World Athletics Championships 2025: Lyles and Jefferson-Wooden take 200m titles, Benjamin and Bol win 400m hurdles – live

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More reaction from Britain’s Amy Hunt, following her 200m silver medal.Per PA, Hunt now trains under Marco Airale in Italy, where she lives in a “gorgeous” Padua pad and “gets the tram with all the grannies”.But even this year has not been easy.Hunt revealed she ran a couple of races “with the shingles” and on the start line on Friday thought of her late grandfather, who died this year and inspired her to silver.“This is the very beginning,” she said.

“I think I was the youngest in that final and I’ve only had two years with my coach.The next World Champs is in two years, so that’s double the time.I don’t think that anything is off the cards.Even through the rounds I’ve been getting better and better.Give me two years and it’s going to be magical.

”Here’s Noah Lyles in his own words after that fourth straight 200m title …This article includes content provided by Instagram.We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies.To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.And be sure to follow Guardian sport over on Instagram.Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo won triple jump gold after an extraordinary finale as Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle thought he had snatched it with a huge final jump, only for his rival to respond with a massive 17.

91 metres.Returning to the site of his 2021 Tokyo Olympic gold, Pichardo, the 2022 world champion, seemed to be cruising to a routine victory after twice landing 17.55 jumps.Dallavalle was sitting fifth and struggling for rhythm, but somehow got it together to land a massive personal best of 17.64.

Pichardo, though, was unfazed and duly delivered the longest jump this season to regain top spot and the gold medal.“It’s a city I will keep with me my whole life – Olympic champion, world champion,” said a beaming Pichardo.“My father didn’t let me stop.He asked me to do at least this year, 2025.I always say that he’s the one who is going to decide when I should end up my career and this medal is for him.

It will stay in his house.He is the person who has been working and keeping me strong mentally.Last year my mind wasn’t very good.I wanted to retire but my father and coach have been helping me a lot.”Men’s 200m champion, Noah Lyles, has been talking in the wake of his triumph, recorded in the same stadium where he took bronze in front of no fans at the Olympics in 2021:I wanted it pretty bad.

One, because I didn’t win the 100, then two, I wanted to rewrite a memory here in Tokyo which just wasn’t as good as it could be, and it wasn’t because of the colour of the metal, it was more because of the state of my mindset, not having the crowd,It’s just such a blessing to have everybody come out here and you can just feel the energy,It’s everything you could ever want from a crowd,Being patient was the most important thing tonight,I knew some of the guys were going to tighten up but I just stayed relaxed and got the job done.

This is amazing and such a joyous moment I am going to keep with me forever.Now I want to win the gold medal in the relay and I can’t wait for 2027 to become the only man to win five 200 metres titles.”Get signing up:It’s Friday, so …Wearing an adhesive bandage covering a gash on her leg, Jess Hull became the first Australian woman to qualify for a world championship 800m final after powering through her semi-final in Tokyo and setting a new national record.Her time on Friday was only good enough for third place, but given the speed of the race she progressed into Sunday’s final as one of the two fastest qualifiers.And it lowered the national mark set only last month by her team-mate Claudia Hollingsworth, who finished fourth in her semi.

Your gold medallists of the day.Amy Hunt, your women’s 200m silver medallist speaks:As soon as I saw my mum I just burst into tears.I knew I could do it.I knew I could do it!As long as I put in a good turn off the bends and then I was like … expletives – a lot of them! I was like Oh my god, I am about to do this.I was just like keep going, keep going, keep going! Stay strong!I am so proud of myself.

Moments before the race I just thought about my grandad, I knew he was watching over me,I have a tattoo of him on my arm of his name,I knew he was going to guide me,I am just so proud of myself, my whole team, for putting this together,World Athletics says between 50 and 60 athletes who went through male puberty have been finalists in the female category in global and continental track and field championships since 2000.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has rewritten the hurdles record book and now posted the fastest 400m flat in four decades,At 26, her ceiling seems limitless,Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was out there and she wins with 21,68sec, the best time this year,A deserved double gold after being the best sprinter in the world this year.

And Amy Hunt, take a bow! She was a bit slower out the block but she never gave up and surged beyond the bronze winner Shericka Jackson across the finish line to finish in 22.14sec.The realisation on her face as the scores went up was priceless – a world silver medallist! Dina Asher-Smith finishes fifth with 22.43sec.Women’s 200m: A false start from Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas, whose leg is heavily strapped after an injury in the semi-finals.

She steps aside and we start again.Women’s 200m final: Our last event of the night and what a treat.A mere hundredth of a second separated the top two going into this final, with the defending champion Shericka Jackson just a whisker ahead of Melissa Jefferson-Wooden.Jamaican Jackson is bidding to match Allyson Felix’s record of a third straight world title over the distance, while the US’s Jefferson-Wooden is targeting the sprint double after her 100m success.Others impressing in the semi-finals included Amy Hunt of Great Britain and Anavia Battle of the US, who both clocked the same time: 22.

09.Also racing is GB’s Dina Asher-Smith.Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo defies gravity for as long as he can in his final jump … 17.91m.That is well enough to pip Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle, who earlier reached 17.

64m.2022 was the last time Pichardo took this title and he is back on top, and at 32 years old.“Who is the best, baby?” he says to the camera after.You are, Pedro!Men’s triple jump final: Martínez cannot finish his final jump, it seems he pulled something.But he got a good jump earlier on and has secured bronze.

Men’s triple jump final: Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle, sitting in fourth, with a 17.64m jump that puts him in the top spot.He’s off, running away in celebration! Let’s see if anyone can top that.Men’s triple jump final: Hernández of Italy does not have enough and he surprisingly finishes outside medal contention.17.

55m is still the jump to beat.19.52sec and Noah Lyles does it again! What a run from him.He raises four fingers as he crosses the finish line and wins his fourth world championship gold in this event, matching Usain Bolt’s record.A superstar!His teammate Kenny Bednarek takes silver and the young Jamaican Bryan Levell wins bronze with a personal best.

It is also a great run from GB’s Zharnel Hughes with a season best of 19,78sec who finishes fifth,Men’s 200m finals: Big scream from Lyles as the stadium announcer introduces him,He looks like a man on a mission and there was clearly no love lost between him and his US teammate Bednarek as the took their spots,Men’s 200m finals: Lyles is in lane six, Levell lane seven, Bednarek lane eight and Hughes on the outside in lane nine.

Men’s 200m final: On the evidence of yesterday’s semi-finals, Noah Lyles looks the man to beat after a blistering run of 19.51sec to eclipse his world lead from the US Trials.It was the fastest ever semi-final performances in the history of any championships.Lyles is bidding to emulate Usain Bolt with a fourth straight world title in that particular event.Jamaica’s Bryan Levell will have something to say about that as he impressed with a 19.

78sec semi-final win, while Kenny Bednarek, who had an under par 100m final, was third quickest of the semi-finalists in 19.88sec.The Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo disqualified in the 100m for a false start, and GB’s Zharnel Hughes were next best.Women’s heptathlon – 200m: Spain’s Vicente wins the second heat with a season best of 23.96sec.

Johnson-Thompson, who has not had the best starts to this title defence finishes third in the final heat with a season best behind GB’s Pawlett and the United States’s Hall,Hall has had a great day and she leads the standings with O’Connor in second and KJT in third,More events for the heptathlon tomorrow,Women’s heptathlon – 200m: Ireland’s O’Connor has got her third personal best of the day, finishing 24,07sec in the first 200m heat behind Emma Oosterwegel of the Netherlands.

Rai Benjamin has the crown back on his head and is now back to taking photos,It seems to have been a quick appeal from the US,Deserved win for the American,Men’s 400m hurdles: Heartbreaking for Benjamin, who has now been told,The replays show that Nathaniel still managed to clear his hurdle and, of course, Benjamin did not clip his hurdle on purpose.

Rai Benjamin has a crown on his head and he is still celebrating his gold but he may not be for long.He clipped his final hurdle, which dislodged Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel’s barrier, impeding his movement.The US team will likely appeal.Femke Bol with a world leading time of 51.54sec to win the gold.

She was imperious from the beginning with a balanced race.The Americans came out the blocks to try to throw her off but the Dutchwoman found the form she often does down the straight.Jasmine Jones from the US wins silver with a personal best and Slovakia’s Emma Zapetalova takes bronze.Women’s 400m hurdles final: Femke Bol has looked imperious all season long, extending that dominance to the women’s 400m hurdles rounds in Tokyo.Is it her title for the taking today?The 25-year-old had won eight straight races this season before coming to Tokyo and, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone focusing on the 400m flat at this championships, it’s hard to see who might push Bol
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