Overview

• Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson leads the 2025 season with a 9.75-second 100m and will face Olympic champion Noah Lyles in their first head-to-head since finishing 0.005 seconds apart in Paris.
• Lyles told reporters in Chorzow that his practice results indicate he is matching or exceeding the form that powered his Olympic win last summer.
• Pole vault world-record holder Mondo Duplantis playfully pressed Lyles about the post-race shove by Kenny Bednarek at a multi-athlete press conference, drawing Lyles’ “no comment” response.
• Lyles and Bednarek held a private, hour-long conversation after their Eugene incident but acknowledge the competitive edge remains intact.
• The men’s 100m field in Chorzow includes top sprinters such as Kenny Bednarek, Christian Coleman, Lindsey Courtney, Trayvon Bromell and Akani Simbine, creating a near-Olympic final standard of competition.