Deep fields full of global medalists and world record-holders will light up the Novuna London Athletics Meet when Wanda Diamond League action continues in the UK capital on Saturday July 18th, 2026.
Julien Alfred, Mondo Duplantis, Keely Hodgkinson, Femke Broeders-Bol and Yaroslava Mahuchikh are among the many other world and Olympic champions who will be in London as the race towards the Diamond League Final in Brussels and the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest in September intensifies.
Saint Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred blazed to third on the world 200m all-time list with 21.51 in Monaco. USA’s Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas also impressed there with 21.84 for third place, following her 21.70 run in Texas. They raced separately in Budapest earlier this week – Alfred winning the 100m in 10.87 and Thomas the 200m in 21.83 – but they clash again in London, Alfred as the meeting record-holder thanks to her 21.71 from last year.
They will line up for the 200m alongside Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt as well as Bahamian two-time Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
Alfred’s 10.87 seconds at the Gyulai István Memorial in Budapest earlier this week was another impressive marker, beating Jamaica’s rising star Tine Clayton (10.97) with her compatriot Brianna Lyston taking third in 11.01 seconds. Jamaican superstar Elaine Thompson-Herah, on her comeback trail after an extensive layoff, came in fourth.