Oblique Seville backs current sprint crop to get down to 9.6sec but says Bolt will always be best
The world champion said it was ‘only matter of time’ to reach 9.6sec for 100m and dismissed the effect of Noah Lyles’s mind games
Time comes for Gout Gout to prove himself against sprinting’s best emerging talent
Australia teenager must run at or near his fastest 200m times to make sure his World Athletics Championships debut lasts more than a heat
‘I still have homework to do’: USA’s 16-year-old 800m star Cooper Lutkenhaus misses world semi-final
The Texas teenager’s dream of reaching the 800m final ended in the opening round as he could only finish seventh in the sweating heat of Tokyo
Golden George Beamish delivers kick for New Zealand athletics at world championships
The Kiwi steeplechaser says a potentially disastrous fall in the heats may have been a blessing in disguise before he went on to make history in Tokyo
Kurtis Marschall shines light on pole vault camaraderie in epic Tokyo final
The South Australian’s bronze medal was not the only reason for celebration in a historic world championship final
USA’s Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker disqualified from world championships for ‘jostling’
Cole Hocker was disqualified from his semi-final at the world championships on Monday after he barged his way through a crowd on the home straight
‘A nobody who became really good’: Gout Gout takes his bow on the world stage
The Australian sprint sensation charms international media ahead of his senior competition debut on Wednesday
World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis claims pole vault world record as Kambundji wins 100m hurdles – as it happened
Mondo Duplantis broke his 14th world record while Ditaji Kambundji won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles
Mondo Duplantis hits new heights with ‘Claw’ after 14th pole vault world record
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a 14th time after taking gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
I get out of breath walking up the stairs these days, admits Usain Bolt
The legendary Jamaican sprinter feels his generation was ‘just more talented’ than today’s, though he no longer runs and is ‘into Lego now’
Simbu snatches world marathon gold from Petros in historic photo-finish
One of the most dramatic finales in marathon history ended with one athlete at these Tokyo World Athletic Championships diving for the line, another unsure of the result, and a photo finish
Gout Gout says he is ‘ready to rumble’ ahead of World Athletics Championships debut
Australian teenage sprint phenomenon Gout Gout has declared his legs are ‘ready to rumble’ ahead of his major international debut on Wednesday
Torrie Lewis rues slow start in 100m semi-final exit as Hull reaches 1500m final
An emotional Torrie Lewis was left ruing a slow start after she was eliminated in her 100m semi-final on at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
World Athletics Championships 2025: Jefferson-Wooden and Seville blast to 100m golds, Gressier wins men’s 10,000m – as it happened
Brilliant runs from USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville of Jamaica saw them win 100m gold in the women’s and men’s races respectively
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden surges to gold and place among fastest women
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won her first world title and conjured up one of the most spectacular 100m performances in history