Stockholm - Several Olympic and World Championships medallists, including six 2004 world leaders, top the bill as the IAAF Super Grand Prix series continues at the DN Galan meeting in Stockholm's intimately charming Olympic Stadium. The season's middle-distance revelation Rachid Ramzi makes his first appearance since his stunning upset win at Rome's Golden Gala 1500 meters. In Rome, the 23-year-old Moroccan-born Bahraini ran to a 3:30.25 personal best to defeat the strongest field of the year, including World record holder Hicham El Guerrouj.

Here he'll face 19-year-old Alex Chirchir of Kenya, who has a 3:32.35 to his credit this year, along with Moroccan Adil El Kaouch, who has clocked 3:32.86 this season. The field also includes Canadian Olympian Kevin Sullivan, Sydney Olympic champion Noah Ngeny, and Paris bronze medallist Ivan Heshko.

Shaheen clears a barrier in Ostrava Steeplechase

The men's 5000m features six runners that have dipped under the still- formidable 13-minute barrier, and organizers say an assault on Daniel Komen's 12:51.60 meet record is in the works. As has become tradition in Stockholm, any athlete who sets a stadium record is rewarded with a 1-carat diamond valued at US$10,000.

In the 5000, defending DN Galan steeplechase champion - and reigning World chamion - Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar is expected to lead that assault. His PB 12:48.80 dates back to his victory over Hicham El Guerrouj in Ostrava last year. While Kenyan-born Bahraini Musir Salem Jawher should pose the biggest threat to Shaheen, the race's lap bonuses, often times resulting in fierce jostling for position, adds to the race's unpredictability.

Holm, Olsson and Kluft to jump on home soil

Sweden produces more than its fair share of world class jumpers, and virtually all will be on display in Stockholm. With eight of the season's top nine jumpers, the men's high jump promises a sterling competition. Swede Stefan Holm cleared 2.36 last weekend, the world-pacing effort, and with the generous crowd support expected, looks to be the favorite.

Andrey Sokolovskiy of Ukraine (2.35) and Pole Grzegorz Sposob (2.34) round out the season's top three, and both are in Stockholm as well. Four others - Jamie Nieto, Tomas Janku, Statoslav Ton and Jaroslav Baba - have successfully managed 2.33 this season, and all will compete as well. Another jumper hoping to draw energy from the crowd will be Swedish teen Linus Thornblad, who has a 2.30 leap to his credit.

Golden League jackpot contender Christian Olsson brings his 29-meet win streak to Stockholm. But the Swede's dominance of the triple jump in recent years has faced several challenges in the past month. Brazil's Jadel Gregorio, second to Olsson in Paris, has reached 17.72 this season, and American Walter Davis has gone 17.63, both farther that Olsson's seasonal best 17.61. Romanian Marian Oprea, with a PB 17.63 and a 17.41 to this credit this season, is aiming to challenge as well.

Carolina Kluft returns to action in Stockholm, leading the long jump field. Here, she'll face US Trials runner-up Grace Upshaw and Paris bronze medallist Anju Bobby George of India.

While fans will be disappointed by Kajsa Bergqvist's injury-induced absence, the women's high jump will nonetheless be hotly contested. World champion Hestrie Cloete leads a strong field that includes Croatia's Blanka Vlasic (2.02), Ukraine's Irina Mikhalchenko (2.01) and US champion Tisha Waller (1.98).

Paris winners Obikwelu and Arron head sprint line-ups

On paper, Americans Coby Miller, Leonard Scott and Bernard Williams - all 10.04 or better this season - lead a strong field in the 100 meters. But Aziz Zakari, the winner in Rome, and Francis Obikwelu, the surprise double sprint winner in Paris on Friday, have solid momentum from recent weeks. Uchenna Emedolu, who won in Crete in 10.05, and Briton Darren Campbell could pose a strong challenge as well.

On the women's side, Christine Arron of France returns to defend her 100m title, just a few days after her narrow win in Paris. 20-year-old World leader Ivet Lalova (10.77), third in Paris, makes another international start in an attempt to show that her performance in Plovdiv was no fluke. American Muna Lee, the surprise winner in the Paris 200, makes a start here in the shorter dash. Not making the trip to Stockholm is US Trials winner LaTasha Colander, who pulled out last week with an Achilles tendon problem.

Allen Johnson - third race in five days

The men's high hurldes features the US Athens-bound trio of Terrence Trammell, Duane Ross and Allen Johnson. After his third place showing in Sacramento, four-time World champion Johnson rebounded with solid wins in Paris on Friday and Birmingham on Sunday. Jamaican champion Maurice Wignall, who finished second to Johnson in Birmingham, is expected to push the American trio.

After a convincing win in Paris, World Indoor and Outdoor champion Perdita Felicien is the strong favorite in the 100m hurdles. Athens-bound American Melissa Morrison is looking to challenge the Canadian, as will the Jamaicans trio of Delloreen Ennis-London, Brigitte Foster and Lacena Golding-Clarke. Swedish twins Jenny and Susanna Kallur will have the "home" field advantage.

There's a solid field as well in women's 400 hurdles, led by the rapidly- improving Brenda Taylor, runner-up at the US Trials in 53.36. Sandra Glover, who ran 53.64 in Sacramento only to finish fourth (!), and college girl Raasin McIntosh (54.16) are solid podium contenders as well. Romanian Ionela Tirlea-Manolache, the runner-up in Rome, is looking for her first sub-54 outing of the year.

The very best of Africa in Steeplechase race

The steeplechase has a strong tradition in Stockholm, and that tradition continues this year. All three Olympic medallists from Sydney - Kenyans Ruben Kosgei and Wilson Boit Kipketer and bronze medalist Ali Ezzine of Morocco - will compete in the DN Galan. But the trio looks to be upstaged by World leader Paul Kipsiele Koech, whose 7:59.65 paces the world this year. With his 8:05.52 win in Hengelo in late May, Kenyan teen Brimin Kipruto is third on the world list thus far this season.

Alleyne Francique of Grenada, the season's second fastest at 44.47, tops the men's 400m. Lewis Banda of Zimbabwe (44.58-NR), along with Americans Otis Harris (44.67) and Derrick Brew (44.69) have dipped under 44.70 this season in this wildly unpredictable event. Swedish 200 specialist Johan Wissman, who recently clocked 45.57 over the full lap, will take a stab at Jimisola Laursen's 45.54 national record; Laursen is also in the race to ensure that the record remains his.

The women's 800m includes the Athens-bound US trio of Jearl Miles- Clark, Nicole Teter, and Hazel Clark. Brazil's Luciana Mendez (1:59.11), Mina Ait Hamou (1:59.13) and Guyanese national record holder Marian Burnett (1:59.47) have each dipped under 1:59.50 this season. Kenyan Alice Timbilil, second to compatriot's Isabella Ochichi in Paris on Friday, tops the women's 3000m.

Toby Stevenson, the newest member of the six-meter club, and Tim Mack (5.92), the top-two in the event this year, lead the men's pole vault. Six others in the field have clearances of 5.80 or better this season. U.S. champion and national record holder Breaux Greer leads the men's javelin field. Eriks Rags of Lativa, Australian William Hamlyn- Harris, and Norwegians Ronny Nilsen and Andreas Thorkildsen have each thrown beyond 84 meters this season.

The weekend's showers and clouds are expected to evolve into pleasant, partly cloudy conditions on Tuesday. Another sell-out crowd is expected.