7, or a record of participation in the Meeting - This year, Marie-Josée Ta Lou will run on the Louis II track for the seventh time. Since 2016, the Ivorian has not missed any Monegasque event. Third at the World Championships in Doha in 2019, she will compete in the 100m.
6th participation - The year 2016 marked the debut of Yulimar Rojas in Monaco. Since then, she has come in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and had two great wins. For her sixth competition in the Principality, the Venezuelan has a reputation to uphold. Olympic champion in Tokyo, World champion in Eugene and world record holder (15.74m), she could break the Meeting record of 15.31m held by Caterine Ibarguen (COL).
Round 5 - The first time Katerina Stefanidi came to Monaco was in 2014, where she finished third with a 4.71m jump. Since then, she has step foot on the Louis II runway in 2016, 2018 and 2021. In Monaco, the Rio Olympic champion has a habit of finishing at the top of the ranking, as suggests her 2016 victory (4.81m).
4th race for Lyles - 2018 marked the first steps of Noah Lyles in Monaco. With his Dragon Ball Z-like appearance, the 25-year-old American set a new Meeting record with a performance of 19.65. World champion in Eugene and author of a new national record (19.31) - synonymous with the fourth best performance of all time - he finished second in the 100m in 2019 and won the 200m race in 2020.
Monaco has always been kind to Faith Kipyegon - The Kenyan lined up respectively in the 1000m in 2020 and 1500m in 2021, two races synonymous with victory, a continental record (2:29.15) and a national record (3:51.07). Double Olympic champion (Rio and Tokyo), the reigning world champion is flying over the 1500m distance this season with the best world performance of the year (3'52''59). She could give us a run for our money once again this year because as the saying goes, things always come in threes.
Bis repetita for Grant Holloway - The two-time world champion, Olympic runner-up, second best performer of all time and this season's world leader is back in town, two years after his debut in Monaco.
A first for Norman - Just crowned world champion in the 400m in Eugene, the American Michael Norman will line up at the start of the 200m for his first participation ever in Monaco’s Wanda Diamond League.
