Summary

  • Watch BBC Two coverage of the Lausanne Diamond League

  • Keely Hodgkinson sets new 800m meeting record in final planned race before World Championships

  • Fellow Briton Georgia Hunter Bell places third behind training partner Hodgkinson

  • Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita fifth and seventh respectively in women's 200m

  • Max Burgin places fourth in men's 800m, Alastair Chalmers fifth in men's 400m hurdles

  • Elise Thorner fourth in women's steeplechase, Morgan Lake finishes fifth in women's high jump

  • Jamaica's Oblique Seville dominates men's 100m ahead of Olympic champion Noah Lyles, GB's Zharnel Hughes fifth

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Hodgkinson cruises to 800m win in Lausanne

  1. Next stop: Brusselspublished at 20:58 British Summer Time

    There's more Diamond League action to come on Friday evening, when the final regular meeting of this year's season takes place in Brussels live on the BBC.

    That is the last opportunity for athletes to win the points they require to qualify for next week's winner-takes-all finals in Zurich.

    Catch you then!

  2. Postpublished at 20:57 British Summer Time

    Women's 4x100m relay

    The final event of the night is the women's 4x100m relay. No British interest in this one...

    And it's Germany who hold off the Netherlands and Switzerland to take victory in 42.53 seconds and bring the curtain down on a very soggy Lausanne Diamond League meeting.

  3. Report: Back-to-back wins for Hodgkinsonpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time

    Women's 800m

    Media caption,

    Hodgkinson cruises to 800m win in Lausanne

    Keely Hodgkinson produced another statement performance before next month's World Championships as she made it back-to-back victories since returning from injury.

    Hodgkinson, 23, clocked one minute 55.69 seconds to set a meeting record despite miserable conditions at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland.

    It comes just four days after Hodgkinson ended a 376-day wait to compete for the first time since winning gold at Paris 2024, following a season decimated by injury.

    Training partner Georgia Hunter Bell was third in 1:57.55, behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro (1:57.34).

    Read the report on tonight's Diamond League action here

  4. 'Important to be in friendly, focused environment' - Asher-Smithpublished at 20:50 British Summer Time

    Dina Asher-Smith in action at the Lausanne Diamond LeagueImage source, Getty Images

    Dina Asher-Smith has been speaking after placing fifth in the women's 200m earlier this evening.

    The 2019 200m world champion recently moved her training back to London following a period in the US training under coach Edrick Floreal in a group also featuring Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred.

    Here's what she had to say on her form as Tokyo approaches, and that change to her set-up:

    "I’m in great shape so I came here definitely for something close to a PB but you just have to adjust to the conditions and today is a day to have a safe run, execute your paces but at the same time have an eye on the big goal which for me is the World Championships," Asher-Smith told BBC World Service Sport.

    “I’m back in London with people that I’ve worked with, particularly within British Athletics, for years and years and years. 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 that works for me.

    "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 everyday on how fast you can run from A to B.”

  5. Postpublished at 20:45 British Summer Time

    Men's long jump

    The long jump board has flooded and there's currently one poor bloke attempting to scoop water away with his hands.

    Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov leads that one with a best jump of 7.84m.

  6. Seville beats Olympic champion Lylespublished at 20:43 British Summer Time

    Men's 100m

    Huge win for Jamaica's Oblique Seville!

    He dominates the race to take victory in 9.87 seconds - and I cannot reiterate enough just how grim the weather is.

    Olympic and world champion Noah Lyles is nowhere near him but comes through in the closing stages to finish second in 10.02.

    Britain's Zharnel Hughes finishes fifth in 10.09.

  7. Lyles building momentumpublished at 20:40 British Summer Time

    Men's 100m

    Noah Lyles endured a frustrating start to his reign as Olympic 100m champion.

    The start of the American's season was hindered by injury, but he produced a statement victory on his return to action in Monaco in July when he beat Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo in that event.

    He has contested just three 100m races this season but ran his quickest yet with 9.90 seconds in Silesia last weekend, where he went sub-10 for the first time in 2025 in finishing behind Jamaica's Kishane Thompson.

    Noah LylesImage source, Getty Images
  8. Hughes takes on Lylespublished at 20:38 British Summer Time

    Men's 100m

    Zharnel HughesImage source, Getty Images

    Time for Zharnel Hughes to measure his progress this season against the reigning Olympic and world 100m champion Noah Lyles.

    Hughes won world bronze in 2023, becoming the first British man to make the 100m podium at a World Championships for 20 years.

    His best time of 9.91 seconds this year is the 13th-fastest in 2025 - but just a fraction behind American Lyles (9.90).

    In tonight's line-up, American Courtney Lindsey (9.82) and Jamaicans Oblique Seville (9.83) and Ackeem Blake (9.88) have all gone sub-9.90 this season.

  9. Chalmers fifth in 400m hurdlespublished at 20:36 British Summer Time

    Men's 400m hurdles

    It just hasn't stopped raining all night. Chucking it down it is.

    Alastair Chalmers is off in the men's 400m hurdles - certainly not an event for the faint-hearted in these conditions.

    A few near-misses but everyone gets round unharmed. Chalmers finishes fifth in 49.92 seconds, as Nigeria's Ezekiel Nathaniel wins in 48.08.

  10. Burgin fourth in 800mpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time

    Men's 800m

    Max Burgin attacks on the final bend!

    He watches world champion Marco Arop swing past his shoulder but digs deep, before tiring in the home straight. Great effort.

    American Josh Hoey sneaks the victory in 1:42.82 with a strong finish ahead of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Spain's Mohamed Attaoui.

    Burgin crosses the line in fourth in one minute 43.44 seconds, one place ahead of Arop in the end.

  11. Postpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time

    Men's 800m

    Max Burgin slots in behind Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who follows the world record-paced wavelights despite the pouring rain. Bold.

  12. Burgin battles the world's bestpublished at 20:24 British Summer Time

    Men's 800m

    Max Burgin finishes third at the London Diamond LeagueImage source, Getty Images

    This is the final big test for Max Burgin before the World Championships.

    He again takes on the Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and world champion Marco Arop in the men's 800m, having finished third to the pair at the London Diamond League.

    Burgin edged closer to Seb Coe's British record by running one minute 42.36 seconds that day - a time within 0.63 seconds of Lord Coe's 44-year mark.

    Speaking to BBC Sport earlier this year, Burgin admitted: "It's very likely that, if you want to challenge for a World Championship medal, you'll need to be running a British record with the way the times are going."

  13. Lake fifth in high jumppublished at 20:15 British Summer Time

    Women's high jump

    Great Britain's Morgan Lake will finish fifth in the women's high jump after three failures at 1.91m

    Lake registered a first-time clearance at 1.86m but could not make the next eight in what are very challenging conditions for all the athletes.

    Ukraine's Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh decided to retire after two failures, potentially deeming the conditions were not worth the risk with just 24 days until the World Championships.

    Christina Honsel, Nicola Olyslagers, Maria Zodzik and Eleanor Patterson are all still involved at 1.94m.

    Morgan LakeImage source, EPA
  14. Hunter Bell still undecided on Tokyo planspublished at 20:10 British Summer Time

    Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely HodgkinsonImage source, Getty Images

    Georgia Hunter Bell, meanwhile, has a big decision to make over the coming days.

    The Olympic 1500m bronze medallist is still weighing up whether to contest that event, join training partner Keely Hodgkinson in the 800m, or take on the double as she targets another global podium in Tokyo.

    Speaking to BBC World Service Sport, Hunter Bell said: “I wanted a bit quicker but it was hard today, hard to recover from the race a few days ago."

    On her World Championship plans, she added: “I don’t know, I’m going to decide this week. I’m running out of time to make a decision.

    “Every day I change my mind.”

  15. 'I’m a bit in shock myself' - Hodgkinsonpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time

    Keely Hodgkinson poses for a photo after her win in LausanneImage source, Getty Images

    Despite two hamstring tears delaying her season-opener until four weeks before the World Championships, Keely Hodgkinson has wasted no time at all in reasserting herself as the favourite for world gold in Tokyo.

    Speaking to BBC World Service Sport after her victory in Lausanne, the Olympic champion said:

    “[I feel] a little bit relieved, I felt like this race was definitely going to be more of a challenge, but taking on a pace like that you’ve just got to run and forget about everybody else.

    “I’m glad it paid off. I feel like I’ve really backed up my 1:54 with a solid 1:55, we’re seeing improvements all the time so I’m happy.

    “I couldn’t have asked for a better start, I’m a bit in shock myself. I train well, I train really hard for moments like this byut when it all comes together it makes it extra special.

    “Trevor said to me a few weeks ago ‘you’re actually ahead of schedule, I wanted you to be here by the time we’re in Tokyo’ so to be here now is amazing.

    “Hopefully we can stay healthy and build on top of what we’ve got, and yeah let’s see what can happen."

  16. Back-to-back wins for Hodgkinsonpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time

    Women's 800m

    If you're just joining us, Keely Hodgkinson made it back-to-back wins since making her return from injury as she claimed a dominant victory in the women's 800m.

    She did so in a meeting record time of one minute 55.69 seconds in miserable conditions, with training partner Georgia Hunter Bell crossing the line third in 1:57.55 behind Switzerland's Audrey Werro.

    Media caption,

    Hodgkinson cruises to 800m win in Lausanne

  17. Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time

    Women's 200m

    American Brittany Brown takes the win in the women's 200m, edging out Nigeria's Favour Ofili with a winning time of 22.23 seconds.

    A very decent time in difficult conditions in Lausanne. It's hammering it down.

    It's fifth place for Dina Asher-Smith (22.64) and seventh for Daryll Neita (22.73).

    Women's 200m at finish lineImage source, EPA
  18. Postpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time

    Women's 200m

    Britons Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita are up next in the women's 200m.

    American McKenzie Long leads the line-up for the fastest time this year, having run 21.93 seconds in July the third-quickest time in 2025.

    Asher-Smith and Neita have season's bests of 22.14 22.30 respectively.

    Olympic 400m champion Marileidy Paulino is among those also on the start line.

  19. Hughes, Asher-Smith, Neita, Burgin, Lake all in actionpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time

    Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll NeitaImage source, Getty Images

    There's lots more to look forward to in Lausanne tonight.

    Zharnel Hughes will test himself against American Noah Lyles in the men's 100m in the final race of the programme.

    Before then, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita meet in the women's 200m, the next event on the track.

    Morgan Lake is currently in high jump action alongside Olympic and world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

    In the men's 800m, rising star Max Burgin takes on the Olympic (Emmanuel Wanyonyi) and world (Marco Arop) champions, and Alastair Chalmers is in men's 400m hurdles action.

    Elise Thorner finished fourth in the women's 3,000m steeplechase moments ago.

  20. Thorner contests steeplechasepublished at 19:30 British Summer Time

    Women's 3,000m Steelechase

    Elise Thorner will represent Great Britain in the women's 3,000m steeplechase at the World Championships and continues her preparations against a quality field in Lausanne.

    The 24-year-old is third on the British all-time list after running a personal best 9:15.06 in June, but seven athletes in tonight's race have run faster this year.

    Kenya's Doris Lemngole leads with a season's best of 8:58.15.

    Britain's Elise ThornerImage source, Getty Images