Click on the video player above beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. ET to watch live action from the Diamond League track and field meet in Paris, France.
Canada’s Audrey Leduc will compete in the women’s 200 metres at the Diamond League’s latest stop on Friday in Paris.
The 26-year-old from Gatineau, Que., will line up against a trio of top-10 competitors in the discipline: Americans Brittany Brown and Anavia Battle – who are second and fifth-ranked in the world, respectively – plus sixth-overall ranked Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain.
Leduc owns the Canadian record in the 200m, running to a time of 22.36 seconds in May of 2024. Her 2025 season’s best is 22.80.
The women’s 200m is slated to start at 4:08 p.m. ET.
Here are some of the other key events to watch for when the event begins in the French capital on Friday at 3 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem:
Women’s high jump
The three top-ranked women’s high jumpers in the world will battle in Paris.
Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the reigning world and Olympic champion and three-time Diamond League champion, will face a tough test from two Australians – Nikola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson, ranked second and third in the world, respectively.
Mahuchikh has a season best mark of 2.02m while Olyslagers isn’t far behind at 2.01.
The event will begin on Friday at 3:06 p.m. ET
Men’s 110m hurdles
2024 Olympic champion and world No. 1-ranked hurdler Grant Holloway headlines the field in this event.
The American has the second-fastest time ever recorded in the 110m hurdles and he’s the favourite in the final of this event, which begins at 3:43 p.m. ET.
Watch all the action from every Diamond League meet on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. Click here for the full broadcast schedule.
