Birmingham Diamond League 2022: When is the athletics meeting, who is appearing, can I watch it on television in the UK and what is the prize money?

The second leg of the 13-meeting season follows the launch event in Doha earlier this month and will bring some of the world’s finest athletes to the UK.

It will be one of the first events to be held in the Alexander Stadium since it underwent a full renovation for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The meeting will see numerous world and Olympic champions take on Britain’s finest athletes.

Here’s what we know about the event.

The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising a number of the best invitational athletics meetings – in 2022 there will be 13 meetings.

The series is the top tier of the World Athletics one-day meeting competitions.

Not all disciplines are included in every Diamond League meeting.

In Birmingham male athletes will take part in the 100m, 400m, 800m, 1,500m, high jump and discus.

Meanwhile female competitors will take part in the 100m, 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m, 400m hurdles, pole vault, long jump and discus.

A total of seven reigning individual Olympic champions will be taking part in the meeting.

The blue ribbon men’s 100m race will be headlined by Olympic 200m champion Andre De Grasse, who will take on a field that includes former Olympic and world relay champion Yohan Blake, former world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell and Britain’s reigning European champion Zharnel Hughes.

Olympic hurdles champion Hansle Parchment and former Olympic champion Omar McLeod will be racing in the 110m hurdles alongside Britain’s former world indoor champion Andrew Pozzi (GBR).

In the men’s field events, Olympic high jump champion will be competing, as will all three medal winners from Tokyo – Daniel Stahl, Simon Pettersson and Lukas Weißhaidinger.

Olympic 1500m bronze