Lausanne's Pontaise Stadium Track Rebuilt with New Conica Surface

Lausanne's Pontaise Stadium, home of the Athletissima Diamond League meeting, has received a new track surface supplied by Swiss specialist Conica. According to Athletics Weekly, the rebuild cost around CHF 1.5 million ($1.82m) and replaced a track that had lost its World Athletics Class 1 certification. The six-week project installed Conipur Vmax, a surface developed with the German Sport University Cologne, featuring an energy-reflecting base layer with air cells and a stabilizing top layer. Conica has supplied Lausanne's track since the meeting moved to Pontaise in 1986. The work was completed ahead of the 2026 meeting, and the report describes the rebuilt track as keeping Lausanne among the world's fastest Diamond League venues. No other reports on the project were supplied, so cost, timeline, and certification details rest on this single account.