The 2026 Wanda Diamond League season is over and 32 of the world’s best athletes are now on their way home with a Diamond Trophy in their luggage.
After a four-month season that crossed 15 cities and four continents, the 32 Diamond League champions were crowned over two days of drama at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels this weekend.
This year’s final produced a heady mix of first-time winners, veteran champions and rising stars, with a handful of surprises thrown in for good measure.
A total of 21 athletes won the Diamond League title for the first time in 2026.
They included established stars like 100m hurdles world record holder Masai Russell and 100m world champion Oblique Seville as well as upcoming talents such as US pole vaulter Hana Moll and Australian middle-distance ace Cameron Myers.
Others, such as Kenny Bednarek, Marileidy Paulino and Alison Dos Santos, regained the title after losing it in 2025.
The likes of Julien Alfred, Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Faith Cherotich extended their already impressive title-winning streaks, but other Diamond League dynasties came to an end.
2026 Champions
Julien Alfred
Eleanor Patterson
Alison Dos Santos
Oblique Seville
Kenneth Bednarek
Feng Bin
Klaudia Kazimierska
Mateusz Kołodziejski
Yan Ziyi
Anna Cockrell
Tina Clayton
Rajindra Campbell
Faith Cherotich
Chase Jackson
Emmanuel Wanyonyi
Birhanu Balew
Saly Sarr
Marileidy Paulino
Cameron Myers
Andy Díaz Hernández
Freweyni Hailu
Gemechu Godana
Tajay Gayle
Audrey Werro
Kristjan Čeh
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage
Ja'Kobe Tharp
Hana Moll
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi
Emmanouil Karalis
Monae' Nichols
Masai Russell
Both Mondo Duplantis and Valarie Sion missed the chance to win a sixth successive title, with Duplantis pulling out of the men’s pole vault due to injury and Sion coming a surprise second in the women’s discus.
Two athletes became their country’s first ever Diamond League champion, while other nations returned to the honours board after a long stretch away.
Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won Sri Lanka’s first Diamond Trophy in the men’s javelin, while Senegal also celebrated a first title thanks to Saly Sarr’s victory in the women’s triple jump.
Mateusz Kolodziejski (high jump) and Klaudia Kazimierska (1500m) were the first Polish winners in a decade, while Feng Bin (discus) and Yan Ziyi (javelin) won China’s first titles since 2019.
At 18 years, three months and 13 days, Yan was also the youngest woman and the second youngest athlete ever to win the Diamond Trophy.
