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There was an incredible photo-finish in marathon, a legend bid farewell while a record fell after more than four decades. (AP Photo)

Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships in Numbers: Records, Firsts, and Historic Finishes

September 22, 2025 10:25 pm

In a meet where the USA topped the medal charts, three countries made it to the podium for the first time, while the marathon events witnessed photo finishes at the Tokyo event which concluded on Sunday

In the process, Odira broke the longest standing record on the books with her timing of 1:54.62, overcoming Jarmila Kratochvilova’s championship record of 1:54.68 dates back to 1983. (AP Photo)

World Athletics Championships: Lilian Odira, mother of two, wins astonishing 800m to break 42-year-old record and add to Kenya women's rich gold haul

September 21, 2025 9:35 pm

Lilian Odira after a stunning 800m gold to break a 42-year-old championship record: "This medal means the world to me. It is for my sons, they are four and two. They are my motivation."

Britain's Amy Hunt, silver medalist at the Tokyo World Athletics Championship, waves to the crowd after the women's 200 meters final. (Photo: AP)

Amy Hunt, 200m World Championship silver medallist and Cambridge graduate: 'You can be an academic badass and a track goddess'

September 21, 2025 3:24 pm

The 23-yer-old Britisher who suffered injuries and mental health issues and aftermath of excessive caffeine, refused to quit, and took Worlds silver after graduating from Cambridge and its Harry Potter-like dining hall's

Sachin Yadav outdid himself by finishing fourth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and missed a bronze medal by just 40 centimetres in a field comprising the world's best throwers. (AP Photo)

Sachin Yadav can throw 95m, could dominate like Jan Zelezny or me: Javelin legend Uwe Hohn

September 20, 2025 6:44 pm

Hohn, the only athlete to have recorded a throw of over 100m, says his former ward Neeraj Chopra needs to make ‘drastic changes’ if he wants to get back to what he was or even better

Neeraj Chopra's former coach Dr Klaus Bartonietz gives expert view on Sachin Yadav's technique: 'Stable left side, fast front leg plant'

September 20, 2025 9:36 am

Biomechanics expert and Neeraj Chopra's former coach, Dr Klaus Bartonietz, on what worked for Sachin in the men's javelin final, where the Indian athlete finished an impressive fourth.

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Neeraj Chopra finishes 8th in the final of World Championships, says didn't want to tell anyone about back issue he picked up before event

September 19, 2025 11:31 am

Neeraj, perhaps still hurting inside, put up a brave front and vowed to learn from this rarest of rare missteps. "Pata nahi, matlab theek hai.... life hai, sports hai."

How Neeraj Chopra's former coach, Dr Klaus Bartonietz, guided Keshorn Walcott to a stunning gold at Tokyo World Athletics Champions

September 19, 2025 8:23 am

Last year, the Chopra-Bartonietz partnership ended after the German expressed the desire to spend more time with his family. But when Walcott's manager got in touch with him towards the end of last year, his itch to coach an elite-level athlete got the better of him.

Don't finish below Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem: Sachin Yadav's coach said during pep talk

September 19, 2025 5:40 am

The Athletics Federation of India sees 90-metre plus potential in Sachin Yadav; Sachin proved he can handle pressure of a World Championship, says his long-time coach

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, 400m hurdles great, runs one of the all-time greatest 400m flat races to win World Championships gold in record time

September 18, 2025 10:29 pm

"I knew there were a lot of people doubting me with making the switch from 400 metres hurdles to the flat 400m, but ultimately, I had faith in my training," Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said.