Some big races right before the Olympics. This meeting in Monaco has some bangers on both the track and in the field. Here's some of the top entries I saw. World record potential here, just like last weekend. A link to the full entries is at the bottom of my post.
Women's Pole Vault - We have the top 2 vaulters in the world this year competing. Katie Moon and Molly Caudery. If you look at the list of top vaults this year, we also have 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th competing here. Should be a great competition and give us a good picture at where these top women are at before Paris.
Women's Javelin - Like pole vault, we will see the top 2 javelin throwers matchup with Flor Ruiz Hurtado and Victoria Hudson. The 4th and 5th best throwers this season will also be here. This event should be fire.
Men's 400 Hurdles - big matchup...we have Karsten Warholm who we last saw won the Euro Championships last month with a 46.9. And we have Alison Dos Santos, coming off his win in the Paris Diamond league last weekend. Also #4 Caleb Dean and #7 CJ Allen will be here.
Men's 800m - In case you guys were left wanting more after last weekend's insane 800m in Paris, we have Sedjati, Wanyonyi, and Tual facing off again. Except this time, Marco Arop has entered the chat. I don't know if they will run faster than last week but this race will be fireworks.
Men's High Jump - The top 3 jumpers in the world will be here as well as an additional 5 guys ranked in the top 14. The only major player missing is Barshim. This will be an excellent preview of the upcoming olympics.
Men's 400m - Quincy Hall and Michael Norman, both on the US team. World #1 Chris Morales-Williams and #3 Bayapo Ndori also here. Should be a pretty solid 400m with fast times.
Women's 2000m - Possible world record here. The WR stands at 5:21 from Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi back in 2021 (she was an 800m runner btw). Jessica Hull is in this race and coming off her 3:50 1500m last weekend. This record will not be easy as we don't have Faith Kipyegon playing rabbit.
Men's 110m Hurdles - Grant Holloway ran 12.86 at the US trials a couple of weeks ago. His PB is 12.81 and the WR is 12.80. It's an olympic year and he's in phenomenal shape. You never when the WR will fall. Also in the race are the world #4 and #5 top hurdlers this year and also the reigning olympic champ Hansle Parchment.
Men's 200m - Noah Lyles
Men's 1500m - holy cow. Jakob Ingebrigsten, Yared Nuguse, Timothy Cheruiyot, Narve Nordas, Niels Laros. I don't expect Laros to win but I do find it interesting that he's 19 years old at the moment, ran 1:44 800 last season and has run 3:31.2 this season. What a talent.
