Do Or Die At The Diamond League Final — Meet Preview

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🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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This week, Chris Chavez and Preet Majithia give an event-by-event preview of the Diamond League Final in Zurich set for August 27-28. They also recap the top performances, highlights, and biggest track news from the weekend. We'll be back to unpack all the action in Zurich on Thursday after the meet wraps up.

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Hosts: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠ + ⁠Preet Majithia | @preetmajithia on Instagram⁠

Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | ⁠@jasminefehr on Instagram⁠

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0:27.4	and further TNCs apply. 18 plus gamble aware.org. All right. It is August 25th. I'm Chris Chavez. I'm pretty much here. And we've got so much
0:43.1	to unpack in this episode because we had the Brussels Diamond League. We haven't caught up since then.
0:50.4	And then on top of that, we had just a couple loose results all throughout the country where we had Audrey Wero running 156 at the Swiss championships.
1:03.5	We had Jacob Copleymo running 5829, Joffrey-Kam War, running another half marathon else, and running 59-51 for the win.
1:12.2	So that's just kind of like what was hanging out in the balance.
1:16.7	And then, of course, we are going to preview the 2025 Diamond League final taking place in Zurich.
1:27.4	Preet will be on site. And currently in Switzerland,
1:33.7	how's the weather right now in Switzerland? The weather right now is unbelievably nice. It's
1:39.6	been a baking hot day, beautiful sunshine, like, you know, perfect weather for a track meet.
1:45.4	And my understanding is it's going to break at some point on Wednesday and go a bit downhill.
1:51.6	And Thursday is supposed to be a bit like Lozanne was last week.
1:56.0	So I'm hoping that changes, but that's where we are at the moment.
2:00.4	All right.
2:00.8	Where do we want to begin with Brussels?
2:02.9	What stood out to you as sort of, I guess, like the big performance that obviously
2:08.5	captivated most of the Sidious Mag crowd on Instagram and a lot of people, I would say.
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