Overview

• Olympic champion Noah Lyles will run his first 100m of 2025 at the London Diamond League after a tendon injury sidelined him from earlier sprint races.
• He marked his return with a 19.88-second win in the Monaco Diamond League 200m on July 12, edging out Olympic gold medalist Letsile Tebogo.
• South African sprinter Akani Simbine enters with an unbeaten 100m streak this season, featuring six sub-10 runs including a 9.90-second effort into a headwind.
• The lineup includes top sprinters Oblique Seville, Ackeem Blake, Britain’s Louie Hinchliffe, world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and Olympic bronze medalist Zharnel Hughes.
• Track analyst Aeron Brown predicts Simbine to win and slots Lyles in third, highlighting uncertainty around Lyles’s readiness in the 100m.