USA takes Twenty-Six Medals from Tokyo 2025
The Tokyo World Championships have been held on the Japanese Nationwide Stadium from September 13 to 21, 2025, in heat and humid situations. The distinctive performances have been greeted by a powerful crowd, averaging 56-58,000 followers an evening and 17-20,000 followers through the day. This was the primary world sports activities occasion in Japan after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which didn’t permit followers into the Japan Olympic Stadium.
We’re inspecting the federations sponsored by Nike (USA, Kenya, Canada, Germany, China, United Kingdom, and Uganda) and offering readers of RunBlogRun with an summary of these 9 very good days and nights of monitor and subject in Tokyo. NIKE sponsored the protection of RunBlogRun in Tokyo 2025, USATF Out of doors 2025 and NIKE Pre Traditional 2025. We’re grateful for his or her help of the game and RunBlogRun.
Right here is the USA medal depend (16 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze).
Within the Males’s 200 meters, Noah Lyles took gold, giving him his fourth straight title on the 200 meters, one thing unprecedented in our sport. Noah ran 19.52, after a 19.51 within the semi-finals, the evening prior.
Anna Corridor took the gold within the heptathlon, ending a spectacular 12 months during which she scored 7,032, the second-best efficiency in Gotzis. She additionally received the US Champs and the World Champs, her first world title, with a rating of 6,888 factors.
Cole Hocker received the 5,000m, with an unbelievable kick, going from twelfth to first within the last straight. Cole Hocker’s win was the primary 5,000m world gold for a US runner since Bernard Lagat received each the 1,500m and 5,000m on the 2007 Osaka World Championships. Cole Hocker, as many ought to recall, received the Olympic gold medal within the 1,500 meters occasion in Paris. Cole Hocker received the 5,000m in 12:58.30.
Cordell Tinch made his dream a actuality in Tokyo, dominating the 110m hurdles in 12.99, the one sub-13-second time of the ultimate. Cordell had been main the world within the 110m hurdles since April 2025, when he ran a 12.87. Within the rain in Lausanne, Cordell ran a 12.98, and within the humidity of Tokyo, Cordell Tinch took his first gold, giving the US 4 straight golds within the 110m hurdles (Grant Holloway, 2019, 2022, 2023), and Cordell Tinch in 2025!
Rai Benjamin took his first gold within the 400m hurdles, successful in 46.52 seconds, a really bodily race. Karsten Warholm hit hurdles early, and that put the WR holder out of the race. Rai persevered and, whereas hitting the tenth hurdle, went on to gold, even after a rapidly overcome disqualification. Rai Benjamin provides this gold to his Paris gold medal within the 400-meter hurdles.
Ryan Crouser received his third straight Males’s shot put title with a fifth-round throw of twenty-two.34 meters (73 toes, 3.258 inches). This was Ryan’s solely competitors in 2025, as Ryan instructed the media that he was injured in his throwing through the Paris 2024 Olympics.mRyan Crouser has received gold within the Males’s shot put at Eugene 2022, Budapest 2023, and Tokyo 2025.
The Males’s 4x100m relay ran a robust relay efficiency in Tokyo, within the rain, holding on to the baton and working a WL time of 37.29 seconds. The staff included Noah Lyles for anchor, with Christian Coleman, Kenny Bednarek, and Courtney Lindsay. Canada was the silver medalist, whereas the Netherlands received the bronze medal. The 4x100m relay is like watching a NASCAR race, everyone seems to be ready for the screw-up! The US, in each dash relays, stored it collectively and delivered in horrible situations.
Melissa Jefferson-Picket had an outstanding 9 days in Tokyo, Japan! Melissa received gold within the 100 meters with a PB of 10.61. Melissa executed a fantastic begin and stayed targeted, working her race to the end. Within the 200 meters, on the finish of the meet, Melissa comes again and takes gold in 21.68. That is the primary time since Allyson Felix received the 100 meters and 200 meters that an American lady has received the double dash titles.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone blew our minds! First, within the semifinals, Sydney broke the 19-year-old American file within the 400 meters (48.70) together with her 48.29. Within the last, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone battled Mariledys Paulino (47.98) and Stated Eid Naser (48.19) with Sydney’s 47.78. Sydney’s gold at 400m flat is now added to her 400m hurdle gold from Eugene 2022.
Katie Moon took gold within the Ladies’s pole vault in 4.90 meters (16 toes, 0.75 inches), now giving Katie Moon (Olympic gold in Tokyo, Olympic silver in Paris) three straight gold medals within the Ladies’s pole vault on the World Out of doors Championships. Katie led a gold and silver in pole vault (Katie Moon, gold, and Sandi Morris, silver), with Tina Sutej (SVK) taking bronze. Katie Moon competed nicely in Tokyo and is trying to compete by way of LA 2028.
Tara Davis Woodhall dominated the lengthy bounce, taking the lead together with her very first bounce at 7.08 meters. All through your complete competitors, Malaika Mihambo, GER, continued to enhance, beginning at 6.60m and ending with a silver medal in 6.99m. Tara Davis did the coup de grâce together with her 7.13-meter bounce! Congrats to Natalia Lineres, COL, who leaped 6.92m to take the bronze. Tara Davis-Woodhall now provides to her Budapest silver and Paris gold together with her Tokyo gold medal.
Valarie Allman is the Tokyo and Paris Olympic gold medalist on the discus. The one factor that Valarie had not received was the World Championships. Valarie took bronze in Eugene 2022, silver in Budapest 2023, and now, gold in Tokyo 2025. Valarie threw 69.48m, 227 toes, 11 inches, successful by almost two meters. Jorinde Van Klinken, NED, took the silver, and Silinda Morales, CUB, took the bronze.
The USA Ladies’s staff took gold within the 4x100m relay, regardless of intense rain and hard competitors. The staff consisted of Melissa Jefferson-Picket (gold within the 100m and 200m), Twanisha Terry, Kayla White, and Sha’Carri Richardson, who ran 41.75, with Jamaica taking silver in 41.79. Germany received the bronze within the 4x100m relay in 41.87 seconds. The race was extremely shut and thrilling!
The USA Ladies’s staff took gold within the W4x400m relay! Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone anchored the 4×4, ending in 3:16.61. The staff was Isabella Whittaker, Lyna Irby-Jackson, Aaliyah Butler, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. Jamaica took silver in 3:19.25, with the Netherlands taking bronze in 3:20.18 (anchored by Femke Bol).
The USA received the Combined Relay 4×4 on the primary day of the Tokyo Championships. Alexis Holmes anchored the US staff, which received in 3:08.80! Bryce Deadmon, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Jenoah Miller, and Alexis Holmes took the gold. The Netherlands, anchored by Femke Bol, took silver in 3:09.96, with Belgium taking bronze in 3:10.61.
Kenny Bednarek took silver within the 200 meters in 19.58, including to Kenny’s two Olympic silver medals! Kenny Bednarek competed nicely in each the 100 meters and 200 meters, coming solely behind Noah Lyles, giving the US a gold and silver within the 200 meters! The spectacular sprinter from a small city in Wisconsin delivered as soon as once more!
The USA Males’s 4×4 took silver in a rain-soaked battle with Botswana and South Africa. It got here all the way down to the anchor, and in Paris, whereas US (Rai Benjamin) held off Botswana (Letsile Tebogo), this time, 400m World Champ Collen Kebinatshipi simply nudged Rai Benjamin within the 4×4. Botswana ran 2:57.76, USA ran 2:57:83 (Vernon Norwood, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, and Rai Bemjamin), with South Africa taking bronze in 2:57.83.
Jasmine Jones ran a PB of 52.08 to take the silver within the 400m hurdles, with Femke Bol taking the gold. Jasmine ran a incredible race and remained calm on the world’s greatest stage, the World Championships last. Jasmine Jones completed 4th in Paris final 12 months.
Sandi Morris, overcoming accidents and different challenges, took the silver within the World Champs in Tokyo, together with her 4.85m bounce. Sandi has received a World Indoor gold medal and an Olympic bronze medal in her lengthy profession.
Chase Jackson took the silver medal in a clutch throw within the thrilling ladies’s shot put. Jessica Schilder, NED, European Indoor Champ and World Indoor silver, received the shot placed on her final throw! Chase Jackson adopted Jessica Schilder’s earlier spherical with a 20.21m, placing Chase into the silver place! Maddison-Lee Wesche, NZL, took bronze together with her 20.06m, which had led till the final spherical.
Noah Lyles took the bronze within the 100 meters in 9.89, his seasonal finest. Noah was proud of the bronze, contemplating his very quick season on the 100 meters. Noah didn’t start racing on the 100 meters till June. Each Noah and his coach have been happy that he achieved a medal on the 100 meters.
Kyle Garland took bronze within the decathlon, with a robust efficiency. The US champion took bronze, behind Leo Neubebaur of Germany, who received gold with 8,804 factors. Ayden Owens-Delerme of Puerto Rico took silver with 8,784 factors, and Kyle Garland achieved his world medal with a rating of 8,703 factors.
Taliyah Brooks, USA, took bronze within the heptathlon, tying scores with Katerina Johnson-Thompson, GBR, and Anna Corridor within the gold place. Kudos to Taliyah, who competed very nicely in one of many strongest heptathlons on this author’s recollections. Anna Corridor, US, took gold in 6,888 factors, and an extremely targeted Kate O’Connor, IRE, took a NR and silver in 6,714 factors PB. In third, Taliyah Brooks, USA, and Katerina Johnson-Thompson, GBR, the defending champion, scored 6,581 factors to tie for the bronze. Nafi Thiam, BEL, needed to drop out attributable to health points, on the insistence of her coach.
Curtis Thompson wins the primary medal within the javelin for the US males since 2007 in Osaka. Curtis Thompson, USA, led from early on, placing the strain on along with his fantastic 86.67m. Anderson Peters of Grenada took the silver in 87.38m, and Keshore Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago, took the gold with a throw of 88.16m. Most of the high javelin throwers on the planet had subpar performances in Tokyo.
Grace Stark took the bronze in a really aggressive 100m hurdles. Grace Stark held her floor and composure as these round her faltered. Ditaji Kembundji, SUI, scored the gold with a NR of 12.24, with splendidly hurdling and targeted sprinting. Ditaji shocked anybody exterior of Switzerland, her dwelling nation. Tobi Amusan, NGR, the world file holder, held her health and took silver with a time of 12.29, whereas Grace Stark, US, received bronze in 12.34. Olympic champion Masai Russell, USA, took fourth in 12.40.
Right here’s the reality. This staff in Tokyo, 141 athletes, has potential to attain mid thirties in medals. We got here oh so shut in lots of others (4th by Susanna Sullivan, fifth by Sage Hurta-Klecker, Nico Younger, fifth within the 10,000m, sixth within the 5,000m, and Shelby Houlihan took 4th within the 5,000m with Josette Andrews in sixth within the 5,000 meters). It was a reasonably darn good efficiency, with 53 nations taking medals in 2025 World Athletics Championships, September 13-21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. And, pricey associates, we have been there!
