Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles will compete in the 200m at the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich on August 28, setting his sights on a record-breaking sixth series title.
The American sprint star already has five Diamond League titles to his name, having won the Diamond Trophy four times in the 200m and once in the 100m.
Another victory at this year’s final at Weltklasse Zurich would make him the first track athlete ever to win six Diamond League titles.
It would also leave him just one short of the overall record of seven, held jointly by French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie and US triple jumper Christian Taylor.
Lyles will compete on a global wild card at the series final at Weltklasse Zürich, having started his Diamond League season late due to injury.
He has been in good form since his return in July, winning the 200m in his first race of the campaign in Monaco before two second-place finishes in the 100m in London and Silesia.
“With Weltklasse Zürich being the last race before World Championships I am looking to run something special,” he said.
Global wild card athletes are eligible to win the Diamond Trophy and be crowned Diamond League champion at the Wanda Diamond League Final, providing they have competed at least once on the Road to the Final.
Lyles will vie for the 200m title with Botswanan rival Letsile Tebogo, who claimed Olympic gold in the 200m at Paris 2024 and is aiming to win his first Diamond Trophy in 2025.
About the Wanda Diamond League
The Wanda Diamond League is the elite one-day meeting series in global athletics. It comprises 15 of the most prestigious events in global track and field. Athletes compete for points at the 14 series meetings in a bid to qualify for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final, which will be held in Zurich on 27 and 28 August 2025.
The first day of the Final will be held as a street event at Zurich’s Sechseläutenplatz and will feature five field disciplines: the men’s pole vault, the women’s high jump, the men’s long jump and the men’s and women’s shot put.
The remaining 27 disciplines will all be staged at the Letzigrund Stadium on the second day of the final in a bumper four-hour programme of world class athletics.
