Some of the world’s best male long distance runners will go head to head in the men’s 5000m at the third Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen on May 23.
Two-time series champion Berihu Aregawi returns to Diamond League action at the Chinese meeting, which also includes Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi, Germany’s Mohamed Abdilaahi, Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew and fellow Ethiopian Biniam Mehary.
Aregawi won the Diamond League title in 2021 and 2024 and was also Olympic silver medallist over 10,000m at Paris 2024.
Kwemoi won silver in the 5000m in Paris and will be chasing his first Diamond League win since 2017.
Almgren broke the European record over 5000m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm last season with 12:44.27.
Abdilaahi, Balew and Mehary are all ranked in the world top 20 and have three Diamond League wins between them.
Xiamen is the third leg of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League, which begins in Doha on May 8 and ends at the two-day series final in Brussels on September 4-5.
The series unites the biggest names in track and field in some of the world’s most iconic arenas, crossing four continents and 15 cities over the course of the season.
