Olympic 100m champion will sort out that occasion on July 19 within the British capital
Reigning Olympic and world champion Noah Lyles will race over 100m on the London Athletics Meet on Saturday July 19.
The US star – a triple gold medallist on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest over 100m, 200m and within the 4x100m relay – is a confirmed championship performer. He received gold within the 100m on the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris in a lifetime better of 9.79, making him the twelfth quickest man in historical past. He took bronze within the 200m regardless of scuffling with Covid.
Previous to Paris, Lyles had excelled in London the place he clocked 9.81 to take victory in a top quality 100m – his quickest ever on the time.
“My street to defending my world titles in Tokyo in September goes via London,” mentioned the 27-year-old. “I’ve had nice experiences there the final two years, operating a few of my quickest occasions, and I look ahead to one other in July. See you there!”
The race will little doubt give British sprinters like Zharnel Hughes and Louie Hinchliffe a terrific alternative to check themselves towards the Olympic champion within the run-up to the World Championships in Tokyo in September.
Athletes who’ve already dedicated to competing on the London Diamond League together with Keely Hodgkinson, plus Femke Bol, Molly Caudery and Morgan Lake.
Lyles, who received 200m gold on the 2022 World Championships in Eugene in a US report of 19.31, efficiently defending the title he’d received in Doha 2019, opened his 2025 season on the Tom Jones Memorial in Florida in April with a 400m PB (45.87).
The London Athletics Meet – the world’s greatest one-day athletics occasion – is the eleventh assembly of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League.
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