Overview
- London Stadium’s 60,000-seat sell-out marks the 11th leg of the 15-meet Diamond League, featuring athletes with 75 medals from recent global championships.
- Lyles arrives after clocking a season-best 19.88 seconds to win the Monaco Diamond League 200m on July 12 following a tendon-related layoff.
- He has not raced the 100m on the Diamond League circuit this season and holds a bye for the US Trials to focus his preparation on London.
- South Africa’s Akani Simbine brings an unblemished 2025 record with six legal sub-10 100m finishes, including a 9.90 into a headwind.
- The star-studded field also includes Oblique Seville, Zharnel Hughes, Louie Hinchliffe, Jeremiah Azu, Ackeem Blake and Letsile Tebogo, and some experts predict Simbine will prevail over Lyles.