Reigning world champion Mattia Furlani and reigning Olympic champion Miltiádis Tentóglou will headline a loaded field in the men’s long jump at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Xiamen on May 23.
Among the other global medallists set to take to the runway are Bozhidar Sarâboyukov, Tajay Gayle, Wayne Pinnock, Liam Adcock and Thobias Montler, while a strong Chinese challenge is led by Shi Yuhao, who won bronze in last year’s world final in Tokyo.
Furlani will travel to Xiamen with high hopes following an impressive indoor season, during which the 21-year-old Italian set a national indoor record of 8.39m and won silver in the world indoor final. It followed a remarkable 2025 season in which he won both the world indoor and world outdoor titles.
Tentóglou has won every major title in the sport during his decorated career, including the last two Olympic titles, but after falling short of a major medal last year, the 28-year-old Greek star will be keen to re-establish his dominance in his first visit to Xiamen. He has a best of 8.65m, which he jumped to win the 2024 European title.
Sarâboyukov has been one the breakout stars of this event in recent years, the 21-year-old Bulgarian winning the European indoor title last year before finishing fifth in the world final in Tokyo. He set a national record of 8.45m in Belgrade in February before claiming world indoor bronze last month.
Adcock won bronze in last year’s world indoor final and the 29-year-old Australian will be looking to improve on his second-place finish at last year’s meeting in Xiamen.
Gayle and Pinnock have won a slew of medals for Jamaica on the global stage in recent years, with Gayle winning the world title in 2019 before claiming bronze in the 2023 world final and silver in last year’s world final. He holds the Jamaican record at 8.69m.
Pinnock won silver in both the 2023 world final and in the 2024 Olympic final before finishing runner-up in last year’s world indoor final. The 25-year-old is the co-holder of the Jamaican indoor record with 8.40m, while he has an outdoor best of 8.54m.
Montler is a three-time European indoor medallist and the Swede also won silver in the 2022 world indoor final, jumping a national indoor record of 8.38m, which still stands.
China has been a growing force in this event in recent years and three of their finest jumpers will be in action in Xiamen, cheered on by a sizable home crowd.
Shi Yuhao claimed his first global medal in Tokyo last year, jumping 8.33m to win bronze in the world final, and the 27-year-old has a best of 8.43m from 2018.
Zhang Mingkun defeated a strong field to win in Xiamen last year, jumping 8.18m, and the 25-year-old will hope to back up that win in 2026. He finished sixth in last year’s world final and seventh in the 2024 Olympic final.
They will be joined by rising star Shu Heng, the 21-year-old who had a breakthrough season in 2025, winning gold at the Asian Championships with a jump of 8.22m before also taking victory at World University Games and at the National Games. He finished sixth in last year’s world indoor final.