With the newly launched entry lists for the upcoming Monaco Diamond League assembly, the monitor world is in for one of the vital electrical 800m showdowns of 2025. On Tuesday, organizers confirmed the sphere 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 lads’s 800m, which can function the whole Olympic podium–Kenya’s Emmanuel WanyonyiAlgeria’s Djamel Sedjati and Canada’s Marco Arop. They’ll be joined by practically each top-10 runner on the planet this yr, making it one of many deepest fields we’ve seen.
Arop may 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 yr.
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.Ok.) – world #10
Marco Arop (Canada) – World #12
Peter was (Australia) – world #19
Patryk Sieradzki (Poland) – world #69
Nonetheless solely 20, Wanyonyi, the reigning Olympic champion, is the one runner on the planet this yr to interrupt 1:42, boasting a world-leading 1:41.95.
Six of the top-10 entrants ran their season’s bests ultimately month’s Stockholm Diamond League in Sweden, suggesting Monaco may very well be simply as quick–or sooner.
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 subject who competed as a Racer in GST’s inaugural yr, successful all three Slam 800m races. Consider, the 800m wasn’t Arop’s sole focus this yr; as a Racer, he additionally took on the unfamiliar 1,500m at every Slam, clocking a decent season’s greatest of three:35.38.
The Monaco Diamond League will mark the primary showdown of the total Olympic podium for the reason that Diamond League Remaining 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 the planet rankings?
The one different Canadian set to compete in Monaco is world champion shot putter Sarah Mittonwho can even throw at Saturday’s Prefontaine Traditional Diamond League assembly in Eugene, Ore.
