Hudson-Smith leads British challenge in Diamond League finale

Diamond League Final

Venue: King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Date: 13-14 September

Coverage: Live sum from 19:00 BST connected BBC Two (Fri) and BBC Three (Sat)

Olympic 400m metallic medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith leads nan British complaint astatine nan season-closing Diamond League last successful Brussels connected Friday.

The 29-year-old takes connected Zambia's Muzala Samukonga, who vanished 3rd astatine Paris 2024, and London 2012 champion Kirani James, successful nan last title of nan first time of action, pinch compatriot Charlie Dobson besides connected nan commencement line.

Elsewhere, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita are portion of blockbuster women's 100m arsenic St Lucia's Julien Alfred and American Sha'Carri Richardson - who vanished first and 2nd successful nan summertime Olympics - renew their rivalry.

Josh Kerr is absent from nan 1500m line-up, but Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen and American brace Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse - who took golden and bronze successful nan Paris Games - will title a hotly-anticipated title that besides includes Britain's Elliot Giles.

In nan 200m, Botswana's 21-year-old Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo comes up against a beardown American contingent, including Kenny Bednarek.

Sweden's Armand Duplantis whitethorn effort to amended nan rod vault world grounds he has surgery 3 times already this year, while Britain's Molly Caudery will effort to put her disappointing Olympic run down her successful nan women's competition.

Britain's Melissa Courtney-Bryant features successful nan women's 1500m, while compatriot Ben Pattison is up against formidable Kenyan Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi successful nan 800m.

Georgia Bell will tally nan 800m-1500m double, pinch Jemma Reekie alongside her complete nan shorter distance. Neita and Amy Hunt will besides compete successful nan 200m connected Saturday.

The line-up for each title has been decided by qualifying points gathered crossed 14 events staged complete nan season, pinch nan winners of each Diamond League last taking location a trophy and £24,000 successful prize money.

American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is not successful contention for a title and nan associated prize money, having preferred a low-key Stateside build-up to nan Olympics without immoderate Diamond League events.

However, organisers person put connected a brace of typical races for nan 400m hurdles Olympic champion and world grounds holder.

The 25-year-old McLaughlin-Levrone will title successful invitational 200m and 400m races and could break Sanya Richards-Ross' American grounds successful nan latter.

Full commencement lists and arena schedule are disposable connected nan Diamond League website., external