The Lausanne rain did not slow the field, but it did little to ease Noah Lyles’s frustration. Under a steady downpour and into a headwind, Oblique Seville once again separated himself from the Olympic champion, crossing in 9.87 seconds and handing Lyles another defeat. For the American, it was his third loss in as many international races this season, and the questions that followed revealed more than just his concerns about a sluggish start. They revealed a simmering discontent with the Diamond League itself.

Seville’s win was decisive. The Jamaican opened strongly out of the blocks and never looked back, finishing clear of Lyles and Ackeem Blake, who shared 10.02 in a photo finish for second. Lyles, true to his pattern this year, reacted poorly at the gun and had to claw through the fie

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