3 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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3 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals latest as Noah Lyles defends crown

Lyles and Letsile Tebogo are set to go head to head in the blockbuster 100m finals in Tokyo

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23 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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25 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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27 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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31 h. ago How to watch World Athletics Championships for FREE: TV channel and live stream

Tokyo plays host to a nine-day festival of track and field action

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