Isaac Nader wins the 1500m at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 (© Getty Images)
Women’s pole vault final
Already the oldest winner of the pole vault title in Budapest, Katie Moon (USA) extends her record by winning gold in Tokyo at 34y/96d
Moon becomes the first female vaulter to win three successive world titles. Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) also won three albeit non-consecutively
Moon follows Ryan Crouser, Peres Jepchirchir, Valarie Allman, Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon in winning global titles at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2025 World Championships
At 36y/313d, Tina Sutej (SLO) became the oldest medallist in the women’s pole vault in World Championships history. "I love athletics. That's why I have been doing it for almost 30 years now," she said.
Sutej becomes just the second Slovenian woman to win a medal in World Championships history after Marija Sestak (SLO) won bronze in 2007
Men’s long jump final
At 20y/222d, Mattia Furlani (ITA) becomes the youngest winner of the men’s long jump title in World Championships, displacing Carl Lewis who gold in 1983 at 22y/40d
Furlani also becomes the first Italian winner of the men’s long jump title at the World Championships, although Fiona May won the women’s long jump title in 1995 and 2001
Men’s 1500m final
One of the surprises of the championships! Isaac Nader (POR) becomes the first Portuguese athlete to win a men’s track title in World Championships history. Portugal’s only two gold medals in men’s events have been won in the triple jump - Nelson Evora in 2007 and Pedro Pichardo in 2022. "In the last 100 I fully believed in myself...some people criticised me and said I would never achieve this but here I am - world champion," he said.
Nader became the eighth successive winner of a global men’s 1500m title. The last athlete to win multiple global 1500m titles was Asbel Kiprop in 2013-15
Nader’s winning margin of 0.02 was the smallest in the men’s 1500m in World Championships history
Reynold Cheruiyot (KEN) won Kenya’s first medal in the 1500m at the World Championships since Doha in 2019
Women’s 3000m steeplechase final
There is still yet to be a repeat winner of the women’s 3000m steeplechase final at the World Championships! Faith Cherotich (KEN) becomes the 11th winner from 11 editions since the event was introduced onto the programme in 2005
Already the youngest medallist in the event after winning bronze in 2023 at 19y/45d, Cherotich (KEN) becomes the youngest winner of the 3000m steeplechase title at 21y/66d
Cherotich’s winning time of 8:51.59 was a championship record and the ninth fastest time in history
This was the first ever sub-9:00 clocking on Japanese soil and the fastest time recorded in Asia
Women’s 400m hurdles semifinals
After clocking 52.31 in the 400m hurdles semifinals, Femke Bol (NED) now holds the 20 fastest times on the European all-time list. "This is the best form I have been in the whole year. I want to run my fastest race of the season in the final," she said
Gianna Woodruff (PAN) won her semifinal in 52.66, slashing more than one second off her previous South American record of 53.69
Kemi Adekoya's (BRN) time of 54.04 was the fastest non-qualifying time for a women's 400m hurdles final in World Championships history
Men’s 400m hurdles semifinals
Malek James-King’s (JAM) time of 48.01 was by far the fastest non-qualifying time for a 400m hurdles final in World Championships history
Men’s 200m heats
Bryan Levell’s (JAM) time of 19.81 was the fastest time ever recorded in a heat at the World Championships, replacing Noah Lyles' 19.98 from 2022
In total, five athletes broke the 20 second-barrier across the six heats
