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
Keely Hodgkinson escapes boredom to lift British spirits at world championships Keely Hodgkinson dusted off the cobwebs to qualify comfortably for Friday’s 800m semi-finals, along with Georgia Hunter Bell
Publicity frenzy surrounds Gout Gout, but he has the superpower to cope Even in defeat, reporters and rivals crowded around the 17-year-old Australian. He showed he can take it in his stride
World Athletics Championships 2025: McLaughlin-Levrone wins women’s 400m, Kebinatshipi takes men’s title –as it happened Collin Kebinatshipi of Botswana stormed to victory in the men’s 400m, while USA’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looked unbeatable in taking the women’s event
McLaughlin-Levrone runs fastest women’s 400m in 40 years to claim world gold Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the fastest women’s 400 metres in 40 years to claim world championship gold in 47.78 sec
Gout Gout misses out on 200m final but says better performances are ‘coming’ Tokyo adventure ends for the year 12 student after he ran 20.36, while Torrie Lewis fails to reach the women’s final
Enhanced Games targets British stars after signing US sprinter Fred Kerley The signature of British athletes across all sports are being prioritised by controversial start-up the Enhanced Games
Millions tune in to athletics broadcasts as Gout Gout attracts huge viewing numbers The teenager’s debut at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo was Australia’s most popular television program on Wednesday night