US sprint star Fred Kerley will continue his 2024 Wanda Diamond League campaign in Stockholm on June 2nd, going up against in-form Botswanan rival Letsile Tebogo in the men's 100m at BAUHAUS-Galan.
Kerley has made a solid start to the season with podium finishes at both of the opening two meetings of the season in Xiamen and Suzhou, and he will want to get more points on the board in Stockholm as he bids for a third career Diamond Trophy in 2024.
Series champion in the 400m in 2018 and in the 100m in 2021, Kerley was also in fine form on the circuit last season, claiming early-season victories in Doha, Rome and Rabat.
The American is currently ranked number five in the world in the 100m, just one place behind Botswana's Tebogo, who has emerged as one of the best sprinters in the world over the last 12 months.
Tebogo claimed his first Diamond League win in the 200m in Lausanne last season, before going on to take silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
"My 2024 season has started in a fantastic way with personal bests and world leading results. This show that my training has gone very well, and it had also built on my confidence towards the Olympic Games in Paris," he said.
Kerley and Tebogo will also hope to attack the Stockholm stadium record of 9.84, set by Tyson Gay back in 2010.
The Wanda Diamond League is the premier one-day meeting series in athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on 13th-14th September.
