Meeting Herculis EBS July 12, 2024

While the top European athletes are currently competing for continental medals in Rome, five world champions confirm their presence in Monaco on July 12th, two weeks before the opening of the Paris Games. Analysis of the line-up. Positioned ideally two weeks before the Paris Games, the Meeting Herculis EBS will be the perfect opportunity to fine-tune preparation and gather the final benchmarks before hitting the track. Five world champions have thus confirmed their presence on the track of the Louis II stadium on July 12th.

Men’s 110m hurdles: Grant Holloway holds fond memories of his participation in the Meeting Herculis EBS in 2022. The triple world champion had won the race in 12”99 (+0.6m/s), the best time of his season. “I can’t wait to race in Monaco, on a track where I have very good memories,” said the American. “It’s always a pleasure to be here.” This season, Holloway was timed at 13”03 (-0.1m/s). It will be important to keep an eye on the stopwatch, as the meeting record seems within his reach… Meeting record: 12”92 (0.0) – Aries Merritt (USA) – July 20, 2012 Best world performance of the year: 13”03 (-0.1m/s) – Grant Holloway (USA) – May 25th in Eugene (USA)

Men’s 200m: Among the athletes, some hold a sincere love for the Meeting Herculis EBS. Noah Lyles is part of this category. The three-time world champion in the discipline has already raced four times on the track of the Louis II stadium. The last time, in 2022, he won decisively, setting the meeting record at 19”46 over 200m. This season he clocked a time of 19”77, with a strong headwind… Promising for his Monaco outing! Meeting record: 19”46 (+0.8m/s) – Noah Lyles (USA) – August 10, 2022 Best world performance of the year: 19”67 (+1.7m/s) – Kenneth Bednarek (USA) – May 10th in Doha (QAT)

Women’s pole vault: The last time Katie Moon appeared in Monaco, she won with a jump of 4.90m, in 2021. Since then, she has built an impressive record, with an Olympic title in Tokyo, and two consecutive world titles, to consolidate her leadership in the discipline. In Monaco this year, she will come to confirm her status, having jumped the highest this summer, and to refine her preparation for the big summer event. Meeting record: 5.04m – Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) – July 29, 2008 Best world performance of the year: 4.86m – Molly Caudery (GBR) – February 24th in Rouen (FRA)

Men’s 800m: The first time Marco Arop stepped onto the track of the Louis II stadium, in 2020, he beat his personal record. He repeated it the following year, bringing it to 1’43”26. And what if he repeated it this year? The Canadian is in form, clocking a good time of 1’43”61 on his return to Xiamen, in the Wanda Diamond League. Enough to hope for another great time, on a track that has often been successful for him… Meeting record: 1’41”98 – Nijel Amos (BOT) – July 12, 2019 Best world performance of the year: 1’43”23 – Djamel Sedjati (ALG) – June 2nd in Stockholm (SWE)

Women’s javelin throw: Japanese Haruka Kitaguchi, crowned last summer in Budapest, is the new reference point in the world of javelin throwing. Since she arrived on the circuit, she has won 7 times in the Wanda Diamond League and won the final last year in Eugene. The holder of the Japanese record, with 67.38m, will be keen to do well in Monaco, and to position herself again in the world rankings this season (currently 63.45m), on a track she already knows as she finished second in 2022.

Meeting record: 69.45m – Barbora Špotáková (CZE) – July 22, 2011 Best world performance of the year: 66.70m – Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (COL) – May 12th in Cuiaba (BRA)