Reigning Olympic champion Daniel Ståhl (SWE) and 2022 global gold medallist Kristjan Čeh (SLO) will headline a stellar line-up of Olympic and global medallists within the males’s discus on the London Athletics Meet on Sunday 23 July.
With greater than 40,000 tickets already bought for the meet, it is going to be the most important athletics fixture because the International Athletics Championships London 2017.
Čeh – who threw the joint fourth furthest throw in historical past at a gathering in Estonia on Friday at 71.86m – has two Diamond League wins to his identify to this point in 2023 after victories in Doha and Rabat. This follows on from his luck within the Wanda Diamond League Ultimate in 2022. He additionally has enjoy of profitable on British soil after securing victory on the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham remaining yr.
Ståhl gained his first Olympic gold in Tokyo two years in the past and has a excellent CV to his identify. The 2019 global champion has gained the Diamond League Ultimate on 3 events right through his occupation, profitable two times on the London assembly in 2017 and 2019.
Some of the different main contenders within the box are Mykolas Alekna (LTU) – rising skill within the tournament at simply Twenty years-old – who gained global silver in Oregon in addition to Ecu gold in Munich remaining yr.
2020 Olympic silver medallist Simon Petterson (SWE) joins the sphere, whilst Andrius Gudzuis (LTU) will go back to the scene of his 2017 International Athletics Championships triumph.
Nice Britain and Northern Eire’s Lawrence Okoye – who gained Commonwealth silver and Ecu bronze remaining summer season – will glance to provoke the house crowds. He’s going to be joined through 2022 Commonwealth champion Matthew Denny (AUS) and Tokyo Olympic finalist, Sam Mattis (USA).
Čeh mentioned, “I’m very excited to be competing in London for the primary time subsequent month. I’ve began my season rather well with wins within the Diamond League conferences in Doha and Rabat, so I need to stay my excellent shape and momentum going right through the summer time.
“The sphere is global magnificence so it is going to be nice preparation forward of August’s International Athletics Championships. The Diamond League conferences supply nice festival for all of the discus throwers, so it is going to be an excellent contest for the British crowd to look at.”
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