With elite track and field events featuring a number of Paris 2024-bound athletes competing across 14 Diamond disciplines, fans can expect some tough competitions ahead of the biggest sporting extravaganza of the year, the Maha Kumbh.

The focus will be on the men's 400 meters hurdles event, which is expected to give spectators a taste of the Olympic final as it sees the three fastest runners in the history of the discipline compete in Monaco.

World record holder Carsten Warholm (Norway), 2022 Diamond League 400 meters hurdles champion Alison dos Santos (Brazil), and 2023 Diamond League 400 meters hurdles champion Rae Benjamin (United States) are set to compete in the eight-member field . All three have clocked the 15 fastest times in the history of the discipline and will face each other for the first time since the 2023 Diamond League Finals where Benjamin emerged victorious.

Other track and field stars in action across the disciplines include Tokyo 2020 men's 1500 m gold medalist Jacob Ingebrigtsen (Norway), Tokyo 2020 men's 110 m hurdles gold medalist Hansley Parchment (Jamaica), and 2019 Diamond League women's 100 m winner Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain). In a loaded slate.

Diamond Disciplines at Monaco 2024:

Men: High Jump, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles

Women: Javelin Throw, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, 100m, 400m, 2000m, 5000m

The Diamond League 2024 will be held on Friday (July 12) at Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco from 11:30 PM IST.

The event will be live streamed in India on JioCinema and televised by Sports18 – 1 (HD), Sports18 – 3.