The Wanda Diamond League Series has recently collated its list of World Records set at events since the series began 13 years ago, with the London fixture providing the backdrop to one of the seven world records* set there.
As we look forward to another season of world-class performances in 2022, here's a look back at every single Wanda Diamond League world record to date.
Aries Merritt - Brussels 2012
US hurdler Aries Merritt became the first world-record breaker in the Diamond League when he stormed to a historic 12.80 in the men's 110m hurdles in Brussels. The performance also secured him his first and only Diamond Trophy.
Genzebe Dibaba - Monaco 2015
Genzebe Dibaba was crowned 1500m world champion in Beijing in 2015, but she had already made it to the top of the world a few weeks earlier with a breathtaking 3:50.07 at the Stade Louis II. The dominant victory made her the series' second world-record breaker, and the first of many at the Monaco Diamond League.
Kendra Harrison - London 2016
Having suffered heartbreak at the US Olympic trials earlier that year, Kendra Harrison was a woman on a mission in the 2016 Diamond League as she stormed to victory after victory in the 100m hurdles. She crowned an impressive, title-winning season with a world record of 12.20 in London, a performance which left even her gaping in disbelief at the clock.
Beatrice Chepkoech - Monaco 2018
Kenyan long-distance specialist Beatrice Chepkoech was in brilliant form in 2018, and she made it count in Monaco, clocking a 3000m steeplechase world record of 8:44.32, becoming the fifth athlete to break a world record at Herculis and the second after Dibaba to do so in the Diamond League era.
Sifan Hassan - Monaco 2019
Dutch star Sifan Hassan was asked about a potential world record ahead of the Monaco Diamond League in 2019, and that proved a prelude to her glittering performance on the track. Her 4:12.33 made her the fastest female miler in history, and gave her another boost on her way to a Diamond League double in that season.
Joshua Cheptegei - Monaco 2020
In a season truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, there was the only men's 5000m race in 2020, but what a race it was. Monaco completed a hat-trick of world-record breaking years, as Ugandan long-distance star Joshua Cheptegei clocked to 12:35.36 to break the 5000m best for the first time since 2004.
Karsten Warholm - Oslo 2021
Warholm had been closing in on the 400m hurdles world record for several seasons when he finally broke it with 46.70 on his home track in Oslo last summer. He went one better at the Olympic final in Tokyo a few weeks later, becoming the first hurdler ever to break the 46-second barrier.
*Note: Three world records were also broken in non-Diamond League disciplines at the Wanda Diamond League exhibition event in Brussels in September 2020: Bashir Abdi in the 20,000m, and Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan in the One Hour.
