World 3000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech will be aiming to return to winning ways at the Zurich Diamond League meeting on Thursday.
Fresh from picking a silver medal at the World Championships in Budapest on Sunday, Chepkoech will be hoping to finish the season in style in the water and barrier event.
She has had a decent campaign in the Diamond League this season, winning her specialty in Lausanne where she clocked 9:05.98 in June. At the Diamond League event in London last month, she finished second in 9:04.34.
At the season-opening event in Doha in May, she was placed fourth in 9:06.90 and later in the month, she came fourth in Florence where she registered 9:10.02.
Chepkoech will have world bronze medallist Jackline Chepkoech for company in the Swiss city as well as Fancy Cherono and Faith Cherotich, bronze medallist from Budapest.
Chepkoech will hope to get one over world champion, Kenyan-born Bahraini Winfred Mutile.
Uganda's Peruth Chemutai is also in the mix alongside the Ethiopian duo of Wondemagegen Zerfe and Lomi Muleta.
Others to look out for include Bouzayani Marwa of Tunisia and USA's Courtney Wayement.
Meanwhile, Abel Kipsang, who finished fourth in Budapest, will be aiming to atone for his near miss on a medal in the 1500m event.
Kipsang and Reynold Cheruiyot, the world U20 champion, will seek to redeem themselves after an indifferent outing in the Hungarian capital.
The Kenyan duo will be up against world silver medallist Mohammed Katir of Spain, Yared Nuguse of the United States, Azzedine Habz of France and Stewart Mcsweyn of Australia.
In the sprints, 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (Jamaica), Marie-Josée Ta Lou (Ivory Coast), and 22-year-old new star Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia) have all decided to compete in both the 100m and 200m races.
In the 100m race, they will meet two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo, who is returning to the track after a brief baby break.
However, 10-time world champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 2023 Laureus Sportswoman winner, remains the woman to beat in the shorter of the two dashes.
The three-time world champion from Budapest, Noah Lyles (USA) headlines the men’s 100m sprint.
The 200m world champion, who took Usain Bolt’s Weltklasse Zürich meeting record in 2022, will be chased by Canada’s Olympic champion Andre De Grasse, 2021 Wanda Diamond League champion Kenneth Bednarek (USA), rising star and world U20 record holder Erriyon Knighton, African record holder Letsile Tebogo, and four-time European champion Zharnel Hughes.
