The 2025 World Athletics Championship was held in Tokyo, Japan between 13-21 September 2025. The ten-day event was the twentieth World Championships in track and field since its inception in 1983. The event has seen the best athletes from around the globe compete in a variety of disciplines spanning sprints, tactical distance races and dramatic field events.
The final day of the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo was a true spectacle of speed and strength with a host of stand-out performances. There were world and championship records broken across the day, and a number of historic firsts.
One of the most exciting events of the day was the women’s 4x100m relay, which saw the American team win at a canter. The American team had a lead of just under two seconds from the first leg, with the Jamaicans and Great Britain close behind. The American lead was then extended to a commanding seven second advantage over the rest of the pack.
There was a moment on the opening night of the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo when the bottled-up frustration of missing out on a full-fat Tokyo Olympics – with crowds and fun and unbridled joy – suddenly seemed to be unleashed. It came at the end of the women’s 10,000m, when the sellout crowd roared as Olympic and world champion Beatrice Chebet took off with Italy’s Nadia Battocletti in pursuit like Wile E Coyote chasing Roadrunner. It was a stunning race and it will be remembered for its tense finish.