Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson will line up in a long-awaited rematch of their thrilling Olympic 100m final at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Silesia on August 16.
The USA’s Lyles and Jamaica’s Thompson claimed gold and silver in one of the most dramatic 100m finals in Olympic history at Paris 2024, with both clocking 9.79 and Lyles winning the photo finish by just five thousandths of a second.
A year and two weeks on from that historic race, the two men go head to head once again at the Kamila Skolimowsa Memorial in what will be their first meeting since the Olympics.
Both men will fancy their chances of victory at the Silesia Stadium, in what could well be a dress rehearsal for another major championship final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this year.
Thompson is on electric form, having clocked the fastest time in the world this year with 9.75 at the Jamaican national championships in Kingston this June before claiming a first ever Diamond League win with an impressive 9.85 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene a few weeks later.
Lyles’ campaign has been slowed by injury woes and the American suffered a shock defeat to Jamaica’s Oblique Seville in his first 100m of the season at the Diamond League meeting in London last month.
Yet he made a winning start to his Diamond League campaign in the 200m in Monaco a week previously, beating Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo with a sharp 19.88.
Both Lyles and Thompson know a victory could also see them qualify for the Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich on August 27-28.
Thompson is currently third in the 100m standings on 13 points, while Lyles is outside the qualification spots in 14th.
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.
