The 2025 World Athletics Championship was the twentieth edition of the biennial track and field competition organized by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations). Held every four years since its inception, it is the highest level of senior international outdoor track and field competition not held as part of an Olympic Games. It is the only event at which a single athlete can win a medal in each of the 10 track and field events.
US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has already claimed a unique triple crown at the World Athletics Championship – a feat only achieved by two other women in history. The South Carolina native clinched the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles in Tokyo on Sunday (21) and now sits among the sport’s greats such as legendary Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
On the final day of competition at the Tokyo National Stadium, Leo Neugebauer won a dramatic decathlon world title after a competition filled with twists and turns, while Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers secured an outdoor high jump world gold. The two-time Olympic silver medallist cleared 2.00m on her third attempt to claim the top prize ahead of Poland’s Maria Zodzik, who could only clear 1.97m for a PB on her first attempt and had to settle for bronze.
The men’s 3000m steeplechase also delivered a thrilling finish as Geordie Beamish (New Zealand) used his signature devastating kick to steal victory and dethrone the recently unbeatable Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco. Cordell Tinch rounded out the podium for the USA.