Behind the Swedish star lines up an incredibly strong field. Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis<\/strong>, silver medalist at the 2025 World Championships and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics, will take to the runway, along with American Sam Kendricks<\/strong>, who, as a two-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist, is one of the most experienced competitors in the discipline. The field is further strengthened by two-time World Championship bronze medalist Kurtis Marschall<\/strong> of Australia and European Indoor Champion Sondre Guttormsen<\/strong> of Norway.<\/p>\n World-class athletes are also arriving at the Zsivotzky Gyula Athletic Centre for the men’s shot put. One of the best-known figures in the field is New Zealand’s Tom Walsh<\/strong>, the 2017 world champion and four-time indoor world champion. His rivals will include Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri<\/strong>, European champion and two-time World Championship medalist, as well as American Roger Steen<\/strong>, who has consistently finished on the podium at recent indoor world championships.<\/p>\n American Payton Otterdahl<\/strong>, a former winner at the Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial, will also compete in the event, alongside Jamaican Rajindra Campbell<\/strong>, the bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics. This strong field guarantees that the shot put will be one of the most exciting events of the meet.<\/p>\n A prestigious international field is also expected in the women’s long jump. Colombia’s Natalia Linares<\/strong> arrives in Budapest as a World Championship bronze medalist and a former Gyulai Memorial winner, while American Claire Bryant<\/strong>, with her indoor world championship title, is considered one of the most dangerous competitors in the discipline – plus, she is the defending champion of the meet.<\/p>\n It is a special joy for Hungarian fans that several local athletes will get the chance to compete against the world’s elite. Petra B\u00e1nhidi-Farkas<\/strong>, U23 European champion and Olympian, will be competing, as well as Di\u00e1na Lesti<\/strong>, who has already proven her talent at the World Indoor Championships. The youngest Hungarian competitor in the field will be Bori R\u00f3zsahegyi<\/strong>, who won the U20 European Championship title last year and can gain crucial international experience among the world’s best.<\/p>\n Star announcements will continue in the coming weeks, so more Olympic and world champion athletes are expected to be revealed. Based on the confirmed field so far, however, it is already safe to say that the 2026 Gyulai Istv\u00e1n Memorial \u2013 Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix will once again be one of the standout stops of the international athletics season, where the Hungarian crowd can see the sport’s biggest stars up close.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gyulaimemorial.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GYULAI_2025_ZSL_0337-1024x683.jpg\")
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