Reigning 1,500m world champion Isaac Nader of Portugal and Olympic champion Cole Hocker of the U.S. were also announced on Friday. They will join previously confirmed athletes, including Olympic silver medallist Yared Nuguse <\/a>of the U.S and the young star Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech of Kenya, who set the 1,500m world U20 record to 3:27.72 in 2025.<\/p>\n Every listed 1,500m athlete (aside from Ingebrigtsen, who has not yet competed this year) has recorded a time ranked inside the top 15 globally this season.<\/p>\n Werro has been threatening the women\u2019s 800m world record all season. Her breakthrough came at the Stockholm Diamond League meet, where she ran 1:53.98; the first time a woman had dipped under 1:54 since 1983<\/a>. Werro remains undefeated in every race she has contested this year, and ran an even faster time at the Paris Diamond League meet, clocking 1:53.80.<\/p>\n Standing in Werro\u2019s way will be some of the world\u2019s best 800m runners including, reigning world champion<\/a> Lilian Odira of Kenya and 2025 Tokyo World Championships silver medallist Great Britain\u2019s Georgia Hunter Bell.\u00a0In their Commonwealth Games 800m matchup on July 31, Hunter Bell was able to take the win and end a 28-year African dynasty<\/a>.<\/p>\n The field is rounded out by Femke Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands, who continues her 800m journey and will be tested against a group of women who may push WR pace.<\/p>\n A men\u2019s WR too?<\/p>\n The men\u2019s 800m field is led by Arop, who set the world lead<\/a> at 1:41.84 in June at the Paris Diamond League meeting. Following the performance, he told Wanda Diamond League<\/a> that he may attempt a world record later in the season. Just two weeks later, he ran a 1:42.13 at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational<\/a> to win by more than two seconds and record the fastest 800m ever on Canadian soil. After a slower start to the season, the Canadian appears to be finding his form at the right time and will have a world-class field in Z\u00fcrich, with all sights set on the clock.<\/p>\n Joining him are Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya and 2025 world silver medallist Djamel Sedjati of Algeria. Wanyonyi has defeated Arop once this season, while Sedjati has had a quieter year so far. With the three athletes regularly battling for podium positions, the men\u2019s 800m promises to be one of the most anticipated races of the meeting.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week after week, more athletes are announced for the Weltklasse Z\u00fcrich Diamond League meeting on Aug. 27, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[55039,5277,46860,55040,55041,5279,55042,6223,55043,51,5282],"class_list":["post-112913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zurich","tag-1500m","tag-800m","tag-audrey-werro","tag-elite-field","tag-jakob-ingebrigtsen","tag-marco-arop","tag-running-comeback","tag-running-news","tag-world-record-attempt","tag-zurich","tag-zurich-diamond-league"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117056042941561859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Cole](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ZZRU8344.jpg\")
Cole Hocker of Team USA takes gold in the men\u2019s 1,500m at Paris 2024. Photo: Kevin Morris
\nWerro and the women\u2019s world record<\/p>\n![\"women's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/04caf5e0-ba03-43c0-b07a-9d39329efe40-e1758453631571-1024x576.jpg\")
Lilian Odira of Kenya wins the women\u2019s 800m final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn<\/p>\n![\"marco](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arop-Haingura-800-1-Miami25-1-1024x683.jpg\")
Marco Arop at 800m for 2025 Miami GST Photo: Kevin Morris<\/p>\n