Fans at Zurich\u2019s Letzigrund Stadium can look forward to a sprint spectacle of the highest order: Noah Lyles, Olympic champion from Paris 2024 and six-time world champion, will compete in the 200 meters at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich on August 28, 2025. The 28-year-old American sprinter has been granted an international Wild Card by the Wanda Diamond League for this event. <\/p>\n\n
Noah Lyles is one of the brightest stars of today\u2019s athletics scene. With his combination of explosive sprinting power, unmistakable charisma, and engaging personality, he captivates fans far beyond the world of track and field. His showmanship before and after races is just as legendary as his record-breaking times on the track. <\/p>\n\n
Lyles is the reigning triple world champion and crowned himself Olympic champion in Paris 2024 over 100 meters; he also holds three additional world championship titles, including two over his signature distance, the 200 meters. In that very event, weakened by a Covid infection, he took bronze at the Olympic Games in Paris. At Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, he will once again face off against Letsile Tebogo, the Olympic champion over 200 meters, who is striving for something Lyles has already won several times: the Diamond Trophy. <\/p>\n\n
Lyles\u2019 personal best over 200 meters is 19.31 seconds \u2013 the third-fastest athlete in history. He has already made history in Zurich as well. Four of his five Diamond Trophies were won at Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich (2022, 2019, 2018), most recently in 2022 over the 200-meter distance. Moreover, the sprint superstar remains unbeaten at Letzigrund Stadium. No wonder he is especially looking forward to returning to Zurich: <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWith Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich being the last race before World Championships I am looking to run something special.\u201d \u2013 Noah Lyles<\/em><\/p>\n\n With Noah Lyles, another big name joins the illustrious list of superstars confirmed for Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich 2025. For Andreas Hediger, Co-Meeting Director of Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich, the commitment and the awarding of the international Wild Card are something special: \u201cNoah Lyles is not only one of the best sprinters of all time, he is also a true crowd-puller. We therefore welcome the decision of the responsible bodies of the Wanda Diamond League to grant him the international Wild Card.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fans at Zurich\u2019s Letzigrund Stadium can look forward to a sprint spectacle of the highest...","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[99,98,126,125,93],"city":[123,124],"class_list":["post-2663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zurich-en","tag-diamond-league-en","tag-final-en","tag-lyles-en","tag-noah-lyles-en","tag-weltklasse-zuerich-en","city-zuerich","city-zurich"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2664,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2663\/revisions\/2664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2663"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurich.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=2663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}