World Champs Women’s Triple Jump — Pérez Prevails As Rojas Reemerges
THE OBVIOUS STORYLINE coming into Tokyo was whether Cuba could pull off a 1-2 finish and hold off Olympic champion… Read More
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World Champs Men’s Javelin — Walcott Turns Back Clock
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Keshorn Walcott caused a sensation when aged just 19 he became the youngest-ever men’s javelin winner in… Read More
World Champs Men’s 400 — Kebinatshipi From Off Formchart To No. 10 AT
THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC PODIUM was absent from men’s 400 final in Tokyo, as were the medalists from the last two… Read More
World Champs Men’s 200 — Lyles’ Fourth Straight Win Matches Bolt
THEY’RE COMING CLOSER, but they haven’t caught Noah Lyles yet. The 3-time winner made it 4 in a row at… Read More
World Champs Men’s 400 Hurdles — Benjamin Completes Medal Set
THE LAST TIME a global championship 400H final was held in this stadium, Norway’s Karsten Warholm made history with a… Read More
World Champs Women’s 200 — Jefferson-Wooden Joins Elite Doublers Club
TOKYO HAS BEEN nothing short of a star turn by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, who became only the fourth woman to double… Read More
World Champs Women’s 400 — SML Downs 42-Year-Old MR
A KNEE INJURY kept Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone from contesting the world title in the 400 back in ’23. That year, after… Read More
World Champs Men’s Long Jump — Young Furlani Schools His Elders
IN THIS COMPETITION, marked by several lead changes and surprises, youth finally prevailed over experience, perhaps heralding a proverbial “changing… Read More
World Champs Men’s 1500 — Unlooked-For Nader Nabs Gold At The Line
IN AN EVENT FULL of surprises, Portugal’s Isaac Nader pulled off the biggest one of all. The 26-year-old, 4th at… Read More
World Champs Men’s Hammer — Katzberg A Dark Horse No More
WHEN HE WON his first Worlds gold in Budapest, Ethan Katzberg surprised almost everybody. We only had him No. 6… Read More
World Champs Women’s Pole Vault — Historic 3-Peat for Moon
NOT EVEN Yelena Isinbaeva could string together three successive World Champs wins, but now Katie Moon has. The American, who… Read More
World Champs Men’s High Jump — Kerr Shows Again Kiwis Can Fly
PRIOR TO TOKYO25, New Zealand’s WC winners were all throwers, but in short order first steepler Geordie Beamish and then… Read More
World Champs Women’s 1500 — Faith Front-Runs To Fourth Crown
A BRUTAL PACE helped Kenya come within 0.09 of the first podium sweep of the 1500 in meet history. The… Read More
World Champs Women’s Hammer — Rogers Repeats, Reaches No. 2 AT
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY in Ms. Rogers’ neighborhood as Canada’s defending champion retained her title and moved up to… Read More
World Champs Men’s 110H — Tinch Return To Track Mines Gold
THE TOKYO OLYMPICS meant nothing to Cordell Tinch. In ’21 he was in the midst of a self-imposed 3½-year hiatus… Read More
World Champs Men’s Marathon — A Photo Finish?!
IN A CHAMPIONSHIPS full of sprint finishes, leave it to the marathoners to rely on the phototimer to separate gold… Read More
World Champs Women’s Marathon — Tokyo Again Favors Jepchirchir
ONCE AGAIN Peres Jepchirchir proved to be the queen of the close finish. The ’21 Olympic champ sprinted past Tigst… Read More
World Champs Women’s 100H — Kambundji Rose Up From Parity
SEVEN DIFFERENT WOMEN won DL 100H races this season, setting the stage for another wide-open competition. But in the end… Read More
World Champs Men’s Steeple — Beamish Blast Denies El Bakkali
HE WAS THE ’24 World Indoor 1500 champion and an 8:09 steeple talent with a promising 5th from Budapest ’23… Read More
The Move That DQed Hocker
Caught in a box on the final homestretch in his World Champs 1500 semi, Paris Olympic gold medalist Cole Hocker… Read More
