The Latest Breaking News from World Athletics Championships

World Athletics Championships: Great Britain clinch first medal as Jake Wightman takes silver in 1500m

Reigning world champion Josh Kerr pulled up with an injury midway through the race

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

World Athletics Championships 2025: Nader pips Wightman to 1500m world gold after Kerr injury – as it happened

Katie Moon’s third world pole vault title, 20-year-old Mattia Furlani wins the men’s long jump and Faith Cherotich takes women’s steeplechase honours

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

World Athletics Championships live: Kerr and Wightman have hearts broken in dramatic 1500m final

Kerr was hobbled on the way round as he tried to retain his 1500m title before fellow Brit Wightman was heartbreakingly pipped on the line by Isaac Nader of Portugal

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Mondo Duplantis breaks own world record to claim pole vault gold

The Swede finished a full 30cm clear of the second-placed finisher

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025

Marathon settled by historic photo finish at World Athletics Championships

Alphonce Felix Simbu pipped Amanal Petros to the line as the marathon came down to just 0.05 seconds

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

World Athletics Championships live: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shatters record as GB’s Matt Hudson-Smith misses out on final

After Mondo Duplantis proved unstoppable again in the pole vault on Monday in Tokyo, superstars Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Faith Kipyegon feature on day four

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Molly Caudery and Emile Cairess forced into early exits on day three

Britain’s hopes for medals in women’s pole vault and men’s marathon dashed by injury and tricky conditions

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2025

When is Mondo Duplantis in pole vault final? How to watch World Athletics Championships for free

The Swedish world record holder will be looking to add yet another trophy to his cabinet on Monday

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

World Athletics Championships: Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden win 100m gold

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

Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2025

Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden seal 100m gold at World Athletics Championships

Defending champion Noah Lyles had to settle for bronze behind a Jamaican one-two

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025