American athlete Sydney McLaughlin
Paris – World record holder in the 400 meters hurdles Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will participate in the Diamond League meeting for the first time since 2019. Last year's best female athlete in the world will enter this year's outdoor season in Paris and will run a smooth Thursday. Italian 100m Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs should also start for the first time. The 5000 meters has a packed start list with several world record holders. No Czech athlete will present himself at the meeting in the French capital.
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Olympic champion and reigning world champion McLaughlin-Levrone raced only once this year, running 60 in the indoor meet in Boston. It will be her first start under the open sky since last August. Jacobs, who withdrew from Rabat and Florence due to a back injury, remains on the starting list. However, his expected duel with reigning world champion Fred Kerley will not be on the program, because the star American is not running in Paris.
The first diamond discipline will start in Paris shortly before 7 p.m. The main two-hour program will begin at 21:04 with the men's 400-meter hurdles.
