Olympic champion Winfred Yavi (Bahrain) will be reunited with Paris silver and bronze medallists Peruth Chemutai (Uganda) and Faith Cherotich (Kenya) in a top-quality women’s 3000m steeplechase field at the Doha Diamond League meeting on May 16. Yavi – the Asian record holder with a best of 8:44.39 (Rome, 2024) – is the second-fastest women’s steeplechaser of all time and holds three of the ten quickest times ever recorded. She is currently the reigning Olympic, world and Asian Games champion.“I am always looking for opportunities to run faster and win more,” said the 2023 Diamond League champion. “When I ran my personal best in Rome last year I was actually a little bit disappointed not to break the world record (8:44.32) because I thought it was possible. I’ve been working very hard over the winter and I believe it will happen at some point. It is important to stay focused and to stay hungry. To win gold in Tokyo and successfully defend my world title is my main goal for this year, but I want to run fast and set a high standard when I open my Diamond League season in Doha. Conditions are good in Qatar and when the crowd get behind us, anything is possible.”Ugandan record-holder Chemutai, who won the Olympic title in Tokyo (2021), is ranked third-fastest all-time with a best 8:48.03 achieved at the 2024 Diamond League event in Rome where she finished second to Yavi.Former world U20 champion and 2023 World Athletics Rising Star award-winner Cherotich finished third behind Yavi and Chetumai at the Olympic Games in Paris in a personal best of 8:55.15 and went on to be crowned 2024 Diamond League champion.The Doha meeting is the third leg of the 2025 Diamond League. The series – which will pay out a record total of $9.24mn in prize money – comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field across four different continents, starting with Xiamen on April 26 and concluding with a single final across two days in Zurich (27-28 August).For the local fans, the most anticipated battle will be between home hero and former Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim and reigning Olympic champion Hamish Kerr in is shaping up to be an incredible high jump field at Doha meet.The 28-year-old Kerr won the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships with a national record and Oceania best of 2.36m, upgrading his 2022 bronze. He matched that height in Paris, winning Olympic gold after a jump-off inspired by the Tokyo 2021 actions of Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, who, in contrast, chose to share the gold medal. The Commonwealth champion most recently finished second in the 2025 World Indoors.Barshim, who finished third in Paris, is also a two-time Olympic silver medallist (2012 and 2016). A true championship performer, he won an unprecedented third successive global title with victory at the World Championships in Eugene 2022.A great ambassador for the sport and his country, the 33-year-old launched his own innovative event in 2024 – the ‘What Gravity Challenge’ – bringing together a group of the world’s best high jumpers at the Katara Amphitheatre in Doha.Meanwhile, Olympic javelin silver medallist Neeraj Chopra of India, the reigning world and Asian Games champion, will also compete in Doha. Chopra is India’s national record holder with a best of 89.94m. He was the first Indian track and field athlete to set a world record (under-20) when he threw 86.48m to win the 2016 World U20 Championships, which was also the first time an Indian athlete had won a global track and field title. He made history in Tokyo when he became the country’s first Olympic gold medallist in track and field and that trend continued at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest when he became the first athlete from India to strike gold.The Doha meeting is the third leg of the 2025 Diamond League. The series – which will pay out $9.24mn in prize money – comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field across four different continents, starting with Xiamen on April 26 and concluding with a single final across two days in Zurich (27-28 August).