Preview: Duplantis, Warholm, and Bol Lead Star-Studded Line-Up at the 2025 Stockholm Diamond League
Seven individual Olympic champions from Paris 2024 will headline the Bauhaus Galan in the historic Olympic Stadium for the sixth leg of the Wanda Diamond League on Sunday, June 15. Among the many anticipated highlights are the men’s pole vault with Armand Duplantis, the men’s 400 metres hurdles showdown between Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Alison Dos Santos, and the women’s long jump clash featuring Tara Davis-Woodhall, Malaika Mihambo and Larissa Iapichino. Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred is also set to race, while sprint legend Usain Bolt will attend as a special guest, marking his first European tour appearance since retiring in 2017.
Men’s Pole Vault:
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis will renew his rivalry with Emmanouil "Manolo" Karalis. The two have met 32 times throughout their careers but never before at the Bauhaus Galan. Their first encounter dates back to the World U18 Championships in Cali 2015, where Duplantis won gold and Karalis took bronze.
Duplantis has been dominant in Stockholm, collecting five victories: 6.01m (2020), 6.02m (2021), 6.16m (2022), 6.05m (2023), and 6.00m (2024). He set his 11th world record (6.27m) in Clermont Ferrand this February and claimed the world indoor title in Nanjing with 6.15m. His 2025 Diamond League season started with three straight wins: 5.92m (Xiamen), 6.11m (Keqiao), and 6.15m (Oslo).
Karalis had a breakthrough 2024 season, clearing 6.00m at the Diamond League in Chorzow. In 2025, he vaulted over six meters five times, set a personal best of 6.05m in Nanjing, and recently cleared 6.01m in Keqiao. He placed second in Oslo with 5.82m.
Also in the field: Olympic silver medallist Sam Kendricks (5.95m), Ernest John Obiena, Kurtis Marshall, seven-time Diamond League champion Renaud Lavillenie, Menno Vloon, Ersu Sasma, and more.
Men’s 400 Metres Hurdles:
Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin, and Alison Dos Santos – the world’s top three in the event – will meet in Stockholm for the first time. Warholm, the Olympic champion and world record holder (45.94), has won in Stockholm four times. In 2025, he claimed three Diamond League wins, including two world all-time bests in the 300m hurdles (33.05 and 32.67).
Benjamin, Olympic gold medallist in Paris (46.46), placed second to Warholm in the 300m hurdles in Oslo with a U.S. record of 33.28. Dos Santos holds the Stockholm meet record (46.80 in 2022) and has remained undefeated in the 400m hurdles this season.
Other names include Sweden's Carl Bengstrom (47.94 NR), Brazil's Matheus Lima (48.08 PB), and Germany's Emil Agyekum (48.21 PB).
Women’s Long Jump:
Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall will take on European champion Malaika Mihambo and European indoor gold medallist Larissa Iapichino.
Davis-Woodhall won the Olympic gold in Paris with 7.10m and recently jumped 7.02m in Rome. Mihambo, the 2019 Diamond League champion, claimed European gold in Rome with a PB of 7.22m. Iapichino, winner in Stockholm 2023, has a season’s best of 7.06m and is closing in on her mother Fiona May’s Italian record (7.11m).
The field also includes Jasmine Moore, Claire Bryant, Annik Kaelin, Ivana Spanovic, Monae Nichols, Ackelia Smith, and Maja Askag.
Women’s High Jump:
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Olympic champion and world record holder (2.10m), faces fellow Olympic medallists Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson.
Mahuchikh has won three times in Stockholm and opened her 2025 season with victories in Xiamen and Keqiao. Olyslagers and Patterson earned silver and bronze respectively at Paris 2024. Both have cleared 2.01m in the past year.
Additional contenders: Angelina Topic, Vashti Cunningham, Maria Zodzik, Yulia Levchenko, Christina Honsel, and Sweden’s Engla Nilsson.
Women’s 400 Metres Hurdles:
Femke Bol returns to Stockholm chasing her fifth win in the Swedish capital. She holds the meeting record (52.27) and the Diamond League record (51.30). Bol is unbeaten in 2025 with meeting record victories in Rabat and Hengelo.
Dalilah Muhammad, former Olympic champion and world record holder, will make her farewell appearance. Other strong contenders: Ayomide Folorunso, Amalie Iuel, Gianna Woodruff, Sarah Carli, and Elena Kelety.
Men’s Discus Throw:
Matthew Denny (74.78m NR) faces Kristjan Ceh, Daniel Stahl, and Olympic champion Roje Stona. Ceh has thrown over 72m multiple times in 2025. Stahl, the hometown favorite, has three previous Stockholm wins.
Also competing: Lawrence Okoye, Lukas Weisshaidinger, Clemens Prufer, and Henrik Janssen.
Women’s 100 Metres:
Julien Alfred returns just days after her 10.89 win in Oslo. The Olympic gold medallist (10.72) also holds a world lead of 21.88 in the 200m.
She will face Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Zaynab Dosso, Patrizia Van der Weken, Maia McCoy, and Julia Henriksson.
Men’s 800 Metres:
Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1:41.11 PB) headlines a deep 800m field that includes Djamel Sedjati, Gabriel Tual, Bryce Hoppel, Josh Hoey, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Andreas Kramer, and Kethobobile Haingura.
Women’s 800 Metres:
Mary Moraa leads the lineup against world indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso, Swiss record holder Audrey Werro, Jemma Reekie, Georgia Bell, Oratile Nowe, Addison Wiley, and Anais Bourgoin.
Women’s 100 Metres Hurdles:
Ackera Nugent, fourth-fastest all-time (12.24), lines up against Kendra Harrison, Devynne Charlton, Grace Stark, Nadine Visser, Pia Skrzyszowska, Alaysha Johnson, and Giada Carmassi.
Women’s 400 Metres:
Isabella Whittaker (49.58) and Henriette Jaeger (49.62) will duel again after their Oslo showdown. The field also includes Amber Anning, Rhasidat Adeleke, Lieke Klaver, Sada Williams, Martina Weil, and Andrea Miklos.
Women’s Pole Vault:
Sandi Morris (4.80m SB) competes against Angelica Moser, Roberta Bruni, Gabriela Leon, Tina Sutej, and Elisa Molinarolo. The event will take place on Saturday.
Men’s 200 Metres:
Reynier Mena (20.20 Oslo win) is joined by Joseph Fahnbulleh, Aaron Brown, Joshua Hartmann, and Erik Erlandsson.
Men’s 5000 Metres:
Kuma Girma (12:46.41 PB) leads a strong field including Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker, Andreas Almgren, Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi, Ky Robinson, and Filip Ingebrigtsen.
Men’s 1500 Metres:
George Mills, fresh off breaking Mo Farah’s British 5000m record, faces Samuel Philstrom, Mohamed Attaoui, and Federico Riva.
Women’s Discus Throw (non-DL event):
World champion Laulauga Tausaga faces Denia Caballero, Jorinde Van Klinken, and Olympic finalist Vanessa Kamgha.
