3 h. ago Jamaica’s Oblique Seville powers to world 100m glory in front of Usain Bolt

Bolt, the last Jamaican to win this title a decade ago, was in attendance at the Japan National Stadium and was treated to a Jamaican one-two.

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4 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson

Kishane Thompson makes it a memorable men’s one-two for Jamaica on night two in Tokyo, with Olympic champion Noah Lyles taking bronze

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4 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals results and reaction as Jefferson

Defending champions Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles missed out on gold in a brilliant night session in Tokyo

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5 h. ago World Athletics Championship: Jamaica’s Oblique Seville wins men’s 100m gold

Seville led home a Jamaican one-two as Olympic champion Noah Lyles had to settle for bronze.

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5 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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5 h. ago World Athletics Championships live: 100m finals latest as Jefferson

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

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7 h. ago What are the false start rules at World Athletics Championships?

World Athletics operates a strict ‘one strike and you’re out’ policy

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8 h. ago Photo highlights from Day 2 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

Photo highlights from Day 2 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

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8 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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9 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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10 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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11 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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14 h. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen explains 1500m shock with new goal after ‘reality check’

The Norwegian was dumped out in the 1500m heats after a year struggling with injury

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15 h. ago Peres Jepchirchir outduels Tigst Assefa for gold in thrilling marathon sprint finish

The Kenyan had too much for the Ethiopian, repeating her Olympic gold triumph in Japan four years ago

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15 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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27 h. ago Raucous crowd and sprint stars give World Athletics Championships explosive start

Beatrice Chebet roared on to 10,000m gold in TokyoKishane Thompson and Julien Alfred shine in 100mThere was a moment on the opening night of these World Athletics Championships when the bottled up frustration of missing out on a full-fat Tokyo Olympics – with crowds and fun and unbridled joy – suddenly seemed to be unleashed. It came at the end of a thrilling women’s 10,000m, a roar that could have been heard on Mount Fuji, and a vast outpouring of appreciation and pride.At the front of the pack, four contenders were whittled down to two before the Olympic and world champion Beatrice Chebet took off with the Italian Nadia Battocletti in pursuit. It was like watching Wile E. Coyote chasing Roadrunner. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Great Britain miss out on mixed relay medal at World Athletics Championships

Lewis Davey, Emily Newnham, Toby Harries and Nicole Yeargin were edged into fifth as the United States took gold in Tokyo

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29 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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31 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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34 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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