It's finally here. After a long 14-meet season, the fields for the Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League Finals are set as thirty-two scintillating matchups will take place this Wednesday and Thursday in Switzerland's largest city. New Diamond League season champions will be crowned, Worlds wildcards will be dispersed, and favorites will be dethroned.

Will Noah Lyles beat Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo to cement himself as the Worlds favorite? Will any of the USAs 4th-placers -- whether it be Josh Hoey, Yared Nuguse, Brittany Brown, or Keni Harrison -- win the Diamond trophy to punch their ticket to Worlds? The most exclusive meet in track and field will decide these questions, and all 32 Diamond events are previewed below.

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Men's shot put (11:05am ET Wed.): No U.S. team, no problem for Kovacs

Joe Kovacs, the three-time Olympic silver medalist who tops the Diamond League standings, had an unlucky break at USAs where he finished just outside the top-3 team to Tokyo. Because Ryan Crouser won 2023 Worlds, even if Kovacs wins in Zurich he won't automatically earn a spot to Worlds as USATF decided the '23 Worlds winner wildcard trumps this year's DL winner. However, if Crouser (who has been out injured all year save for his World Shot Put Series) decides not to compete at Worlds for whatever reason, Kovacs would be selected in his place if and only if he wins Zurich. 

Kovacs deserves to be the favorite after his Pre and Lausanne wins, but he's not the only one that can win it. Payton Otterdahl was 2nd at USAs and just beat Kovacs to win the Silesia DL, and USAs 3rd-placer Tripp Piperi could also be a factor. Internationally, the Italian Leonardo Fabbri has the world lead at 22.82m but hasn't been able to convert that into any DL wins yet. New Zealand's Tom Walsh won the Rome DL and is the reigning World Indoor champ so can still perform when it counts.

Jamaica's Rajindra Campbell hasn't performed great on the circuit -- he was 8th in Lausanne -- but his Olympic bronze medal still stands on its own. Stefan Wieland will represent Switzerland as their 10-time national champion; he was just 12th at the European Team Championships.

Women's shot put (11:05am ET Wed.): Jackson and Schilder trading wins, but Jackson has the edge

In terms of wins, America's 2x World champion Chase Jackson and Dutch World Indoor silver medalist Jessica Schilder have been fairly evenly matched this year, with the DL shot puts going as follows: Schilder (Xiamen), Jackson (Shanghai), Jackson (Pre), Schilder (Monaco), Schilder (Non-DL event at Silesia, Jackson absent), Jackson (Brussels). But when you look at the details, Jackson emerges as a favorite: She set three DL meet records (Shanghai, Pre, Brussels) to Schilder's one in Xiamen, and Jackson's 20.95m domestically still stands as the world lead (just 1cm farther than she threw at Pre).

It's unlikely but possible that a challenger could upset, whether it be Americans Maggie Ewen or Jaida Ross -- 2nd and 4th at USAs respectively -- or Canada's World Indoor champion Sarah Mitton, who is just behind Jackson and Schilder in the DL standings and won the trophy last year. Sweden's Fanny Roos set a national record to place 3rd in Shanghai but hasn't surpassed that since. Miryam Mazenauer, the host entry, was 9th at the World University Games this year.

Women's high jump (11:15am ET Wed.): Can Mahuchikh recover or will Olyslagers be the star?

Yaroslava Mahuchikh may be the seat-filler as the world record holder, but in 2025 Australia's Nicola Olyslagers has been fiercely competitive against her, taking DL wins in Stockholm and Paris over the Ukranian. Discounting the non-Diamond Silesia high jump event, Mahuchikh hasn't won a DL meet since taking both early-season China meetings in April and May. Pair that with Mahuchikh's loss to Olyslagers and compatriot Eleanor Patterson -- who are also 1-2 in the DL standings -- at World Indoors, and you have a clear path to victory for the Australians.

Morgan Lake performed for her home crowd to win in London, making her the only other individual DL meet winner this year (Christina Honsel, Olyslagers, and Maria Zodzik technically tied in Lausanne but heavy rains essentially invalidated those results). Zodzik isn't in Zurich but Honsel is; the German was 4th at World Indoors last year. The only other competitor is Mahuchik's compatriot Yuliya Levchenko, who it should be noted is a three-time Diamond League Finals runner-up.

Men's pole vault (11:43am ET Wed.): It's Mondo, Mondo, Mondo despite Karalis putting up a historic fight

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis will likely earn his flowers on Wednesday in a dominant win, just like he has in all 14 of his competitions this year. It's even possible he could set a 14th career world record in the process -- look out for the first 6.30m vault. 

But most likely, his win won't be quite as dominant as it could be thanks to Emmanouil Karalis. Karalis has given Mondo his biggest challenges yet, and his 6.08m PB at Greek nationals this year tied him as the 3rd-highest vaulter in history. Renaud Lavillenie, the French former world-record holder now at 38 years old, certainly brings experience to the field but is on the tail-end of his career. Sam Kendricks matches his experience by recent success as the World Indoor bronze medalist, though he had to settle for 2nd at USAs. 

Australia's Kurtis Marschall and the Netherland's Menno Vloon round out the field. Marschall was 5th at World Indoors and runner-up at the Stockholm DL, while Vloon is the European Indoor champ and beat Marschall to place 4th in Nanjing this year.

Men's long jump (12:35pm ET Wed.): Adcock, Pinnock, and Tentoglou will make this an exciting and unpredictable battle

The men's long jump scene in 2025 is difficult to comprehend. On the one hand, the year started off with Chinese athletes Zhang Mingkun and Shi Yuhao winning in Xiamen and Shanghai (non-Diamond) -- they haven't even qualified for the finals. Then, Australia's World Indoors bronze medalist Liam Adcock put up a massive 8.34m PB to win in Rome -- but he hasn't podiumed at a DL meet since then. Jamaica's Olympic silver medalist Wayne Pinnock seemed to return things to normalcy with a win in London, but then rainy conditions in Lausanne led to a surprise Anvar Anvarov upset. Anvarov isn't in the DL finals, but as-of-yet-unmentioned Olympic gold medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou is -- the Greek jumper has the world lead and won last year's Diamond League finals but hasn't won a DL meet this year in three attempts. 

Italy's Olympic bronze medalist Mattia Furlani jumped 8.37m indoors, won World Indoor gold, and was runner-up in Rome outdoors. Pinnock's teammate Carey McLeod was last year's World Indoor bronze medalist but hasn't finished in the top 2 of any DL meet this year. That leaves decathlete Simon Ehammer, who despite being eligible for a host-entry wildcard actually qualified to Zurich on points thanks to a runner-up Lausanne finish. Ehammer impressively won the '23 DL finals in the long jump, though repeating will be difficult with a full-strength Tentoglou and Pinnock to face.

Men's discus (11:30am ET Thu.): World-record-breaker Alekna should win, but...

On paper, there's a clear favorite in the Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna. Since breaking his own world record in April, he's been on a tear winning the Pre Classic and setting a Diamond League record in London. But history shows there are some cracks in the armor: Alekna lost both NCAAs and the Brussels DL to Ralford Mullings, and going farther back lost last year's Olympics and DL finals to Roje Stona and Matt Denny respectively. Of those victors only the Australian Denny is actually qualified for Zurich on points, but a breakout performance from any of the challengers could end in a Diamond League trophy.

The next men to watch would be DL points leader Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia and Sweden's Daniel Stahl. Ceh was the 2022 World champ who won the Stockholm DL this year. Stahl was runner-up in Doha and Stockholm and as the 2021 Olympic champ has the tools to excel on the big stage.

That leaves Henrik Janssen and Lawrence Okoye, the German and British champions who both set PBs in Ramona this year. Okoye is the only one to have placed top-3 in a DL meet this year, which he did in London.

Women's discus (11:30am ET Thu.): Allman the clearest choice of any event

American Val Allman hasn't lost a discus competition since 2023 Worlds -- for those keeping count, that's 29 consecutive matches won including every Diamond javelin this year, and she's near-certain to make it 30 in Zurich. It's one of the most impressive win-streaks in the sport that makes her one of the clearest bets for DL champion.

That said, she's been challenged before. Compatriot Laulaga Tausaga-Collins, who was runner-up at USAs, was the last woman to beat Allman, and at the Paris DL Allman had to rely on her final throw to save herself from the likes of Dutchwoman Jordine van Klinken. Add in Croatia's 2x Olympic champ Sandra Elkasević and 2019 world champ Yaime Perez of Cuba, and you get a field that would be tough to beat for anyone except Allman. One other American, Cierra Jackson, is also in on points due to Feng Bin's absence -- she was only 9th at USAs but is the reigning NCAA champ for Fresno State.

Men's high jump (11:53am ET): With no Woo, Olympic champ Kerr could be DL champ as well

The 2024 Olympics were headlined by a sudden-death battle for gold  between New Zealeander Hamish Kerr and the American Shelby McEwen. Kerr came out on top then, but this year both are in form and a host of new characters could spring to victory.

A notable omission is Sanghyeok Woo, the Korean What Gravity Challenger winner who was the '23 DL champ and qualified but chose not to compete. Discarding his wins in Rome and Monaco, McEwen has one DL win in Doha while Kerr took Rabat and Silesia. There's still one meet unaccounted for and it was the most recent: In Brussels, Ukraine's Oleh Doroshchuk shocked to win over Kerr (4th) and McEwen (8th). Doroshchuk was runner-up in the DL finals last year behind Gianmarco Tamberi (who isn't competing), so expect him to be there at the later heights.

Arkansas' Jamaican 4x NCAA champ Romaine Beckford was just behind Woo in Rome and could podium as well. 36-year-old Marco Fassinotti of Italy resurged to place runner-up in Rabat earning him points to qualify for the final, while American JuVaughn Harrison (who also qualified for the '21 Olympic long jump team) has been improving steadily this season most recently with a runner-up Silesia finish.

Men's triple jump (12:19pm ET): Jordan Scott has been dominating the circuit

Jamaican jumper Jordan Scott may not have the hardware to his name yet, but the 2019 NCAA indoor champ for Virginia has been acting like a global gold medalist the way he's won the Xiamen, Oslo, Paris, and Monaco DLs. The '21 Olympic gold and '24 silver medalist (note gold medalist Jordan Diaz is absent) Pedro Pablo Pichardo of Portugal, by comparison, only has one win back in Shanghai.

It'll take a Pichardo-like performance to beat Scott, with Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango and Italy's Andy Díaz two other possible contenders considering their world indoor titles in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Algeria's Yasser Triki won NCAAs one season before Scott for Texas A&M and was runner-up in Monaco. Austrian record-holder Endiorass Kingley, 6th at Monaco, is entered as a global wildcard.

Women's triple jump (12:19pm ET): Ricketts v. Perez could be close

Of the four DL women's triple jumps this year, the first two were won by Jamaica's Shanieka Ricketts with Cuba's Leyanis Pérez runner-up once, while the last two were won by Pérez with Ricketts runner-up once. The World Indoor champ Pérez has the recency advantage, but Ricketts bested her when it mattered most at the Olympics last year to take silver (the gold medalist Thea LaFond of Dominica is entered but hasn't been showing winning form this season).

US champ Jasmine Moore won the long jump in Silesia but surprisingly decided to focus only on the triple in Zurich; she isn't doubling like she did at last year's DL finals. Pérez's teammate Liadagmis Povea won silver behind her at World Indoors and will be hoping for a repeat with them both in the DL finals. A third Cuban athlete, the little-known Davisleydi Velazco, qualified on account of her runner-up finish in Brussels and could surprise as the pieces are in place to make a Cuban sweep possible.

Women's 400m (12:34pm ET): Whittaker will try to break up Paulino and Naser

The last several years of the women's 400m circuit have largely been defined by the DR's Marileidy Paulino and Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser, Olympic gold and bronze medalists respectively. There's a clear favorite here -- Paulino has a 16-win, 1-loss lifetime record against Naser -- but Naser does have the world lead of 48.67 seconds and that one win over Paulino came earlier this year in Kingston. 

There were two DL meets where neither of those two were present, opening up a lane for USAs runner-up Bella Whittaker to earn 16 points with wins in Oslo and Stockholm. The only other DL victor this year was Norway's Henriette Jæger, who beat Naser thanks to severe rainy conditions in Lausanne. Last year's World Indoor silver medalist for the Netherlands Lieke Klaver has succeeded more on relays but did manage 2nd in that Lausanne race to qualify for the finals. 

The reigning British World Indoor champ Amber Anning will also feature coming a 4th-place in Silesia. U.S. superstar Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone largely opted out of the Diamond League this year and won't be represented in the finals despite running this event at Worlds.

Men's 400m (12:42pm ET): UPS worker Patterson emerging as a star

UPS worker and US champ Jacory Patterson first broke 44 seconds at the Miami Slam this year to set an early world lead, and since then he's been forging a path to stardom that could include a Diamond League trophy given the Olympic champ Quincy Hall's absence. 

Bayapo Ndori of Botswana was an early-season threat as the Xiamen winner but just finished 8th in Brussels. The field sadly lacks British representation, with Matt Hudson-Smith and last year's DL finals winner Charlie Dobson both in quota but opting out. Zambia's Muzala Samukonga still holds the fastest PB but hasn't breached a DL podium this year. Of remaining top contenders that leaves '24 World Indoor champ Alex Doom of Belgium and two Americans: Chris Bailey and Vernon Norwood, both strong relay legs who finished 2nd and 4th at USAs respectively. Norwood has the career experience but Bailey is coming off a PB this year and impressively won the Shanghai DL.

Women's 3000m (12:49pm ET): No Chebet or Ngetich makes a wide-open field that Meshesha leads

Of all this year's 3K or 5K circuit champs, none of them are in the finals: No Beatrice Chebet, no Faith Kipyegon, no Agnes Ngetich, no Medina Eisa, and even no Linden Hall (who won the Stockholm 3K but is doing the 1500m in Zurich instead). What some might see as a disappointment others consider an opportunity; for the likes of U.S. 5K 3rd-placer Josette Andrews, this is a great chance to take a massive chunk off her 8:44.70 PB and challenge for the podium.

Despite having the slowest 3K PB in this race, Andrews actually has the best 5K season's best of anyone in the field with her 14:25 in Rome. But given that the distance will be 3K, it's fair to say Ethiopia's Hirut Meshesha is the favorite, considering her unrabbited 8:22 win at the Miami Slam is faster than any woman this year not named Kipyegon or Chebet. She might work with her compatriot Likina Amebaw, who was just runner-up behind Ngetich in Brussels. Rose Davies and Georgia Griffith have both set multiple Australian records this year with Davies having better circuit results but Griffith placing 4th in the 1500m at World Indoors.

Women's 100mH (1:08pm ET): Stark could win a highly competitive race

Olympic champ Masai Russell may be out, but her American teammates Grace Stark and Keni Harrison should be fighting for the win against international rivals.

Stark deserves the 'favorite' title with wins in Shanghai, Stockholm, and Paris. Four of the other finalists have won hurdles races at Diamond League meets this year, but there are reasons to discount each of them: Jamaica's Danielle Williams last won Xiamen back in April; her compatriot Ackera Nugent and Nigerian world-record holder Tobi Amusan's wins were in non-Diamond events; and the Dutchwoman Nadine Visser's win in Lausanne came admdst torrential rain.

Stark's 12.21 SB at the Paris DL puts her in rarified territory, but fellow Amusan and the third American Tonea Marshall have both approached that mark this year with 12.24 season's bests. Harrison has only managed a 12.37 this year but beat Marshall at USAs, placing 4th to Marshall's 5th while Stark was 2nd. This raises the stakes for Team USA: Should Stark or Harrison win, the 4th Worlds spot will be unlocked and go to Harrison while if Marshall wins she'll get the 4th spot.

The host nation enters Ditaji Kambundji, this year's World Indoor silver medalist who was runner-up behind Megan Tapper (who didn't qualify) in Monaco.

Men's 3000mSC (1:17pm ET): No El Bakkali means German breakout star Ruppert is top seed

One of the most drastic improvements in the league this season happened at the Rabat DL, where Olympic champ Souffiane El Bakkali won as expected but the German Frederik Ruppert went from 8:15 to an 8:01.4 lifetime best in one race to place runner-up. (A close runner-up was Ruben Querinjean's Brussels win but the Luxembourgian didn't enter in Zurich.) In Zurich there will be no El Bakkali nor Xiamen winner Samuel Firewu to chase, leaving Ethiopia's lone representative as Shangai winner Abrham Sime to challenge Ruppert.

Kenya's Edmund Serem finished top-4 in Xiamen, Shanghai, Rabat, and Monaco this year, a more consistent showing than Ruppert's 14th-place Monaco performance. The lone American qualifier is Isaac Updike, who just ran a big 8:10.59 PB to finish 3rd in Brussels but was only 5th at USAs earlier. In the unlikely event that Updike wins, he would be the benefactor of the 4th Team USA spot unlocked in this event.

Men's 110mH (1:34pm ET): Is Tinch the Worlds favorite or has Muratake come in late?

There's still time to be proven wrong, but at least on the Diamond League circuit 2025 doesn't look to be Grant Holloway's year. The American star didn't qualify for the finals on points but the recent breakout Cordell Tinch could win in his place, so long as his compatriots or Japan's Rachid Muratake doesn't have anything to say about it.

Tinch had a book-end regular season with wins in Xiamen, Shanghai, Silesia, and Lausanne. His most impressive performance by far was his 12.87 Shanghai win, placing him tied for 4th-fastest all-time. That was a world lead by a big margin until Muratake posted a 12.92 national record in Japan earlier this month – it's a competitive time so fans will see if he can perform as well outside his home nation.

The U.S. champ Tinch isn't the only American circuit winner this year, as Trey Cunningham (4th at USAs) won Paris and Monaco though he isn't eligible for a wildcard Worlds entry due to Holloway's '23 win. Freddie Crittenden, the '24 Olympic team member who didn't make the finals of USAs this year, is also qualified along with Jamal Britt, who won the Philly Slam but tripped in the U.S. finals and did not finish. Jason Joseph is the only other circuit winner in the field as the Rome DL champ, and he'll have his Swiss home crowd cheering him on.

Women's 1500m (1:40pm ET): Hull will face circuit mainstay Chepchirchir

When thinking of the women's 1500m, the first names that come to mind for many track fans are Faith Kipyegon and Gudaf Tsegay. Neither have opted to compete in Zurich, meaning the woman who's performed best in their stead, Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir, is a favorite on paper.

Chepchirchir won the Doha, Rabat, Paris, and Eugene meets this year, all without Kipyegon or Tsegay and despite 'only' a 3:56 PB. Sarah Healy (in Rome) and Nikki Hiltz (in Brussels) are the only other two circuit 1500m winners this season – Healy will be in Zurich but Hiltz won't, sacrificing their spot for compatriots Sinclaire Johnson and Heather MacLean to join. Johnson, runner-up at USAs, broke Hiltz' one-mile U.S. record this year to place 4th in London while MacLean, who was 4th at the Rome DL, also finished 4th at USAs (meaning if either Johnson or MacLean wins, MacLean will get a fourth Team USA spot to Tokyo).

The woman most likely to beat Chepchirchir is Australia's Jess Hull. She was a force on the Diamond League circuit last year culminating in an Olympic silver medal, but her best performances have come behind frontrunners like Kipyegon and Tsegay (she ran fast 3:52 1500 / 4:13 mile times in Eugene and London this year but both times dragged by Tsegay or Kipyegon).

Though Hull hasn't won a DL meet this year, there is another Australian in the field who has: Linden Hall won the Stoholm DL 3K and will be forgoing her spot in those to run the 1500m. Joceline Wind, the reigning World University Games winner, will represent the host nation as a wildcard.

Men's javelin (1:45pm ET): A Weber and Chopra throw-off is served

As the '21 Olympic champ for India, Neeraj Chopra is, by some metrics, the most popular track and field athlete in the world. So when he finally broke the historic 90-meter barrier in Doha, it was a cause for celebration – dampened only slightly by the fact that he finished behind German competitor Julian Weber who threw a meter further. Chopra went on to win Paris, but Weber won again more recently in Brussels, setting up a must-see match for the Diamond trophy.

Anderson Peters of Grenada is the defending DL finals champion but he hasn't shown that kind of form this year yet. Julius Yego, now 36, slumped after his 2015 Worlds title but scored his first DL win in nine years at the Silesia DL, signaling a resurgence that could upset the form charts. The host sends Simon Wieland, this year's World University Games champion.

Women's javelin (1:45pm ET): Kitaguchi will be challenged by Vilagoš

The Japanese Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi and her Serbian rival Adriana Vilagoš have been fairly evenly matched this year. The season began with a string of surprise wins from Greece's Elina Tzengko in China and Rabat, but Tzengko was only 4th in Oslo and hasn't surpassed her Shanghai season's best since then. Kitaguchi beat Vilagoš by a meter in Oslo, only for Vilagoš to strike back to win Lausanne, where Kitaguchi was 10th – but due to heavy rains, that result should be taken with a pound of salt.

With hopes for clear skies, the two will meet again in Zurich as Kitaguchi will attempt to defend her '24 DL finals trophy. The world leader Victoria Hudson didn't qualify, but South Africa's Jo-Ané du Plessis (formerly van Dyk) could pose a challenge as the Olympic silver medalist.

Men's 1500m (1:50pm ET): Nuguse fights for his Worlds spot vs. Habz, Phanuel Koech, and Laros

The stakes could not be higher for this final as American Yared Nuguse has a serious shot at winning to unlock his wildcard to Worlds following a devastating 4th-place USAs finish. He certainly has a chance, but he's just one of five different DL winners this year, of which four will be in the field. With no Jakob Ingebrigtsen barometer to compare to – he tried to enter this meet as a wildcard but was not accepted – it's possible the winner here will be your Tokyo favorite.

The recent victor is Niels Laros, the 20-year-old Dutchman who won both the Bowerman mile and Brussels in his only two DL outings so far. Given his kick, some are calling him the Worlds favorite – but France's Azeddine Habz has run faster this year with a 3:29 win in Rome and a 3:27.49 win in Paris (non-Diamond race) to put him in the top-10 of all time in the event. Just behind Habz in Paris was little-known Kenyan Phanuel Koech, who has since made a name for himself by winning the London DL and placing runner-up in Brussels.

Portugal's Isaac Nader won the DL mile field in Oslo without any of the above challengers. Tim Cheruiyot of Kenya is the old guard of the event as the 2019 World champ and has resurged with some solid performances this year, but hasn't shown winning form. His unrelated compatriot Reynold Cheruiyot won the Doha DL 5K earlier in the season but is entered in the 1500m finals, proving he has the strength for a long grinding pace if the race goes that way.

Women's pole vault (1:50pm ET): Moon has the upper-hand on American rivalry

2021 Olympic champ Katie Moon will face her experienced compatriot Sandi Morris for the Diamond trophy. They've traded wins all season, with Moon winning Rabat, then Morris taking Rome and Stockholm, then Morris besting Moon again as they went 1-2 at USAs followed by Moon winning Brussels in a world-leading 4.85 meters.

A staggering 24 DL points were required just to make the finals cut in this event; Molly Caudery and Olivia McTaggart, who won the Doha and London DLs, didn't even qualify on points. Emily Grove, who was 9th at World Indoors this year but only 8th at USAs, squeezed in with just enough points. The Swiss crowds will have a star to cheer for in this event as Angelica Moser was a bronze medalist indoors and "won" the Lausanne non-Diamond vault (there was a three-way tie due to torrential rain). They also send Lea Bachmann, who tied with Moser in Lausanne and was runner-up to Moser at their nationals this year.

Women's 100m (2:02pm ET): Alfred will be racing Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's ghost

The St. Lucian Olympic champ Julien Alfred hasn't really done anything wrong this season -- she's won Diamond Leagues in Oslo, Stockholm, Monaco, and London, with fast times to boot led by a 10.75 Stockholm mark. But the one time she raced her greatest challenge for Tokyo gold, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, at Pre, Jefferson-Wooden came out 0.02 on top. With Jefferson-Wooden since setting a blistering 10.65 world lead at her nationals and winning Lausanne and Brussels, Alfred will be racing her ghost in Zurich as much as the rest of the field.

Both of Jamaica's Clayton twins could have entered this final based on quota, but only Tia, who won the Doha DL in 10.92, ultimately decided to run it. Worlds medalists like Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith (for the Ivory Coast) and Dina Asher-Smith (for Team GB) bring experience to the field, while rising stars like Luxembourg's Patrizia van der Weken or New Zealander Zoe Hobbs (3rd and 6th at World Indoors respectively) could upset.

Jefferson-Wooden's absence opens the door for fellow Americans Jacious Sears and Maia McCoy to take the spotlight. Sears ran 10.77 in 2024 and 10.85 this year to win the Pre Classic 100m 'B' heat before placing 6th at USAs. McCoy won African Games silver for Liberia before switching to represent the U.S. last year, and while she didn't compete at USAs she's been mid-pack most Diamond races this year. Lastly, the host entry Salomé Kora was the Swiss 100m champion this year.

Women's 3000mSC (2:09pm ET): Faith Cherotich is the queen of the circuit 

There are some athletes that might not get it done at Worlds every time, but on the Diamond League circuit seem unstoppable. Kenya's Faith Cherotich is one of them -- she might have only managed bronze at the Olympics but she won last year's DL finals and stormed to wins in Doha, Oslo, and Paris this year. With Pre winner Winfred Yavi and Lausanne victor Doris Lemngole both opting out of Zurich, Cherotich should be free to repeat unimpeded.

2022 World champion for Kazakhstan Norah Jeruto will be her chief rival -- she was only 4th in Doha and Pre but has the potential to run a lot faster if she returns to form. The three Americans in the field are Olivia Markezich, Gabi Jennings, and Courtney Wayment, who finished 5th, 6th, and 9th at USAs. In the improbable event that one of them wins, their ticket to Tokyo is punched, but more likely they'll be fighting for podium spots with Markezich due for a big PB. 

Men's 100m (2:27pm ET): Coleman and Bromell are racing for relay spots as much as the Diamond trophy

Only at the USATF Championships would a 9.84 100m time not even make the Worlds team. But that's exactly what happened in Eugene this month, when former World Indoor champions Trayvon Bromell and Christian Coleman ran 9.84 and 9.86 respectively to finish 4th and 5th.

Making Worlds individually is off the table thanks to Noah Lyles' 2023 World title, but they're both strong contenders for the U.S. relay team. Surely the USATF selectors will be watching Zurich closely to see who's in the best form to make the U.S. top four, and Bromell will be looking to repeat his Rome DL win to secure the Diamond trophy. Coleman started his season off slower but ran his best at USAs followed by beating Bromell to place 4th in Silesia. 

South Africa's Akani Simbine dominated the early-season circuit with wins in Xiamen, Shanghai, and Rabat, but the worry now is that he may have timed his peak too early. Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson may be out, but their Jamaican compatriot Ackeem Blake is entered in Zurich and will be looking to defend his Diamond trophy as the 2024 finals winner. The final USA entrant, Brandon Hicklin, didn't make the finals at nationals but has been performing solidly on the circuit with a 3rd-place in Brussels.

Women's 400mH (2:35pm ET): The Bol show rolls on

Femke Bol will have an open lane to win an incredible fifth-straight Diamond League finals title in Zurich. And this time she'll be able to convert it to a Worlds win too, considering Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone's decision to focus on the flat 400m. 

Bol has won every 400mH race she's entered this year, from Rabat to Stockholm to Monaco to London to Silesia. And given Dalilah Muhummad, Anna Cockrell, and Jasmine Jones declined their finals quota spots, her toughest rival will be Andrenette Knight of Jamaica, who won in Rome but has a season's best nearly two seconds slower than Bol. Slovakia's Emma Zapletalová and Panama's Gianna Woodruff are the only others under 54 seconds this year.

Women's long jump (2:40pm ET): Rising star Bryant will face the established Mihambo and Iapichino

If all goes to plan, the German '21 Olympic champ Malaika Mihambo will duel the Italian Larissa Iapichino, who is defending her '24 DL finals title and jumped 7.06m in May to set an early world lead. Mihambo has the DL win in London this year to her credit, which should give her the edge going in. 

With Tara Davis-Woodhall opting out and Jasmine Moore doing the triple jump instead, American hopes will rest on Claire Bryant, the shock World Indoor champ who has been steadily building her own celebrity this year. Bryant improved from 5th at Stockholm to 3rd at Pre and Silesia, finishing runner-up at USAs in between. Her compatriot Monae Nichols beat Bryant to win USA indoors but was 7th at outdoor USAs and has struggled to place in DL meets so far. France's Hilary Kpatcha is trending in the right direction with a runner-up finish to beat Bryant in Silesia while the host country sends Annik Kälin, the World Indoor silver medalist who was 6th at the London DL.

Men's 400mH (2:44pm ET): It'll be Warholm vs. the clock with 45 possible

When Karsten Warholm ran the world's first 45-second 400mH to win the 2021 Olympics for Norway, some believed a time that great would never be approached again. And for a few years, they were right as Warholm dealt with injury while Rai Benjamin and Alison Dos Santos took the stage. But in 2025, beginning with a massive 300mH world record it's safe to say Warhom is back following his 46.28 Diamond League record performance in Silesia -- the fastest since that fated day in 2021.

Like in Silesia, there will be no Benjamin or Dos Santos in Zurich so Warholm will have to bet on himself to break his own mark. He won the Xiamen, Shanghai, and Oslo Diamond Leagues earlier in the season to boost his confidence, and based on his racing style expect him to hammer the first 200m and try to hang on.

The only other 47-second performers in the field are Qatar's Abderrahman Samba and Nigeria's Ezekiel Nathaniel. Samba surprised to place 2nd in Paris this year while Nathaniel is coming off a grueling NCAA season and outdoor title for Baylor. The two Americans in the field, CJ Allen and Trevor Bassit, both failed to make the U.S. team (Allen was 4th while Bassit didn't make the finals at nationals) so they'll be racing for glory with a prayer to unlock an extra Tokyo spot if Warholm trips. Bassit's hamstring tear prevented him from performing well at USAs, which was disappointing considering his Philly Slam series title earlier in the year.

The host sends Julien Bonvin, a 7-time national champ who was just 3rd at the European Team Champs.

Men's 3000m (2:52pm ET): Can Fisher's first DL win be at the finals?

Team USA's Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher has gotten it done on the Grand Slam Track stage and has the fastest 3000m PB in this field, but he has yet to win a Diamond League race, let alone the finals trophy. Given that he lost USAs to Cole Hocker, he's probably thankful that Hocker, Nico Young, and defending DL champ Jakob Ingebrigtsen aren't here, but he'll still have to deal with a host of international talents.

Andreas Almgren of Sweden displayed gutsy running in Stockholm to set a new 12:44 European record, making him the on-paper favorite in the absence of other international DL winners Berihu Aregawi, Yomif Kejelcha, Isaac Kimeli, and Reynold Cheruiyot (who is opting for the Zurich 1500m instead). But Ethiopia's Biniam Mehary is the world leader over 10,000m with a 26:43 at Pre and has shown he has sub-7:30 3K speed by setting a World U20 indoor record 7:29.9 in February, making him a formidable force along with countrymen Kuma Girma (Lamecha's brother who nearly won in Shanghai) and former World Indoor 1500m champ Samuel Tefera.

Fisher's teammate Graham Blanks didn't bother with the 5K at USAs, but he set a monster 12:48 PB in Oslo and backed that up with a 12:49 for 3rd in Paris this season. If either Fisher or Blanks wins the DL title, a fourth U.S. spot to Tokyo will be unlocked -- it will go to Blanks if he wins, while it will likely go to USAs 5th-placer Cooper Teare if Fisher wins.

The home crowd will no doubt be cheering loudest for Dominic Lobalu, the Olympic 4th-placer who was runner-up in Doha this year for Switzerland. He'll also have their eight-time Swiss national champ Jonas Raess to back him up.

Women's 800m (3:09pm ET): Duguma and Hunter Bell will duel for circuit champion title

It's a little disappointing to see Olympic champ Keely Hodgkinson not on the Diamond League finals starting line, but the rules are the rules -- her late start and win in Lausanne didn't earn her enough points to make the cut. That means the Diamond League title will go to someone who's been performing the entire season, likely between Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma and Paris 1500m bronze medalist Georgia Hunter Bell stepping down in distance.

Both have their fair share of wins, with Duguma taking Shanghai, Rabat, and Pre victories while Hunter Bell won in Stockholm and London. With Hunter Bell likely deciding to do the 800m at Worlds, this race will be a perfect test of her ability to medal in a fast race.

Switzerland's Audrey Werro is not like most other host country entries -- she would be a great underdog bet as her 1:56.29 at Swiss nationals was a 1.5-second PB and makes her the second-fastest woman in the world this year behind Hodgkinson. Global gold medalists Prudence Sekgodiso ('25 World Indoors for South Africa) and Halimah Nakaayi ('19 outdoor Worlds for Uganda) have shown they can kick with the best of them but haven't displayed their gold medal-winning form outdoors yet.

The lone American Addy Wiley may have only finished 9th at USAs after tripping up, but she's been posting some stellar times on the circuit highlighted by a 2:30.71 1K American record to place runner-up in Monaco. If she can manage to win in Zurich, she'll get to represent Team USA in her first outdoor Worlds as she'll unlock a fourth U.S. spot.

Men's 800m (3:20pm ET): Josh Hoey has his work cut out for him to earn his Worlds bid vs. Wanyonyi, Arop, and Sedjati

World Indoor champion Josh Hoey was devastated to place 4th at USAs and not earn a team berth -- but he'll have a final chance in Zurich against the Worlds favorite Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya. In fact, the entire 2024 Olympic podium is represented in Wanyonyi, Canada's Marco Arop, and Algegia's Djamel Sedjati, making this one of the most competitive DL finals of the meet.

Hoey, who won most recently in rainy Lausanne, will be joined by Olympic 4th-placer Bryce Hoppel. Hoppel beat Hoey at USAs to qualify for the team already, meaning if either of them wins the finals the fourth spot will go to Hoey. 

Wanyonyi is the overwhelming favorite -- beginning in Oslo he won four consecutive Diamond League races with three of them at 1:42.00 or faster. But he hasn't been unbeatable; he was defeated in Rabat by Botswana's Tshepiso Masalela who also won in Doha and will likely be a factor. Wanyonyi also lost to Hoey in Lausanne, but it's difficult to read into that result given the weather.

The only other DL victor this year was Spain's Mohamed Attaoui, who snuck a win over Hoey and Hoppel at the Wanyonyi-less Paris DL. British phenom Max Burgin won their nationals and was runner-up in Rabat among other podium finishes so could mix it up as well.

Women's 200m (3:30pm ET): Battle is the circuit favorite but will have to beat '24 DL champ Brown

It's been a career year for Anavia Battle, from sweeping the China DLs to winning in Rome and Paris to placing runner-up at USAs ahead of Gabby Thomas to make her first Worlds team (she was also a '21 Olympic qualifier in this event). Considering the London winner Julien Alfred doesn't have the points and Silesia champ Shericka Jackson is opting out, Battle's strongest competition will likely come from her own countrywomen beginning with Brittany Brown.

Brown, the Olympic bronze medalist in this event, was also last year's Diamond League champ and won the most recent DL 200m in Lausanne, making her a force to be reckoned with despite her 4th-place USAs finish. That means if Brown were to repeat or if Battle won, Brown would be invited to Worlds as the fourth Team USA member.

The fastest seed in the field is an American that's neither Brown nor Battle but McKenzie Long, the Ole Miss '24 NCAA champ that was 5th at USAs in a virtual tie with Brown and Thomas. But Long set her 21.93 SB in Tennesse; the best she's done on the circuit is a 3rd-place finish in Paris this year. Jenna Prandini didn't qualify for the 200m finals at USAs but was 8th in the 100m, and also has a best circuit showing of 3rd but it was earlier in Xiamen.

Team GB's Dina Asher-Smith and Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith of the Ivory Coast will both be doubling back from the 100m earlier in the day -- Asher-Smith is the 2019 world champ in this event so could do something on a good day. Both will have a teammate in the 200m finals, with Asher-Smith's countrywoman Amy Hunt having one of the most consistent seasons in the field including several top-3 finishes.

Men's 200m (3:39pm ET): The Lyles-Tebogo matchup will end DL finals madness

The last of 32 Diamond League finals will be among the most exciting as 200m American record-holder Noah Lyles and Olympic champ Letsile Tebogo will go head-to-head. If Lyles wins, you can all but hand him the World title as he's already beaten silver medalist Kenny Bednarek and run 19.63 this year, and he even beat Tebogo convincingly in Monaco over this distance. But while we've seen Lyles improve, Tebogo has stayed relatively quiet and hasn't raced a 200m since their Monaco matchup, making his performance more unpredictable.

Lyles had a slow start to his season and Tebogo took advantage, winning the Doha and Pre Classic 200m races in his absence. Cuba's Reynier Mena curiously won the Oslo and Stockholm meets while the DR's Alexander Ogando, the Olympic 5th-placer, just won in Brussels to cement their status as serious contenders. 

Rabat winner Courtney Lindsey is opting out of Zurich, but fellow Americans Robert Gregory (3rd at USAs) and Kyree King (7th) will hold the fort for Team USA behind Lyles. Gregory looks to be in the midst of a breakout year, making his first U.S. outdoor team and placing 2nd in Brussels behind Ogando. 

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