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Do World Championships indicate success at an Olympics?
World championships that are staged a year after an Olympics often produce unusual results. Great Britain won one gold, four silvers and five bronze medals on the track in Paris, but just a year later that medal tally has halved. Reflecting on Tokyo, Jessica Ennis-Hill said: “We talk about the …
Read More »New championships, new calendar? What next for athletics after Tokyo
Next year, they will compete in Budapest as World Athletics hosts its three-day Ultimate Championships featuring world champions, Diamond League winners and the top performers of 2026 – and which offers a $10m (£7.5m) prize pot. Earlier this year, the inaugural season of Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track – which …
Read More »Lyles brings USA home for 4x100m gold
The USA retain their men’s 4x100m relay world championships with Canada taking silver and the Netherlands taking bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. BBC News
Read More »'She's a true warrior' – Meadows on Hodgkinson performance
BBC Sport pundit and Keely Hodgkinson’s coach Jenny Meadows analyses the Olympic champion’s performance in winning 800m bronze at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. BBC News
Read More »GB's Hunter-Bell and Hodgkinson take 800m silver and bronze
Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson take silver and bronze in the 800m behind Kenya’s Lilian Odira at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. BBC News
Read More »Watch: O'Connor caps 'best year ever' with silver
Ireland’s Kate O’Connor reacts to winning a heptathlon silver medal at the World Athletics Championships. BBC News
Read More »World Athletics Championship: What went wrong for GB’s relay squads in Tokyo?
London 2012 gold medallist Greg Rutherford called it “heartbreaking” for a team that bagged bronze in Paris just a year ago. “The changeovers were beautiful from one to two and two to three. He’s just gone too soon. “We have got to September, late in the season, and it is …
Read More »World Athletics Championships: Historic heptathlon silver ‘hasn’t sunk in’ for Ireland’s Kate O’Connor
After capturing lifetime bests in the 100m hurdles, high jump and 200m to establish herself as a medal contender on Friday, O’Connor faced adversity on Saturday when she injured her knee during the long jump. The injury restricted her to just one practice throw before the javelin. However, she used …
Read More »World Athletics Championship: Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins 800m gold
Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets a championship record to take gold for Kenya in the men’s 800m as Great Britain’s Max Burgin runs a personal best to finish sixth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. FOLLOW LIVE: World Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News
Read More »'I'm in disbelief' – KJT's emotional interview
Katarina Johnson- Thompson shares what it means to win bronze in the women’s heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and the mental resilience it takes to continue competing. BBC News
Read More »Katarina Johnson-Thompson shares world heptathlon bronze in dramatic conclusion
Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson captured an emotional fourth global heptathlon medal in unprecedented circumstances as she shared world bronze with American Taliyah Brooks in a dramatic concluding 800m in Tokyo. Competing at the stadium where she suffered Olympic heartbreak four years ago, Johnson-Thompson, 32, did not know how to react …
Read More »World Athletics Championship: Meet the Great Britain superfans in Tokyo
Great Britain secured their second medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Friday thanks to Amy Hunt. The team was cheered on by a group of superfans who have travelled across the globe to see their heroes in action in Japan. READ MORE: Tears of joy as GB’s …
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson starts the defence of her heptathlon title on day 7. BBC News
Read More »USA's Lyles storms to world 200m gold as GB's Hughes finishes fifth
The USA’s Noah Lyles wins his fourth 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. BBC News
Read More »World Athletics Championships: Britain’s Amy Hunt announces herself on global stage with 200m silver
Great Britain’s Amy Hunt announced herself on the global stage by claiming a superb 200m silver in her first major final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The 23-year-old stared up at the screen in disbelief before bursting into celebration and skipping down the track as her breakthrough achievement …
Read More »GB's Hodgkinson and Hunter-Bell reach world 800m final
Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell reach the final of the women’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. BBC News
Read More »World Athletics Championships: Great Britain’s Jade O’Dowda & Katarina Johnson-Thompson in heptathlon action
Great Britain’s Jade O’Dowda & Katarina Johnson-Thompson start well, finishing first and second in their heats of 100m hurdles heats – the first event of the heptathlon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. FOLLOW LIVE: World Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News
Read More »World Athletics Championships: Jake Wightman eyes Scottish 1500m sweep at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Wightman, 31, believes having two major competitions in the UK in 2026 is an opportunity he may not get again in his career. The former Edinburgh Athletics Club runner has struggled with injuries since his triumph in Eugene [Oregon] two years ago, but bounced back strongly in Tokyo. Now Wightman …
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How has Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon become such a dominant force in the women’s 1500m? BBC News
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