{"id":16491,"date":"2025-08-10T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=16491"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:47:17","slug":"global-champions-galore-on-silesia-entry-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/global-champions-galore-on-silesia-entry-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Global champions galore on Silesia entry lists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League returns in style next Saturday with a glistening line-up of Olympic, world and series champions in action at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a several-week break, the Silesia leg of athletics&#8217; premier one-day series kickstarts the business end of the season as the world&#8217;s best set their sights on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich on August 27-28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With plenty still at stake on the Road to the Final, the Silesia entry lists are jam-packed with global champions and world record holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US stars Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden face off in the women&#8217;s 100m, while Jamaica&#8217;s three-time Diamond League champion Shericka Jackson returns to action in the 200m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic champions Marileidy Paulino and Keely Hodgkinson line up in the women&#8217;s 400m and 800m respectively, with the British middle distance star hoping to make a long-awaited return to Diamond League action after an extended injury break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women&#8217;s 100m hurdles also sees the world&#8217;s best lock horns, with a two-heat line-up which includes world record holder Tobi Amusan, Olympic champion Masai Russell and Jamaican stars Ackera Nugent, Megan Tapper and Danielle Williams. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-block\"><div class=\"cta\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/silesia.diamondleague.com\/programme-results\/\" target=\"\" class=\"cta-link flex justify-center md:justify-start md:inline-flex items-center gap-4 bg-stratos py-3 px-4 text-white uppercase font-bold text-sm leading-4\">\n      See full Silesia entry lists\n      <svg\n      class=\"x-icon inline-block text-white\"\n      width=14\n      height=14\n    >\n      <use href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/themes\/diamondleague\/public\/static\/icons.svg#double-arrow\" \/>\n    <\/svg>\n  \n    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. 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