2025 World Athletics Championships Tokyo

Tokyo 2025: Faith Cherotich wins 3000 metre Steeplechase Gold for Kenya

Cherotich, 21, posted a new championship record of 8.51.59 to collect Kenya's fourth gold medal at the current games.

Tokyo 2025: Day Four roundup as four gold medals exchange hands

Tokyo 2025: Olympic champ Wanyonyi qualifies for 800 metres semifinals

Wanyonyi was penned in to compete in heat five of the eight race heats in the evening session and he did not disappoint, coming home in a time of 1.45.05 to come out victorious and ensure direct qualification t...

Tokyo 2025: Faith Kipyegon claims gold for Kenya, fourth world title

Kipyegon, 31, led from start to finish and prevailed by 2.77 seconds, the largest margin of any of her seven global 1500m titles. She is the first woman to win four world titles in any distance-running event.

Compared to Usain Bolt, teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout set for first major test

The hype surrounding him has been enormous. His credentials will now firmly be put to the test in Tokyo.

World Athletics Championships: Full day 4 schedule with Kenyans in action in 800,1500 metres

The main feature of the day from a Kenyan perspective is the 800 metres final where the country will get the opportunity to collect yet another gold medal with the current Olympic and World champion Faith Kipye...

Duplantis breaks yet another world record in Tokyo

“It’s better than I could have imagined,” he told the crowd afterwards. “To give you guys this world record is amazing.”

Female athletes to take gender verification tests before September's World Championships

The next worlds open Sept. 13 in Tokyo, and Sept. 1 is "the closing date for entries and the date the regulations come into effect," World Athletics said in a statement

Team Kenya set for camp ahead of World Athletics Championships

According to Barnaba Korir, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) 1st Vice President, all middle and long-distance runners will converge at the renowned Kipchoge Keino Kazi Mingi Farm in Eldoret, a hub...

After dominating Nairobi, Njoki dreams of Tokyo delight ahead of national trials

Njoki, the current SA all-comers record holder and 2024 Lille 10km third place finisher, has set her sights on a place in the women’s 10,000m team for the Tokyo World Championships after storming to victory in...