The 2025 season will characteristic 15 meets throughout 4 continents and 13 nations, with extra prize cash on provide to athletes
The Diamond League remaining will return to Zürich subsequent season for the primary time in two years.
Subsequent yr’s Weltklasse Zürich takes place on August 27-28, bringing the curtain down on a Diamond League season that options 15 meets throughout 4 continents and 13 nations.
The 2025 season kicks off in Xiamen on April 26 and the Diamond League stays in China for Shanghai/Suzhou on Could 3.
After that’s Doha and Rabat earlier than the European leg of the season kicks off in Rome on June 6.
Meets in Oslo, Stockholm and Paris comply with earlier than athletes fly to Oregon for Pre Basic on July 5.
Over the next fortnight, they are going to then compete in Monaco and London earlier than a break takes place initially of August.
Georgia Bell, Keely Hodgkinson and Jemma Reekie (Getty)
The Diamond League returns with Silesia on August 16 after which it’s Lausanne and Brussels earlier than the large showdown in Zürich.
With subsequent yr’s World Championships going down in Tokyo in September (13-21), Weltklasse Zürich will basically be the ultimate alternative for athletes to hone their craft earlier than travelling to Japan.
A complete of round $18 million will probably be paid to athletes in whole over the course of subsequent yr’s Diamond League season.
The prize pot per self-discipline will probably be between $30,000 and $50,000 at every of the sequence meets and between $60,000 and $100,000 for the ultimate.
Every self-discipline on the Diamond League will probably be staged between 4 and 7 instances within the sequence meets subsequent season.
Yared Nuguse and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Getty)
“The Wanda Diamond League stays dedicated to rewarding the athletes extra, while on the similar time making certain the long-term sustainability of the sequence, so it continues to supply important competitors to the athletes for a lot of extra years to return,” stated Petr Stastny, CEO of Diamond League.
“In an ever-changing panorama within the sports activities, media and leisure world, we have now at all times been on the forefront of innovation in our sport of athletics. That includes a complete of 32 disciplines over every season, we offer the world’s finest athletes the chance to compete on the highest doable stage.
“Having opponents from round 100 nations yearly permits for TV audiences in 150 nations and territories, making our sequence a very common and international league.”
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