Nicola Olyslagers beats rain delays to win high jump gold for Australia

Olyslagers won Australia’s first gold of the world championships in the high jump, while Matt Denny missed out on medal in the men’s discus

Golden 5,000m kick gives Cole Hocker solace after being ‘robbed’ in 1500m

The American, who was disqualified in the 1500m semi-finals, proved his pedigree with a devastating final surge to win the 5,000m

World Athletics Championships: Odira pips Hunter Bell and Hodgkinson in 800m final, USA top medal table – as it happened

Lilian Odira produced a storming finish to pass Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell to win the women’s 800m, while Cole Hocker won the men’s 5,000m

‘I thought I had it!’: Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold by Odira as Hunter Bell takes silver

Keely Hodgkinson settled for bronze in the 800m behind Kenya’s Lilian Odira, who took gold, and GB teammate Georgia Hunter Bell

‘What the hell was that?’: Johnson-Thompson shares world bronze in remarkable finale

Katarina Johnson-Thompson shared third after finishing the heptathlon level with Taliyah Brooks, while Anna Hall took gold and Kate O’Connor third

Mackenzie Little goes from life saver to javelin bronze at world championships

Mackenzie Little collected a bronze medal in Japan’s national stadium after a 63.58m throw as men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams fall flat

World Athletics Championships 2025: heptathlon gold for Hall, Johnson-Thompson shares bronze; Wanyonyi wins men’s 800m – live

Katarina Johnson-Thompson dug deep to claim a joint-bronze medal while Emmanuel Wanyonyi won 800m gold

‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess’ – GB sprinter Amy Hunt revels in shock 200m silver

Hunt powers from sixth to second with the kind of fearless attitude that helped her come back from a quadriceps rupture

World Athletics Championships 2025: Lyles and Jefferson-Wooden take 200m titles, Benjamin and Bol win 400m hurdles – as it happened

It was a dramatic night in Tokyo, featuring gold again for Noah Lyles and a chaotic post-race scene in the men’s 400m hurdles

Noah Lyles pledges to surpass Usain Bolt’s record after his fourth 200m gold

Noah Lyles equalled Usain Bolt’s record of four straight 200m gold medals at a World Athletics Championships then promised to go one better in 2027

Australia’s Jess Hull takes her ‘second chance’ and qualifies for 800m final

Despite gashing her leg in the heats, the 28-year-old powered into the final in Tokyo with a new national record

Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says

World Athletics’ head of health and science told a panel in Tokyo that DSD athletes were ‘over-represented’ in female category finals since 2000

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: no barrier too high for the 400m queen

McLaughlin-Levrone already owns six of the 10 fastest 400m hurdles times. Now she is conquering the flat as well, with double Olympic gold in sight

Jess Hull galvanises Australia’s flourishing middle distance running stock

With three women, including the 1500m bronze medallist, into the 800m semi-finals at the world championships in Tokyo, Australia’s quality is evident