Overview

• Lyles reeled in Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo to win by 0.02 seconds, 19.74 to 19.76, with Alexander Ogando third in 20.14.
• Tebogo led into the straight before being caught, then said Lyles is “humbler” since Paris and declared, “For sure, I am going to double in Tokyo.”
• The Zurich victory makes Lyles the first track athlete to secure six Diamond League Final titles, reinforcing his 200m supremacy this season.
• The Diamond League Final served as a last competitive tune-up before the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which begin in mid-September.
• Julien Alfred won the women’s 100m in 10.76, Christian Coleman took the men’s 100m in 9.97, and both Karsten Warholm (46.70) and Femke Bol (52.18) set meet records in the 400m hurdles.