Adel Mechaal will run the London Diamond League mile to tune-up for the Games

The tenth calendar appointment of Diamond League will pass London this Saturday (from 3pm to 5pm on Movistar+) and this is the last test before the Paris 2024 Gamesan ideal scenario to put all the training accumulated over the past few months into the synthetic and so that athletes from other continents can work on their adaptation to the European schedule.

Adel MechaaHe is the only Spaniard in the running and will take on the Emsley Carr mile as the final test for his tune-up for the Paris Games. The Catalan athlete will measure his performance against rivals of the caliber of Elliot Giles, Niels Laros, Stewart McSweyn either Narve Nordasthey are all candidates for the Olympic 1,500m final. Mechaal, who trains under the orders of Antonio Serrano, is in favor of accumulating many previous competitions to arrive well in the main week. A system similar to that applied by Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsendouble European champion last month in Rome (1,500m and 5,000m) and main favorite in Paris.

In the 100 meter race, which will close the day in London, there will be the highest level of participation so far this season and it will be a serious warning before traveling to the French capital. Noah Lyles He is aiming for a Games gold triplet and to do so he will also need to win the short sprint race (100m), which is the worst for him given his characteristics. In London he will have the opportunity to compete against serious contenders for the Olympic podium such as Letsile Tebogo, Akani Simbine, Ackeem Blake, Louie Hinchliffe either Jeremiah Azuthey were all under 10 seconds this year.

In the women’s 200m, the North American Gabrielle Thomas will be a good reference of a breed that will also have Dina Asher-Smith, Julien Alfred and Tamara Clark. In the 400 hurdles, the Brazilian Alison Dos Santos he will try to continue his unparalleled dominance in a race where he will be the main favorite and where his fiercest rival will be absent, Karsten Warholm and Ray Benjamin. In the 800 there will also be high level participation with up to nine runners capable of breaking under two minutes this season and with Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie, Halimah Nakaayi and Laura Muir as key references.

At the height of the man, Mutaz Barshim He will leave in search of a good feeling to aim to retain his Olympic gold in Paris. In female length, the German stands out Malaika Mihambo, the great dominator of the specialty regained his best version. The weight will have one of the most equal and exciting contests in recent years with the extraordinary trident formed by the world record holder Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs and Leonardo Fabbri.