With the Olympic Video games simply three weeks away, a number of high medal contenders are set to conflict on the Monaco Diamond League Assembly Herculis, the penultimate meet earlier than the Paris event.
Among the many elite athletes, Jamaica’s nationwide 400-metre hurdles champion, Malik James-King, will face three Olympic medal favorites’ in an occasion that includes the highest five-ranked athletes of the season.
Ranked fifth globally with a time of 47.42 seconds, James-King is seeking to ship a standout efficiency following his third-place end on the Paris Diamond League. This meet marks the primary encounter of the season between all three medal contenders, together with Rai Benjamin of america, who holds a season-best of 46.46 seconds and is the Budapest World Athletics Championships bronze medalist.
Alison Dos Santos of Brazil, the winner in Paris with a season-best of 46.63 seconds, and world document holder Karsten Warholm of Norway, with a season-best of 46.70 seconds, are the opposite high rivals James-King will face. The road-up additionally consists of fourth-ranked Caleb Alden of america, with a better of 47.23 seconds, and his compatriot CJ Allen, who clocked 47.81 seconds on the US Trials.
Parchment vs Halloway in 110m hurdles
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Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment will compete towards Grant Holloway of america within the males’s 110-metre hurdles. Holloway, the world champion, is the quickest this season with a time of 12.86 seconds. Parchment, regardless of a season-best of 13.19 seconds, is a formidable challenger. The race can even function Shunsuke Izumiya of Japan (13.16), Sasha Zhoya of France (13.15), and Cordell Tinch of america (13.03), making for an thrilling contest.
Deandre Watkin, following his upset win on the JAAA/PUMA Junior and Senior Nationwide Championships, will make his Diamond League debut within the males’s 400 meters. With a private better of 44.48 seconds, Watkin will compete towards world chief Christopher Morales-Williams of Canada (44.05), Bayapo Ndori of Botswana (44.10), Quincy Corridor of america (44.17), and Michael Norman (44.21).
Nationwide triple soar champion Shanieka Ricketts is the lone Jamaican lady on the meet. Ricketts, who has a season’s better of 14.58 meters, will intention for a big efficiency in a wide-open competitors following the absence of Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas. Ricketts will face rivals equivalent to Thea LaFond of Dominica (15.01), Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba (14.90), Liadagmis Povea of Cuba (14.73), and Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré of Spain (14.85).
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Because the countdown to the Olympics continues, the Monaco Diamond League Assembly Herculis will function a essential take a look at for these athletes, setting the stage for what guarantees to be an exhilarating competitors in Paris.
