Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra and Swedish pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis are among the eight reigning Olympic champions set to compete at the 11th Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Lausanne in August.
Chopra, 24, will be hoping to become the first Indian athlete to win on the Diamond League circuit and claim his own first victory in the series after seven appearances in the men's javelin so far.
Duplantis, meanwhile, is out to defend his Diamond Trophy in 2022 after winning the Diamond League title for the first time in his career in Zurich last year. He will compete at a pole vault street event on the shores of Lake Geneva on August 25th.
Six other Olympic champions will also grace the Diamond League stage at the Swiss city's Athletissima meeting, including joint men's high jump gold medallists Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi.
Reigning Diamond League champion Tamberi is yet to pick up a win in his title defence this season, and both he and Barshim will once again face world indoor champion Woo Sanghyeok, who beat them at the season opener in Doha.
On the track, Olympic 400m champions Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner will line up together for the second time at a Diamond League meeting this summer, having already provided a Bahamian double bill over one lap in Paris earlier this month.
In the field events, Diamond Trophy holder Ryan Crouser will lead the line-up in the men's shot put, while fellow Olympic champion
2022 will also be a special year for Athletissima, which is set to receive the World Athletics Heritage Plaque, an award which honours events that have made an important contribution to the history and development of athletics.
“Congratulations to Athletissima Lausanne on the award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque, which marks the meeting’s important place in the development of the international invitational track and field circuit,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.