Overview

• The London Diamond League 100m on July 19 will pit Simbine’s unbeaten 2025 streak against Lyles’ first race over the distance this season
• Simbine has recorded six legal sub-10 runs this year, including a 9.90 into a headwind, and remains undefeated in the event
• Lyles, the reigning Olympic 100m champion, has yet to contest the distance in 2025 but opened his campaign with a 19.88s win in the Monaco 200m
• Canadian sprint legend Aeron Brown predicts Simbine will prevail in the 9.8-second range and slots Lyles third
• Jamaica’s Oblique Seville, who owns a 9.83s personal best, is noted as a dark-horse contender in the London field