McLaughlin-Levrone, Richardson, and Thomas Each Coming Off Victories at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships
Karsten Warholm, Shericka Jackson, Mondo Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, and Other Olympic Champions Expected to Compete This Week
STAMFORD, Conn. – July 19, 2023 – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas and more headline NBC Sports’ coverage of Diamond League meets from Monaco and London this weekend, with all coverage streaming live on Peacock.
MONACO
Reigning Olympic and world 400m hurdles champion McLaughlin-Levrone and two-time Tokyo Olympic medalist sprinter Thomas headline live coverage of the Diamond League in Monaco this Friday, July 21, at 2 p.m. ET on Peacock from the famed Stade Louis-II.
Coming off a national title in the 400m at the USATF Outdoor Championships earlier this month, McLaughlin-Levrone is expected to run the same event this Friday in Monaco. Her world-leading time of 48.74 at the national championships placed her second on the U.S. all-time list, trailing only the national record of 48.70, set by NBC Sports analyst Sanya Richards-Ross in 2006. Thomas, who won the U.S. 200m championship in a world-leading time of 21.60 earlier this month, is set to race her signature distance in Monaco, where she will face reigning 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (Jamaica).
The most anticipated race of the meet may be the men’s 400m hurdles in what is set to be a rematch of the historic Tokyo Olympic final between Karsten Warholm (Norway), Rai Benjamin (United States), and Alison dos Santos (Brazil), when gold medalist Warholm and silver medalist Benjamin both broke the previous world record along with bronze medalist dos Santos dipping under the previous Olympic record. This is the first time since that race in 2021 that all three athletes will face each other in the same race.
Multiple Olympians are set to compete in Monaco this weekend, including newly minted 1500m and 5000m world record holder Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), reigning Olympic and world pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), two-time Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor, and reigning Olympic and world steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco).
NBC Sports’ Paul Swangard will call the event, joined by four-time Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross, two-time Olympian Kara Goucher, and 2012 London Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee.
How To Watch – Friday, July 21-Saturday, July 22 (all times ET)
- Streaming – Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
- TV – CNBC
| Day | Peacock | CNBC |
| Fri., July 21 | 2-4 p.m. (LIVE) | |
| Sat., July 22 | 1-3 p.m.* |
*Encore presentation
LONDON
Two-time 200m world champion Noah Lyles and 2023 U.S. 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson headlines NBC Sports’ live coverage of the London Diamond League meet this Sunday, July 23, at 9 a.m. ET on Peacock from London Stadium.
Richardson and Shericka Jackson are expected to meet once again in the 100m, only one week removed from Richardson’s victory over the reigning 200m world champion at the Silesia Diamond League meet. Lyles, who has a bye to the World Championships in the 200m as the reigning world champion, is set to face off against 2023 U.S. 200m champion Erriyon Knighton as well as newly minted British 100m record holder Zharnel Hughes.
Additionally, Rio Olympic 400m champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa), U.S. 400m champion Bryce Deadmon, U.S. 1500m champion Yared Nuguse, U.S. steeplechase champion Krissy Gear, two-time 110m hurdles world champion Grant Holloway, 5,000m/10,000m Tokyo Olympic champion Sifan Hassan (Netherlands), reigning Olympic and world pole vault champion Katie Moon, and reigning Olympic and world shot put champion Ryan Crouser are all expected to compete in London.
Swangard will call the event, joined by Richards-Ross, Hardee, and three-time U.S. National Team member Josh Cox.
How To Watch – Sunday, July 23 (all times ET)
- Streaming – Peacock (LIVE), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
- TV – CNBC
| Day | Peacock | CNBC |
| Sun., July 23 | 9-11 a.m. (LIVE) | 2-4 p.m.* |
*Encore presentation
NBC Sports will present more than 60 hours of exclusive coverage of the Diamond League this season across NBC, Peacock, and CNBC, including 30+ hours of live coverage streaming on Peacock. All 14 meets will be presented live on Peacock, with encore presentations of most on CNBC. NBC Sports will also present the 2023 World Athletics Championships from Budapest, Hungary, on August 19-27.
From September 16-17, NBC will present four hours of live coverage of the Prefontaine Classic, which will double as the Diamond League Final, from Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. – home of the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships. This will be the first time in history that the Diamond League Final will be held on U.S. soil.
2023 NBC SPORTS DIAMOND LEAGUE TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE
| Day | Location | Time (ET) | Platform |
| Fri., July 21 | Monaco | 2-4 p.m. | Peacock |
| Sat., July 22 | Monaco | 1-3 p.m. | CNBC* |
| Sun., July 23 | London | 9-11 a.m. | Peacock |
| London | 2-4 p.m. | CNBC* | |
| Thurs., Aug. 31 | Zurich | 2-4 p.m. | Peacock |
| Sat., Sep. 2 | Shenzhen | 7-9 a.m. | Peacock |
| Zurich | 12-2 p.m. | CNBC* | |
| Sun., Sep. 3 | Shenzhen | 8-10 a.m. | CNBC* |
| Fri., Sep. 8 | Brussels | 2-4 p.m. | Peacock |
| Sat., Sep. 9 | Brussels | 1-3 p.m. | CNBC* |
| Sat., Sep. 16 | Eugene (Diamond League Final) | 3-5 p.m. | NBC, Peacock |
| Sun., Sep. 17 | Eugene (Diamond League Final) | 3-4 p.m. | Peacock, CNBC |
| 4-6 p.m. | NBC, Peacock |
*Encore presentation
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