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Seb Coe reveals Olympic calendar will need ‘re-engineering’ due to climate change

This year’s World Athletics Championships were contested in Japan during its hottest summer since records began

The Independent UK

Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in’

The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sport

The Guardian - AU

UK startup Wayve begins testing self-driving tech in Nissan cars on Tokyo’s streets

London-based AI pioneer in talks to receive $500m investment from Nvidia as it funds its expansion in the US, Germany and Japan

The Guardian - UK

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Diminished world championships return fails to cloud Australian optimism

The emergence of younger athletes like Gout Gout and success for the usual suspects provided reasons to be cheerful in Tokyo, says the team’s high performance director

The Guardian - AU

Kenyan Athletes Shine In Tokyo, But Anti-doping Efforts Remain In The Dark

Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.

International Business Times

Australia's Tokyo campaign bodes well for future

Australian Athletics high performance boss Andrew Faichney liked what he saw from the green and gold squad in Tokyo.

AAP

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.

International Business Times

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.

International Business Times

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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The Independent 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.

The Independent UK

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.

AAP

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

The Guardian - UK

Your Guardian sport weekend: Women’s Rugby World Cup semis, Azerbaijan Grand Prix and more

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International Business Times

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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