Three World Champions to Clash in 100m at Diamond League

Fred Kerley, Christian Coleman and Yohan Blake are set to compete over 100-metres at the second Wanda Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season in Shanghai/Suzhou, on April 27.

All three men have tasted world championship success.

Kerley dominated the 100-metres in 2022 wining the World Championships title in Eugene, and taking silver in the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

At the Doha championships in 2019, Coleman took the world 100-metres title and he has certainly started the 2024 season brightly, taking his second world indoor 60-metres victory in Glasgow.

Few athletes in history have been as good for as long as two-time Olympic and world champion Blake.

Only former-training partner Usain Bolt has ran quicker than the 9.69 seconds Blake clocked in Lausanne in 2012, the year after he became the youngest to ever win a world 100-metres title in Daegu.

The Jamaican also owns the second-quickest mark over 200-metres thanks to the 19.26 seconds he ran.

The trio boast in total four Diamond League titles, with Coleman having also taken the 100-metres crown in 2018, Kerley the 2021 edition of the same distance, as well as the 400-metres win in 2018.

Their impending arrival accompanies a star-studded line-up with major names in other events including Mondo Duplantis and Mutaz Barshim.