Diamond League 2026 - everything you need to know

British sprinter Amy Hunt competes in a star-studded Diamond League opener in China [Getty Images] Great Britain's world 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt joins global stars Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon at the first Diamond League event of the season in China - live on the BBC. The Diamond League - athletics' premier one-day meeting series - was due to begin in Doha on 8 May, but that event was postponed until June amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. There are 15 stops on the Diamond League circuit, culminating in a two-day final in Brussels in September, which this year will precede the inaugural season-ending World Athletics Ultimate Championship.

Hunt, 24, who achieved her first individual global podium in Tokyo last year, will contest a quality women's 200m which also features Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and American Sha'Carri Richardson. Britain's 2023 world 800m medallist Ben Pattison, discus thrower Lawrence Okoye, and 5,000m runners Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Revee Walcott-Nolan are also in action. Kenyan great Kipyegon, Swedish pole vault star Duplantis and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo headline the Shanghai/Keqiao event, live on BBC Two from 12:00 BST on Saturday.

'I don't like that people still reference Budapest' - Pattison Ben Pattison's reduced his 800m personal best to one minute 42. 27 seconds in 2024 - second to only Sebastian Coe (1:41. 73) among British athletes [Getty Images] Back to full fitness after an uninterrupted winter, Pattison, the second-fastest British 800m runner in history, is desperate to clinch more major silverware on home soil this summer.

The 24-year-old announced himself on the global stage by claiming a surprise 800m bronze in his first world final in Budapest in 2023, and moved behind only Sebastian Coe on the British all-time list the following season. But, after illness disrupted his Olympic preparations and his 2025 plans were ruined by a stress fracture, Pattison is targeting European and Commonwealth medals in Birmingham and Glasgow respectively. Speaking to BBC Sport before competing in China, Pattison said: "The plan is to do both and my goal is to get two medals.