7 h. ago Photo highlights from Day 5 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from Day 5 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

Culture

8 h. ago Why Jake Wightman has no regrets over agonising World Championship silver medal

In a dramatic 1500m final, Wightman was dramatically pipped on the line by Isaac Nader but still brought home GB’s first medal of the Championships in Tokyo

Politics

8 h. ago Josh Kerr limps over finish line after pulling up injured in World Championship 1500m final

Kerr’s hopes of emulating Seb Coe with back-to-back World Championship gold were ended by injury but the Scot battled on to complete the race

Sport

9 h. ago Jake Wightman reveals how he overcame ‘very bleak years’ to land silver medal at World Athletics Championships

The Briton produced an outstanding run to claim 1500m silver to complete a remarkable comeback from injury, with defending champion and Team GB colleague Josh Kerr pulling up injured before finishing last

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10 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Great Britain clinch first medal as Jake Wightman takes silver in 1500m

Reigning world champion Josh Kerr pulled up with an injury midway through the race

Politics

10 h. ago BBC favourite staying in 'seedy' Tokyo hotbed at World Athletics Championships

The World Athletics Championships are currently taking place in Tokyo, Japan, with the likes of Armand Duplantis and Faith Kipyegon already making history

Politics

10 h. ago USA’s Katie Moon rises again to claim third successive world pole vault gold

34-year-old also won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021Sandi Morris wins silver at worlds for fourth timeUSA’s Katie Moon leapt to gold in Tokyo on Wednesday in a thrilling final to become the first woman to win three successive pole vault titles at the World Athletics Championships.Moon has fond memories of Japan – she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. This time she edged out compatriot Sandi Morris with a final successful leap at a season’s best 4.90m. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Jake Wightman pipped on line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m World Championship gold

Silver medal for GB but injured Josh Kerr finishes lastJust 0.02sec second separates first from secondWe have seen some extraordinary men’s 1500m finals in recent years. Put Tokyo down as another stone-cold classic. Most expected a shootout between Britain’s Josh Kerr and the young Dutch superstar Niels Laros. Instead the Portuguese Isaac Nader swooped from the gods and ripped up the script.For much of the final 200m it looked as though Britain’s Jake Wightman was about to repeat his gold medal victory in Eugene in 2022. That would have been some story, given he has missed much of the past three years since due to succession of injuries, starting with a fractured foot while doing plyometrics.This report will be updated Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Jake Wightman’s ‘perfect fairytale’ denied on the line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m gold

Silver medal for 31-year-old as injury thwarts Josh KerrJust 0.02sec separates first from second in Tokyo thrillerWhen Jake Wightman sat on the bus to the 1500m heats at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, he told himself that if he failed to make it through he was done. He was 31. His body was breaking down so often he felt he had post-traumatic stress disorder. And he feared his best days were behind him. Yet, just three days later, what had seemed like a final hurrah became a glorious resurrection.What a fighter. What an athlete. What a 1500m final. Most expected this to be a shootout between Britain’s defending champion, Josh Kerr, and the young Dutch star Niels Laros. Instead the script was flipped on its head and ripped into pieces. Twice. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Jake Wightman’s ‘perfect fairytale’ denied on the line by Isaac Nader surge

Silver medal for Briton in Tokyo as injury thwarts KerrJust 0.02sec separates first from second in 1500m finalWhen Jake Wightman sat on the bus to the 1500m heats at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, he told himself that if he failed to make it through he was done. He was 31. His body was breaking down so often that he felt he had post‑traumatic stress disorder. And he feared his best days were behind him. Yet, just three days later, what had seemed like a final hurrah became a glorious resurrection.What a fighter. What an athlete. What a 1500m final. Most expected this to be a shootout between Britain’s defending champion, Josh Kerr, and the young Dutch star Niels Laros. Instead the script was flipped on its head and ripped into pieces. Twice. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Kerr and Wightman have hearts broken in dramatic 1500m final

Kerr bids to retain his 1500m title but faces the threat of Niels Laros in a highly anticipated showdown in Tokyo

Sport

10 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Moon retains women’s pole vault title, Cherotich wins steeplechase, Kerr goes for gold – live

Updates and news on the fifth day of action from TokyoGrand Slam Track denies Michael Johnson earned $2m‘I’m chilling’: Gout Gout passes first test | Email YaraWomen’s 200m: Will we get and American 1-2-3 come the final? Maybe. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the 100m champion, finishes her heat in first in 22.24sec with countrywoman Thelma Davies finishing second and Ivory Coast’s Jessika Gbai taking third.Women’s 200m: The first heat has US’s Anavia Battle, the four-time Diamond League winner and no surprise, she leads the pack, winning with heat with a time of 22.07sec, her season’s best. Ivory Coast’s Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith and Greece’s Polyniki Emmanouilidou qualify alongside Battle. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago World Athletics Championships religion row explodes after Team GB sprinter defies slogan rules by wearing banned '100% Jesus' headband in Tokyo

British sprinter Jeremiah Azu is at the centre of a religious row after wearing a headband with the slogan '100% Jesus' at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Sport

11 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Gout Gout qualifies, women’s pole vault final, Josh Kerr goes for gold and more – live

Updates and news on the fifth day of action from TokyoGrand Slam Track denies Michael Johnson earned $2mGout Gout on rise to fame: ‘It’s surreal’ | Email YaraWomen’s 200m: Will we get and American 1-2-3 come the final? Maybe. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the 100m champion, finishes her heat in first in 22.24sec with countrywoman Thelma Davies finishing second and Ivory Coast’s Jessika Gbai taking third.Women’s 200m: The first heat has US’s Anavia Battle, the four-time Diamond League winner and no surprise, she leads the pack, winning with heat with a time of 22.07sec, her season’s best. Ivory Coast’s Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith and Greece’s Polyniki Emmanouilidou qualify alongside Battle. Continue reading...

Sport

13 h. ago Josh Kerr's brutal Mo Farah reality check and cheeky indoor sunglasses mind games

Josh Kerr is set to compete in the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships alongside two other British runners, and he will be hoping to add to his gold medal from 2023

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13 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Gout Gout makes bow, Josh Kerr goes for gold and more – live

Updates and news on the fifth day of action from TokyoGout Gout on rise to fame: ‘It’s surreal’ | Email YaraMen’s javelin throw – Group A: The first of the two groups have begun, which contains the world No 1 Julian Weber and the world No 2 Neeraj Chopra. The automatic qualifying mark is 84.50m or at least the best 12 qualify to the final.Men’s triple jump: But first let us get to our first event of the evening session. Two groups of 18 will compete in qualifiers. The automatic qualifying mark is 17.10m or at least the best 12 qualify to the final on Friday. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025 Wednesday Schedule and Prize Money

It’s day five at the biggest competition of the year for the world’s greatest athletes.

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15 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Kerr goes for 1500m gold after Ingebrigtsen and Hocker shocks

Kerr bids to retain his 1500m title but faces the threat of Niels Laros in a highly anticipated showdown in Tokyo

Events

15 h. ago Palestine’s lone runner at the World Athletics Championships has a message for those back home

Mohammed Dwedar competed in the men’s 800m in Tokyo on the day a UN commission of inquiry declared Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

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20 h. ago Josh Kerr was put in his place after beating Mo Farah record and uses sunglasses to weird

Josh Kerr will start the 1500m final in Tokyo looking to secure back-to-back World Athletics Championships gold medals in the same event and join a select group of athletes

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