From world records on three continents to the rise of a new generation of world champions, athletics’ premier one-day series had it all as the sport’s biggest names went head to head in packed out stadiums across the world.

But which was your favourite moment of the 2025 season? Get involved and cast your vote for the Wanda Diamond League Moment of the Year 2025.

How it works

Voting for the Wanda Diamond League Moment of the Year 2025 will open on December 8.

The shortlist of eight moments will be revealed on Facebook, Instagram and X. Fans can cast their vote by reposting or liking their favourite moment.

The final winner will be decided based on both the fan vote and a separate vote by a panel of experts, with each weighted at 50 percent.

Voting will close on December 15 and the winner will be announced on December 18.

Shortlist

The shortlist for the Wanda Diamond League Moment of the Year 2025 is as follows.

Doha: Weber and Chopra break 90 metres

Prior to 2025, neither Julian Weber nor Neeraj Chopra had ever broken the 90-metre mark. In Doha, they both did so on a single night, delivering one of the greatest javelin competitions of all time.

Stockholm: Duplantis breaks the world record on home soil

Mondo Duplantis may have 14 pole vault world records to his name, but few have meant more to him than the 6.28m he jumped in Stockholm in June. It was the first time ever that the Swedish sensation had broken the record on home soil.

Eugene: Chebet takes world record under 14 minutes in the 5000m

After a dominant start to the season, Kenyan distance star Beatrice Chebet broke the 5000m world record in style in Eugene, becoming the first woman ever to go under 14 minutes.

Eugene: Kipyegon breaks own world record 1500m

Five-time Diamond League champion Faith Kipyegon broke the 1500m world record at a Diamond League meeting for the third season in a row in Eugene with 3:48.68.

Silesia: Jefferson-Wooden equals Fraser-Pryce’s meeting record

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden picked up three Diamond League wins ahead of her 100m world title in 2025. The pick of the bunch came in Silesia, when she equalled Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s meeting record of 10.66 and picked up her first overseas Diamond League victory in the process.

Silesia: Warholm sets new Diamond League record

After beginning his season with back-to-back world leads in the 300m hurdles, Karsten Warholm showed his class in the 400m hurdles with a Diamond League record of 46.28 in Silesia.

Lausanne: Seville stuns Lyles in the rain

In a statement victory ahead of his 100m world title, Jamaica’s Oblique Seville defied torrential rain to clock 9.87 in Lausanne and land the second of two eyecatching victories over Olympic champion Noah Lyles.

For anyone who is anyone in the men’s javelin, 90 metres has long been the mark by which greatness is measured.

Yet when they began their 2025 Diamond League seasons in Doha last May, both India’s Chopra and Germany’s Weber were still chasing the elusive milestone.

Chopra had won Olympic gold in 2021, been crowned world champion in 2023 and had become the first Indian ever to win the Diamond League title in 2022.

Weber, meanwhile, was the 2022 European champion and had only narrowly missed out on a medal at both the last two World Championships and Olympic Games.

Neither man, however, had managed to add the 90-metre feather to their cap. Weber’s PB stood at 89.54m, while Chopra had come even closer with 89.94m. But the blot in their copybook remained: always an eighty, never a ninety.

In Doha, they both had a date with destiny.

All eyes were on Chopra in particular ahead of the season opener in the javelin, with the Indian hoping for some home support in a city with plenty of Indian fans.

“I’m always overwhelmed by the support I get from Indian people in Qatar,” he said. The crowd at the Qatar Sports Club is always loud, and I think that brings out the best in all of us. I know the fans expect big things from me when I compete here – and with good conditions and a great atmosphere that’s definitely possible.”

Doha, after all, has traditionally been one of the most javelin-friendly Diamond League meetings. As well as Thomas Röhler’s series record of 93.90m back in 2017, the Qatari capital had also seen 90-metre throws from Jakub Vadlejch and Anderson Peters in 2022.

Buoyed by that history and a passionate Indian fanbase, Chopra knew he would rarely get a better to chance to break the barrier. And he took it.

In the second round, the Indian landed an enormous 90.23m, shattering his own PB and with it the Indian record.

It was a moment of elation and relief for Chopra. Had it not been for what happened next, it would have been the moment of the night.

With victory seemingly certain for the Indian star, Weber suddenly also started firing on all cylinders.

Having crept towards the lead with 89.94m in the fifth, the German then unleashed an astonishing 91.06m with his final throw, stealing Chopra’s thunder and completing one of the greatest competitions in javelin history.

“I was really happy for Neeraj because he had been fighting for that 90-metre throw for some time and it was really special to achieve it tonight,” said Weber, after inviting his rival to join him for a photo at the OMEGA board after the competition.

A few months later, Weber joined Chopra in the Diamond League hall of fame, snapping up a further victory in Brussels before clearing 90 metres at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich.

The German’s title-winning 91.51m was the furthest throw ever at a Diamond League Final, cementing his status as one of the greatest javelin throwers in the series’ history.

A host of reigning Olympic and world champions will return to action in the Diamond League next year, testing themselves week in, week out at the highest level of track and field.

As athletics’ premier one-day meeting series, the Diamond League offers fans and athletes the chance to experience elite-level competition on a regular basis throughout the outdoor season.

Athletes in 32 different disciplines compete for points at 14 series meetings as they bid to qualify for the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on September 4-5.

Each discipline is hosted between four and eight times on the Road to the Final, providing multiple chances for the sport’s biggest superstars to go head to head in some of the world’s most iconic stadiums. 

The breakdown of which disciplines will be staged at which meetings in 2026 has now been published and can be viewed here.

In 2026, the Road to the Final begins in Doha on May 8 and continues through 13 countries and four different continents before the series final in Brussels. 

The full 2026 calendar, which was published last week, can be viewed here.

With no Olympic Games or World Championships in 2026, the iconic Diamond Trophy will be one of the biggest prizes on offer next season. 

Reigning series champions who are hoping to defend their Diamond League title in 2026 include US sprinter Noah Lyles, pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis and Dutch 400m hurdles star Femke Bol. 

In 2025, the Diamond League enjoyed another record-breaking year both on and off the track.

The series increased its prize money pool to a record 9.24 million USD, split equally between male and female athletes.

The 2025 season saw three world records, two world bests and 43 world leads as the biggest names continued to rewrite the athletics history books on the Diamond League stage.

About the Wanda Diamond League

The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field, delivering world-class competitions for fans and athletes throughout the outdoor season.

The series provides a unique opportunity for athletes across the full diversity of track and field to compete regularly at the highest level. In 32 different disciplines, athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final.

With events in 13 different countries across four different continents, the Diamond League is one of the most truly global series in world sport. 

In 2025, it welcomed 400,000 spectators to some of the planet’s most iconic arenas and was broadcast on television in 170 different countries. It also reached an online fanbase of five million social media followers worldwide, notching up more than one billion impressions and more than 900 million video views across all platforms. 

The 2026 Diamond League season will begin in Doha on May 8 and culminate at the two-day series final in Brussels on September 4-5. 

Between April and August, the world’s best athletes crossed four different continents in athletics’ premier one-day series as they honed their form ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

In the first part of our season review, we look back at the highlights from the first three meetings of the season in Xiamen, Keqiao and Doha.

Xiamen: Warholm’s world best

The 2025 season got off to a typically bombastic start as Norwegian star Karsten Warholm made hurdles history in Xiamen.

The season opener in China saw a new innovation, with the 300m hurdles held as a Diamond Discipline for the very first time.

Warholm made it an evening to remember, clocking the fastest time ever recorded in the discipline with 33.05.

It was the first of two 300m hurdles world bests set by the Norwegian over the course of the season, as he returned to world-beating form after a few years plagued by injury.

“I was a little bit surprised by how easy my legs were feeling off the last bend,” he said. “Of course you feel it a little bit in the end, but I managed to really push in the last 45 metres. This shows that the speed is there and the speed over the hurdles is there.”

Xiamen also saw superb performances from Kenyan distance stars Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet.

Kipyegon came agonisingly close to breaking the 1000m world record, clocking the third-fastest time ever with 2:29.21.

Her compatriot Chebet smashed the 5000m meeting record with 14:27.12 to kickstart a brilliant run of form in the first half of the season.

Keqiao: Tinch embarks on road to gold

The hurdles were front and centre once again as the Road to the Final continued a week later with the second meeting of the series in Keqiao.

This time, it was US sprint hurdler Cordell Tinch who grabbed the headlines, racing to a superb 12.87 to become the fourth-fastest man in history in the 110m hurdles.

Tinch had already won in Xiamen, and his world-leading performance in Keqiao proved to be the next step en route to both the Diamond League and world titles in 2025.

“It sounds pretty good (to be joint fourth on the world all-time list). I just wanted to go out there and compete after winning last week,” he said. “I felt like I was going to run something fast, but it is matter of trying to finish those races when I get out well.”

Pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis also showed his class in Keqiao, jumping a meeting record of 6.11m.

The Swedish star was one of several to break a meeting record, with Warholm, Akani Simbine and Yaroslava Mahuchikh among the other record-breakers.

Doha: Weber and Chopra break 90 metres

All eyes were on Neeraj Chopra ahead of the third meeting of the season in Doha, with the Indian javelin star hoping to finally break the elusive 90-metre mark.

An Olympic and Diamond League champion already, Chopra was still yet to join the 90-metre club and was counting on the support of Qatar’s sizeable Indian community to help him over the line in Doha.

He didn’t disappoint, throwing 90.23m in round three to set a new Indian record and reach a major career milestone.

Yet Chopra’s celebrations were cut short when German rival Julian Weber suddenly arrived to spoil the party.

In the final round of the competition, Weber launched a staggering 91.06m to snatch victory away from Chopra and begin his journey to the Diamond League title.

It was only the seventh time in history that two men have thrown further than 90 metres in the same competition.

“The conditions here in Doha with the backwind is great for us javelin throwers. If you make the right adjustments and throw a little higher, it just flies great,” said Weber. “I was really happy for Neeraj because he had been fighting for that 90-metre throw for some time and it was really special to achieve it tonight.”

Other impressive performances in Doha included a world lead from Jamaica’s Tia Clayton in the women’s 100m and an impressive victory from Kenya’s Faith Cherotich over Olympic champion Winfred Yavi in the women’s 3000m steeplechase.

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As the title suggests, none of this is scripted, none of it is staged. It’s a raw, fly-on-the-wall account of daily life at the very pinnacle of track and field.

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The Indian star had won title after title in recent years – from Olympic gold to the Diamond Trophy – yet there was still on milestone which eluded him.

On Friday evening, he reached it at last. In the third round of the javelin at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha, Chopra landed a 90.23m throw to break his own national record, set a new world lead and finally join the exclusive 90-metre club.

Yet just as it looked to be Chopra’s night, there was to be another twist in the tale.

In the final round, the Indian’s German rival Julian Weber suddenly arrived to spoil the party, snatching the world lead and the victory away from Chopra with a monster final effort.

The Wanda Diamond League’s official timekeeper OMEGA marked Weber’s throw at 91.06m: a historic performance and a moment of high drama which was this week’s OMEGA Moment of the Meeting.

It was also the first time Weber had cleared 90 metres and only the seventh time in history that two men had done so in one competition.

“The result is a little bit bittersweet,” admitted Chopra, while insisting he was delighted for Weber. “I told him that today is the day when we both can break the 90m mark”

Weber was equally sporting, inviting Chopra to be photographed with him at the OMEGA scoreboard and heaping praise on his Indian rival after the competition.

“I was really happy for Neeraj because he was fighting for that throw over 90m for some time and it was really special to achieve it tonight,” said the German, who also admitted he had surprised himself with his winning throw.

I don’t know what happened tonight, I think I’ll have to watch it! I just felt amazing today, The previous weeks weren’t that good for me, but today I was just feeling great. My physio gave me a really good massage and the crowd was amazing, so the backdrop was great.”

Watch: OMEGA Moment of the Meeting Doha 2025

Both men had thrown beyond 89 metres on several occasions in recent years, with their PBs – 89.94m for Chopra and 89.54m for Weber – dating back to 2022. Tonight in the Qatari capital, though, they finally bettered the hallowed barrier, becoming the 25th and 26th men to throw beyond 90 metres.

Chopra, the world champion, opened with 88.44m to take an early lead, while Weber started with a more conservative 83.82m. Chropa then produced his PB throw in round three, breaking his own Indian record with 90.23m, then Weber responded with 89.06m.

Chopra didn’t improve on his third effort and closed out his series with a solid 88.20m, but Weber finished with a flourish, throwing 89.84m in round five then a world-leading 91.06m to take victory in the final round. Two-time world champion Anderson Peters was third with 85.64m.

It was just the seventh time in history that two men have thrown beyond 90 metres in the same javelin competition. Weber now moves to 17th on the world all-time list while Chopra sits at 24th.

“I don’t know how that happened,” said Weber, the 2022 European champion. “The previous weeks weren’t that good for me, but today I just felt great. It also was the winning throw in the last round, so it came out really perfect.

“The conditions here in Doha with the backwind is great for us javelin throwers. If you make the right adjustments and throw a little higher, it just flies great.

“I was really happy for Neeraj because he had been fighting for that 90-metre throw for some time and it was really special to achieve it tonight.”

World leads for Masalela, Clayton and Cherotich

World and Olympic finalist Tshepiso Masalela from Botswana produced a well-timed run to win the men’s 800m. He passed Kenya’s Wycliffe Kinyamal in the closing stages and held off USA’s Bryce Hoppel to win in a world-leading 1:43.11, just 0.11 shy of the meeting record set by David Rudisha 15 years ago.

Hoppel took second place in 1:43.26, just ahead of Kinyamal (1:43.37).

Another world-leading mark was established soon after, this time by Olympic finalist Tia Clayton in the women’s 100m. The 20-year-old Jamaican got a great start and managed to hold her advantage to the line, finishing ahead of her twin sister Tina, 10.92 to 11.02 (2.0m/s). Britain’s Amy Hunt was third in a PB of 11.03, just ahead of multiple world and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (11.05).

At the end of the evening, Faith Cherotich produced a thrilling finish to win the women’s 3000m steeplechase in a world-leading 9:05.08. World and Olympic champion Winfred Yavi was in control going into the final lap. Cherotich drew level on the back straight, but Yavi had a slight lead coming off the final bend.

Cherotich, the Olympic bronze medallist, negotiated the final barrier best, though, and charged past Yavi in the closing stages to win by 0.18. Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew was third in 9:09.27.

Olympic champion Thea Lafond produced a world-leading leap in the triple jump, but didn’t win. Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts sailed out to a wind-assisted 14.72m (3.2m/s) in the second round, which remained the best of the day, but Lafond’s leap of 14.39 (1.9m/s) for second place is the farthest wind-legal outdoor jump in the world this year.

Tebogo takes 200 triumph

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, contesting his first 200m on the Diamond League circuit this year, emerged with a narrow victory. The versatile sprinter from Botswana coasted into the lead but eased down – almost too much – before the end, crossing the line in a season’s best of 20.10 (0.7m/s) to win ahead of USA’s Courtney Lindsey (20.11).

Earlier in the programme, 2019 world champion Salwa Eid Naser equalled the meeting record of 49.84 to win the women’s 400m, while Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell took the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.14.

Denny defeats discus stalwarts

Olympic bronze medallist Matt Denny got the better of Daniel Stahl and Kristjan Ceh, winners of the past two world titles, to win the discus with 68.97m.

Denny, competing for the first time since going to second on the world all-time list with 74.78m in Ramona last month, took an early lead with his opening effort of 67.33m, then improved to his winning effort in the final round. Stahl (67.06m) and Ceh (66.92m), neither of whom have competed in Ramona this year, both set season’s bests in second and third.

Molly Caudery, the 2024 world indoor champion, was the standout performer in the women’s pole vault. She got over 4.48m, 4.63m and 4.75m on her first attempts to win ahead of world champion Katie Moon and Italy’s Roberta Bruni, both at 4.63m.

Elsewhere, there was a Kenyan distance double with Reynold Cheruiyot winning the men’s 5000m (13:16.40) and Nelly Chepchirchir taking the women’s 1500m (4:05.00). Italy’s Alessandro Sibilio produced a late charge to win the men’s 400m hurdles (49.32) and USA’s Shelby McEwen took the men’s high jump with 2.26m.

Jamaican sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be chasing her first Diamond League win since 2022 in the women’s 100m, while Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo takes on his first 200m of the new season.

Other big names are also in action, including Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra, New Zealand’s Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr and Bahrain’s 3000m steeplechase world-beater Winfred Yavi.

The action in Doha begins at 17:48 local time (GMT/UTC+3) with the men’s discus and the main programme and global broadcast begins at 19:00 local time with the women’s 400m.

Follow live updates via the blog below.

The pre-meeting press conference begins at 11:00 local time (GMT/UTC+3) on Thursday, and the line-up is as follows:

11:00 local time (GMT/UTC+3)
Letsile Tebogo (BOT, 200m)
Neeraj Chopra (IND, javelin)
Mutaz Barshim (QAT, high jump)
Hamish Kerr (NZL, high jump)

12:00 local time (GMT/UTC+3)
Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce (JAM, 100m)

You can watch live and follow live updates via the liveblog below.

Fraser-Pryce returns

With 25 victories and five series titles, Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is one of the most successful athletes in Diamond League history. In Doha, the 38-year-old superstar will be hoping to add to that tally when she lines up in the 100m against the likes of Mujinga Kambundji and compatriots Natasha Morrison and Tia and Tina Clayton. Victory would be her first in the Diamond League since 2022, and would be a potential first step towards a record-equalling sixth Diamond Trophy in 2025. She knows how to do it, having won in Doha twice before in 2014 and 2021.

Tebogo takes on the 200m

Having become the first African ever to win gold in the men’s 200m at the Olympic Games in Paris last season, Botswana sprint star Letsile Tebogo announced he would switch his focus to the 100m in 2025. After openng his Diamond League campaign with 100m appearances in Xiamen and Keqiao, however, Tebogo will be back on familiar territory when he takes on his first 200m of the campaign in Doha. Canada’s Aaron Brown and Liberia’s Joseph Fahnbulleh will provide tough competition, but the Olympic champion remains firm favourite as he eyes a first Diamond League win of the season.

Olympic rematch in the steeplechase

Distance events are always a raucous affair at the Qatar Sports Club, as Doha’s proud contingent of Kenyan and Ethiopian fans get fully behind their favourite athletes. This time, it will be the women’s 3000m steeplechase which takes centre stage, with all three Olympic medallists from 2024 on the starting line. Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi won gold in Paris, while Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai and Kenya’s Faith Cherotich took silver and bronze. All three will be making their first Diamond League appearance of the season, while for Cherotich, this will be her first appearance as reigning series champion.

Chopra launches title bid

Another athlete who is hoping for some crowd support in Doha is javelin star Neeraj Chopra. The 2021 Olympic champion made history in 2022 when he became the first Indian athlete ever to win the Diamond League title and he will be hoping to take a first step towards regaining that crown when he launches his 2025 campaign on Friday. “I’m always overwhelmed by the support I get from the Indian people in Qatar – there aren’t enough words to thank them,” said Chopra ahead of his fourth career appearance at the Qatari meeting.

Triple jump showdown

There will be another Olympic rematch in the women’s triple jump, as Paris gold medallist Thea LaFond goes up against Jamaica’s silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts. There is little to separate the two women, who are ranked two and three in the world at the moment and both have a personal best of more than 15 metres. Ricketts has the slightly better Diamond League record, having won six victories to LaFond’s one and claimed the title in 2019. They will be joined on the runway by a familiar but surprising face in five-time Diamond League long jump champion Ivana Spanovic.