Overview
- Lyles clocked 19.74 seconds into a slight headwind to run down Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, who finished in 19.76.
- The race hinged on Lyles’ late surge on the home straight, continuing a season of tight rematches between the rivals.
- Zurich’s finale functioned as the key tune-up before the world championships in Tokyo, which open in mid-September.
- Tebogo has signaled he will attempt multiple events in Tokyo and, per reporting, had not yet been formally entered in the 100m with Botswana’s nomination deadline on Sept. 1.
- St Lucia’s Julien Alfred took the women’s 100m in 10.76 as champions across events collected trophies and prize money in the season-ending meet.