World Champs Men’s 800 — Arop’s Patience Rewarded
WITH DEFENDING WORLD and Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir nursing an injury and far from top form, there was no clear… Read More
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World Champs Women’s 800 — Mu’s First Pro Loss
AS ONE WOULD EXPECT in the case of an Olympic and World champion undefeated as a pro, much of the… Read More
World Champs Women’s 5000 — Kipyegon Makes History Once More
SOMETIMES NO ONE takes the short straw. In the 5000 final, every competitor knew that Faith Kipyegon has perhaps the… Read More
Budapest23 — Grand Showcase For The Very Best
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 19–27 — There’s no sight like a full house, an impressive, sizeable stadium filled visibly and audibly… Read More
2023 World Championships Medal Winners Chart
MEN GOLD SILVER BRONZE 100 Noah Lyles (USA) Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) 200 Noah Lyles (USA) Erriyon… Read More
WA Congress LIV — Coe Elected To His Final Term
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 17-18 — The WA Congress that preceded the World Championships achieved one of Seb Coe’s major goals:… Read More
World Champs Men’s Vault — Mondo Soars Supreme
ONCE AGAIN, it was The Mondo Duplantis Show as the superstar Swedish vaulter from Louisiana provided a superb sequel to… Read More
World Champs Women’s Javelin — Favorite Settles It Late
AFTER DOMINATING THE early season with 4 of the world’s top 8 meet performances for the year, Haruka Kitaguchi entered… Read More
World Champs Women’s Shot — Ealey Sorts Technique, Repeats
FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT of New Zealand’s Valerie Adams, this century’s finest shot putter, Lijiao Gong had stepped up her claim… Read More
World Champs Men’s 200 — Lyles Joins Doublers Club
IN THE END, it was inevitable. The stadium announcers saved 2-time 200 champion Noah Lyles for last, and timing it… Read More
World Champs Women’s 200 — Jackson MR Captures Showdown
SELDOM DOES AN athlete’s performance make a rival’s mouth drop open in amazement. Gabby Thomas’s expression as she simultaneously watched… Read More
World Champs Women’s TJ — Rojas Rescues Self
WORLD RECORDHOLDER Yulimar Rojas came into the meet as the unquestioned favorite to capture her fourth consecutive world title. In… Read More
World Champs Women’s 400H — Unstoppa-Bol
THE SIGHT OF Femke Bol collapsing to the track just 5m from the line in the mixed 4×4 on the… Read More
World Champs Women’s Hammer — Canadian Double Done
THINGS WENT TOPSY-TURVY in the qualifying round. Favored defending champ Brooke Andersen — the yearly list leader at 263-0 (80.17)… Read More
World Champs Men’s 400 — New Name Seizes The Day
THIS EVENT CHANGED radically from fairly predictable to wide open after injuries and other factors made hash of the formchart…. Read More
World Champs Men’s 35K Walk — Double No Trouble For Martín
EMPEROR AURELIAN — called “Restorer of the World” — led the Roman Empire and its grand vision of world domination… Read More
World Champs Women’s 35K Walk — Pérez Wraps Spain Gold Sweep
THE “POCKET ROCKET” was magnificently metronomic. Again. No, not sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking on a new challenge. Rather racewalking’s compact… Read More
T&FN Guide To The 2023 World Championships
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, August 19–27 — World Championships XIX returns the sport’s biggest track-only affair to European shores for the first… Read More
World Champs Women’s 100H — Unforeseen Blast From Past
FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS don’t come in with much longer odds than Danielle Williams carried into the 100H. The 30-year-old Jamaican… Read More
World Champs Men’s Long Jump — Tentóglou Completes His Set
LAST YEAR IN EUGENE Miltiádis Tentóglou was the formchart favorite and the Greek sat comfortably in 1st heading into the… Read More
