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Gutted Denny slips and slides to fourth in discus final

There were contrasting emotions for Matt Denny and Alex Rose in a rain-sodden men's discus final at the world championships in Tokyo.

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World Athletics Championships: Britain face ‘reset’ after failure to land gold

The British team in Tokyo finished 21st in the medal table with five podium appearances.

The Independent UK

American Track Stars Bid Golden Farewell To Worlds

American stars Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone battled through the rain to add another gold to their tally and bring the curtain down on the world championships in Tokyo.

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World Athletics Championships: USA dominate table again as GB suffer worst finish since 2003

Team USA continued their domination of the World Athletics Championships as they finished top of the medal table in Tokyo

The Guardian - US

Olyslagers soars to high jump gold in Tokyo

Nicola Olyslagers has lived up to her world No.1 ranking by winning gold in the women's high jump at the Tokyo world championships.

AAP

World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold as Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver

On the final day of action in Tokyo, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson missed out on GB’s first gold medal of the week

The Independent UK

Floating Wind Power Sets Sail In Japan's Energy Shift

Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins.

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Super Sunday in store for soaring Aussie team in Tokyo

High jump queen Nicola Olyslagers headlines a batch of Australian medal chances on the final day of the world athletics championships.

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At the double: Kenyan track triumphs light up worlds

Kenyan athletics has been celebrating a huge night in Tokyo with a world championship double for Beatrice Chebet and an 800m triumph for Emannuel Wanyonyi.

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You couldn’t write it – Katarina Johnson-Thompson shares heptathlon bronze

Johnson-Thompson finished the seven events level on 6,581 points with the United States’ Taliyah Brooks in Tokyo.

The Independent UK

Katarina Johnson-Thompson soothes ‘Covid Games trauma’ with Tokyo bronze

Tokyo’s National Stadium has finally given Johnson-Thompson a happy memory after Olympic heartbreak in 2021

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships 2025: heptathlon gold for Hall, Johnson-Thompson shares bronze; Wanyonyi wins men’s 800m – live

Katarina Johnson-Thompson dug deep to claim a joint-bronze medal while Emmanuel Wanyonyi won 800m gold

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics defends warm-up logistics in Tokyo after criticism

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson is among those to have voiced concerns.

The Independent UK

Katarina Johnson-Thompson third with two heptathlon events remaining in Tokyo

The 2024 Olympic silver medallist has 4874 points heading into Saturday evening’s javelin throw and 800 metre race.

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Photo highlights from Day 8 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo

This photo gallery, curated by AP photo editors, features highlights from Day 8 of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

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Big Matt Denny set to challenge for discus medal

Matt Denny and the other big boppers have all powered into the men's discus final at the Tokyo world championships.

Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Keely Hodgkinson not happy with warm-up situation in Tokyo

Briton is into the final of the women’s 800m

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Trio Of Titles On A Golden Night For USA At World Championships

There must be something special about the Japanese air for American sprinters as Noah Lyles and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden swept the 200 metres world titles on Friday in Tokyo, emulating Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix in Osaka 18 years ago.

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US sprinters Lyles, Jefferson-Wooden win 200s in Tokyo

Noah Lyles has extended his remarkable domination of the 200m at the world championships with a fourth straight gold in Tokyo.

Evening Standard

World Athletics Championships: Amy Hunt storms to women's 200m silver in Tokyo

Hunt recorded Team GB’s second top-three finish

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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Makes History, Sweeps 100-Meter and 200-Meter World Titles

The Americans flexed their track muscles Friday in Tokyo.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Jess Hull takes her ‘second chance’ and qualifies for 800m final

Despite gashing her leg in the heats, the 28-year-old powered into the final in Tokyo with a new national record

The Independent UK

Amy Hunt wins 200m silver at World Championships in Tokyo

The United States’ Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, already the 100m champion in Japan, won another gold while Dina Asher-Smith finished fifth.

The Guardian - UK

Sex tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says

World Athletics’ head of health and science told a panel in Tokyo that DSD athletes were ‘over-represented’ in female category finals since 2000

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