Diamond League Final Start Lists: Inside Look at Events, Athletes Ahead of Eugene

Jakob Ingebrigsten was among the star performers at the Brussels Diamond League last week, with the Norwegian breaking the 2,000m world record.

The meet in Belgium was the last stop before athletes head to Eugene for the 2023 Diamond League finals this weekend at the Prefontaine Classic.

A host of newly-crowned world champions led by Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Mary Moraa are set to light up the finals from the 16 to 17 at the Hayward field.

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The lucrative series consists of different meets in different countries throughout the course of the year.

The one-day meets see athletes compete in various disciplines in 14 cities from May to September, with the top names making the final in the USA later in the season.

In each of the first 14 meetings, the top eight athletes are awarded points based on their finishing position. Number one gets eight points, number two gets seven, and so on.

Afterwards, the first six athletes in the field events qualify for the final. In the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m, the first eight athletes proceed to the final, while the other middle distance events, it is the top 10 athletes who make the cut.

2023 Diamond League final start lists

With that in mind, Sports Brief takes a look at who has qualified for the 2023 finals via points system and wild cards ahead of the weekend battle.

Women

100m - Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Shericka Jackson, Sha'Carri Richardson, Dina Asher-Smith, Twanisha Terry, Imani Lansiquot, Zoe Hobbs, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson-Herah

100m Hurdles - Nia Ali, Tobi Amusan, Alaysha Johnson, Kendra Harrison, Tia Jones, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Pia Skrzyszowska, Megan Tapper, Danielle Williams

200m - Shericka Jackson, Daryll Neita, Kayla White, Anthonique Strachan, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry, Tasa Jiya, Gemima Joseph

400m- Natalia Kaczmarek, Marileidy Paulino, Lieke Klaver, Candice McLeod, Sada Williams, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Cynthia Bolingo, Victoria Ohuruogu, Aliyah Abrams

400m Hurdles - Femke Bol, Rushell Clayton, Janieve Russell, Shamier Little, Gianna Woodruff, Viktoriya Tkachuk, Anna Ryzhykova, Ayomide Folorunso, Anna Cockrell

800m - Natoya Goule-Toppin, Catriona Bisset, Mary Moraa, Halimah Nakaayi, Keely Hodgkinson, Sage Hurta-Klecker, Jemma Reekie, Rénelle Lamote, Athing Mu

1500m - Freweyni Hailu, Faith Kipyegon, Jessica Hull, Ciara Mageean, Laura Muir, Diribe Welteji, Worknesh Mesele, Linden Hall, Cory Ann McGee, Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Birke Haylom, Hirut Meshesha

5000m - Beatrice Chebet, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Lemlem Hailu, Freweyni Hailu, Medina Eisa, Alicia Monson, Weini Kelati, Nozomi Tanaka, Gudaf Tsegay, Ejgayehu Taye, Birke Haylom

3000m steeplechase - Beatrice Chepkeoch, Sembo Almayew, Jackline Chepkoech, Zerfe Wondemagegn, Winfred Mutile Yavi, Faith Cherotich, Maruša Mismas Zrimsek, Courtney Wayment, Marwa Bouzayani, Peruth Chemutai

High jump- Iryna Gerashchenko, Nicola Olyslagers, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Angelina Topic, Yuliia Levchenko, Morgan Lake

Pole vault - Katie Moon, Tina Šutej, Wilma Murto, Nina Kennedy, Sandi Morris, Roberta Bruni

Long jump - Larissa Iapichino, Ivana Vuleta, Brooke Buschkuehl, Ese Brume, Quanesha Burks, Jasmine Sawyers

Triple jump - Leyanis Perez Hernandez, Yulimar Rojas, Shanieka Ricketts, Liadagmis Povea, Thea Lafond, Kimberly Williams, Dariya Derkach

Shot put - Auriol Dongmo, Maggie Ewen, Sarah Mitton, Chase Ealey, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Jessica Schilder

Discus throw - Sandra Perkovic, Valarie Allman, Jorinde Van Klinken, Claudine Vita, Kristin Pudenz, Laulaga Tausaga

Javelin- Haruka Kitaguchi, Mackenzie Little, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Liveta Jasuinaite, Tori Peeters, Līna Muze-Sirma

Men

100m - Ferdinand Omanyala, Yohan Blake, Letsile Tebogo, Kishane Thompson, Christian Coleman, Joshua Hartmann, Noah Lyles, Marvin Bracy

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Tennis

110 m hurdles -Grant Holloway, Hansle Parchment, Just Kwaou-Mathey, Jamal Britt, Jason Joseph, Shunsuke Izumiya, Freddie Crittenden, Daniel Roberts, Cordell Tinch

200m - Erriyon Knighton, Joseph Fahnbulleh, Aaron Brown, Kenny Bednarek, Alex Ogando, Letsile Tebogo, Kyree King, Andre De Grasse

400m - Vernon Norwood, Gilles Biron, Alex Ogando, Leungo Scotch, Mathew Hudson-Smith, Rusheen McDonald, Bryce Deadmon, Kirani James, Quincy Hall

400m Hurdles - CJ Allen, Karsten Warholm, Wilfried Happio, Kyron McMaster, Ludvy Vaillant, Trevor Bassitt, Alison Dos Santos, Rasmus Magi

800m - Wyclife Kinyamal, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Macro Arop, Djamel Sedjati, Benjamin Robert, Yanis Meziane, Saul Ordonez, Bryce Hoppel, Daniel Rowden

1500m - Jakob Ingerbrigtsen, Yared Nuguse, Abel Kipsang, Josh Kerr, Azeddine Habz, Elliot Giles, Neil Gourley, Oliver Hoaree, Narve Gilje Nordas, Samuel Tanner

3000m steeplechase - Soufiane El Bakkali, Abraham Kibiwot, Abraham Sime, Getnet Wale, Samuel Firewu, Avinash Sable, Leonard Bett, Benjamin Kigen, Ryuji Miura, Daniel Arce.

5000m - Yomif Kejelcha, Berihu Aregawi, Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega, Luis Grijalva, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Mohamed Katir, Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo, Lamecha Girma

High jump - JuVaughn Harrison, Hamish Kerr, Sanghyeok Woo, Thomas Carmoy, Nobert Kobielski, Luis Enrique Zayas

Pole vault - Armand Duplantis, Sam Kendricks, Christopher Nilsen, Ernest John Obiena, Kurtis Marschall, Ben Broeders, KC Lightfoot

Long jump - Simon Ehammer, Tajay Gayle, LaQuan Nairn, Jarrion Lawson, Williams Williams, Radek Juska, Yuki Hashioka

Triple jump - Hugues Fabrice Zango, Andy Diaz Hernandez, Donald Scott, Will Claye, Chris Bernard

Shot put - Tom Walsch, Ryan Crouser, Filip Mihaljevic, Leonardo Fabbri, Joe Kovacs, Payton Otterdahl

Discus throw - Kristjan Ceh, Daniel Stahl, Andrius Gudzius, Matthew Denny, Lawrence Okoye, Sam Mattis

Javelin throw - Jakub Vadlejch, Neeraj Chopra, Anderson Peters, Oliver Helander, Adrian Mardare, Curtis Thompson