Pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis will return to the London Stadium for the first time in eight years as part of his bid for a sixth successive Wanda Diamond League title in 2026.
Five-time series champion and serial world record breaker Duplantis will headline the men’s pole vault at the London Athletics Meet, the 11th leg of the 2026 Diamond League season, on July 18.
It will be Duplantis’ first appearance in London since 2018, when he finished third behind Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie aged just 18.
Since then, the Swedish superstar has become one of biggest names in global sport, rewriting the athletics history books and raising the bar in the pole vault to once unthinkable new heights.
As well as two Olympic gold medals and three outdoor world titles, Duplantis has also broken the world record 14 times since 2020.
Last season, he broke the record for the first time on home soil at the Stockholm Diamond League in June, before increasing it again with 6.30m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Duplantis has also dominated the Diamond League like fewer other athletes in recent years, notching up 41 wins and five titles in athletics’ premier one-day series.
He will be chasing a sixth straight Diamond League title in 2026, which would leave him just one short of Lavillenie’s overall record of seven Diamond Trophies.
