35km race walk action at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 (© Getty Images)
Evening session
Men’s 3000m steeplechase heats
At 36y/327d, Nicolas-Marie Daru (FRA) became the oldest athlete to reach the men’s 3000m steeplechase final in World Championships history.
Ruben Querinjean (LUX) made history by becoming the first athlete from Luxembourg to reach a World Championships final in any event
16 athletes will take part in the final after Jean-Simon Desgagnes (CAN) was advanced having fallen in his heat
Women’s long jump qualifying
Esraa Owis (EGY) became the first Egyptian woman to qualify for a World Championships final in any event, qualifying 12th for the final with 6.60m
Larissa Iapichino (ITA), who is third on the entry-list with 7.06m, was a notable non-qualifier in 15th overall with 6.56m. “Jumping 6.56m and being not qualified for the final; that is not what I expected today. I cannot say what was wrong,” she said.
Women’s 100m heats
United States (4), Jamaica (3) and Great Britain (3) were the only countries who had a full complement of athletes qualify for tomorrow’s semifinals
Men’s pole vault qualifying
5.75m equals the highest qualifying height for the men’s pole vault in World Championships history
Competing in his eighth World Championships, the most appearances in the men’s pole vault, Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) qualified for a record seventh final. He won bronze in his first appearance all the way back in 2009
Seifeldin Heneida Abdesalam (QAT) improved his national record from 5.62m to 5.75m to qualify for the final, the first Qatari to reach a world pole vault final. "I dreamed of being at a world championships with Karalis and Duplantis. My dream has come true. And this is an Arab senior record," he said. His sister Bassant Hemida (EGY) is also competing in the 400m
Women’s 1500m heats
Laura Muir’s (GBR) streak of eight successive top-8 finishes in global 1500m finals dating back to Beijing in 2015 comes to an end. She finished eighth in her heat in 4:05.59
Men’s 100m heats
Gift Leotlela’s (RSA) 9.87 in the first heat of the 100m was the third fastest time recorded in a heat in World Championships history
Five athletes broke the 10 second-barrier across the heats including reigning champion Noah Lyles (USA) who clocked 9.95 into a -1.1 m/s headwind. “I had a great start today but I had even better ones at practice. I know there is more in the tank.” he said
Men’s shot put final
Ryan Crouser becomes just the second athlete to win three world titles in the men’s shot put after Werner Günthör (SUI) between 1987-93. This was his fifth successive global title in the event. "I have been very limited with the number of my throws, very limited with distance and speed work. So to win a medal with this kind of improper preparation is something I am very proud of," he said.
Uziel Munoz (MEX) improved his Mexican record to 21.97m in the sixth round to win silver, Mexico’s first medal in a field event in the history of the World Championships and his country’s first medal in any event since 2017
Women’s 10,000m final
Beatrice Chebet (KEN) won Kenya’s fifth gold medal in the 10,000m at the World Championships and the first since Vivian Cheruiyot in 2015
Chebet’s closing speed was phenomenal: 2:07.41 for the last 800m, 60.09 for the last 400m and 27.21 for the last 200m
Chebet is now the reigning Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion, world 10,000m champion, world cross country champion and holds the world record in both the 5000m (13:58.06) and 10,000m (28:54.14). She just needs to win the 5000m to hold the full set of significant titles
Nadia Battocletti (ITA) won Italy’s first medal in the women’s 10,000m in the history of the World Championships with silver
After missing out on the medals altogether at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Ethiopia only came away with a bronze from Gudaf Tsegay, their ‘worst’ showing in the 10,000m at the World Championships since 2011 when Kenya won a clean sweep
Tsegay has won medals at four successive World Championships: 1500m bronze in 2019, 5000m gold and 1500m silver in 2022, 10,000m gold in 2023 and 10,000m bronze in 2025
Mixed 4x400m final
United States (USA) won gold for the third time in four editions of the mixed 4x400m at the World Championships in 3:08.80, the first world lead and (equal) championship record of the 2025 World Championships
The United States' winning time of 3:08.80 was identical to the their winning time and championship record at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest
After finishing fourth in the last two Olympic finals, Belgium won their first ever global medal in the mixed relay with bronze
Morning session
Men’s 35km race walk
Evan Dunfee’s (CAN) winning margin of 33 seconds was by far the biggest margin in the three editions of the 35km race walk at the World Championships
Dunfee became the first Canadian to win a race walking title across all distances at the World Championships
Competing in a record 14th World Championships, 49-year-old Joāo Vieira (POR) finished 20th in 2:38:20
Women’s 35km race walk
Maria Pérez’s (ESP) winning time of 2:39:01 was the 10th fastest time in history. Perez now holds five of the 11 fastest 35km race walk times in history
Perez’s winning time would have placed 21st out of 50 starters in the men’s 35km race walk
Paula Milena Torres (ECU) became the first female athlete from Ecuador to win a medal in World Championships history, winning bronze with a national record of 2:42:44
Ecuador has won seven medals in the history of the World Championships; six of those seven medals have come in the race walks!
Women’s discus qualifying
Sandra Elkasević (CRO) qualified for her eighth world final with 66.72m in her eighth World Championships. “I qualified for the world final for the first time in Berlin in 2009 so I am very experienced. I know how to do the job and I made it done today. From year to year I am still learning and that's the beauty of this sport,” she said.
Men’s shot put qualifying
Payton Otterdahl (USA), who was fourth on the entry-list with 22.35m, was a notable non-qualifier in 22nd overall with 19.78m. He said: “Unfortunately, during my preparation between the Diamond League final and today, I suffered a couple of injuries. I tried to get some rehab and maintain it, and give it a go today to see how it went…the right elbow is one that happened during practice. But things happen. It's just really bad timing. I am disappointed.”
Scott Lincoln (GBR) became the first Brit to qualify for the men’s shot put final at the World Championships since 2009
Mixed 4x400m heats
South Africa (RSA) set an African record of 3:11.16 in the first heat. Their time was initially beaten by Kenya (KEN) with 3:10.73 in heat two before they were DQ’d for a lane infringement.
Hosts Japan (JPN) were the main beneficiaries, qualifying on time with a national record of 3:12.08. Their previous national record stood at 3:15.71
