by Alfonz Juck
EME News, our global partner, provides RBR with previews of the major meetings around the globe on the sport. This is their preview of the 2024 Oslo Diamond League meeting, held June 12, 2025.
300m hurdles clash, 5000m WR attempt, Alfred’s 100m debut, and … Mondo
OSLO (NOR): Olympic 400m hurdles podium rematch over 300m hurdles (with a world best attack), announced men’s 5000m WR attempt, Julien Alfred’s first 100m of the season and, of course, Mondo Duplantis will highlight the main program of the Bislett Games, another Wanda Diamond League event of the season at the legendary Bislett stadium in Oslo. Women’s 3000m steeplechase, triple jump and javelin throw also promise excellent performances and interesting duels.
Short event by event previews
Women
100m (Diamond+): First Diamond League appearance of the year for Olympic champion Julien Alfred. The line-up also includes her training partner Dina Asher-Smith and Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith who holds the meeting record at 10.75, Zaynab Dosso opening the summer season.
400m (D+): Interesting field includes indoor breakthrough performer Isabelle Whittaker who clocked 49.24 and makes her Diamond League debut. European outdoor and indoor champions Natalia Bukowiecka and Lieke Klaver also compete while Rhasidat Adeleke and Andrea Jæger make their season’s debut. World indoor champion Amber Anning is also in the line-up.
3000m steeple: Can Faith Cherotich defeat Olympic champion Winfred Yavi for the second time this summer? And do they make a sub-9:00 time?
400m hurdles: A line-up features former world record-holder Dalilah Muhammad, targeting her first DL title since 2018, along with Gotzis Hypo-Meeting winner Anna Hall who has a 54.42 PB. Shiann Salmon with the highest ranking, and Ayomide Folorunso second in Rome DL.
Triple jump: Olympic champion Thea Lafond faces world leader and world indoor champion Leyanis Pérez Hernández, and Shanieka Ricketts for her third DL title of the season with World Rankings top 7 competing; outdoor WL should be attacked.
Javelin throw: Elina Tzengko will be looking to maintain her unbeaten streak but faces strong opposition from world and Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi and world leader Adriana Vilagoš.
Men
200m: Wide open race featuring 2020 Olympic champion Andre de Grasse. The fastest based on season’s bests is Joseph Fahnbulleh with 20.07, successful at DL this year.
800m: Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, aiming his first 800m win of the season, faces a line-up including fellow sub-1:42 performers Djamel Sedjati and Gabriel Tual, both of whom are making their season’s debuts at the distance. Also watch out for Max Burgin who clocked 1:43.34 in Rabat and defeated Wanyonyi.
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April 6, 2025, photo by Kevin Morris
Dream Mile: Can Timothy Cheruiyot make it back-to-back wins on the Diamond League after winning the 1500m in Rome? The line-up also features Australian prodigy Cameron Myers, home favourite Narve Gilje Nordås and Anass Essayi, who was also on podium in Rome DL.
5000m (D+): A potential world record as the race has been billed as a WR attempt. The line-up is headed by Ethiopians Hagos Gebrhiwet, who missed WR by just 1.4 sec. last year, and Yomif Kejelcha, opening his track season, who have 12:36.73 and 12:38.95 PBs respectively. The world record stands at 12:35.36 and belongs to Joshua Cheptegei since 2020. Kuma Girma, Mezgebu Sime and Dominic Lobalu with DL podiums this season, also Nicholas Kipkorir, Jacob Krop and Biniam Mehary are competing.
300m hurdles: First clash of the year between Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Alison dos Santos. Warholm won over this distance in Xiamen in a world best of 33.05, Dos Santos was dominant in GST meets, Benjamin opens the summer season.
Pole vault (D+): Armand Duplantis faces fellow Olympic medallists Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis and a complete World Rankings top 8. Meeting record is held by Duplantis at 6.02m which looks vulnerable.
Triple jump: 18 metre-plus performers Pedro Pichardo (18.08m PB) and Hugues Fabrice Zango (18.07m) clash, Jordan Scott, narrowly second behind Pichardo in Shaoxing/Keqiao DL, also competes, outdoor WL under threat.
