The seventh Diamond League of the 2025 season proved to be the best yet, with the Swedish capital of Stockholm hosting an immense plethora of talent, who did not disappoint, with records galore to entertain the crowd inside the Olympic Stadium.

The evening was kicked off with a record straight away, with Femke Bol winning the women’s 400m hurdles in a time of 52.11 seconds, achieving the first meeting record of the night and extending her unbeaten run this season over the one-lap.

The women’s hurdles continued to shine, with another meeting record coming from Grace Stark in the 100m edition of the event. The American soared over the barriers in a time of 12.33s, beating a world class field that included Ackera Nugent and Nadine Visser.

Another standout performance was from Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men’s 800m, with a super-fast time of 1:41.9 to win his second Diamond League of the year so far and become the first man to go under 1:42 this season. The time got the Kenyan a world lead, beating a strong field that included the likes of Djamel Sedjati and Slimane Moula of Algeria and the talented American, Josh Hoey. Is this the year that someone breaks David Rudisha’s world record of 1:40, set almost 13 years ago?

However, despite all the incredible performances that happened in the capital, one man will take all the plaudits, hometown hero – pole-vaulter Mondo Duplantis. The flying Swede did it again to the delight of the home support, defeating the competition with ease, before breaking his own world record – again, this time rising to the gargantuan height of 6.28m. Just inevitable.

The success for Sweden didn’t end there, as one of the best 20-minutes of Swedish athletics history was ended by a gutsy run from Andreas Almgren. Just as the celebrations of Duplantis’s feat started to die down, the fellow countryman stepped up with an incredible performance, running a time of 12.44 minutes in the men’s 5000m, breaking the meeting record, and more significantly the European record, held by Mohammed Katir. The Swedish double act definitely sent fans home happy.

The records unbelievably didn’t stop there, as Olympic champion Julien Alfred came out with a scorching 10.75s in the women’s 100m, achieving the meeting record which has stood since 1994, of 10.90s. The potential of watching the Saint Lucian athlete against the American duo of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Sha‘Carri Richardson is certainly exciting. There was also British interest, with Dina Asher-Smith running 10.93s, a very promising run from the UK athlete.

More British excitement came from the women’s 800m, with Georgia Hunter Bell taking the win in 1:57 with an impressive last 200m, coming from last to first during the last lap of the race. She beat Kenya’s Mary Moraa and fellow Brit Jemma Reekie. 

Olympic Champion Keely Hodgkinson was supposed to be running but, due to a slight injury setback, was forced to pull out.

Onto the field and a meeting record was equalled in the women’s long jump, with Olympic Champion Tara Davis-Woodhall producing a massive 7.05m in the first round to win the competition, with a strong 6.90m from Larissa Iapichino for second.

The men’s discus also provided interest for the Swedish crowd, with home favourite Daniel Stahl throwing a big 69.53m, however that was only enough for second, with Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh spoiling the party with a throw of 69.73m.

The final event of the night was the highly anticipated men’s 400m hurdles, with Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Alison dos Santos all going head-to-head. The trio ran a 300m hurdles in Oslo earlier in the week, however on this occasion Benjamin came out on top, followed by dos Santos and then Warholm. The American took the win, just like he did in the Olympics, clocking a time of 46.54s to secure a world lead and the final meeting record of the night.

What a meet it was, Stockholm really delivered some top quality athletics, from world records to European records and plenty of meeting records – it was electric. The Diamond League doesn’t take a break however, with the next meet taking place in Paris on June 20.