{"id":21220,"date":"2025-09-14T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21220"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:45:15","slug":"world-athletics-championships-2025-100m-finals-mens-10000m-and-more-live-world-athletics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=21220","title":{"rendered":"World Athletics Championships 2025: 100m finals, men\u2019s 10,000m and more \u2013 live | World Athletics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Terrible news, I’m afraid: Ricky Hatton has been found dead at his home<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ll have more on-site in due course, but that is just the worst. Strength and comfort to his friends and family.<\/p>\n

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The final is coming up at 2.13pm BST. <\/strong>Watching the first semi again, Richardson\u2019s start was poor, but on the other hand, she recovered really well to get anywhere near making the final. Her last-60m pace from earlier, and she\u2019s in the conversation.<\/p>\n

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Jefferson-Wooden wins in 10-73; <\/strong>Clayton of Jamaica is second and moves through, with Asher-Smith third in 11.02; I think that\u2019s good enough, just. Richardson is into the final, but will have to do a lot, lot better to contest the medals never mind the gold.<\/p>\n

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Jefferson-Wooden doesn\u2019t start that well <\/strong>but she powers through from 40m!<\/p>\n

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Talking of whom, Jefferson-Wooden goes in the final semi, <\/strong>likewise Dina Asher-Smith. Richardson sits literally on the edge of her seat, hoping she\u2019s done enough.<\/p>\n

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In comms, they note that the times aren\u2019t that quick;<\/strong> perhaps it\u2019s the track, perhaps the humidity, or perhaps the runners just aren\u2019t in that good shape for one reason or another. The final will give us a good sense of things, because Alfred and Jefferson-Wooden look ready to push each other.<\/p>\n

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Yup, 10.93 for Alfred, easing up; <\/strong>Fraser-Pryce also qualifies, hitting that same 11.00 time as Richardson, and she started best, but Alfred is so, so strong.<\/p>\n

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Alfred starts well enough, and she\u2019s going to win by miles\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Back to the women\u2019s 100m, <\/strong>with Julien Alfred going in lane four. I can\u2019t see anyone other than Jefferson-Wooden beating her, but otherwise, we won\u2019t have many more chances to watch the 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at a major championships, so let\u2019s enjoy her too, while we still can.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.31 EDT<\/p>\n

Valarie Allman wins gold for USA in women’s discus<\/h2>\n

Jorinde van Klinken of the Netherlands takes silver and Silinda Mor\u00e1les of Cuba the bronze. Allman is a helluva an athlete \u2013 this is her first world title, but she\u2019s also got Olympics golds, so.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Valarie Allman celebrates after winning discus gold.<\/span> Photograph: Eloisa Lopez\/ReutersShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.32 EDT<\/p>\n

Yup, Talou-Smith wins in 10.94<\/strong>, Jackson second; Richardson is third in a season\u2019s best of 11.00, so she must wait to see if she\u2019s one of two fastest losers. Real talk: I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to matter, she\u2019s miles off the form necessary to win a medal. But having said that, we see she stumbled at the start, meaning 11 dead isn\u2019t a terrible time \u2013 especially given, as we\u2019re reminded, she won gold in Budapest having qualified as fastest loser. So she waits\u2026<\/p>\n

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Talou-Smith leads,<\/strong> Jackson folliowing \u2026<\/p>\n

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Gosh, the nerves now;<\/strong> my blood is pumping and I\u2019m sat on my seat.<\/p>\n

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Nope, various others moved early too,<\/strong> so though she set them off, it\u2019s a green card and back to business.<\/p>\n

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Aaarrgghhh! <\/strong>They\u2019re left on set, Richardson twitches, and will they DQ her for that?<\/p>\n

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Richardson, of course, has had a tricky time,<\/strong> after being arrested for assaulting Christian Coleman, her partner, at Seattle Airport. She\u2019s since apologised and agreed to get professional help, but it\u2019s a lot to carry around. They\u2019re ready\u2026<\/p>\n

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Heat one of the women\u2019s semis looks pretty open to me.<\/strong> I fancy Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, who I think might snatch a medal; Sha\u2019Carri should also qualify, but this\u2019ll give us a much better sense of where she\u2019s at. For GB, Daryll Neita, a proper a stalwart of UK athletics, goes in lane five, between the two.<\/p>\n

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Meantime, we see footage of Noah Lyles winding up Kishane Thompson on the warm-up track. <\/strong>I don\u2019t know, I reckon that at 24, Thompson is mature enough to cope, and in the better shape; he\u2019ll know that, and he\u2019ll know Lyles knows that too.<\/p>\n

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Coming up seven minutes from now: <\/strong>the semi-finals of the women\u2019s 100m.<\/p>\n

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I know I\u2019ve little to go on,<\/strong> but I can\u2019t help but fancy McLaughlin-Levrone because superstars just find a way. That hurdling strength should give her a little bit more in the final 20m, and she always looks like she\u2019s working a little less hard than everyone else.<\/p>\n

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John and Ohuruogo, both of GB, <\/strong>qualify for the semis as fastest losers, likewise Mawdsley of Ireland. We should have a belting contest for gold in this event, between Paulino, Naser, and the relative unknown of McLaughlin-Levrone; I can\u2019t wait to see how it goes because we can be almost certain they\u2019ll be powering down the home straight together.<\/p>\n

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Paulino looks strong through the first 200m, in front as the stagger unwinds, Anning in second and hanging on well.<\/strong> They\u2019re joined in the next round by Hamida of Egypt.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Marileidy Paulino and Amber Anning on their way through.<\/span> Photograph: Petr David Josek\/APShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a007.11 EDT<\/p>\n

Marlieidy Paulino, Dominican Republic\u2019s Olympic champ, goes in the final heat;<\/strong> so does Amber Anning of GB, the world indoor champ. Off they go\u2026<\/p>\n

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I said, by the way, that Koch\u2019s 400m time is one of the oldest records in the book; <\/strong>the oldest is Jarmila Kratochvilova\u2019s of Czechia\u2019s 800m mark of 1:53.28, set in 1983, and to it the same rules apply.<\/p>\n

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Stacey Ann Williams of Jamaica flies out of the blocks in heat five of the women\u2019s 400m, <\/strong>but Naser of Bahrain, silver medallist at the Olympics and a contender here, comes past her to win in a not-to-be messed-with 49.13, Mikolos of Romania third <\/strong>with Ohuruogo of GB fourth.<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a007.04 EDT<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s high jump qualifying is in progress;<\/strong> wee see Hamish Kerr, New Zealand\u2019s Olympic champion, nail 2.21, but Sangyeok Woo of South Korea will have a say when things get serious.<\/p>\n

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Back with the discus,<\/strong> Morales, also of Puerto Rico, flings her way into the bronze-medal position; her coach loves it and she\u2019s set for the final three throws.<\/p>\n

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The women\u2019s 400m record, by the way, is one of the longest-standing in the books \u2013 Marita Koch\u2019s time of 47.63 was set in 1985.<\/strong> There may or may not be a reason for that \u2013 we know that East Germany doped their athletes, but we also know Koch never failed a test. For context, McLauglin-Levrone\u2019s PB is 48.74. Heat four, meantime, is won by pryce of Jamaica with Jaeger of Norway and Gomez of Puerto Rico also qualifying. John of GB finished fifth.<\/p>\n

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Back to the discus final,<\/strong> Tausaga of USA, the reigning champ, slings down a much better effort of 65.49 that takes her third; she\u2019ll be in the final 10.<\/p>\n

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Ooh yeah, no arrows necessary here!<\/strong> McLaughlin-Levrone hits the home straight alone, poised in splendid isolation, and wins in 49.41, making it look easy; Weil of Chile and Oketch of Kenya also qualify.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone eases home.<\/span> Photograph: Petr David Josek\/APShare<\/p>\n

Updated at\u00a006.47 EDT<\/p>\n

Sydney oozes away beautifully, running right on the inside of her lane,<\/strong> and she\u2019s miles ahead, I think \u2013 no arrows this time.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s Sydney time!<\/strong> I can\u2019t wait to see how she goes \u2013 she\u2019s a proper threat for a medal, though we can\u2019t be sure she\u2019s quite ready for gold. With her talent and drive, anything is possible.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re now able to see who\u2019s where before the stagger unwinds, numbers above the heads of the runners indicating their places;<\/strong> that\u2019s great, but there\u2019s also something cool about guessing, then seeing how it looks coming off the curve. Venlogh of Hait wins heat two in 49.91, from Bokuwiecka of Poland and Butler of USA.<\/p>\n

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Back to the discus final, Tausaga can\u2019t get herself going;<\/strong> we\u2019re advised that she\u2019s either very good or very poor, and she\u2019s in danger of elimination, the bottom two kicked out after three goes. Allman still leads from Van Klinken.<\/p>\n

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Klaver of the Netherlands takes the first heat in 50.32; <\/strong>Whittaker of USA also qualifies, along with Oakley of Jamaica.<\/p>\n

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Next to the women\u2019s 400m, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in particular \u2013 <\/strong>the double Olympic 400m hurdles champ is now taking on the flat race, as she pursues history. She\u2019s also after Sanya Richards-Ross\u2019 US record; how good will it be if she follows her into Real Housewives immortality too?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a006.45 EDT<\/p>\n

I guess what I\u2019m saying is the way he tied up in the home straight,<\/strong> it\u2019s hard to believe he can improve enough to challenge Jacory Patterson, who looked in phenomenal shape to record 43.90 barely seeming to struggle. And, as I type, Greg Rutherford \u2013 in the BBC studio \u2013 wonders if his season has been well structured, given he started early but has run rarely, and there\u2019s also a suggestion that he might\u2019ve come to Japan a little earlier to acclimatise to the heat.<\/p>\n

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McRae moves nicely around the curve, goes again in the home straight, and he wins in 44.25;<\/strong> Eppie of Botswana is second, with James third. Hudson-Smith and Reardon both qualify as fastest losers, but the former needs to get a lot, lot better to challenge for anything.<\/p>\n

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Righto, time for the final heat of the men\u2019s 40om. <\/strong>Kirani James, champion at London 2012, goes, and though he\u2019s a way past his best, it\u2019s always great to see him. The favourite here is Khaleb McRae of USA, and he\u2019s out like a brute\u2026<\/p>\n

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Updated at\u00a006.30 EDT<\/p>\n

Interesting:<\/strong> Van Klinken of Holland hurls one out a fair way \u2026 but she\u2019s 13cm behind.<\/p>\n

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In the field, the women\u2019s discuss final is ready to get going.<\/strong> Can anyone stop USA\u2019s Valarie Allman, the double Olympic champion? Well, she didn\u2019t win in Budapest, Laulauga Tausaga did, but she\u2019ll have to improve significantly on what we\u2019ve seen this season \u2026 and Allman is celebrating already, happy with her 67.63 opening effort.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Valarie Allman in early discus final action.<\/span> Photograph: Bernat Armangu\u00e9\/APShare<\/p>\n

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