The presence of seven individual Athens Olympic champions mark out the quality of Sweden's premier one day meeting, the world famous DN Galan - IAAF Super Grand Prix - which will takes place on Tuesday evening (26) in Stockholm's atmospheric 1912 Olympic stadium.

After her double World record exploits in London on Friday (23), the IAAF Overall World Ranked number one female athlete, Yelena Isinbayeva, will of course be the centre of attention. The first 5m Pole Vault by a female athlete is now achieved but with the desire for continual improvement which the 23-year-old Russian Olympic champion has always exhibited, she is unlikely to want history to stand still for long.

A sparkling prize awaits

Whether a further addition to the World mark is possible, what seems almost certain is that Isinbayeva will be clutching a 1-carat diamond by the end of the evening. The $10,000 cut diamond is the unique gift of the Stockholm meeting, which has been awarded since 1994 to every athlete setting a new stadium record.

Her task tomorrow, is a simple leap of 4.78m, and should she fail, it is a height which is also in the scope of the two Poles, Anna Rogowska and Monika Pyrek, and another Russian Tatiana Polnova. The record was set by the future 2003 World champion Svetlana Feofanova (currently injured) at the DN Galan in 2002, and at the time it was a European record. Along with the World mark, that continental best now stands just three years later at 5m. How quickly this event progresses!

Mack and Gibilisco

On a parallel runway at the finishing-line-end of the stadium, the men's Pole Vault will take place at the very same time. Olympic champion Tim Mack will be on show as will be World champion Guiseppe Gibilisco, and the injury and/or off-form troubles of these men stand in stark contrast to Isinbayeva's continued good fortune.

Kluft is long jumping

The women's Javelin and a few "B" races are at the very start of Tuesday's programme, along with the two Pole Vaults, and the women's Long Jump, follows next. In the Long Jump, Carolina Kluft of Sweden, the World, Olympic and European Heptathlon champion will be on show in what is her best individual event (11th in Athens), and three of her fellow Olympic finalists led by fourth placed Bronwyn Thompson of Australia head the Swede's opponents.

Bergqvist and Holm to satisfy the crowd

The two High Jumps at the opposite end of the stadium to the vaults should also keep the capacity crowd happy. In the women's and the men's competitions there are local heroes of the highest stature to cheer. Kajsa Bergqvist, the European champion and world season leader is one of only three women to have gone over 2m this summer, and in Stockholm she is joined by one of the others Chaunte Howard of USA, and another six women who have career bests in excess of this barrier.

In comparison to the men's High Jump, it has been a very calm year for women jumpers, and Holm will have his work cut out against the three best men who he defeated to claim the Olympic title in Athens, namely Matt Hemingway (USA), Jaroslav Baba (CZE) and Jamie Nieto (USA). In a field full to the brim with talent, the resurgent talent of 1999 World champion Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS), who has already mastered Holm once this season (in Lausanne) and won in London, is the man to watch.

Gatlin is Powell'less

The men's 100m was going to be a battle between Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell but after the World record holders further injury woes on Friday, that possibility is no more. Still, Gatlin the Olympic winner has to contend with Athens silver medallist Francis Obikwelu (POR), USA Champs third placer Leonard Scott who ran a PB of 9.94 on Friday when coming second in London. Ghana's sub-10 man Aziz Zakari is also in the field which will have to be whittled down via heats from the present 24 entrants!

If we are mentioning injury, then Olympic 400m Hurdles champion Felix Sanchez has also had his problems this year, in fact his problems began during the Olympic themselves, with his body eventually breaking down at last year's Brussels meeting. Sanchez was to have raced here but is now off the start list. As such the focus will be on USA's Bershawn Jackson, who demolished his opponents in London with ease (47.98), and has a season's best of 47.62. He takes on American champs third placer James Carter, the World Ranked number one, who he beat in London, and France's Naman Keita, the Olympic bronze medallist.

Kemboi vs Koech

Back to the Olympic champions on show in Stockholm, in the men's 3000m Steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN), and has bronze medalist, Paul Kipsiele Koech for company in field of 21 runners over a third of which are Kenyans. Loss of confidence

Joanna Hayes of the USA, the Athens winner in the women's 100m Hurdles has another of her regular 'head to heads' with World champion Perdita Felicien of Canada. However, it seems that after recovering well from her famous fall in the Olympic final that the Canadian, with two further spills this summer, might have lost a little edge of confidence. USA's Anjanette Kirkland, the 2001 World champion is back in the groove with a fine win in Rome and a second place in London but there is also local wonder Susanna Kallur, the European Indoor champion, who with the crowd behind her, might pull off something special.

USA's Dominique Arnold, who like Kirkland is 31 years of age, is also hurdling well, having set a 13.01 PB in second place at the US championships and then taken a TDK Golden League win in Rome. He starts as overwhelming favourite in the men's 110m Hurdles.

Olympic silvers

The women's dash has the Olympic silver medallists from both that event and the 200m on show. Lauryn Williams of the USA will take on Allyson Felix, who broke Veronican Campbell's long standing 200m win streak in London on Friday. The other name in the frame is the Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup.

Wariner set to return to winning ways

Wariner, the 400m Olympic champion was given a nasty shock in London on Friday when an 'unknown' Briton - well certainly to the American - Tim Benjamin went under 45 seconds for the first time in his career and defeated him. Wariner, the World Ranked number one, the fastest of the summer with 44.20, will want to return quickly to winning ways so close to the Helsinki World Championships.

Oprea the star

Sadly, Sweden's World, Olympic and European champion in the Triple Jump Christian Olsson is absent due to injury and will not compete at the Worlds, but the DN Galan has still lined up a quality field. World leader (17.81m) and Olympic silver medallist Marian Oprea of Romania is the star but will be closely challenged Jadel Gregorio (BRA) and American Walter Davis.

In the middle distances in Stockholm, there are races over 800m and 5000m for women, and 1500m and 3000m for men.

In the women's two lapper, world's season leader Tatyana Andrianova (1:56.07) heads a group of five Russians. She was fifth in the Olympics and is presently in much better shape then Maria Mutola, the World champion from Mozambique who was fourth in Athens in the highest ever quality women's Olympic 800m final. Cuban Zulia Calatayud, who has run 1:58.07, is in just as good if not better racing shape as either, and has had four times under 1:59 this summer.

Bernard Lagat, the Olympic silver medallist is the main name in the men's 1500m with a season's best of 3:30.64 but for once there is a credible European challenger in Ukraine's Ivan Hesko, who has run 3:32.13.

Songok - serious World title ambitions

With men's and women's sprint relays finishing off the meeting, the men's 3000m is the final individual track event of the night. Isaac Songok, the Kenyan champion who has moved up seriously from 1500m to 3000/5000m, has been the surprise of the season taking two wins against the reigning World champion Eliud Kipchoge, and must fancy his chances of winning the world title next month. In Stockholm, at 3000m his chief opponent will be Augustine Choge, the World Junior 5000m champion. The women's 5000m by contrast is a totally wide open 19 athlete affair.