Summary

  • Watch BBC iPlayer coverage of day two of Diamond League Final in Zurich

  • BBC Radio 5 Live commentary also available at top of page

  • British athletes in action include Dina Asher-Smith, George Mills and Georgia Hunter Bell

  • Asher-Smith finishes third in women's 100m, returns later for 200m

  • Global stars Karsten Warholm, Femke Bol, Julien Alfred and Noah Lyles also competing

  • Last major meeting before World Championships in Tokyo next month

  1. Watch: Alfred wins 100m titlepublished at 19:50 British Summer Time

    Women's 100m

    In case you missed it, Julien Alfred took victory in the women's 100m a little earlier on.

    Britain's Dina Asher-Smith finished third - and she will return to the track in the 200m at 20:30 BST.

    Media caption,

    Diamond League Zurich 2025: Britain's Dina Asher-Smith comes third in 100m

  2. Warholm wins in meeting recordpublished at 19:47 British Summer Time

    Men's 400m

    Karsten Warholm joins Femke Bol in setting a new meeting record in Zurich as the Norwegian continues to sharpen up before the World Championships.

    The world record holder looks smooth and controlled as he crosses the line in 46.70 seconds.

    Britain's Alastair Chalmers finishes seventh in 48.88.

  3. Chalmers races Warholmpublished at 19:44 British Summer Time

    Men's 400m

    Britain's Alastair Chalmers is involved in the men's 400m hurdles.

    Karsten Warholm is the clear favourite for the title as the only man in tonight's line-up to run sub-47 seconds this year.

  4. Germany's Weber leading men's javelinpublished at 19:42 British Summer Time

    Men's javelin

    Germany’s Julian Weber leads the men’s javelin at the halfway stage after beating his personal best and breaking his own world leading distance not once, but twice.

    Weber threw 91.37m in the first round to beat his world lead distance of 91.06m (set in May 2025) and followed it up with a throw of 91.51m.

    Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad & Tobago) is second with 84.95m while reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra (India) is third (84.35m).

  5. Bol dominatespublished at 19:40 British Summer Time

    Women's 400m hurdles

    Never in doubt.

    Femke Bol looks completely effortless as she glides over the barriers and takes victory in a new meeting record time of 52.18 seconds.

    With Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone focusing on the 400m flat in Tokyo, Bol will be the red-hot favourite for world gold.

  6. Postpublished at 19:36 British Summer Time

    Women's 400m hurdles

    We're heading back for some more hurdles action now, with some stellar names taking to the track.

    Dutch star Femke Bol is up first in the women's final, before Karsten Warholm contests the men's race.

  7. Coleman wins close 100m finalpublished at 19:31 British Summer Time

    Men's 100m

    Photo finish alert!

    Christian Coleman, Ackeem Blake and Akani Simbine all cross the line together...

    But the Diamond League trophy goes to Coleman in 9.97 seconds.

    Simbine is clocked at 9.98 and Blake at 9.99, with Jeremiah Azu crossing the line fourth in 10.03.

    Christian Coleman wins 100mImage source, Getty Images
  8. Azu in 100m actionpublished at 19:28 British Summer Time

    Men's 100m

    Jeremiah AzuImage source, Getty Images

    Time for the men's 100m now, and Britain's world indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu goes in this one.

    It's already been a significant year for Azu. The 24-year-old has been crowned Welsh, British, European and world champion over 60m indoors in 2025, while he also became a father for the first time.

    With a season's best over 100m of 9.97 seconds, he goes up against three athletes who have gone under 9.90 this year - including former world champion Christian Coleman and defending Diamond League champion Ackeem Blake.

  9. Greece's Tzengko leads women's javelinpublished at 19:26 British Summer Time

    Women's javelin

    Halfway through the women’s javelin and it’s Greece’s Elina Tzengko who’s in pole position.

    The former European champion produced a best throw of 64.57m in the first round, with Serbia's Adriana Vilagos (62.96m) currently in second place and South Africa's Jo-Ane du Plessis (62.26m) in third.

    Reigning Olympic, world, and Diamond League champion Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan) is in last place and yet to clear 60m.

    There are three rounds remaining.

  10. Cherotich class above in steeplechasepublished at 19:24 British Summer Time

    Women's 3,000m steeplechase

    That's as comfortable a victory as you'll see this evening, as Kenya's Faith Cherotich wins the women's 3,000m steeplechase by more than 13 seconds.

    One of only four athletes in history to run under 8:50 - and one of two to do so this season behind Winfred Yavi - Cherotich canters to victory in 8:57.24.

  11. Still to come in the Diamond League Finalpublished at 19:14 British Summer Time

    Noah LylesImage source, Getty Images

    If you're just joining us, don't worry - there's still plenty of action to come in Zurich. Here's a selection of the key events to watch out for (all times BST):

    • 19:27 – men’s 100m featuring Jeremiah Azu
    • 19:35 women's 400m hurdles featuring Dutch world champion Femke Bol
    • 19:44 – men’s 400m hurdles featuring Alastair Chalmers and Norway’s reigning world champion Karsten Warholm
    • 19:52 – men’s 3,000m featuring George Mills
    • 20:09 – women’s 800m featuring Georgia Hunter Bell
    • 20:20 – men’s 800m featuring Max Burgin and Kenya’s Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi
    • 20:30 – women’s 200m featuring Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt
    • 20:39 – men’s 200m featuring Botswana’s Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo and USA’s Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles
  12. Asher-Smith third as Alfred winspublished at 19:09 British Summer Time

    Women's 100m

    St Lucia's Olympic champion Julien Alfred storms clear of the competition over the second half of the race to take victory in 10.76 seconds and retain her title.

    Dina Asher-Smith runs 10.94 for third, behind Jamaica's Tia Clayton.

    Media caption,

    Diamond League Zurich 2025: Britain's Dina Asher-Smith comes third in 100m

  13. Postpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time

    Women's 100m

    Ah, a false start in the women's 100m!

    It's Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith in lane five who appears to go a fraction early - but following a bit of protesting after being shown a red card, she's allowed to run.

  14. Asher-Smith 'had to come home'published at 19:02 British Summer Time

    Women's 100m

    Dina Asher-SmithImage source, Getty Images

    Dina Asher-Smith said she prioritised being in a "nice, friendly and focused environment" after taking the decision to move her training base back home to London just weeks before the World Championships.

    The 2019 200m world champion had been based in the United States, training under coach Edrick Floreal whose group includes Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred.

    Asher-Smith is competing in both the 100m and 200m in Zurich, and comes up against St Lucia's Alfred in the former first - and that's up next.

    "For me, I just had to be in an environment where I'm happy and I feel like I can build and work through races and race plans in a really focused way. I'm really happy to have done that. I just had to come home.

    "It was just most important for me to be in a nice, friendly and focused environment. Just being able to run free and focus every day on how fast you can run from A to B."

  15. Listen to Diamond League coveragepublished at 19:00 British Summer Time

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Radio coverage of this evening's Diamond League action in Zurich, presented by Eleanor Oldroyd, is just getting under way.

    Find BBC Radio 5 Live on your radio or BBC Sounds, or click on the link at the top of this page.

  16. Laros shines as Nuguse misses out on worldspublished at 18:58 British Summer Time

    Men's 1500m

    Heartbreak for Yared Nuguse, who fades to seventh in the end, and that is one of the major medal contenders out of the men's 1500m in Tokyo - an event in which Great Britain will have two world champions in Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman.

    Talented Dutch 20-year-old Niels Laros displays his devastating finishing speed to capture the Diamond League trophy and prize money in a national record three minutes 29.20 seconds. He will be a big threat next month.

  17. Italy's Diaz wins men's triple jumppublished at 18:55 British Summer Time

    Men's triple jump

    Italy's Andy Diaz won the men's triple jump with a jump of 17.56m.

    Portugal's Pedro Pichardo (17.47m) and Algeria's Yasser Mohammed Triki (17.42m) had set the pace with season's best jumps in round one before Diaz snatched the lead in the fourth round.

    Diaz previously won the Diamond League crown in 2022 (representing Cuba) and 2023 and claimed bronze at the 2024 Olympics.

  18. All-or-nothing for Nugusepublished at 18:52 British Summer Time

    Men's 1500m

    Over to the men's 1500m now.

    And this is an absolutely huge race for American Yared Nuguse, with the Olympic bronze medallist's hopes of competing at the World Championships resting on victory here after he failed to qualify via the US trials.

    The Diamond League winners receive a wildcard to the championships. Away we go...

  19. Chepchirchir pips Hull in dramatic 1500mpublished at 18:50 British Summer Time

    Women's 1500m

    Oh no, that is agonising for Jessica Hull!

    The Australian's legs have completely gone as she struggles to hold on down the home straight, before she is pipped to victory on the line by Kenya's Nelly Chepchirchir.

    Chepchirchir wins it in three minutes 56.99 seconds as Hull drops to the ground, utterly exhausted after finishing second in 3:57.02.

    Ireland's Sarah Healy places eighth in 3:59.90.

    Nelly Chepchirchir pips Jessica Hull to the finish lineImage source, Getty Images
  20. Cuba's Perez retains women's triple jump titlepublished at 18:44 British Summer Time

    Women's triple jump

    Cuba’s Leyanis Perez has won the women’s triple jump title for the second year in a row.

    The world indoor champion jumped 14.91m in Zurich – just two centimetres short of her season best.

    Her compatriots Liadagmis Povea and Davisleydi Velazco completed a Cuban 1-2-3, with jumps of 14.72m and 14.65m respectively.