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WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates after winning women's marathon gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games at Sapporo Odori Park in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 7, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Jul 25, 2025
Tokyo Olympic champion Jepchirchir relishes Japan return
Jepchirchir has been named as one of three Kenyan women in the marathon squad for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13-21.
Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London Games in July 2012.
OLYMPICS
Apr 29, 2025
London mayor Sadiq Khan targets Olympic history for city
Khan wants the city to become the "sporting capital of the world," and is backing a bid for 2040 Games.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout reacts after competing in an event in Stawell, Australia, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Apr 23, 2025
Australia's Gout Gout on track for World Championships debut at 17
The Queenslander's rapid rise has raised comparisons with Jamaican great Usain Bolt.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
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Feb 20, 2025
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown ready to sprint past Paris disappointment
Despite setting a personal best with a time of 9.96 seconds, Sani Brown finished fourth in his semifinal heat in the 100-meter sprint in Paris.
Athletes compete in the men's 1,500-meter heats in front of empty stands at the National Stadium in Tokyo during the Tokyo Games in August 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Feb 7, 2025
Tokyo world athletics party can make up for Olympic lockout, says CEO
Organizing committee head Takashi Takeichi is confident that all nine days of the World Athletics Championships will be sold out.
Race walker Nanako Fujii wears thick-soled shoes during a national race walking event in Kobe on Feb. 18.
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Apr 25, 2024
Japanese race walkers slow to embrace thick-soled shoes
The key benefit of athletes wearing thick-soled shoes is that they are propelled forward by the bounce generated by the soles of the shoes.
Sebastian Coe greets Mitsugi Ogata, president of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations, during the closing ceremony of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Aug. 27.
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Sep 18, 2023
Sebastian Coe looks forward to full stadiums in Tokyo for worlds
Sebastian Coe says athletics will still be dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 in 2028.
Great Britain's Josh Kerr celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 1,500-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday.
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Aug 24, 2023
Josh Kerr upsets favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win 1,500 at worlds
Kerr dug deep and used a strong finish to hold off the reigning Olympic champion.
Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay (left) runs past fallen Dutch runner Sifan Hassan (second from left) to win the women's 10,000-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 20, 2023
Gudaf Tsegay wins 10,000-meter gold after Sifan Hassan stumbles
World record holder Letesenbet Gidey was second in 31:28.16, while Ejgayehu Taye won the bronze with 31:28.31.
Japan Times
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Jul 27, 2022
Nigerians bask in Tobi Amusan's record-breaking athletic glory
The three main challengers in Nigeria's February presidential ballot hailed Amusan's success, as well as that of Ese Brume who won silver in the long jump.
Japan Times
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Jul 26, 2022
United States mulls more athletic events after success of worlds
Compelling performances in Oregon delighted U.S. track officials, who are desperate to boost the sport's profile in their country after years of languishing out of the spotlight.
Japan Times
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Jul 24, 2022
Canada stun United States to win men's 4x100 relay gold
The Americans looked set to retain their crown until the last changeover between Elijah Hall and Marvin Bracy, who lost time with a slow exchange.
Japan Times
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Jul 22, 2022
Noah Lyles defends 200-meter title at world championships
Lyles ran the fourth-fastest 200 ever — only Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have run faster.
Japan Times
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Jul 21, 2022
Ukrainian athletes get warm welcome from U.S. fans at world championships
''Go Ukraine' or 'Ukraine, we believe you will win,' that is what I hear on the streets every single day. It's really very touching.'
Japan Times
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Jul 19, 2022
Four new COVID cases reported in Japan's worlds delegation
As a precaution, the remaining members of the Japanese delegation are not sharing common spaces with other delegations.
Japan Times
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Jul 18, 2022
Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce leads Jamaican sweep in 100-meter final at world championships
'I feel blessed to have this talent and to continue to do it at 35, having a baby, still going, and hopefully inspiring women that they can make their own journey.'
Japan Times
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Jul 17, 2022
Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs withdraws from world 100 semis
An Italian team doctor said in a statement released just hours before Jacobs was due to race that the sprinter would not compete after being diagnosed with tightness in his right thigh.
Japan Times
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Jul 17, 2022
Japan's world athletics team rocked by COVID-19 outbreak
A joint statement from World Athletics, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and local organizers said the outbreak had hit endurance athletes and staff.
Japan Times
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Jul 16, 2022
Retiring Allyson Felix leaving sport with 'heart full of gratitude'
“I hope that I'll be remembered as a fierce competitor, but I think more important to me is really trying to leave this sport better than I found it.”
Japan Times
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Jul 15, 2022
Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships
It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the chance to host a major athletics event in a packed venue, four years after staging the pandemic-delayed Olympic games in an empty stadium.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
The United States imposes 15% 'reciprocal' tariff on most Japanese goods
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Biggest drop in Japanese nationals seen alongside record high in foreign residents
A street in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Wednesday
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
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Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
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