Kenyan 800m star Emmanuel Wanyonyi will take on Cooper Lutkenhaus, Marco Arop and Djamel Sedjati at the BAUHAUS-Galan Wanda Diamond League meeting in June.Wanyonyi, the reigning Olympic, World and Diamond League champion, will headline a star-studded men’s 800m field at the Stockholm leg of athletics’ premier one-day series on Sunday, 7 June.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsIn addition to Wanyonyi taking on Olympic silver and bronze medalists Arop and Sedjati, all familiar foes, also on the field will be a new challenger in teenage World Indoor Champion Lutkenhaus at the BAUHAUS-Galan.Gabby Thomas on balancing healthcare career and elite track competitionIt will be the first of two heavyweight 800m clashes in quick succession, with the same names set to meet at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo three days later.Wanyonyi set a world lead in Stockholm last season, one of five wins he picked up en route to a third successive Diamond League title in 2025.The Kenyan has dominated the 800m in recent years, notching up 12 Diamond League wins in what is currently one of the sport’s most competitive disciplines.##NAJAVA_MECA_9712264##Yet he is not unbeatable, having suffered shock Diamond League defeats in both Rabat and Lausanne last year.As well as Olympic medalists Arop and Sedjati, he also faces former world 1500m champion Jake Wightman and Australian star Peter Bol.Stockholm is the fifth leg of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League, which begins in Shanghai/Keqiao on Saturday, 16 May and ends at the two-day series final in Brussels on Friday, 4 to Saturday, 5 September.Gabby Thomas on balancing healthcare career and elite track competitionThe series unites the biggest names in track and field in some of the world’s most iconic arenas, crossing four continents and 15 cities over the course of the season.
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