{"id":3389,"date":"2025-08-29T17:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lausanne.diamondleague.com\/a-brilliant-season-for-audrey-werro-and-swiss-athletes\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:46:03","slug":"a-brilliant-season-for-audrey-werro-and-swiss-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lausanne.diamondleague.com\/en\/a-brilliant-season-for-audrey-werro-and-swiss-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brilliant Season for Audrey Werro and Swiss Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Swiss athletes shone with a dazzling 2025 season in the Diamond League. The grand finale in Zurich saw Athletissima\u2019s ambassador Audrey Werro capture the highly coveted 800 m trophy after a fierce battle, record included. And Simon Ehammer did the same in the long jump. Unforgettable!   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>At the Letzigrund, <strong>Audrey Werro<\/strong> not only lowered her Swiss record by 0\u2019\u201938 to 1\u201955\u2019\u201991, she also delivered a tactically brilliant race, perhaps the very first of her young career. The Fribourg native had given plenty of warning in recent weeks with a spectacular rise in form.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Never before had Swiss athletics experienced such a successful season on the big stage. Athletissima and Weltklasse proved to be fantastic springboards, with three Swiss podiums in Lausanne (Werro, Ditaji Kambundji, Ehammer) and then two glorious victories in Zurich (Werro and Ehammer). Add to that <strong>Ditaji Kambundji\u2019<\/strong>s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place in the 100 m hurdles in 12\u2019\u201940 at the Weltklasse, equalling the Swiss record, <strong>Angelica Moser<\/strong>\u2019s 4th place in the pole vault with 4m65, <strong>Jason Joseph<\/strong>\u2019s 4th in the 110 m hurdles in 13\u2019\u201922 just one hundredth from the podium, and <strong>Annik K\u00e4lin<\/strong>\u2019s 5<sup>th<\/sup> place in the long jump with 6m55. What more could you ask for?   <\/p>\n\n<p>The season went far beyond expectations, especially as the Swiss made their mark throughout the entire circuit. Remember Jason Joseph\u2019s victory in Rome earlier this summer. Not so long ago, Swiss podiums in the Diamond League were a rarity, now they have almost become a tradition. Which means Switzerland will head to the World Championships in Tokyo from September 13 to 21 with several medal contenders.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Behind the leaders \u2014 to whom we can also add <strong>Dominic Lobalu<\/strong> and future mother <strong>Mujinga Kambundji<\/strong> \u2014 a new generation is emerging. <strong>Simon Wieland<\/strong> in the javelin, who surpassed 80 m for the first time with his 81m24 on Thursday in Zurich for 7<sup>th<\/sup> place, <strong>Veronica Vancardo<\/strong>, <strong>Lore Hoffmann<\/strong> and <strong>Joceline Wind<\/strong> in the 800 m, the 4&#215;100 m relay team led by <strong>Salom\u00e9 Kora<\/strong> and <strong>L\u00e9onie Pointet<\/strong>, <strong>Valentin Imsand<\/strong> in the pole vault, <strong>Timoth\u00e9<\/strong> <strong>Mumenthaler<\/strong> in the sprints\u2026 all of them can now compete at the very top level.<\/p>\n\n<p>Good news for Athletissima, the meeting more than withstood the downpour that struck Lausanne on August 20. In the 2025 World Athletics rankings, it was listed as the 4<sup>th<\/sup> best meeting of the season based on the quality of the line-up, the famous \u201cparticipation score\u201d. Remarkable!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swiss athletes shone with a dazzling 2025 season in the Diamond League. 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