Read this post on LetsRun.com Kipyegon joins Usain Bolt, Sergey Bubka, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Anita Włodarczyk as the only athletes to win seven global titles in one event. American Nikki Hiltz had their best championship finish ever but missed…
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shatters American 400m record with 48.29 in 400m semifinal
Read this post on LetsRun.com Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran 48.29 in Tokyo to break Sanya Richards-Ross’s American 400m record and moves closer to the 47.60 world record. The post Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone shatters American…
16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus’ dream season in 800 ends at the World Championships
Read this post on LetsRun.com 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus ran 1:47.68 for 7th in his World Championships 800m heat as teammates Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel advanced. The post 16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus’ dream…
Geordie Beamish goes from 11th to 1st on last lap to win gold in thrilling steeplechase at 2025 Worlds
Read this post on LetsRun.com Beamish had not won a steeple since his debut in April 2023, but launched an all-time kick to go from 11th to 1st on the last lap…
Cole Hocker disqualified in 1500m at Worlds for jostling
Read this post on LetsRun.com Olympic champion Cole Hocker was disqualified in the 1500m semi-final at Worlds for jostling after finishing 2nd. The U.S. has appealed the decision. The post Cole Hocker…
Best Marathon Finish? Alphonce Felix Simbu uses ALL-TIME kick to win 2025 World Championships marathon
Read this post on LetsRun.com In one of the best marathon finishes in history, Simbu ran down Germany’s Amanal Petros and outleaned him at the line to win Tanzania’s first-ever World Championships…
Oblique Seville & Melissa Jefferson-Wooden seize the spotlight, win their first World 100m titles
Read this post on LetsRun.com Jefferson-Wooden destroyed the field with a 10.61 championship record while Seville ran a 9.77 pb to defeat fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson (9.82) as Olympic champ Noah Lyles was 3rd in 9.89….
Jimmy Gressier wins chaotic men’s 10,000m as Americans left off medal stand
Read this post on LetsRun.com Jimmy Gressier was the surprise winner of the 10,000m as Grant Fisher and Nico Young were left off the medal stand. The post Jimmy Gressier wins chaotic…
Shocker: Jakob Ingebrigtsen fails to advance in 1500 at Worlds
Read this post on LetsRun.com Olympic champ Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance from the 1500m heats at Worlds. Neither dd Phaneul Koech orAzeddine Habz. We break it down. The post Shocker: Jakob…
Peres Jepchirchir outsprints Tigst Assefa to win dramatic 2025 World Championship marathon
Read this post on LetsRun.com Just as she did at last year’s London Marathon, Jepchirchir (2:24:43) outkicked Assefa (2:24:45) in a fierce final 400 meters as Uruguay’s Julia Paternain (2:27:23), who ran…
2025 Worlds Day 1: Chebet wins 10k, Crouser’s toughest victory, & hello, Gift Leotlela
Read this post on LetsRun.com Chebet’s run which included a 27.11 final 200 was one of the highlights on day 1 in Tokyo, alongside an epic gut-it-out win from Ryan Crouser in…
Chaos in steeplechase heats: Rooks bombs out, Michalski through, Beamish shines after fall
Read this post on LetsRun.com TOKYO — The steeplechase heats kicked off a sold-out evening session on day 1 of the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo and there was plenty of…
Fact: Nico Young Is the American distance runner most likely to win gold at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo
Read this post on LetsRun.com Move over Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher. According to the betting markets, Nico Young has the best combined odds of any American distance runner to win gold…
Where Your Dreams Become Reality: Dan Michalski’s long, strange trip to the World Championships
Read this post on LetsRun.com After five coaches, six states, and hundreds of hours of listening to the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, steepler Dan Michalski will make his World Championship debut in Tokyo….
Worlds men’s 800: Brazier returns to Worlds as Lutkenhaus debuts; but can anyone stop Wanyonyi?
Read this post on LetsRun.com Kenya’s Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi is the favorite, but Team USA has its best team ever and three of the top seven seeds in Donavan Brazier (1:42.16), Cooper Lutkenhaus (1:42.27), and Bryce…
A Race For The Ages – Breaking down the men’s 1500 with Niels Laros, Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Phanuel and Jonah Koech & more
Read this post on LetsRun.com Our Jonathan Gault breaks down an epic men’s 1500 field which has 7 or 8 legitimate potential winners. The post A Race For The Ages – Breaking down the men’s 1500…