10 h. ago Mondo Duplantis world record lights up Tokyo to underline Swede’s new status

The 25-year-old dazzled in Tokyo to break the world record for a 14th time in another dominant display to the delight of 55,000 in attendance

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Mondo Duplantis breaks own world record to claim pole vault gold

The Swede finished a full 30cm clear of the second-placed finisher

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11 h. ago Mondo Duplantis hits new heights with ‘Claw’ after 14th pole vault world record

Swede clears 6.30m to claim worlds gold in TokyoShoes with metal spike help him to faster run-upThe pole vault competition was two hours and 20 minutes old when Mondo Duplantis finally got serious at these World Athletics Championships. The bar had just been pushed six metres. And so Mondo reached into his kitbag and dug out the shoe he calls “the Claw”.It is a special shoe, with a spike protruding from the end of it, which he only takes it out when he sniffs a world record lurking in the air. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis soars to pole vault gold and new world record – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again and Kerr reaches 1500m final

Unstoppable Duplantis cleared 6.30m at the final attempt to break the world record for a 14th time after Kerr moved a step closer to defending his world title in Tokyo

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12 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis goes for pole vault gold, Kambundji wins 100m hurdles – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Kerr reaches 1500m final and Duplantis targets pole vault world record

Kerr moved a step closer to defending his world title in Tokyo while unstoppable Duplantis will try to raise the bar again, plus the women’s 100m hurdles final

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14 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Duplantis goes for pole vault gold, hurdles finals and more – live

Updates and news on the third day of action from TokyoSimbu wins marathon in historic photo finish | Mail YaraMen’s 400m hurdles: Tyri Donovan speaks after his second-place finish in the first heat.The GB support has been incredible. I tried to be patient and I am glad I finished strong.To come out here and set a PB and get to the semi-finals is amazing. I put in the work though. If I get here anyone can get here. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Kerr aims for 1500m final and Duplantis targets pole vault world record

Kerr is trying to move a step closer to defending his world title in Tokyo while unstoppable Duplantis will try to raise the bar again, plus the women’s 100m hurdles final

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16 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: Josh Kerr aims for 1500m final and Mondo Duplantis targets pole vault world record

Kerr is trying to move a step closer to defending his world title in Tokyo while unstoppable Duplantis will try to raise the bar again, plus the women’s 100m hurdles final

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18 h. ago When is Mondo Duplantis in pole vault final? How to watch World Athletics Championships for free

The Swedish world record holder will be looking to add yet another trophy to his cabinet on Monday

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36 h. ago Oblique Seville rips 100m field apart to deliver worlds glory and gold to Jamaica

Kishane Thompson takes silver with Lyles landing bronzeUsain Bolt watches on in delight with Jamaican one-twoWhen Oblique Seville was 10, he told his mum that he wanted to be coached by Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills. That came to pass when he joined the famous Racers Track Club in Jamaicas. And, on a night of twisting drama, so did his dream of becoming the 100m world champion.To make an extraordinary night even better, the greatest performance of his career came in front of Bolt himself, who was cheering and punching like a superfan as Seville ran down his fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson to take gold in 9.77 sec. “It’s a pleasure to have Usain watching me,” Seville told the crowd. “We’re the next generation.” Continue reading...

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39 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025 schedule, results and day

Keely Hodgkinson leads Team GB in Japan with hopes high for more medal success after the Paris Olympics last year

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41 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 100m finals, men’s 10,000m and more – live

Updates from the evening session on day two in TokyoWomen’s marathon drama | And you can mail DanielEr, BBC are showing us highlights of the morning sesh, and there’s nowhere to watch the stadium live. I’m sure we’ll catch up soon, but in the meantime, Josh Kerr is safely through to the next round of the men’s 1500m.First up this morning/evening, we’ve got the heats of the men’s 400m. Matt Hudson-Smith, the Olympic silver medallist goes in those for GB – he’s fourth-fastest in the world this year. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago A sprint finish and disbelieving bronze: women’s marathon brings worlds thrills

Peres Jepchirchir denies Tigst Assefa to claim goldJulia Paternain learns of medal after crossing the lineJulia Paternain wasn’t sure where she had finished after a punishingly hot women’s marathon at these World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. So, as she crossed the line, she asked an official.The answer had Paternain, the world’s 288th-ranked marathon runner, staring back at him in disbelief. She had won a bronze medal, Uruguay’s first ever at a world athletics championships. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago World Athletics Championships 2025 schedule, times, results and day

Keely Hodgkinson leads Team GB in Japan with hopes high for more medal success after the Paris Olympics last year

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60 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Kenya’s Chebet wins women’s 10,000m gold, big names impress in 100m heats – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoNow for the women’s 100m heats. The first sees the US’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win in a time of 10.99. That looked easy for the Olympic bronze medallist. Dina Asher-Smith goes in the second heat. Three to go through, and Asher-Smith makes it, second behind Tina Clayton, the young Jamaican.The women’s long jump was going ahead while those steeplechases were taking place. Tara Davis-Woodhall, the Olympic champion, makes it with her first jump, of 6.88m. It’s 6.75 to qualify, and the others are having their struggles. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago World Athletics Championships: big names and Brits impress in women’s 100m heats, women’s 10,000m final and more – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoNow for the women’s 100m heats. The first sees the US’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win in a time of 10.99. That looked easy for the Olympic bronze medallist. Dina Asher-Smith goes in the second heat. Three to go through, and Asher-Smith makes it, second behind Tina Clayton, the young Jamaican.The women’s long jump was going ahead while those steeplechases were taking place. Tara Davis-Woodhall, the Olympic champion, makes it with her first jump, of 6.88m. It’s 6.75 to qualify, and the others are having their struggles. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago World Athletics Championships: 100m heats, women’s 10,000m final and more on night one – live

Updates from Tokyo as the championships get under wayMail John | The stars aiming to break records in TokyoWe’ll begin the Tokyo evening session with the men’s 3000m steeplechase heats; there’s three of them to come. It’s cloudy but very warm as darkness descends. Armand Duplantis is in the house, and warming up for his pole vaulr qualifier. The serial world record holder, the true successor to Sergei Bubka, is perhaps the star of the entire show.Reuters – Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spanish defending champion Maria Perez prevailed in suffocating Tokyo humidity to win the first gold medals of the 20th World Athletics Championships in the 35-km walks on Saturday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Josh Kerr: ‘It’s my world 1500m title. If they want it they can come and get it’

Briton insists that winning gold at world championships will be the easiest thing he has done in the last six weeksAs Josh Kerr prepares for a men’s 1500m with more intrigue and mystery than a Seicho Matsumoto novel, he wants to make one thing clear. He is, without any doubt in his mind, the man to beat at these world championships.Kerr knows that everyone is bigging up Niels Laros, the staggeringly talented 20-year-old from the Netherlands who won the Diamond League final, and the 18-year-old Kenyan Phanuel Koech, who thumped him in London. Cole Hocker, the American who pipped him in an Olympic final for the ages, is one of many other dangers too. But as he prepares for Saturday’s heats, there is no mistaking Kerr’s supreme confidence. Continue reading...

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