Canadian running star Marco Arop up against world-best field at Diamond League Monaco

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· Posted: Jul 10, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Canada's Marco Arop volition vie against a precise acquainted tract successful the men's 800 metres at the Diamond League way and tract halt successful Monaco.

Seven of the 8 athletes that ran successful the last of past summer's Paris Olympic Games volition enactment up successful Friday's contention astatine the Meeting Herculis EBS. That includes each of the Paris 2024 medallists: Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, metallic medallist Arop, and bronze-medal victor Djamel Sedjati of Algeria.

CBC Gem and CBCSports.ca volition transportation each the unrecorded enactment opening astatine 2 p.m. ET. 

Arop is coming disconnected a palmy archetypal play of contention successful the caller Grand Slam Track league. The 26-year-old Edmontonian won each three 800m races, and was crowned the victor of the abbreviated region contention astatine the Philadelphia halt connected June 1.

WATCH | Arop wins 800m astatine Grand Slam Track Philadelphia successful ascendant fashion:

This weekend's men's 800m race is scheduled to commencement astatine 2:23 p.m. ET, but is conscionable 1 of respective cardinal events connected Friday. Here are a fewer much events to support an oculus on:

Women's changeable put

Canada's Sarah Mitton, caller disconnected a second-place decorativeness astatine the Prefontaine Classic, volition look a brace of reigning champions successful Monaco.

The satellite indoor champ from Brooklyn, N.S., volition instrumentality connected satellite champ Chase Jackson, of the U.S., as good arsenic Paris Olympic golden medallist Yemisi Ogunleye, of Germany.

Another rival to ticker retired for is indoor worlds runner-up Jessica Schilder, of the wetherlands, who is besides the reigning European indoor champion.

WATCH | Mitton takes 2nd spot astatine Diamond League Eugene:

Men's 200m

Paris Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana volition person immoderate high-profile contention astatine Monaco's 200m race.

That's due to the fact that men's 100m Olympic champion Noah Lyles will marque his Diamond League play debut astatine the event. The American was a precocious summation to the startlist but should situation Tebogo, who conscionable ran the 200 successful a world-leading 19.76 to win at the Prefontaine Classic.

Other notable athletes successful the 200 are the Dominican Republic's Alexander Ogando and Jereem Richards, of Trinidad and Tobogo. Both sprinters person finishes of 19.86 seconds this season.

Women's 400m hurdles

Paris Olympic bronze medallist Femke Bol will bring her Diamond League undefeated streak successful the women's 400m subject into Monaco.

Two Americans are among the athletes looking to halt the Dutch way star's progress: Olympic metallic medallist Anna Cockrell, and Dalilah Muhammad, who has already recorded a decorativeness of 52.91 seconds this season.