The Diamond League final is better than ever in 2025 with World and Olympic champions, national record holders and rising stars chasing prize money ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 – but more importantly, momentum before Tokyo calls. And for some, the opportunity to even be in Tokyo is on the line.

Thursday night at Letzigrund Stadium will set the table for Tokyo. We've decided to put together this full event-by-event preview of every event to get you ready for all of the action.

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Wednesday, Aug. 27th (All Times EDT)

8:30 a.m. ET | Women’s Pole Vault – How Does Moon Build Off Brussels

A rainy forecast for Thursday caused the women’s pole vault to be moved up to Wednesday morning, where jumpers will compete in the Sechseläutenplatz square in downtown Zurich. Concerns about what the weather will do to the rest of the events aside, this is good news for the lady leapers, as Katie Moon will chase her fourth DL win of the season and second DL final title. One of her primary threats will be longtime teammate and friendly rival Sandi Morris, who picked up two DL wins earlier in the year but only finished eight in Brussels, her first competition post USAs. If one of the Americans doesn’t emerge victorious, it’ll likely be because Angelica Moser rode the Swiss hometown pride to victory, as the World Indoor bronze medalist also picked up a (co)-victory in the abbreviated Lausanne competition.

11:05 a.m. ET | Men’s Shot Put – Kovacs Aims To Cap The Revenge Tour

Since missing his first U.S. outdoor team in over a decade earlier this month, Joe Kovacs has looked like a man on a mission with nothing but pride (and maybe a few thousand dollars of prize money) on the line. He took wins in Budapest and Lausanne against most of his DL final competition this week, and finished a solid third in Silesia. He’ll have his enormous hands full though if he wants his fourth Diamond League title, as defending champion Leonardo Fabbri and two of Kovacs’s domestic vanquishers, Payton Otterdahl and Tripp Piperi, will be looking for one last good outing before Tokyo.

11:05 a.m. ET | Women’s Shot Put – Jackson Chase-s 21 Meters

There is no greater testament to how good Chase Jackson has been this year than the fact that in a field this stacked, the most important storyline isn’t Jackson against anyone else, it’s Jackson against history. For two months now, the conversation every time she’s stepped into the ring has been “will she become the first woman since Valerie Adams to throw 21m?” It may feel like a tired talking point now, but it still warrants discussion after she threw 20.90m in Brussels with a bum finger that’s been bugging her since before USAs.

Sarah Mitton and Jessica Schilder are the obvious candidates for the pair of podium spots behind Jackson in Tokyo, but don’t overlook what a big day in Zurich from Maggie Ewen or Jaida Ross could mean two weeks down the road.

11:15 a.m. ET | Women’s High Jump – Who Heads To Tokyo As The Favorite

The matchups between Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Nicola Olyslagers have been far more balanced this year than they were in 2024. Mahuchikh was flawless last summer, boasting an undefeated outdoor resume and setting the world record at 2.10m. This year, she’s lost three times, twice to Olyslagers (if you don’t count an early retirement in rainy Lausanne). While she does still have the world lead with a 2.02m clearance in May, it’s far less of a foregone conclusion she’ll return to the top of the podium in Tokyo. If Olyslagers can come through on Thursday, denying Mahuchikh her fourth-consecutive Diamond League crown, the Aussie might just be the favorite to add a long-desired outdoor gold to her trophy case.

11:43 a.m. ET | Men’s Pole Vault – Kendricks Looks For A Good One Before Worlds

It’s easy to say that the biggest storyline of this competition is whether Mondo Duplantis can take this event into the 6.3Xs, or whether Manolo Karalis can continue to develop into Duplantis’s only true challenger we’ve seen this decade. But that’s not all!

Sam Kendricks had a great indoor season, but his outdoor campaign hasn’t quite screamed “I won Olympic silver last year.” His last three competitions have resulted in a pair of fifth-place finishes in Budapest and Silesia and sixth in Lausanne. It’s safe to say that the soon-to-be 33-year-old could use a boost of confidence in the form of a vintage showing before he heads to his first outdoor World Championship since 2019.

12:35 p.m. ET | Men’s Long Jump – Can Anyone Separate Themselves From The Pack

This event has been really fun to keep tabs on all year, but it’s nearly impossible to predict the podium even just weeks away from the big dance. Here’s to hoping Zurich can unmuddle the picture in our field event crystal ball..

Defending World and Olympic champ Miltiadis Tentoglou holds the world lead with a mark of 8.46m from the European Team Championships in June, but enough cracks in his armor have been visible across the circuit to say he’s not a completely safe bet. Italy’s Mattia Furlani and Australia’s Liam Adcock are the only men in the world to have jumped 8.30m on multiple occasions this year, but Furlani is winless across his three Diamond League appearances thus far and Adcock hasn’t jumped 8m in over two months. Barring a win from Wayne Pinnock, who’s currently transferring his allegiance from Jamaica to Turkey and is accordingly ineligible to compete at Worlds, Thursday’s victor might as well be the favorite for Tokyo.

Thursday, Aug. 28th (All Times EDT)

11:30 a.m. ET | Men’s Discus – The Return Of Diamond Denny

Death, taxes, and Matty Denny winning Diamond League finals. The Aussie has managed to pull off a PB to take the win at the circuit’s finale each of the past two years, but replicating that feat will be harder than ever in Zurich.

On one hand, it’ll be tougher for Denny to better his PB of 74.78m from April, set in the alternate universe that is Ramona, OK. In fact, it’s safe to say that won’t happen. As for making it Diamond League title No. 3, he’ll have to tangle with Mykolas Alekna and Kristjan Čeh. Alekna is undefeated this year against everyone not named Ralford Mullings (who won’t be in Zurich), and maybe a Jamaican-less startlist will be just what he needs to win his first title of any sort since 2022 Euros. It’s been three months now since Čeh went on his run of three performances over 72m in the span of eight days, but he’s proven in the past he can make momentum out of nothing and find a big one at will.

11:30 a.m. ET | Women’s Discus – A Preview Of The Battle For World Silver

The form Valarie Allman has displayed over the past 24 months makes any conversation about someone truly challenging her somewhat asinine. Instead, let’s appreciate the fact that this showdown between Lagi Tausaga-Collins, Sandra Elkasević, and Jorinde van Klinken could provide a lot of clarity about the medal race in Tokyo.

Tausaga-Collins has fully shaken off her Olympic year struggles, but her Diamond League results have left something to be desired. All that can change though with one good day in Zurich, which she proved in 2023 is all she needs. Elkasević has had a lighter schedule than either of her younger competitors, last competing at Pre, but a SB of 66.97m is a clear indicator she’s plenty in the tank, even at 35. Van Klinken has been a very busy woman this season, but she’s maintained consistency despite a crazy schedule. Disregarding the fact that she also throws shot at a high level, she’s competed 11 times this year in the disc and her worst mark is only 64.33m. That’s the kind of consistency that means she could have a gargantuan breakout bubbling beneath the surface (and Allman is just hoping that doesn’t happen at Worlds for the third championship in a row).

11:53 a.m. ET | Men’s High Jump – Please Be Interesting

Last year’s Olympic high jump was a fascinating competition, with the final outcome determined via a three-height jump-off that saw the bar lowered from 2.38m back down to 2.34m, before a Hamish Kerr clearance—and a Shelby McEwen miss—there cemented his gold medal. This year, the event has lacked that level of intrigue. Both Kerr and McEwen are in this six-man field, but neither have looked quite like their Paris selves as of late. In Brussels, Kerr only managed to clear 2.18m, good for a fourth-place tie finish, and McEwen slotted even further back in eighth, with a 2.14m jump. Kerr has at times looked solid this season, so a well-timed peak heading into Worlds could elevate him to the win here. McEwen’s campaign has been rockier, and he’s no lock for the top two but could land there if it’s a good day. 

12:19 p.m. ET | Men’s Triple Jump – Scott Tries To Keep Pole Position Ahead Of Tokyo

The men’s triple jump has been contested at five Diamond League meetings this year, and at four of them Jamaica’s Jordan Scott hopped, stepped, and jumped his way to victory. His lowest finish on the DL circuit was a second-place showing at Shanghai, and he’s registered the four best DL jumps on the ledger as well. 

Scott is the prohibitive favorite, but there are a few men who could give him a scare. Andy Diáz Hernández, actually owns the best mark of 2025, a sensational 17.80m leap that secured him World Indoor gold. (Scott only managed to place fourth there, for what that’s worth!) However, Diáz Hernández has competed sparingly outdoors, and only at one Diamond League, where he placed third. Don’t ignore the presence of reigning Olympic champ Pedro Pichardo, who is the only non-Scott man to win a DL triple jump in 2025, or 2023 World champ Hugues Fabrice Zango, despite having a more up and down season.

12:19 p.m. ET | Women’s Triple Jump – Jumping Against Ghosts

The specter of reigning World champ Yulimar Rojas, the GOAT of the event who’s missed the last two years with an Achilles injury, grows larger by the day as triple jump fans eagerly await her return in Tokyo. If Rojas gets back to her past form, Worlds will once again be a battle for silver, but if she’s vulnerable or rusty, the winner in Zurich could find herself in the gold medal conversation.

Three 15-meter jumpers are in the mix: Thea LaFond, Shanieka Ricketts, and Jasmine Moore. That’s also the trio that landed on the podium in a Rojas-less Olympics last summer, but they’ll have their work cut out for them as none of the above are the world leader. That’d be Cuban Leyanis Perez Hernandez, who won in Oslo and Brussels and has leapt 14.93m this season. The other two DL events were won by Ricketts, but you can’t count out Moore, the U.S. champ, or LaFond, the Olympic champ, in a championship setting.

12:34 p.m. ET | Women’s 400m – Paulino vs. Naser Round VI of 2025

This is the sixth showdown between Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino and Olympic silver medalist Salwa Eid-Naser over 400m this season. Paulino is 4–1 in those matchups with the only blemish being the early-season Grand Slam Track: Jamaica meet in April. Naser had her worst showing of the season with a 51.08 in the Lausanne downpour, so she’s looking for a rebound race. Paulino has asserted herself as the gold medal favorite for Tokyo and should come away with her fourth Diamond League title.

12:42 p.m. ET | Men’s 400m – Vernon Norwood Lays It All Out

U.S. fan favorite Vernon Norwood returns to the global stage as an individual after taking 4th in the 400m at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. If Norwood, Chris Bailey, or Jacory Patterson win the 400m in Zurich, Norwood gets an individual spot for the World Championships in Tokyo since Bailey and Patterson have already qualified with their respective top three finishes at the U.S. Championships and the wild card would unlock a fourth spot for Team USA.

The bad news: If we’re sorting the field by season’s bests, Norwood is the fifth-fastest man in the field and he’s never won a Diamond League meet in his career. There’s no better time to get his first victory than now.

The good news: Patterson and Bailey have each won one Diamond League meeting this year. Aside from Patterson and Bailey, Olympic bronze medalist Muzala Samukonga is the only other man from the top 10 in the world list who is entered in this one. Samukonga is winless in the Diamond League this season but ran his season’s best of 44.11 to win the Continental Tour stop in Budapest just a few weeks ago. Patterson, on the other hand, has won five of his six outdoor 400ms, his worst showing being a third-place run at the Prefontaine Classic, so he’s got a strong case for favorite status.

We’ll see a very happy Vernon Norwood (and many fans) if Bailey or Patterson can assist him in getting to Tokyo at 33 years old.

12:49 p.m. ET | Women’s 3000m – Ethiopia Vies For A Fourth Spot

Interestingly, none of the women entered in this race have won a single Diamond League in 2025. Ethiopia has the most entries with four competitors. Since Faith Kipyegon is the reigning World Champion, a fourth spot could be unlocked for Ethiopia. A previous report had Gudaf Tsegay, Frewenyi Hailu, and Chalt Dida named to the 5000m team. If Likina Amebaw (8:34.53 SB), Aleshign Baweke (8:32.88), Fantaye Belayneh (8:34.30), or Hirut Meshesha (8:22:72) wins, it would be up to the Ethiopian Athletics Federation to add them to the team. Josette Andrews (8:44.70) is the lone American in the field.

1:08 p.m. ET | Women’s 100m Hurdles – Keni Harrison, Tonea Marshall Hunt

Former world record holder and 2021 Olympic silver medalist Keni Harrison clocked a season’s best of 12.37 for her fastest performance since the semifinals at the 2023 World Championships. However, it was only good enough for fourth place at this year’s U.S. Championships and she was just 0.01 seconds shy of making the team for Tokyo. But her hopes are still alive! If she or Grace Stark (who has already qualified with her runner-up finish at the U.S. Championships) wins the Diamond League final, she will head to her seventh career global championship. However, Tonea Marshall, who finished just behind Harrison at the U.S. Championships, is in tremendous form and clocked a 12.24 personal best (No. 5 U.S. all-time) at the Silesia Diamond League. Marshall can also qualify for Worlds with a win.

They’ll all be up against world record holder Tobi Amusan (12.24 SB), whose only Diamond League win came in May’s Rabat Diamond League, but she is 3–1 vs. Marshall and 4–0 against Harrison in 2025. You also can’t discount the Jamaican duo of Ackera Nugent or Danielle Williams possibly crushing the Americans’ dreams.

1:17 p.m. ET | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase – Keep It In The Family

Kenya’s Edmund Serem looks to win his first Diamond League title at just 17 years old. He was the U20 World champion last year, while his older brother Amos Serem won the Diamond League trophy in 2024 but has struggled with injuries. Edmund burst onto the professional scene this year with three top-three finishes at Diamond League meets, including a personal best of 8:04.00 at the Monaco Diamond League, which puts him at No. 5 on the all-time U20 list and No. 3 on the all-time U18 list.

Germany’s Ruppert Fredrick, who ran 8:01.49 earlier this season, has a chance to become the first non-African to win the Diamond League steeplechase title. Neither Olympic champ Soufiane El Bakkali nor world record holder Lamecha Girma are in the field.

1:34 p.m. ET | Men’s 110m Hurdles – Cordell Tinch’s Final Exclamation Before Worlds?

The United States has four men entered in this final but because Grant Holloway is the reigning World champion, no fourth spot can be unlocked for the World Championships. This could serve as a final statement by Cordell Tinch to solidify himself as the gold medal favorite before the World Championships. Tinch has won four Diamond League meets this year and remains the world leader with his 12.87 from the Xiamen Diamond League in May.

1:40 p.m. ET | Women’s 1500m – Jess Hull’s Chance

For the first time since 2019, Faith Kipyegon will not be the Diamond League champion at 1500m. The world record holder and reigning World and Olympic champion has opted to skip Zurich to prepare for the World Championships. In her absence, Olympic silver medalist Jess Hull assumes the favorite spot since she’s the fastest woman in the field by about four seconds. Hull has never won a Diamond League 1500m or mile in her career.

Nelly Chepchirchir, who was four-for-four in her 1500m races before a third place finish at the Brussels Diamond League, could be a formidable challenger for the win. If this ends up being more of a 3:56-3:57 race, Linden Hall, who beat Chepchirchir in Brussels, could give Australia a strong 1-2 punch.

Sinclaire Johnson, who went down in a fall with Freweyni Hailu in Brussels, will get a chance to redeem herself with one more good race before the World Championships. If Johnson or Heather MacLean comes out with a win, MacLean, the fourth-placer from USAs, will be added to the team for Tokyo.

1:45 p.m. ET | Men’s Javelin – Chopra Is Back; Weber Awaits

Julian Weber and Neeraj Chopra showed everyone just how exciting their matchups can be in Doha earlier this summer, where the German downed the defending World champion with sequential PBs of 91.06m and 90.23m. Three months later, the pair are poised for another battle and expectations are deservedly high.

Weber is coming off the second-best performance of his life in Brussels, an 89.65m bomb, and the only black mark on his record this year is a narrow loss to Chopra in Paris. India’s prodigal son hasn’t competed in nearly two months, with his last meet being the aptly named Neeraj Chopra Classic in Bengaluru. That could be looked at as a point of concern, but he had gone about the same span without competing directly before Worlds in 2023 and the Olympics last year, and those meets both turned out just fine. Despite how good Weber v. Chopra will end up being, it’d be unwise to completely overlook Anderson Peters. The defending champ has had a down year, but he just recorded his best mark in over three months in Brussels.

1:45 p.m. ET | Women’s Javelin – Last Shot For Kitaguchi Before Heading Home

One thing we’re not gonna do is overreact because of a bad day in Lausanne. Kitaguchi finished dead last and only threw 50.93m, but that mark makes a lot more sense when you remember the weather the athletes were dealing with. The slightly more concerning part of Lausanne is that it was her first competition in two months. If Kitaguchi can get a big mark out there on Friday, it’ll be a huge confidence boost before she heads to a home World Championship.

If there’s anyone in the field you might call the favorite right now, it’s the young Serbian star Adriana Vilagoš. She’s recorded impressive marks in the mid-60ms in every competition and her worst placement on the year is a lone third-place finish. She’s yet to make a final, however, across her first two senior global championships. Picking up a Diamond League title and in doing so finishing ahead of all of her top competitors come Tokyo could be significant for the 21 year old.

1:50 p.m. ET | Men’s 1500m – Yared Nuguse’s Final Shot For Tokyo

This is do or die for Olympic bronze medalist Yared Nuguse’s chances of qualifying for the 2025 World Championships after fading in the closing lap of the U.S. Championships and finishing fifth. He bounced back by winning the Silesia Diamond League with a tactical 3:33.19, which assured his spot in the final. In Brussels last week, Nuguse took third behind two talented youngsters, 20-year-old Niels Laros and 19-year-old Phanuel Koech. Laros could be a real problem in Zurich as well as he and Azeddine Habz are the only men with multiple DL wins this season and Laros has won both their head-to-head matchups.

But Nuguse is no underdog – he may be 0-2 against Laros this year, but he’s 7-2 against the Dutchman over their careers. And a particularly fast pace could help Nuguse, whose PB is nearly two full seconds faster than Laros. But unlike some of the other events, where the proximity to Worlds has scared off a lot of the top competition, this event features a lot of talent – not just Laros, Habz, and Koech but also 2019 World champ Timothy Cheruiyot, who’s bounced back into shape this year, and two other DL winners this season: Isaac Nader of Portugal and Samuel Philstrom of Sweden. This one is winnable for Nuguse, but it’s no gimme.

2:02 p.m. ET | Women’s 100m – Julien Alfred Returns

The late withdrawal of Olympic champ Julien Alfred from the Silesia and Lausanne Diamond Leagues made some fans nervous about her health and injury status heading into Tokyo, but Alfred is returning to the circuit with her eye on the prize and it’s unlikely she’d be starting this race if she’s not feeling 100%. That’s bad news for Tia Clayton, who’s run 10.82 this season but missed her national team after pulling up in the final at the Jamaican trials. Clayton certainly factors into the contender conversation, but unless Alfred has missed more than a step in her month off, it would take a real ascent for the Jamaican to come away with the win.

Others in the mix include the ageless Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, who’s having another great season at 36 years old, and Jacious Sears, who unfortunately can’t pick up a wild card even if she wins because Sha’Carri Richardson already claims the fourth American spot as the defending champion. And if the weather isn’t great, don’t be surprised to see Dina Asher-Smith overperforming, although the British 200m champ is coming off a couple of stinkers in Silesia and Lausanne.

2:09 p.m. ET | Women’s Steeplechase – Faith Cherotich Is The Heavy Favorite

With no Winfred Yavi or Peruth Chemutai, the last two Olympic champions, in the race, this one is Faith Cherotich’s to lose. The 21-year-old bronze medalist from Paris is the fastest runner in the field (and the only sub-8:50 runner too with her 8:48.71 PB), and since the start of 2024, she’s only lost to three women in the entire world – Yavi, Chemutai, and world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, none of whom are entered in Lausanne.

Cherotich will face her strongest challenge from 2022 World champion Norah Jeruto, but she’s 5–1 against Jeruto in their careers and her only loss came way back in May 2022. Three Americans will mix it up in this one: Gabbi Jennings, Olivia Markezich, and Courtney Wayment, but unless something crazy happens, they’ll be aiming for PBs and not wild card spots.

2:27 p.m. ET | Men’s 100m – A USA-RSA Dual Meet

Sprint fans are used to seeing a lot of lanes filled by only two countries in the men’s 100m… but this time, it’s the nation of South Africa, not Jamaica, that will be sending three runners to the line to battle with a trio of Americans.

With Noah Lyles’s World wild card spoken for, this one will be a race for bragging rights (and $50,000). The only two men in the field to have won a DL this year are Akani Simbine, who will look to recapture his early-season magic, and Trayvon Bromell. Bromell has the fastest SB in the field at 9.84, but in his most recent race in Silesia, he only finished fifth. Fortunately for Bromell, only one of the four men ahead of him – Christian Coleman – is making the trip to Zurich, and Bromell, Coleman, and Jamaican Ackeem Blake are the only athletes entered who’ve broken 9.90 this year.

Don’t count out South African youngster Bayanda Walaza, who ran 9.94 back in May but hasn’t broken 10 seconds since. It’d be a surprise to see him take down this caliber of field but he’s got the pure talent to mix it up if all the stars align.

2:40 p.m. ET | Women’s Long Jump – Capitalizing On A Tara-less Final

Tara Davis-Woodhall has yet to contest a Diamond League final in her career, so it’s not exactly weird to see her name not on the startlist, but this meet will still offer a chance for one of her top competitors to pick up a big win that’ll be a lot easier to come by without the Olympic champ charging down the runway.

Will the breakthrough “Year of Claire Bryant” continue to pick up steam ahead of her first outdoor global championship? Can Malaika Mihambo nail down something well in excess of 7m to close the gap on her cowboy-boot-sporting rival? Larissa Iapachino enters as the defending champion, but can she make her first Diamond League win of the season happen on the circuit’s biggest stage? We’ll find out Thursday.

2:44 p.m. ET | Men’s 400m Hurdles – A Longshot to Beat Karsten Warholm

After a two-month layoff from racing, world record holder Karsten Warholm looked incredible with his 46.28 to win the Silesia Diamond League on Aug. 16th. He’s seeking his first Diamond League title since 2021 and is the heavy favorite in this race. Olympic champion Rai Benjamin, who is selective with his race schedule and doesn’t make many trips to Europe to race, is passing on the Diamond League final to stay Stateside and prepare for Worlds. Alison dos Santos has not raced since the Prefontaine Classic and is not on the startlists either.

CJ Allen (4th at the U.S. Championships) and Trevor Bassitt (injured at the U.S. Championships) will need a lot of luck to fall in their favor to try and upset Warholm for the Diamond League crown.

2:54 p.m. ET | Men’s 3000m – Cooper Teare Will Be Watching Closely

The Diamond League shifts from 5000m to 3000m for the final stop in Zurich. Three of the four fastest 5000m runners of the year are in it and could be considered the headliners: Andreas Almgren (12:44.27 SB, World No. 1, European record), Biniam Mehary (12:45.93, World No. 3) and Kuma Girma (12:46.41 SB, World No. 4). However, it wouldn’t be crazy to think that Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher, who ran the world record indoors in 7:22.91 back in February, could be a threat to win it.

If Fisher pulls off the win and earns his first Diamond League victory, he’d unlock a fourth spot for Team USA in the 5000m at World Championships that would go to Cooper Teare (Note: Teare finished 5th at the U.S. Championships, but 4th place finisher Drew Hunter is not in the World Rankings quota.) Fellow American Graham Blanks also has a chance to get himself in the 5000m at the World Championships after he struggled and was just 13th at the national championship after making the team in the 10,000m.

3:09 p.m. ET | Women’s 800m – Georgia Hunter Bell’s Final Test

Georgia Hunter Bell, the Olympic bronze medalist in the 1500m from Paris, has put together a strong enough season over the 800m (1:56.74 SB) and 1500m (3:54.76 SB) that she has the luxury of exploring the possibility of running the 800m, 1500m, or both at the World Championships. Hunter Bell has not publicly hinted at favoring one over the other and has yet to announce a decision. A gold medal in either event looks tough, thanks to the usual record-setting form of Faith Kipyegon in the 1500m and the dominant return of Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m. But Hunter Bell is a prime contender for a medal in both events.

In Zurich, she has a chance to come away with a Diamond League title with Hodgkinson and reigning World champion Mary Moraa (who has not raced an 800m since July) absent. She’ll face a red-hot Audrey Werro, the 21-year-old Swiss star who was second in Lausanne and just broke her own national record in 1:56.29 (No. 2 in the world) at the Swiss National Championships this past weekend.

Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma will be interesting to watch to see what form she’s in, since she has not raced since the Prefontaine Classic and withdrew from the Lausanne showdown.

Hunter Bell won the 800m at the UK Athletics Championships and has the World Championship qualifying standard so she will be selected for that event. She should be selected in the 1500m as well because she is an Olympic medalist and shown form to meet British Athletics’s standards and selection policy. So the decision will ultimately rest in her hands…

3:20 p.m. ET | Men’s 800m – Josh Hoey Needs To Repeat His Lausanne Run

At the Lausanne Diamond League, Josh Hoey managed to make the most of the terrible weather conditions to pull off an upset of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in 1:42.82. Hoey was the first American man to win a Diamond League 800m since July 2021. Now he’ll have to try and do it again to keep his hopes of qualifying for the World Championships alive—he placed a surprising fourth at the U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Much like Nuguse, Hoey’s the master of his own destiny here. If Wanyonyi or Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop come away with the win, Hoey would likely be the most talented 800m runner in the world watching the World Championships from home. If Hoey wins it, it’s an all-time great comeback story for U.S. middle distance running and you can make a very strong case for him being a medal contender (maybe even gold?!) considering a win in Zurich would mean he’d head into Tokyo having beaten Wanyonyi twice.