Overview

• Saturday’s race in Chorzow marks Lyles and Thompson’s first on-track meeting since Lyles edged Thompson by five-thousandths of a second for 100m gold in Paris 2024.
• Thompson arrives as the season’s fastest man with a 9.75-second run that ranks sixth on the all-time list.
• Lyles says practice results confirm he is at or beyond his 2024 Olympic form after an injury-delayed start to the season.
• At a pre-meet press conference, Mondo Duplantis queried Lyles about his stare-down and the shove from Kenny Bednarek, prompting Lyles to respond “no comment.”
• The Chorzow 100m field also includes top contenders Kenny Bednarek, Christian Coleman, Lindsey Courtney, Trayvon Bromell and South Africa’s Akani Simbine.