Overview

• Forecasts call for heavy, persistent rain at Zurich’s Letzigrund Stadium for Thursday’s Diamond League finale.
• Noah Lyles targets a record‑extending sixth Diamond League trophy as he faces Letsile Tebogo, who is seeking his first, in the 200m.
• Lyles maintained that rain offers neither advantage nor disadvantage, emphasizing mindset after his wet‑weather outing in Lausanne.
• He attributed his Lausanne 100m defeat to a poor start, with Jamaica’s Oblique Seville winning in 9.87 and Lyles second in 10.02.
• The Zurich race doubles as a final tune‑up before the world championships in Tokyo, with Lyles also praising Tebogo’s versatility across the sprints.