All six medallists from the Paris Olympics women’s 800m and long jump have been announced for the Prefontaine Classic – a Wanda Diamond League meeting – in Eugene on 5 July.
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will go up against Tsige Duguma and Mary Moraa in the 800m, while Olympic gold medallist Tara Davis-Woodhall will clash with Malaika Mihambo and Jasmine Moore in the long jump.
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Great Britain’s Hodgkinson and Kenya’s Moraa are both two-time Diamond League champions. Two-time world silver medallist Hodgkinson claimed her Diamond League titles in 2021 and 2023, the latter in Eugene, while world champion Moraa secured her series crowns in 2022 and 2024. In 2024 they claimed the top two spots at the Prefontaine Classic.
They will renew their rivalry at Hayward Field in July, when they will be joined by Duguma, the Olympic silver medallist and 2024 world indoor champion.
USA’s Davis-Woodhall secured her first Diamond League meeting win in Rome last year, three weeks after becoming the Olympic long jump champion.
Germany’s Mihambo, the two-time world champion, will be hoping to work towards a second Diamond League trophy this season, to go with the title she claimed in 2019, while USA’s Moore will want to make another statement following her double medal success in the long jump and triple jump in Paris. Last year Moore qualified for the Diamond League final in Brussels in both disciplines.
