The 2026 Yangtze River Delta International Athletics Diamond Meet (Shanghai/Shaoxing Keqiao) will be held on May 16 at Shaoxing Keqiao — China Textile City Sports Center. This competition is also the season opener for the 2026 World Athletics Diamond League. China will field 19 athletes in total, almost assembling the country's top track-and-field talents across events — a high-calibre domestic showcase ahead of the Asian Games. Xie Zhenye (men's 100m), Asian champion and a veteran from Keqiao, will be competing at home for the ninth time — his performance in front of his hometown crowd is highly anticipated? Wu Yanni (women's 100m hurdles), Asian champion, will face several world champions — can the high-level competition push her to break her personal best again? Liu Junxian & Xu Zhuoyi (men's 110m hurdles), Asian champion + National Games champion — can the "twin stars of the new generation" team up to break into the sub-13.10 range and restore China's hurdling glory? Chen Yujie (women's 200m), Asian champion and a prodigious youngster — racing against high-level international opponents, can she once again improve on her personal best of 22.97? Xi Xiaoheng & Liu Dezhu (men's 800m), National Games champions — as leading figures of the new generation in China's middle-distance running, the pair are expected to race alongside international stars on the Diamond League stage and show the world the potential of China's middle- and long-distance runners. Yu Shuiqing (men's 3000m), national champion and an outstanding member of the new generation of middle- and long-distance runners, hopes to again better his personal best in the 3000m at the Diamond League. It is hoped he has shaken off his injury troubles. Xie Zhiyu (men's 400m hurdles), National Games champion — carrying the aura of both Asian and National Games titles, he will take part in the 300m hurdles this time and could challenge the national record for the event. Li Chunhui (women's 1500m), Asian champion and currently the strongest Chinese 1500m runner — she produced China's best women's 1500m performance in 20 years last year; can she go even faster? Luo Xia (women's 3000m steeplechase), National Games champion — she will represent a new generation of Chinese female endurance athletes and go all out to challenge her personal limits. Huang Bokai & Li Chenyang (men's pole vault), an experienced-and-young combination of Asian champion + National Games champion, will join forces to go after personal bests and secure medals. Shi Yuhao & Zhang Mingkun (men's long jump) — in a field packed with strong competitors, defending champion Shi Yuhao's goal is "to win once", while Zhang Mingkun is aiming for a strong comeback from injury. Women's throws and jumps (Song Jiayuan / Zhang Linru / Xiong Shiqi / Tan Mengyi) — led by Asian champion Song Jiayuan in the women's throws and jumps, their consistent performances are a solid guarantee for China's gold-medal ambitions at the Asian Games. #2026 Yangtze River Delta International Athletics Diamond Meet #Diamond League #Xie Zhenye #Wu Yanni