{"id":17829,"date":"2025-08-26T03:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=17829"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:19:27","slug":"wdl-final-in-zurich-2025-press-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wdl-final-in-zurich-2025-press-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"WDL Final in Zurich 2025: Press conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just over two weeks before the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the world&#8217;s best athletes head to Zurich this week to compete for another global title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wanda Diamond League Final returns to Zurich in 2025, with the likes of Noah Lyles, Julien Alfred, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol hoping to get their hands on the Diamond Trophy on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first day of the Final will see six field disciplines held at a street event on Zurich\u2019s Sechsel\u00e4utenplatz, directly in front of the city\u2019s iconic opera house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaining 26 Wanda Diamond League champions will be crowned in the course of a bumper programme at the famous Letzigrund Stadium on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The press conference for day one will be held on<strong> Tuesday at 15:30 local time (GMT\/UTC+2)<\/strong> and the press conference for day two will be held on <strong>Wednesday at 13:00 local time. <\/strong>The line-ups are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-block\"><div class=\"cta\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/ZGZi60xbOuU?feature=share\" target=\"\" class=\"cta-link flex justify-center md:justify-start md:inline-flex items-center gap-4 bg-stratos py-3 px-4 text-white uppercase font-bold text-sm leading-4\" rel=\"noopener\">\n      Watch live\n      <svg\n      class=\"x-icon inline-block text-white\"\n      width=14\n      height=14\n    >\n      <use 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