Olympic 100m bronze medallist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and 2021 Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs will both burst out of the blocks in Brussels at the penultimate Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season later this month.
Both sprinters will be hoping to make a late bid for a place in the Wanda Diamond League Final when they line up at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme on August 22.
Jefferson-Wooden is one of the rising stars of women’s sprinting, having raced to Olympic bronze at Paris 2024 last August.
The American claimed her first ever Diamond League win in Eugene earlier this season, inflicting a rare defeat on Olympic and Diamond League champion Julien Alfred.
Currently ninth in the women’s 100m standings, she will need a big performance to secure her place at the series final in Zurich on August 27-28.
Jacobs, who stormed to a surprise gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, will make his first Diamond League appearance of the season in Brussels and will be hoping to claim a first ever victory in athletics’ premier one-day series.
About the Wanda Diamond League
The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final, which will be held in Zurich on 27 and 28 August 2025.
