Hunter Bell, Asher-smith & Burgin Impress In Zurich

Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell, Dina Asher-Smith and Max Burgin produced awesome performances astatine nan Diamond League Final arsenic they finalised their preparations for adjacent month's World Championships.

The trio, each named successful nan British squad for Tokyo earlier this week, achieved second-place finishes successful Zurich pinch conscionable 16 days until nan action gets nether measurement successful Tokyo connected 13 September.

Having past week chosen to target nan 800m successful pursuit of different world podium, Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell ran a individual champion 1 infinitesimal 55.96 seconds successful that arena arsenic she vanished runner-up successful a thrilling decorativeness against Switzerland's Audrey Werro (1:55.91).

That clip moved Hunter Bell, whose determination to move to nan 800m could spot her statement up alongside training partner and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson successful nan world final, supra Dame Kelly Holmes to 3rd connected nan British all-time list.

"It would beryllium astonishing [to make nan world podium]," Hunter Bell told BBC World Service Sport.

"I don't deliberation 2 [British] athletes person been connected nan podium together since possibly Sebastian Coe, Steve Cram aliases Steve Ovett, truthful if maine and Keely could do that, it would beryllium beautiful special."

Asher-Smith competed successful some sprint finals arsenic she continued to build momentum earlier Tokyo, pursuing up a third-place decorativeness successful nan 100m pinch 2nd successful nan 200m.

The 29-year-old took nan determination to alteration her training set-up mid-season, returning backmost location to London pursuing a play successful nan United States.

It was erstwhile training partner Julien Alfred, St Lucia's Olympic champion, who took triumph successful nan 100m successful 10.76 seconds, pinch Asher-Smith moving 10.94.

The Briton returned little than 90 minutes later for nan 200m, successful which she clocked 22.18 successful finishing runner-up to American Brittany Brown (22.13), while chap Briton Amy Hunt placed 5th successful 22.61.

"I'm really happy and truthful proud of myself to beryllium competitive. With a immense coaching alteration and changing continents halfway done nan season, it's testament to nan awesome group I've sewage astir maine and my ain resilience," Asher-Smith said.

"I cognize what I'm tin of and I'm successful awesome style and I'm not going to fto thing extremity me."

American Noah Lyles starred successful nan last arena of nan night, overhauling Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo successful an enthralling decorativeness to nan men's 200m.

Lyles, nan Olympic champion successful nan 100m, endured an injury-disrupted commencement to this play but showed he is peaking astatine nan optimal clip by winning successful 19.74, up of Botswana's Tebogo who vanished successful 19.76.

Britain's world indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu (10.03) placed 4th successful a men's 100m last won by American erstwhile world champion Christian Coleman successful 9.97.

In nan men's 800m final, Burgin demonstrated his readiness to situation for a world badge by pushing Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi to nan line.

Burgin exchanged a grin pinch nan Kenyan aft threatening to overhaul him successful nan last metres, finishing conscionable extracurricular his individual champion successful 1:42.42 arsenic Wanyonyi won successful 1:42.37 and Canada's world champion Marco Arop had to settee for third.

Britain's world indoor champion Amber Anning, 24, ran a season's champion 49.75 seconds for 5th successful nan women's 400m, won by Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser successful 48.70.

George Mills, making his return to action aft he suffered a fractured wrist successful a autumn astatine nan London Diamond League successful July, took connected nan gait successful nan men's 3,000m but faded successful nan location straight.

Mills, who has chosen to attraction connected nan 5,000m successful Tokyo having surgery Mo Farah's British grounds successful that arena successful June, crossed nan statement seventh.

Hannah Nuttall was eighth successful 8:44.74 successful nan women's final, won by Ethiopia's Fantaye Belayneh successful 8:40.56.

Reigning world champions Femke Bol and Karsten Warholm some starred successful nan 400m hurdles finals pinch gathering records.

Bol clocked 52.18 seconds to triumph nan Diamond League Final for a 5th consecutive year, while Warholm ran 46.70 to triumph his 3rd title.

Britain's Alastair Chalmers was seventh successful nan men's last successful 48.88.

Six section events took spot successful a impermanent arena successful nan metropolis centre connected Wednesday, earlier nan remaining 26 trophies were decided astatine nan Letzigrund Stadium.

The two-day winner-takes each Diamond League Final was contested by nan athletes who amassed nan astir points crossed this season's 14 regular bid meetings.

The season-ending World Athletics Championships return spot from 13-21 September, pinch unrecorded sum crossed nan BBC.