by Olympic 100m gold and silver medallists Julien Alfred and Sha’Carri Richardson are both set to compete for the first time since the Paris Olympics on Thursday – and they’ll do so against each other.
The women’s 100m with Alfred and Richardson will headline a Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, live on Peacock Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET.
It is one of several events that will pit the Olympic gold and silver medallists against each other in Zurich. These include a women’s pole vault in a train station and an unusual 100m between pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm, both scheduled for Wednesday.
Then on Thursday, Alfred and Richardson return to the track, 33 days after they achieved a double in Paris – 10.72 seconds to 10.87, with St Lucia’s Alfred becoming the first woman to beat Richardson over 100m in 2024.
Their reaction times accounted for half of that difference: 0.144 for Alfred versus 0.221 for Richardson.
Who is participating in the Diamond League Zurich?
Here are the lists of entries in ZurichHere are five events to watch:
Women’s Pole Vault — Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. ET
The five best players of the Olympics are on the pitch at Zurich train station. The last three Olympic champions are present: Australia’s Nina Kennedy, the American Katie Moon and Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi. Kennedy has lost only once this year (in May). Moon, who has had to deal with an Achilles tendon injury in 2024, is aiming for her first international victory since last season’s Diamond League final.
Mondo Duplantis vs. Karsten Warholm, 100m — Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. ET
In a unique matchup, the two-time Olympic pole vault champion will face the Tokyo Olympic 400m hurdles champion in the 100m. Duplantis, 24, ran 10.73 and 10.57 (with a 2.1 meters/second tailwind) as a Louisiana high school senior in 2018 during his senior year of sprinting. Warholm, 28, last ran the 100m in 2017, running 10.49 indoors.
Women’s 100m — 2:26 p.m. ET
In Paris, Alfred ran the second-fastest time in the world in 2024 with his national record of 10.72 seconds. Richardson ran a hundredth faster to win the U.S. Olympic Trials (10.71 seconds) and faster still to win the 2023 world title (personal best of 10.65 seconds).
Men’s 200m — 3:18 p.m. ET
Olympic gold and silver medallists are also listed here. Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo followed up his Paris title by winning three Diamond League sprints in nine days in late August. He notably won the 100m in Rome last Friday, when Tebogo ran 9.87 seconds (one hundredth off his personal best) while celebrating before the finish. American Kenny Bednarek finished second to Tebogo in Paris and then third to the winner at a Diamond League meet in Poland on August 25.
Men’s 1,500m — 3:27 p.m. ET
The top four finishers from the memorable Paris Olympics final are in: Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Yared Nuguse and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Since Paris, Ingebrigtsen beat Hocker at a Diamond League meet in Lausanne, then broke a 28-year-old 3,000m world record in Poland on August 25.
