
15:32 - 400m men
15:42 - 200m women
15:52 - 100m men