Noah Lyles is athletics' ultimate showman, on and off the track. We put the Olympic and world sprint champion through his paces to find out... What's your Ultimate?
Ultimate performance... The World Championships 200m final in Eugene in 2022.
Ultimate event (other than your own)... The 800m.
Ultimate career goal... To transcend the sport and bring it to new heights.
Ultimate athlete... Me (in the sport) and Muhammad Ali (outside this sport).
Ultimate clash... The 2024 Olympic 100m final in Paris.
Ultimate memory... I don&rsquo;t have one.&nbsp;
Ultimate venue... My wedding venue.
Ultimate meal... Sashimi yellowtail, crispy rice spicy tuna, spicy tuna roll, eel nigiri, A5 steak three ounces.
Ultimate night out/night in... Dinner at a steak house followed by a house party with friends or, if we are staying in, we are throwing a board game night.
Ultimate possession... Music, art, creating.
Ultimate hidden talent... Extensive random knowledge of animals.
Ultimate day off... Wake up at 10am, play video games till 12pm, go to brunch, go to the shopping mall after brunch, go home, take a nap then go eat at a steak house, then go party with my friends.&nbsp;
Ultimate holiday destination... Cannes in France, any Caribbean island, and Tokyo, Japan.&nbsp;
Ultimate pre-competition song... New God Flow by Kanye West.
Ultimate movie... Speed Racer (live action).

World Athletics Ultimate Championship

In the build-up to the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, the Olympic and world champion is put on the spot for his answers to the ultimate questions.

What's your Ultimate? – Noah Lyles

Mondo Duplantis will return to Paris for the first time since winning his second Olympic pole vault title when he competes at the Meeting de Paris on Sunday (28), the eighth of 15 Wanda Diamond League meetings this season.
The Swedish world record-holder heads back to the French capital looking to reassert himself after a rare defeat at the Stockholm Diamond League earlier this month. Before that competition, Duplantis had won 41 consecutive pole vault contests, building one of the most dominant streaks in the sport.
Paris now offers an opportunity for the multiple world and Olympic champion to respond on a stage filled with happy memories. It was in the French capital two years ago that he won his second Olympic gold, doing so with a world record height of 6.25m.
Duplantis, who has since increased his world record to 6.31m, now returns to Paris to face a field that includes the full top 12 from the world rankings and all medallists from the three most recent global championships.
Australia&rsquo;s Kurtis Marschall, the man who beat Duplantis in Stockholm, is again in the line-up. So too are the two men who joined Duplantis on the Olympic podium in 2024, Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis. Karalis and Marschall, meanwhile, were podium finishers behind Duplantis at both the 2025 World Championships and 2026 World Indoor Championships.
Audrey Werro heads to Paris in the form of her life following a series of outstanding performances. The Swiss athlete clocked a world-leading 1:53.98 to win the 800m in Stockholm, then followed it with a 1:54.45 victory in Hengelo. Earlier this week she also recorded a European 600m best of 1:22.85.
In Paris, Werro takes on Femke Broeders-Bol, who will contest her first 800m in a Diamond League race. The two-time world 400m hurdles champion has made an impressive start to life over two laps, finishing second to Werro in Hengelo in a PB of 1:57.16 before producing a dominant 1:57.41 victory in Ostrava.
Others in the field include Australia&rsquo;s Sarah Billings, 2025 world indoor champion Prudence Sekgodiso and Botswana&rsquo;s Oratile Nowe.
Noah Lyles will also make his first competition appearance in Paris since winning Olympic 100m gold in the French capital in 2024.
The US sprinter, recently named as an Ultimate Star for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, is undefeated outdoors this year. He won the 100m at the Rome Diamond League in 9.88, then set a world best of 14.67 for 150m at the Golden Spike in Ostrava.
In Paris, Lyles takes on world indoor champion Jordan Anthony, 2021 Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs, Kenya&rsquo;s Ferdinand Omanyala, South Africa&rsquo;s Akani Simbine and USA&rsquo;s Trayvon Bromell.
Jimmy Gressier will carry strong home hopes in the men&rsquo;s 5000m.
The world 10,000m champion contests his first 5000m of the season, fresh from setting a French 3000m record of 7:28.67 in Montreuil last week. He faces a loaded field that includes Ethiopia&rsquo;s Addisu Yihune, winner of the Oslo Diamond League in a world-leading 12:47.62, and Asian record-holder Birhanu Balew, who was a close second in Oslo.
World 10,000m bronze medallist Andreas Almgren, USA&rsquo;s double Olympic bronze medallist Grant Fisher and steeplechase world record-holder Lamecha Girma are also in the field.
<h2>Olympic podium reunites over 400m</h2>
The men&rsquo;s 400m brings together the full Olympic podium, with Quincy Hall, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Muzala Samukonga all set to race.
They will be joined by the top two finishers from the 2025 World Championships, Collen Kebinatshipi and Jereem Richards, as well as USA&rsquo;s 2025 world indoor champion Chris Bailey and South Africa&rsquo;s Zakithi Nene.
Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino heads the women&rsquo;s 400m field after her 48.91 victory at the Doha Diamond League. She faces world indoor champion Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Olympic bronze medallist Natalia Bukowiecka.
The men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles features six athletes with sub-13-second PBs, three of whom have achieved that feat this year: Trey Cunningham, Jamal Britt and Kendrick Smallwood. Japanese record-holder Rachid Muratake and in-form Cuban Kendry Menendez are also in the line-up.
The women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles is similarly stacked. World record-holder Tobi Amusan faces world champion Ditaji Kambundji, three-time world indoor champion Devynne Charlton, former world record-holder Kendra Harrison, world bronze medallist Grace Stark, Olympic silver medallist Cyrena Samba-Mayela, Jamaican champion Demisha Roswell and Dutch record-holder Nadine Visser.
<h2>World and Olympic champions clash in throws</h2>
World champion, world leader and Diamond League record-holder Jessica Schilder heads the women&rsquo;s shot put field.
The Dutch thrower, who set a Diamond League record of 21.09m in Shanghai earlier this season, takes on Olympic champion Yemisi Mabry and two-time world indoor champion Sarah Mitton.
The women&rsquo;s javelin brings together a mix of experience and rising talent. World leader and teenage sensation Yan Ziyi, who threw 71.74m earlier this year, faces world champion Juleisy Angulo, Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi, 2022 European champion Elina Tzengko, two-time world U20 champion Adriana Vilagos and 2016 Olympic champion Sara Kolak.
Olympic champion Nina Kennedy, winner in Rabat last month, will aim to secure her second Diamond League victory of 2026 in the women's pole vault. New Zealand's Eliza McCartney and Imogen Ayris are set to challenge, while European champion Angelica Moser will be looking to upset the Antipodean party.
World indoor champion Georgia Hunter Bell leads the women&rsquo;s 1500m field. She faces two-time world indoor champion Freweyni Hailu, Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull and Australia&rsquo;s Abbey Caldwell, who won in Xiamen last month.
The men&rsquo;s 1500m includes 2022 world champion Jake Wightman, world bronze medallist Reynold Cheruiyot, Australia&rsquo;s Cameron Myers, Niels Laros of the Netherlands, French record-holder Azeddine Habz and world road mile champion Hobbs Kessler.
In the men&rsquo;s 800m, 2023 world champion Marco Arop takes on Algeria&rsquo;s Slimane Moula and European champion Gabriel Tual.
The men&rsquo;s 3000m steeplechase features Germany&rsquo;s European record-holder Frederik Ruppert, Olympic bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwot and world bronze medallist Edmund Serem.

Mondo Duplantis will return to Paris for the first time since winning his second Olympic pole vault title when he competes at the Meeting de Paris on Sunday

Duplantis seeks pole vault response as Lyles, Werro and Gressier light up Paris

Nine-time global gold medallist to take the mic as Ultimate MC and Creative Adviser 
Noah Lyles has been announced as an Ultimate Star for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, taking place on 11-13 September in Budapest, Hungary.
Lyles, the dominant US sprinter who has won consecutive 200m golds at the past four World Championships, is locked in to compete at the inaugural edition of the new global championship. Lyles has earned automatic qualification into both the 100m and 200m by virtue of his podium-topping performances in those disciplines at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, respectively.
In his role, Lyles will serve as Ultimate MC and Creative Adviser for the Ultimate. In particular, he will provide insights into event presentation elements of the Ultimate Championship, meeting with World Athletics representatives for ideation sessions on a wide range of topics including fan engagement in-stadium, athlete introductions, and awards.
Lyles will also shape the creative direction of Club Ultimate, the after-party designed exclusively for athletes at the event. He will guide the look, feel, sounds and tastes of the party throughout the planning process and during the party itself.
&ldquo;We couldn&rsquo;t be more excited to announce this partnership with Noah Lyles, one of the biggest stars our sport has ever seen,&rdquo; said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
&ldquo;The Ultimate is intended to give athletes a spotlight in the stadium while simultaneously offering a platform for their passions beyond the track. As with our previously announced Ultimate Stars, we worked closely with Noah to develop a framework that goes beyond an ambassadorship and enables him to apply his many talents to multiple aspects of this premiere event.&rdquo;
Lyles has earned three Olympic medals and 10 World Championships medals in his illustrious career so far across the 100m, 200m and 4x100m. He holds national records in the 200m (19.31) and as part of the 4x100m (37.10). His 200m time places him third on the world all-time list.
Lyles is also known for his stage presence and driving conversations in the worlds of fashion, media and pop culture. This background makes him uniquely suited to inform on the creative aspects of how fans and athletes experience athletics events.
&ldquo;I love the idea of the best athletes coming together to determine who is best of the best,&rdquo; said Lyles. &ldquo;My goal has been to have athletes have a real involvement in the development of the Ultimate Championship and the show we'll put on, and I feel like we've done that. I look forward to working with World Athletics to create an experience never seen before by fans or athletes. This will be a start in evolving the sport into a new age of sports and entertainment.&rdquo;
Lyles joins Mondo Duplantis, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Letsile Tebogo and Tara Davis-Woodhall as an Ultimate Star. Usain Bolt is the Ultimate Legend for the event.
The World Athletics Ultimate Championship is set to transform the athletics calendar and settle the debate over which athlete is the best of the best every two years &ndash; pitting world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and this year&rsquo;s top-ranked athletes against each other to crown the champion of champions. The Ultimate features a historic prize pot of $10 million.
You can learn more about the Ultimate Championship <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, and you can purchase tickets <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;

Nine-time global gold medallist to take the mic as Ultimate MC and Creative Adviser

Lyles announced as Ultimate Star

Florian Clivaz is in his relative infancy as a coach but has already enjoyed success at the top with his two athletes, Mujinga and Ditaji Kambundji &ndash; world champions indoors and outdoors, respectively. He reflects on his meteoric rise, the coaches that have inspired him, and more.
<h3><img style="width: 250px; height: 312px; margin-left: 15px;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/6a3cf02b05285b73103fc658.jpg" alt="Florian Clivaz" align="right" />How did you get into coaching?</h3>
It wasn&rsquo;t my ambition. I am a sports agent; I studied law and am currently writing a PhD dissertation. I co-founded an agency in 2018 called EP Management. I was an athlete too but realised maybe I wasn&rsquo;t talented enough and I could channel my energy and analytical skills into gifted athletes like those we represent today, and it all started with my partner, Mujinga Kambundji. As an athlete I already coached myself. I started in 2013 and, within three years, I was writing my own training plans. I discussed with other coaches, read a tonne of books and watched videos and so on, that&rsquo;s how I learned.&nbsp;
<h3>What are you like as a coach?</h3>
I&rsquo;m really analytical and think about the big picture. I&rsquo;m not trying to find a magic trick of an exercise but trying to find the right balance and avoid mistakes at any cost. My coaching is a patchwork of my know-how, own experience and that of Mujinga and Ditaji. Every athlete is an enigma and it&rsquo;s my job to find specific answers to every athlete. I&rsquo;ve only got two athletes so that&rsquo;s a lot easier as I only have to find two solutions!
<h3>It&rsquo;s obviously not one size fits all with athletes. How do they differ in what they need?</h3>
They have a lot in common as they&rsquo;re sisters but they&rsquo;re still really different so I have to coach them differently. Mujinga is running more with her natural stiffness, her tendons make her extremely bouncy on the track. Ditaji is amazingly explosive &ndash; seeing her jumping in training is unreal. But they both attain speed differently &ndash; Mujinga is about being bouncy on the ground with the right timing and angles, Ditaji relies more on raw power, so both require different approaches.
<h3>How is it coaching your life partner? Is that a challenge to navigate?</h3>
Let&rsquo;s just say that when it works and the results are there, it&rsquo;s amazing to be able to share those moments with her. When things aren't going as well, it requires a bit more distance. But in the end, since we realised that everything was going to be a mix anyway, we figured we might as well go all in.
<h3>Both your athletes have become world champions. You must be doing something right!</h3>
That&rsquo;s very special in that I did not aspire to make this a career as I don't define myself as a coach, I was just trying to help these athletes. Maybe in the case of Mujinga and Ditaji, I was the right solution but that wasn&rsquo;t really obvious in the beginning. A lot of people were probably thinking what the hell are they doing working with this guy without experience? Ditaji was my first ever hurdles athlete. While I was able to rely on Claudine M&uuml;ller&rsquo;s fantastic work on her technique, the pressure on my shoulders was immense. Since they are people I deeply care about &ndash; family for me &ndash; I so wanted this to work. Seeing them reach their full potential is a fantastic feeling.
<h3>If we take Ditaji, was her gold medal in the 100m hurdles in Tokyo a surprise to you as it was to some?</h3>
I saw the training, the shape she was in, the fitness just growing in the right direction for Tokyo. The last few competitions before Tokyo the conditions were not optimal &ndash; in Lausanne it was raining, Zurich was not warm so the times were good but not great. Then in Tokyo all the pieces came together. Those pieces were slowly approaching each other and there was a high probability it would click but the level in women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles is just insane at the moment. I was sure she&rsquo;d be ready but I wasn&rsquo;t sure what that meant which is the magic part of it. But she and Mujinga just love competition and performing when it matters the most.&nbsp;
<h3>How do you get an athlete ready for just two or three days at a major championships?</h3>
I mainly play with training volume, intensity and distances to get the athlete into the best possible shape. That being said, I think you always need a bit of luck. To be in peak form on the big day, you have to avoid injuries, illness, etc. Sometimes, it&rsquo;s not just a matter of planning.
<h3>Is there an ultimate training session before a major championships?</h3>
I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a specific training session but finding the right mix. Steve Fudge once said that it&rsquo;s about getting ready at the right moment, by making sure that they are not ready before. That&rsquo;s how we approach it. That&rsquo;s why Ditaji has not started the season on top directly but she&rsquo;s building the season and her shape.
<h3>When an athlete wins a world title, how do you follow that success as a coach?</h3>
It&rsquo;s a good question but first of all this is a question more for them than for me. I would say our approach is that we are searching for the limits, for the full potential. If you are world champion in 2025 then as an athlete you&rsquo;re still thinking about more and what could be next. We&rsquo;re more focused on the process, trying to find the limits and never finding limits but pushing towards that. Motivation is not, per se, the titles but more about the process and journey and searching where the limits are.
<h3>Is perfection the ultimate goal?</h3>
Exactly. This is probably the main motivation, trying for perfection but knowing that it&rsquo;s not possible. In the end, Tokyo was fantastic but it wasn&rsquo;t perfect so then you reach for the next step.&nbsp;
<h3>Is there such a thing as a typical training day?</h3>
Not really. What&rsquo;s typical about it is that we arrive at the stadium and take our time discussing things for 15/20 minutes and then starting slowly slowly with the aim of achieving the right intensity 70-75 minutes later. It&rsquo;s a lot of preparation, low intensity to achieve high intensity. In sprinting, you have so little volume, it&rsquo;s so fast, so much impact, so brutal on your body that you&rsquo;re more aiming for quality, high intensity and not searching for volume. In training, there&rsquo;s always a why &ndash; why are we doing this type of speed and hurdles training? And that&rsquo;s an important part.
<h3>Is it a bit of a tightrope walk that you&rsquo;re pushing your athletes to the limit without them getting injured?</h3>
I&rsquo;m more the brake man than the pusher. The training plan in my mind is always the maximum but then the reality is you&rsquo;re trying to find right balance of energy invested, time spent and what you get in return. Some days, your athlete sleeps well, conditions are fantastic and they can do more. Some days they feel bad, the weather is awful and they do a lot less. I&rsquo;m communicating a lot with the athletes &ndash; more like a sparring partner for how they feel and not always to guide them but translate their feelings.
<h3>Are there any particular coaches you look up to?</h3>
Actually, a lot of different coaches. You get different approaches from different coaches. Sometimes they&rsquo;re like artists of coaching, like poetry, and sometimes they&rsquo;re more like scientists. I&rsquo;m trying to find my way in the middle of this. I really think of sprinting as an art but you also need some hard facts and to be really analytical &ndash; be Excel spreadsheet orientated but Excel&rsquo;s not the solution by itself. You need to find the right balance. I&rsquo;ve had a lot of inspirations: Stuart McMillan, Steve Fudge, Claudine M&uuml;ller, Rana Reider, Patrick Saile, Henk Kraaijenhof, Charlie Francis, Valerij Bauer, etc. and they&rsquo;re all so different.
<h3>What makes a good coach-athlete relationship?</h3>
It&rsquo;s difficult because, for me, this is my family. But I think the key is honesty and, when I don&rsquo;t know something, I tell them. When I know something, I tell them. I believe that full transparency creates long-term healthy relationships. So, when I say it&rsquo;s fantastic they know it&rsquo;s fantastic because the day before I would be honest enough to say things are shit.

Florian Clivaz has coached both Mujinga and Ditaji Kambundji to world titles. He is the latest coach in the hot seat in the lead-up to the World Athletics Ultimate Championships.

Coaching class with Florian Clivaz

World champion Leo Neugebauer, recent G&ouml;tzis Hypomeeting winner&nbsp;Annik K&auml;lin, world indoor gold medallist Sander Skotheim and three-time Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam will be among the stars in action when the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold returns to Ratingen on Saturday and Sunday (27-28 June).
With one of the strongest fields in the event&rsquo;s history, the Stadtwerke Ratingen Mehrkampf-Meeting offers top-class clashes and a chance for athletes to test their form as they work towards events such as the European Championships in Birmingham in August.
Neugebauer and Skotheim lead the decathlon field, while K&auml;lin heads the heptathlon line-up and Thiam contests select individual events across the weekend.
German record-holder Neugebauer makes his Ratingen debut as the world champion and Olympic silver medallist. It will be his second decathlon within a month following his runner-up finish to Simon Ehammer at the Hypomeeting in G&ouml;tzis where he scored 8730 &ndash; the fifth-best score of his career so far.
His national record of 8961 from 2024 places him sixth on the world all-time list and he scored 8804 to win his world title in Tokyo last year. In G&ouml;tzis he went close to his PBs in the long jump (7.97m) and high jump (2.06m) and the 26-year-old will want to build on that in Ratingen.
Skotheim, who sits one place below Neugebauer on the all-time list with the Norwegian record of 8909 he set to win in G&ouml;tzis last year, makes his return after injury.
&ldquo;After recovering from my injury, I&rsquo;m fired up to compete again,&rdquo; the 2025 world indoor heptathlon champion told organisers. &ldquo;My team and I have trained hard &ndash; now it&rsquo;s time to put what we&rsquo;ve learned to the test and see what we still need to work on before the European Championships.&rdquo;
The competition in Ratingen will be his first since the World Championships in Tokyo, where disqualification in the 110m hurdles ended his medal hopes. Earlier in the year he set a European heptathlon record to win the continental title and he then clinched the world indoor crown.
Makenson Gletty of France got European decathlon bronze in 2024, finishing one place behind Skotheim, and they clash again in Ratingen along with Estonia&rsquo;s Rasmus Roosleht and USA&rsquo;s Harrison Williams, both also back in action after competing in G&ouml;tzis. Williams, the Olympic seventh-place finisher, scored 8325 in G&ouml;tzis, his performances including a PB-equalling 100m of 10.54.
Among those looking to challenge themselves in a strong international field on home soil are Germany&rsquo;s Moritz Bartko and Leon-Joel Clair, who both finished in the top eight at last year&rsquo;s European U20 Championships, and two-time national champion Marcel Meyer.
K&auml;lin is back in heptathlon action less than a month on from her world-leading Swiss record in G&ouml;tzis.
Then contesting her first heptathlon since G&ouml;tzis the year before, the Olympic fourth-place finisher scored 6726 to win a close contest after a strong second day that included a 200m PB of 23.33. The 26-year-old, who claimed world indoor silver in the individual long jump in 2025, also leapt a wind-aided 6.96m (2.2m/s) in G&ouml;tzis.
She will go up against Germany&rsquo;s Sandrina Sprengel and Vanessa Grimm, who will want to impress on home soil.
Sprengel defends her title after winning the 2024 contest. She went on to finish fifth at the World Championships in Tokyo with a PB of 6434 and then competed at the World Indoor Championships in Poland. More recently the 22-year-old finished eighth in that G&ouml;tzis contest won by K&auml;lin with the second-best score of her career so far &ndash; 6328.
Grimm, who finished fourth in last year&rsquo;s world indoor pentathlon, was two places ahead of Sprengel in G&ouml;tzis with a PB of 6381, her campaign including individual PBs in the 100m hurdles and 800m.
Three other German athletes in Ratingen &ndash; Anna-Elisabeth Ehlers, Marie Dehning and Emma Kaul &ndash; have also already surpassed 6000 points this season. They will be joined by national pentathlon champion Serina Riedel, the 2022 world U20 silver medallist who claimed European U23 bronze last year, as she opens her season.
The field also features Poland&rsquo;s Paulina Ligarska and USA&rsquo;s Lexie Keller.
Belgium&rsquo;s Thiam competes for the first time since last year&rsquo;s World Championships. As well as being a three-time Olympic champion, the 31-year-old has won two world heptathlon titles and her PB of 7013 places her fourth on the world all-time list.
As she did in Ratingen in 2023, Thiam will contest select events.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really looking forward to competing in Ratingen again,&rdquo; she told organisers. &ldquo;The meeting has such a great atmosphere, and I had a lot of fun competing there in 2023. It will be nice to start my season among other heptathletes and to participate in a number of disciplines over the weekend.&rdquo;
&nbsp;

The World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold returns to Ratingen on Saturday and Sunday (27-28 June)

Neugebauer, Kälin, Skotheim and Thiam ready for Ratingen

Coffee company co-founded by Jake Wightman will support the Ultimate Championship with athlete gifting and barista service 
Last Rep Coffee has been announced as an official global supplier for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26.
The company is co-founded by British athletes Jake Wightman and Zak Seddon. Wightman, the 2022 world 1500m champion, and Seddon, an Olympian in the 3000m steeplechase, developed a love for great coffee over their many years of competing internationally in athletics. They strive to provide the best quality beans while bringing customers into a community of coffee and fitness lovers.
The Ultimate Championship gives athletes a platform to shine, showcasing their passions and personalities on the track and off. This partnership with Last Rep Coffee further exemplifies efforts to bring athletes into as many aspects of event production as possible. Coffee is an important part of the smooth operation of events and the daily routines of many athletes, and the support of Last Rep Coffee will help facilitate both.
"We&rsquo;re very excited to be partnering with the World Athletics Ultimate Championship," said Wightman. "We started Last Rep with the aim of bringing a community of people together through the love of great coffee, and we can&rsquo;t wait to do this for the athletes competing in Budapest. I&rsquo;m looking forward to now seeing if I can join our coffee out there as I aim to earn my spot on the start line at the Ultimate!"
Seddon said: "Athletics is at the heart of Last Rep Coffee, making our partnership with the World Athletics Ultimate Championship, celebrating the best of the best, especially meaningful. We can&rsquo;t wait for great coffee and world-class athletics."
Last Rep will source their coffee beans for the Ultimate through KTRL, a Hungarian coffee roastery, simultaneously supporting a local company while optimising logistics.
Wightman is seeking qualification to the Ultimate through one of two available paths &ndash; by winning the Diamond League final or through world ranking. Fans can follow ranking movement and qualification status through the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7212925?eventId=10229509" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Road to the Ultimate</a> tool.
Authentic engagement with the athletes of track and field is a foundational principle of the Ultimate Championship. In addition to the exploration of athlete-forward sponsors and suppliers, the Ultimate Stars of the event all have roles that directly connect to their unique pursuits. Mondo Duplantis is creating the Ultimate Anthem, Letsile Tebogo and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden are serving as Team Captains for the Kids&rsquo; Athletics Ultimate Challenge, and Tara Davis-Woodhall is taking on the role of lead content creator at the new global championship.
The World Athletics Ultimate Championship, taking place on 11-13 September, is designed to settle the debate over who is the best of the best &ndash; with world champions, Olympic champions, Wanda Diamond League winners and the year&rsquo;s top-ranked athletes all striving to be crowned the champion of champions.
You can learn more about the Ultimate Championship <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, and tickets for the event can be purchased at <a href="http://ultimateathleticschampionship.com/tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ultimateathleticschampionship.com/tickets</a>.

Coffee company co-founded by Jake Wightman will support the Ultimate Championship with athlete gifting and barista service

Athlete-founded Last Rep Coffee announced as supplier for Ultimate Championship

World Athletics has released &lsquo;<a href="https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/2026_Sustainability_Report_and_Strategy_Review.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">From Commitment to Impact: 2026 Sustainability Report and Strategy Review</a>&rsquo;, a comprehensive look back at the impacts of its sustainability strategy since its release in 2020.
The review, published on Wednesday (24), charts the progress in how sustainability has been integrated into all aspects of World Athletics operations since the release of the &lsquo;<a href="https://worldathletics.org/athletics-better-world/news/sustainability-strategy-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Athletics Sustainability Strategy 2020-2030</a>&rsquo;, from decision-making, event delivery, athlete welfare, organisational governance and support for the wider athletics community. Building on that progress and the systems and standards built over the strategy&rsquo;s first five years, the review highlights how the next phase will be defined by consistency, scale and impact to ensure that the systems now in place continue to drive measurable change across our sport.
&ldquo;At the halfway point of this strategy, this review provides an important opportunity to reflect on the progress made between 2020 and 2025, and to look honestly at the work still ahead,&rdquo; said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.
&ldquo;In that period, sustainability has moved from being a standalone commitment to becoming a more embedded part of how we plan events, support our Member Federations, work with partners and safeguard athletes.
&ldquo;The urgency has only increased. With global temperatures continuing to rise, climate change should increasingly be viewed as an existential threat to sport. For athletics, that threat is not theoretical. It affects training environments, competition conditions, event planning and, above all, athlete safety.&rdquo; 
<a href="https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/misc/2026_Sustainability_Report_and_Strategy_Review.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download the report here</a>
 The achievements outlined in the review illustrate the important progress made between 2020 and 2025. The development of the Athletics for a Better World (ABW) Standard, the strengthening of our sustainable event management systems, the evolution of our climate and air quality work, and our continued focus on gender equity, safeguarding and athlete protection all point to a more mature and structured approach, and <a href="https://worldathletics.org/organisation/news/organisation-of-the-year-bbc-green-sport-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">international recognition</a>.
Much of the progress has been driven by the ABW Standard, a system developed by World Athletics and implemented in 2024 that evaluates, measures and scores an event&rsquo;s achievement in sustainable delivery.
In 2024, 104 events submitted sustainability reporting. Nearly half achieved one of the designated achievement levels, including two Platinum, two Gold, four Silver and five Bronze events. In 2025, <a href="https://worldathletics.org/organisation/better-world/sustainability-initiatives/abw-standard-certified-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">121 events reported with three achieving Platinum, five Gold, 10 Silver and nine Bronze</a>. From 2026, all World Athletics Series events will be contractually required to meet minimum achievement thresholds.
<h2>Looking ahead to the next five years</h2>
Much has also changed since 2020 when World Athletics became just the second Olympic sport federation to release a sustainability strategy.
Climate change is creating more direct risk for athletes, event organisers and host communities, from extreme heat and poor air quality to flooding, storms and disruption to infrastructure.
At the same time, expectations around safeguarding, inclusion, human rights, transparency and responsible event delivery have continued to rise. For a global sport practised in every region of the world, these issues are not separate from the future of athletics. They are part of its long-term resilience and will help inform the strategy&rsquo;s second half.
An updated roadmap is included in the report, taking into account the World Athletics Climate Transition plan that was developed in 2025, a climate risk and opportunity assessment, requirements of the updated ISO 20121:2024 event sustainability management system and evolving commitments and collaborations.
The World Athletics Climate Transition builds on six years of climate action, bringing together a structured, time-bound roadmap for reducing emissions, managing climate risks and supporting the wider athletics ecosystem.
It is built around two foundations: a carbon reduction plan, including a net zero pathway, and a climate adaptation strategy. Together, they provide a practical framework to reduce and balance greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen resilience to physical and transitional climate risks and identify opportunities to support fair, inclusive and equitable outcomes across our sport.
Our first climate risk and opportunity assessment, which was also conducted in 2025, considers physical acute risks, physical chronic risks and transitional risks across short, medium and long-term time horizons through to 2050. The assessment explored both a 2&deg;C warming scenario, reflecting a more orderly transition to a low-carbon economy, and a 4&deg;C scenario, representing a higher-risk pathway in which global emissions continue to rise.
Several material risks were identified for athletics, including extreme heat, increasing air pollution, extreme storms and flooding, and the challenge of transitioning to low-carbon transport. These risks will be monitored over time to understand how their nature and severity may evolve, and to identify practical adaptation measures for World Athletics, event organisers, host cities, Member Federations, athletes, fans and technical officials.
World Athletics
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World Athletics has released ‘From Commitment to Impact: 2026 Sustainability Report and Strategy Review’, a comprehensive look back at the impacts of its sustainability strategy since its release in 2020.

World Athletics releases sustainability strategy midway report

In-form stars and global champions will clash at the Boris Hanžeković Memorial when the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting returns to Zagreb on 24-26 June.
Slovenia&rsquo;s Kristjan Čeh returns to the scene of his 72.34m discus throw from last year, while his fellow global gold medallists Elaine Thompson-Herah, Cordell Tinch, Devynne Charlton and Yaroslava Mahuchikh will also be among the stars keen to make a statement at the penultimate Continental Tour Gold event of the year, as the season builds towards the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest in September.
The 110m hurdles is the event&rsquo;s memorial race, named after Croatian hurdler Boris Hanžeković. It offers another clash between USA&rsquo;s world champion Tinch, Xiamen and Shanghai winner Jamal Britt, and Kendry Men&eacute;ndez &ndash; Tinch seeking back-to-back wins after his victory in Doha.&nbsp;Britt has clocked a PB of&nbsp;12.99 this year, while&nbsp;Men&eacute;ndez has improved his best to 13.07.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Thompson-Herah races in Europe for the first time since 2023 as she headlines the 100m during the main programme on Friday (26). The five-time Olympic gold medallist ran 10.92 in Kingston in April &ndash; a time that has stood as the Zagreb meeting record since 1988.
Her rivals include her compatriot Brianna Lyston, who ran 10.99 to win at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Hengelo, and Poland&rsquo;s Ewa Swoboda, who has also already dipped under 11 seconds this season.
A multiple global champion also leads the field for the 200m. Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo, the two-time Olympic 400m champion, finished runner-up at the Diamond League meetings in Shanghai and Xiamen, the latter in a season&rsquo;s best of 22.04. She races Liberia&rsquo;s Symone Darius and Thelma Davies, plus Success Eduan, fresh off a British title win.
Another Bahamian star headlines the 100m hurdles. Three-time world indoor champion and world 60m hurdles record-holder Charlton is in the 100m hurdles form of her life as she clocked a national record of 12.37 in Xiamen, plus 12.38 in Shanghai and 12.40 in Rabat &ndash; finishing in the top three at each event. This time her rivals include USA's Alaysha Johnson, who won last year in Zagreb, plus Rayniah Jones, Alia Armstrong and Luca Koz&aacute;k.
<h2>Field action at the fountains</h2>
The three-day meeting kicks off on Wednesday (24) with the Zagreb City Challenge, held next to the Zagreb Fountains, where the women&rsquo;s high jump will be in the spotlight.
World record-holder Mahuchikh renews her rivalry with her fellow two-metre-plus high jumpers Eleanor Patterson, Iryna Gerashchenko and Angelina Topić, as she looks to maintain her unbeaten year. That year has so far included Mahuchikh&rsquo;s world indoor title win in March, followed by victory at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rabat where she cleared an outdoor season&rsquo;s best of 1.97m.
Australia&rsquo;s 2022 world champion Patterson was second in Rabat but followed that with a 2.00m clearance in Essen last weekend &ndash; an outdoor world lead and Patterson&rsquo;s best clearance since her world title-winning performance almost four years ago. World bronze medallist Topić was third in Rabat and has cleared 1.96m so far this season, while Gerashchenko has a best this year of 1.97m, set when finishing second in Xiamen.
The street action will continue with the men&rsquo;s shot put, also at the Zagreb Fountains, on Thursday (25). Italy&rsquo;s two-time world medallist Leonardo Fabbri, who threw 22.50m in Stellenbosch in February and won the Diamond League in Rome with 22.14m, stars in a clash with Olympic bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell, four-time world indoor champion Tom Walsh and two-time world indoor medallist Roger Steen.
The men&rsquo;s discus forms part of the main in-stadium programme on Friday. Čeh&rsquo;s performance in Zagreb last year remains the third-best throw of the 2022 world champion&rsquo;s career. He improved his national record to 72.61m in Ramona in April &ndash; a mark that places him seventh on the world all-time list &ndash; and he more recently threw 71.86m to win his eighth consecutive national discus title. Joining him are Lawrence Okoye and Ruben Rolvink, who also surpassed 71 metres in Ramona.
The men&rsquo;s hammer features meeting record-holder Yann Chaussinand, who threw a world-leading French record of 82.44m at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Los Angeles, as he goes head-to-head with Mykhaylo Kokhan, who also surpassed 82 metres to finish second in LA. Their competition includes Poland&rsquo;s five-time world champion Paweł Fajdek, competing for the first time since the World Championships in Tokyo in September, and his compatriot Wojciech Nowicki, the Tokyo Olympic champion, as well as Hungary&rsquo;s Olympic and world medallist Bence Hal&aacute;sz.
The world champion takes on the Olympic champion in the triple jump as Cuba&rsquo;s Leyanis P&eacute;rez Hern&aacute;ndez goes up against Dominica's Thea LaFond as well as Liadagmis Povea and Ivana &Scaron;panović, while Portugal&rsquo;s world indoor champion Gerson Bald&eacute; faces his fellow global gold medallists Tajay Gayle and Juan Miguel Echevarr&iacute;a in the long jump.
Home favourite Sara Kolak, the 2016 Olympic champion, stars in the javelin against Adriana Vilago&scaron;, who beat her at the recent Continental Tour Gold in Ostrava.
<h2>Zapletalov&aacute; aims to maintain hurdles reign</h2>
Emma Zapletalov&aacute; returns to the track fresh off her Doha Diamond League 400m hurdles win in 52.30 &ndash; a mark that improved her own world-leading Slovakian record and moved her to sixth on the world all-time list. That was her fourth consecutive Diamond League win of the season.
Jamaica&rsquo;s two-time world bronze medallist Rushell Clayton was runner-up to Zapletalov&aacute; in Doha and Oslo, and third behind her in Rome and Rabat, and they race again, alongside two-time world silver medallist Shamier Little.
Bassant Hemida is another athlete in PB form, following the Egyptian record of 50.10 she set to win the 400m in Hengelo. This time her competition over one lap includes Stacey-Ann Williams and Yemi Mary John. Canada&rsquo;s Tokyo Olympic champion Andre De Grasse races the 200m, up against Benjamin Richardson and Udodi Onwuzurike.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebaw continues her campaign in the 3000m after a 5000m win in Rome, while Nathan Green is back in 1500m action after his mile win in Ostrava. The men&rsquo;s 800m features Shanghai winner Mark English, world finalist Tshepiso Masalela and home favourite Marino Bloudek, while two races will be held for the women&rsquo;s event to host the large number of runners who wish to compete and attack 1:58. Among them are several sub-1:59 runners including European indoor champion Anna Wielgosz, Phoebe Gill and last year&rsquo;s winner Anita Horvat.
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In-form stars and global champions will clash at the Boris Hanžeković Memorial

Global champions Tinch, Thompson-Herah and Čeh head to Zagreb

Sprint doubles by Mia Maxwell and Tate Taylor plus a series of 110m hurdles records were among the highlights at the US U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Held as part of the Nike Outdoor Nationals from 18-22 June at Hayward Field, athletes were keen to make their mark at the venue that will host the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 in August.
In the race for host nation World U20 Championships places, Ja'Shaun Lloyd was the first of the US U20 record-breakers in the 110m hurdles as he won his heat in 13.04 (0.2m/s) to improve on the previous record of 13.05 held by the now senior world record-holder Ja'Kobe Tharp.
But it didn&rsquo;t stand long as Le'Ezra Brown won the next heat in 12.95 (-0.6m/s) &ndash; a North American U20 record that moved him to second on the world U20 all-time list.
Brown narrowly lost the final to Zacchaeus Brocks as they both clocked 12.98 (0.5m/s) &ndash; moving Brocks to joint fifth on the world U20 all-time list &ndash; and were separated by just two thousandths of a second. Lloyd was third in 13.01, also placing him in the all-time top 10.
USA&rsquo;s Taylor was another athlete to launch himself up the world U20 all-time list, winning the 200m in 19.94 (0.8m/s) to become the fourth-fastest U20 200m sprinter in history. That completed the 18-year-old&rsquo;s national title double, following his 100m win in 10.15 (-1.3m/s) the day before. Blake Hamilton finished second in the 200m in 20.02, while Kyler Brown was runner-up in the 100m in 10.21.
Taylor went on to finish second in the Outdoor Nationals 100m, running 10.10 (1.3m/s) in a race won by his training partner Jake Odey-Jordan of Great Britain in a European U20 record of 10.01. The World U20 Championships in Oregon offers Odey-Jordan the chance to build on the 200m bronze and 4x100m silver he claimed as a 16-year-old at the last edition of the championships in Lima in 2024 and&nbsp;Taylor could be one of his main rivals.
USA&rsquo;s Mia Maxwell and her twin sister Mariah secured the top two spots in the 100m and the 200m. Mia clocked 11.08 (0.8m/s) to win the shorter sprint before completing the double by claiming the 200m crown in 22.49 (0.0m/s), just 0.01 off the championship record. Mariah was runner-up in 11.33 and 22.86, respectively.
Jayden DeLeon improved his PB by almost a second to 44.52, a championship record, to win the 400m ahead of Quincy Wilson (44.84), while Atajas Stephanie-Vazquez ran a PB of 51.08 to secure her 400m title.
Claire Stegall won the 1500m in a championship record of 4:04.59, moving her to second on the US U20 all-time list, while Hannah Grace cleared 4.45m to win the pole vault and secure her team spot for a second World U20 Championships following her fourth place in Lima two years ago.
Jaslene Massey achieved a throws double, winning the discus with a PB of 60.27m to move to third on the US U20 all-time list and then throwing another PB of 16.88m to win the shot put. She went on to also win both events as part of the Outdoor Nationals competition.
The US U20 Championships, which took place on the first two days of the&nbsp;Outdoor Nationals, served as the host nation&rsquo;s selection event for the World U20 Championships. The top two finishers in each event who have achieved the qualifying standard will be selected for the global championships, taking place from 5-9 August.
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World Athletics U20 Championships

Sprint doubles by Mia Maxwell and Tate Taylor plus a series of 110m hurdles records were among the highlights at the US U20 Championships

Records fall as athletes fight for world team places at US U20 Championships

Two-time world U20 medallist Shanoya Douglas secured a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships (18-21 June), winning the 100m and the 200m in Kingston.
The 100m was one of the most anticipated events as it featured two of the most exciting and fiercely competitive Jamaican U20 athletes, racing each other for the first time since 2024. The ease with which both athletes won their semifinals created an electric atmosphere for their rematch.
In the final, world U20 leader Douglas ran 11.08 (0.1m/s) to overcome a spirited challenge from Theianna-Lee Terrelonge (11.18).
&ldquo;I think she (Terrelonge) is very strong at the start, and I&rsquo;m strong in the transition and the finish phases,&rdquo; explained Douglas, who claimed a CARIFTA sprint triple in Grenada in April. &ldquo;Once I get a decent start, I believe I will win because I believe in myself.&rdquo;
Two days later, Douglas completed the sprint double &ndash; her third this season &ndash; by winning the 200m in 22.56.
&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t execute the way I wanted, but I&rsquo;m still pleased with the performance and I have a lot more to show in Oregon (World U20 Championships), where I am working towards winning the gold medal,&rdquo; added Douglas, the world U20 4x100m gold and 200m bronze medallist in Lima two years ago.
Robert Miller achieved a PB of 49.96 to win the 400m hurdles, becoming the ninth fastest in Jamaican history. Behind Miller, a close race unfolded between Jahvanie Tyrell and Joshua Wint, the photo finish camera confirming a win for Tyrell by just three thousandths of a second, as both were timed at 50.27.
CARIFTA Games champion Tiana Marshall continued her dominance in the 100m hurdles, winning in 13.10 (1.7m/s).&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very excited to be going to Eugene for the World U20 Championships,&rdquo; said Marshall, who sits third on this year&rsquo;s world top list. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the biggest championships for me this season and I&rsquo;m excited to see what I will do out there.&rdquo;
Marquies Page, who missed the CARIFTA Games earlier this year, booked his ticket to Oregon with a sublime run in the 110m hurdles. After a sluggish start, Page smoothly reeled in the field and overtook early leader Taj-Oneil Gordon. Page&rsquo;s winning time was 13.34, while Gordon recorded a PB of 13.37.
&ldquo;My approach to the first three hurdles wasn&rsquo;t the best, but I shook it off, got back my rhythm and finished the race,&rdquo; explained Page.&nbsp;
Daniella Dixon maintained her composure in the 400m final to fend off the fast-finishing CARIFTA U17 champion Shameika McLean, winning in 52.64 to McLean's 52.76.
Noel Francis for World Athletics
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Two-time world U20 medallist Shanoya Douglas secured a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships (18-21 June), winning the 100m and the 200m in Kingston

Douglas wins sprint double to highlight Jamaican U20 Championships

Anna Gibson and Philemon Ombogo Kiriago set course records to win the ascent and the 23km race, respectively, during the Broken Arrow Skyrace in Palisades Tahoe, California.
The latest stages in the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup involved the ascent &ndash; a 5.8km event with 865 metres of vertical gain &ndash; on Friday (19) and the 23km long-distance race on Sunday (21).
<h2>Gibson and Kipngeno reign supreme</h2>
USA&rsquo;s Gibson and Kenya&rsquo;s Patrick Kipngeno clinched victory in the ascent.
The course flattens off temporarily at around halfway and it was at this point that Kenya&rsquo;s Joyce Muthoni Njeru passed early leader Gibson.
In the same place in the men&rsquo;s race, Kipngeno &ndash; who had deftly picked off defending champion Christian Allen, Cameron Smith and Brayan Rodr&iacute;guez Flores &ndash; suddenly stamped his authority on the race. Overtaking early leader Kiriago, Kipngeno immediately opened a gap.
Kipngeno continued to stretch it out, chased hard by Kiriago and Smith, with Smith overtaking Kiriago in the final section. They finished in that order, each around 10 seconds apart, in what was an incredibly close race with a little over two minutes separating the top 10 and less than a minute between the top five.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The battle for the women&rsquo;s win was even closer. Muthoni Njeru hit the &lsquo;Stairway to Heaven&rsquo; in the lead but possibly didn&rsquo;t realise just how close Gibson was as they found themselves climbing the ladder at the same time.&nbsp;
The final scramble to the summit is virtually unrunnable but somehow Gibson managed to overtake Muthoni Njeru and win by eight seconds, beating her rival&rsquo;s course record by two minutes. Tabor Hemming rounded out the women&rsquo;s podium, 90 seconds behind.&nbsp;
<h2>Kiriago and Florea clinch 23km crowns</h2>
Kiriago produced a historic performance in the men&rsquo;s 23km, winning in 1:42:59 to improve the course record of 1:43:53 set by Elhousine Elazzaoui in 2025.&nbsp;
In the women&rsquo;s race, Florea took victory in 2:02:18, one of the fastest performances in the history of the event.
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Broken Arrow 23km winner Philemon Ombogo Kiriago (&copy; iRunFar)
After a week of very high temperatures in Palisades Tahoe, heat management remained one of the defining factors. With temperatures around 30&deg;C, the athletes had to balance early ambition with the need to stay controlled through the climbs and technical descents.
The women&rsquo;s race was shaped for a long time by the battle between Romania&rsquo;s Florea and Kenya&rsquo;s course record-holder Muthoni Njeru. The pair ran together for much of the uphill section, before beginning the descent still locked in a fight for victory.
Lauren Gregory remained close enough to keep the pressure on the podium places, while a strong international group fought for the top 10. The decisive move came on the climb to High Camp. From that point, Florea was in control. She held her advantage to take victory in 2:02:18.
The race behind her stayed alive until the finish. Gregory produced a strong closing section to move into second place, finishing in 2:03:56, just ahead of Njeru, who completed the podium in 2:03:59 after playing a major role at the front of the race.
Hemming was fourth, also in 2:03:59, with Nienke Brinkman fifth. Ascent winner Gibson finished sixth, confirming a strong weekend across both race formats.
Kiriago led for almost the entire men&rsquo;s race. Morocco&rsquo;s course record-holder Elazzaoui stayed close throughout and repeatedly tried to challenge Kiriago, keeping the race open until the final stages.
In the last kilometre, with the pressure still high and the finish approaching, Kiriago found the strength to hold his position and win in 1:42:59 &ndash; improving Elazzaoui&rsquo;s 2025 record by 54 seconds.
Elazzaoui followed just 13 seconds later and was also inside his previous course record, taking second place in 1:43:12.&nbsp;
Kipngeno completed the men&rsquo;s podium in 1:44:34, a notable result after his ascent victory. Rodr&iacute;guez Flores finished fourth in 1:47:25, followed by Taylor Stack in 1:48:48.
The World Cup continues with the Grossglockner Mountain Run on 5 July.
Kirsty Reade and H&eacute;ctor Rubio (WMRA) for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results &ndash; ascent</h3>
Women 1 Anna Gibson (USA) 43:15 2 Joyce Muthoni Njeru (KEN) 43:23 3 Tabor Hemming (USA) 44:55 4 Milaina Almonte (USA) 45:59 5 Nelie Clement (FRA) 46:21
Men 1 Patrick Kipngeno (KEN) 37:59 2 Cameron Smith (USA) 38:10 3 Philemon Ombogo Kiriago (KEN) 38:22 4 Christian Allen (USA) 38:29 5 Brayan Rodriguez Flores (MEX) 38:51
<h3>Leading results &ndash; 23km</h3>
Women 1 Madalina Florea (ROU) 2:02:18 2 Lauren Gregory (USA) 2:03:56 3 Joyce Muthoni Njeru (KEN) 2:03:59 4 Tabor Hemming (USA) 2:03:59 5 Nienke Brinkman (NED) 2:04:45
Men 1 Philemon Ombogo Kiriago (KEN) 1:42:59 2 Elhousine Elazzaoui (MAR) 1:43:12 3 Patrick Kipngeno (KEN) 1:44:34 4 Brayan Rodr&iacute;guez Flores (MEX) 1:47:25 5 Taylor Stack (USA) 1:48:48
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Anna Gibson and Philemon Ombogo Kiriago set course records to win the ascent and the 23km race, respectively, during the Broken Arrow Skyrace

Gibson and Kiriago break Broken Arrow course records

World gold medallists Oblique Seville and Shericka Jackson were among the sprint stars who produced some quality performances during the first two days of the four-day Jamaican Championships (18-21) in Kingston.
During the first of this season's two outdoor national championships windows, Seville fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams by becoming the Jamaican 100m champion. In almost perfect sprinting conditions, Seville erased years of frustration with a commanding world-leading run of 9.82 (0.6m/s) to claim the coveted title. As well as being the fastest time in the world so far this year, it is the joint third-quickest performance of his career.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s funny that I&rsquo;m the world champion but I had never won a national title,&rdquo; said a relieved Seville. &ldquo;It shows that going forward, I&rsquo;m still the best in the world.&rdquo;
While celebrating his victory, Seville acknowledged the absence of his main rivals.
&ldquo;It would have been more fun if Kishane (Thompson) and Bryan (Levell) weren&rsquo;t absent,&rdquo; he added, noting that he felt he could have run even faster.
History was made alongside Seville as 19-year-old Gary Card proved his wildcard entry among the seniors was a masterstroke by his management team at MVP. The world U20 4x100m champion ripped up the script with a jaw-dropping finish, clocking 9.93 to clinch second place and improve the national U20 record. The performance also moved him to joint third on the world U20 all-time list.
&ldquo;Based on my training times, plus how I felt overall, I knew I could go where I&rsquo;ve never gone before,&rdquo; said an elated Card, who is open to competing at either the World U20 Championships or the Commonwealth Games this season. &ldquo;I was excited and glad I did it.
&ldquo;Running fast is not new to me as I train with the fastest man in the world (Kishane Thompson) and every day he beats me.&rdquo;
The women&rsquo;s 100m provided its own share of drama.&nbsp;
Two-time world 200m champion Shericka Jackson, competing in her first 100m of the season, displayed great top-end speed to overhaul world 100m silver medallist Tina Clayton. Jackson won in 10.81 (-0.3m/s) &ndash; her fastest time since 2023 &ndash; while Clayton equalled her season&rsquo;s best (10.85) in second. Jonielle Smith was third in a PB of 10.94, completing the MVP top three.
&ldquo;I just came out here to have some fun tonight,&rdquo; said Jackson. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an off year and fun year, and I&rsquo;m having fun, I can&rsquo;t complain.&rdquo;
The last two days of the championships saw the continuation of excellent performances.
Antonio Watson, the 2023 world champion, made a remarkable return to form, clocking 44.73 to win the 400m &ndash; his fastest time in three years.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I finally started trusting myself again,&rdquo; said Watson. &ldquo;No matter what happens throughout the race, I just keep on trusting myself and it paid off.&rdquo;
The ever-reliable Stacey-Ann Williams won her first domestic 400m title in 50.33.&nbsp;
World U20 champion Alana Reid rebounded from her disappointment in the 100m final to capture the 200m title in a lifetime best of 22.29 (1.0m/s). The race for second place was fiercely contested, Lavanya Williams (22.44) narrowly edging out Ashanti Moore (22.45).
The men's 200m brought the crowd to its feet. Christopher Taylor and Jevaughn Powell, both quarter-milers stepping down in distance, matched each other stride for stride for much of the home straight. Taylor ultimately won in a wind-aided 20.09 (2.5m/s) to Powell&rsquo;s 20.14.
Demario Prince, the NACAC champion and world indoor finalist, dominated the 110m hurdles final, winning effortlessly in 13.13 &ndash; just 0.01 shy of his personal best.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I was confident coming into this race. I am grateful for the win and look forward to competing at the Commonwealth Games,&rdquo; he said.
There was a huge upset in the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles with Demisha Roswell upstaging overwhelming favourite Megan Simmonds with a flawless run. Roswell ran a PB of 12.40 as Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Simmonds (12.47) and two-time world U20 champion Kerrica Hill (12.67) completed the podium.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I knew from the start of the season that I was going to run fast; it was no surprise,&rdquo; said Roswell. &ldquo;I saw the personal best coming since LA. I felt it, I knew it, but it was just a matter of when &ndash; and today was that day.&rdquo;
In the men's 400m hurdles final, Assinie Wilson used his strong momentum off the top bend to power away from the field, winning in 48.91.
Despite fouling on his last four attempts, two-time NCAA champion Ralford Mullings retained his discus title with a second-round effort of 64.31m, ahead of Fedrick Dacres (62.97m).
Elsewhere, 2019 world champion Tajay Gayle saved the best for last as he soared to a season&rsquo;s best of 8.37m (1.6m/s) in the final round to win the men&rsquo;s long jump. Romaine Beckford won the men&rsquo;s high jump with a first-time clearance of 2.25m.
Noel Francis for World Athletics
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<h2>Čeh throws 71.86m in&nbsp;Maribor</h2>
At the&nbsp;Slovenian Championships in Maribor, 2022 world champion Kristjan Čeh threw 71.86m on Friday (19) to win his eighth consecutive national discus title. All six of his throws surpassed 68 metres, his series also including a 70.73m.
Anej Čurin Prapotnik set a national record of 10.09 (1.6m/s) to win the 100m, while 2024 world indoor bronze medallist Lia Apostolovski won the high jump (1.86m) and 800m specialist Anita Horvat the 1500m (4:29.18).
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Ethan Katzberg threw 81.13m to retain his hammer title at the Canadian Championships in Ottawa on Saturday (20).
That day also saw Evan Dunfee win the half marathon race walk title in a Canadian record of 1:26:57.
On Thursday (18)&nbsp;Katzberg's&nbsp;fellow Olympic and two-time world champion Camryn Rogers threw 76.17m to retain her hammer title.
Two-time world indoor gold medallist Sarah Mitton threw 19.48m to win her sixth consecutive national outdoor shot put title on Friday (19).
&ldquo;You can take it for granted a little bit when things go well and I've had a really good career so far,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I think I've faced some challenges this year and I'm starting to realide the work that goes into it to maintain that.&rdquo;
Andre De Grasse and Audrey Leduc won the 100m titles. Tokyo Olympic 200m champion De Grasse clocked 10.09 (0.7m/s) to win the final, matching his time from the heats. He was followed by Aaron Brown (10.15) and Eliezer Adjibi (10.19).
Leduc clocked a wind-aided 10.94 (2.7m/s) to claim her crown ahead of Sade McCreath (11.10).&nbsp;
World indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams clocked 45.58 and Lauren Gale 51.94 to win the 400m titles.
Leduc completed her third consecutive national sprint double on Sunday (21), winning the 200m in a championship record of 22.38, just 0.02 off her own national record. Aaron Brown won his 13th national title, winning the men's final in 20.33.
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Romell Glave and Amy Hunt clinched 100m gold at the UK Championships in Birmingham on Saturday (20).
Competing on the track that will host the European Championships in August, Glave achieved his first wind-legal performance under 10 seconds, clocking 9.98 (0.5m/s) and holding off Zharnel Hughes who finished second in 10.01. Louie Hinchliffe and Jeremiah Azu both clocked 10.03, finishing third and fourth, respectively.
World 200m silver medallist Hunt overpowered the fast-starting Dina Asher-Smith &ndash; 11.01 to 11.13 (1.7m/s). Mabel Akande improved her PB to 11.18 to finish third.
Championship records were set by Marcia Sey in the 100m hurdles (12.65 PB), Elise Thorner in the 3000m steeplechase (9:16.95) and Lawrence Okoye in the discus (68.81m).
Joel Clarke-Khan cleared 2.27m to win the high jump ahead of NCAA champion Kimani Jack (2.24m).
A championship record by Georgia Hunter Bell was among the standout performances on Sunday (21). The world silver medallist clocked 1:55.93 to retain her title and improve the 31-year-old championship record of 1:57.56 held by Kelly Holmes.
Amber Anning, the 2025 world indoor champion, improved her own 400m championship record from 50.47 to 50.16. Yemi Mary John also surpassed the previous record, finishing second in 50.23. Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson ran 51.62 in the heats but withdrew from the final.
Success Eduan won the 200m over Hunt, 22.43 to 22.64 (-0.9m/s), while Zharnel Hughes clinched the men's title in 20.04 (-0.5m/s).
The 2022 world 1500m champion Jake Wightman pipped Ben Pattison in a tactical men's 800m, 1:45.40 to 1:45.49, while Matthew Hudson-Smith won the 400m in 44.45.
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