Noah Lyles to make 100m season debut at London Diamond League
Lyles runs his first 100m of 2025, headlining an afternoon featuring the cream of track and field athletes, winners of 75 medals between them from the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and the 2024 Paris Olympics, across both individual and relay disciplines.
A sell-out crowd of 60,000 is expected at the London Stadium, home to Premier League club West Ham and the venue for a memorable athletics programme at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Tebogo admitted in Monaco that Lyles was the crowd pleaser and that when his face appears on posters, people want to come and see him.
The Botswanan, who won the 200m gold at last year's Paris Olympics as Lyles came third, was edged out in Monaco by the American, who clocked an impressive 19.88sec in his return to the track from a tendon injury.
Lyles said it had been tough watching early-season competition from home, but his comeback was timely with the World Championships in Tokyo on the horizon in September.
'I have a bye for the US Trials, which makes it less stressful because it gives us the time to work on the races,' Lyles said. 'It gives us time to see what works and what doesn't and to be able to make moves from there.'
The home nation will be represented by Louie Hinchliffe, world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and world 100m bronze medallist Zharnel Hughes.
The Jamaican duo of Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake, and South African Akani Simbine fill out the field in what should be a top-notch race.
Women's 200m
Julien Alfred was in dominant form when she scorched to victory in the 100m in Monaco in 10.79sec.
It looked to be perfect preparation as athletes fine-tune their bodies, both mentally and physically, ahead of the world championships.
'Last week was not the best for me, but it also showed me that I am not where I should be and that there are things that I still need to work on,' Alfred said after winning in Monaco.
Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred celebrates after winning the Women's 100m final in the Monaco Diamond League, July 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
'The season is long, but I don't have any trials, so I will have time to work on the details. I took a step back and realised that I won't put any pressure on myself this year. I was listening to all that outside noise, but I focus on just Julien right now.'
Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt will provide the competition, along with the sole American in the field, Brittany Brown.
Men's 1500m
The men's 1500m features a stellar cast of homegrown athletes, notably the last two world champions, Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr.
That pair each outsprinted Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen for victory in Eugene in 2022 and Budapest a year later, respectively.
Ingebrigtsen was a late withdrawal from London, his team saying he 'still needs a little more time to heal the injury he has been struggling with lately... he does not want to risk anything'.
Further British hopes ride on the shoulders of Neil Gourley, George Mills and Elliot Giles, while it is Kenya's Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech who owns the fastest time of the season in 3:27.72.
Women's 800m
There may be no local hero Keely Hodgkinson on the cards as the Olympic champion is still bidding to recover from injury, but the two-lap race is another loaded one.
Laura Muir, Jemma Reekie and Georgia Hunter Bell form a strong home trio.
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The presence of Uganda's Halimah Nakaayi and Jamaican Natoya Goule-Toppin will ensure a rapid race.
Men's 800m
All eyes will be on Kenya's world champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who heads a pack of runners hunting down David Rudisha's world record of 1:40.91.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya poses for a photo beside the LED scoreboard, having set a new Meeting Record time of 1:41:44 after winning in the Men's 800m during the Herculis EBS, part of the 2025 Diamond League at Stade Louis II on July 11, 2025, in Monaco. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Rudisha set that mark when he won gold at the London Olympics, but for the first time in more than a decade, there are a handful of middle-distance stars seemingly capable of pushing their limits to the max.
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