The Final Leg

Full Zurich Results: https://zurich.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/

Citius Mag Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/70eINNmXl67VqorbTsMOaH

The 2025 Zurich Diamond League served as the final meet on the calendar for the Diamond League Season. Athletes were chasing fast times, wild cards to worlds, or just a confidence booster to cap off their season. Lets go through some of the top performances on the Men's side including Noah Lyles' win over Letsile Tebogo in the 200m, Jacory Patterson and Cordell Tinch's dominant races in the 400m and 110mH, respectively, as well as some redemption for Christian Coleman in the 100m.

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Host: Anderson Emerole | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@emeroleanderson on Twitter

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Full Zurich Results: https://zurich.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/

Citius Mag Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/70eINNmXl67VqorbTsMOaH

The 2025 Zurich Diamond League served as the final meet on the calendar for the Diamond League Season. Athletes were chasing fast times, wild cards to worlds, or just a confidence booster to cap off their season. Lets go through some of the top performances on the Women's side including Julien Alfred's 10.76, Salwa Eid Naser's 48.70, Ackera Nugent's 12.30, among others.

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Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo and Kenny Bednarek will be contesting the 100/200 Double in Tokyo. But can guys like Bryan Levell or Alex Ogando who will be running the 200m fresh and well rested actually take them down?

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Brussels DL Results: https://brussels.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/

The 2025 Brussels Diamond league is the last "regular" season diamond league before the Diamond League Final in Zurich next week. Though the sprint and hurdle fields may have seemed lighter when compared to Lausanne and Silesia, we still saw some amazing performances, including Melissa Jefferson-Wooden further cementing herself 100m gold medal favorite, Jacory Patterson dominating the 400m, or Perez-Hernandez and Velasco trading the lead throughout the Triple Jump.

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Full Lausanne results: https://lausanne.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results/

Despite pouring rain and tough conditions, the 2025 Lausanne Diamond League still saw some of the top athletes in the world take to the track and to the field to compete in one of the final meets ahead of the Tokyo World Championships. From Oblique Seville vs Noah Lyles in the 100m, to Brittany Brown in the 200m, to Nadine Visser vs Masai Russell in the 100mH. Lausanne was a good marker for athletes just ahead of Brussels Dl on Friday and the Diamond League Final next week.

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There have been various stories that have arisen in the Track & Field world over the past week. From Fred Kerley's provisional suspension, to Kishane, Shericka and Julien pulling out of Diamond League meets, to Grand Slam Track confirming the struggle to pay athletes. Let's dive in and discuss all these topics over the past week.Fred Kerley Suspension: https://citiusmag.com/articles/fred-kerley-suspended-anti-doping-violation-athletics-integrity-unitKishane pulls out of Diamond Leagues: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6560340/2025/08/18/kishane-thompson-diamond-league-withdrawal/Julien Alfred Saint Lucia Times: https://stluciatimes.com/172305/2025/08/alfred-rubbishes-injury-reports/Grand Slam Track statement: https://x.com/GrandSlamTrack/status/1956355107718643912Michael Johnson on Ready Set Go: https://youtu.be/ZMFB8nb49s0?si=guyUTOLiXTiguinQ

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2025 NACAC Full Results: https://tiempo.trackscoreboard.com/meets/677/events

The 2025 NACAC Championships capped off this past weekend and though many top athletes in the world did not participate, there were a few athletes who were looking for world ranking points to secure their spot at the Tokyo World Championships next month.

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The 2025 Silesia Diamond League produced some of the most high quality match-ups and performances we have seen all year. From Olympic Champion Masai Russell running the 3rd fastest time in 100mH history, to Karsten Warholm running the 3rd fastest time in 400mH History, to Femke Bol continuing her dominant 2025 season. Lets go through each of the hurdle events at the Silesia Diamond League.

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The 2025 Silesia Diamond League produced some of the most high quality match-ups and performances we have seen all year. From Noah vs Kishane racing for the first time since the Paris Olympics, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden running another 10.6 performance, or Marileidy Paulino running down Salwa Eid Naser in the final meters. Lets go through each of the sprint events, as well as the women's Long Jump, at the Silesia Diamond League.

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Full Meet Results: https://gyulaimemorial.hu/en/

The 2025 Hungary Continental was a warm up of sorts for the August Diamond League season, with some of the top stars competing in Budapest. From Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Kishane Thompson, to Femke Bol and Nadine Visser, lets quickly breakdown some of the sprint, hurdle and jump results from this past Tuesday.

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