by Alfonz Juck
TOKYO 2025 DAY 8
QUOTES OF THE DAY
“I expected the race to be really competitive and very fast but I wanted to make sure to just win this gold. Now I need to defend this title. I want to be a double world champion. Maybe I will start to think about the world record too. It may not happen now, but I also want to win gold in Los Angeles in 2028. That’s the biggest goal,” Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
“My goal here was to reach the final so I am very emotional, in shock. I still can’t believe it. I compete to improve myself. I have an internal battle to improve myself. I am very proud of my performance and that of Paola (Milena Torres, ECU, 35km race walk bronze medallist), and all the Latin American women here. I trust myself, and my coach puts a lot of trust in me and the work we have done together. My training partner Flor Denis (Ruiz) won silver two years ago and I thought I could be at that level one day. I dreamed of a world medal since I started athletics. I have faced some adversities, such as two surgeries in my left knee. But I persevered. I never gave up,” Yuleisy Angulo.
RESULT OF THE DAY
Emmanuel Wanyonyi 1:41.86 800 m meet record, all finalists clocked sub 1:43.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Juleisy Angulo winning javelin for Ecuador with 65.12 NR.
MEDALS (from 43 to 46 countries)
USA 12-4-4, KEN 6-2-2, CAN 3-0-1, NED 2-2-2, NZL, ESP 2-0-1, POR 2-0-0, JAM 1-4-3, ITA 1-3-3, BRA 1-2-0, TTO 1-1-0, CUB 1-0-2, ECU, BOT, SWE 1-0-1
Athletes: Jefferson-Wooden, Chebet, Perez 2-0-0, F. Bol, Bonfim, Kipyegon 1-1-0, Lyles 1-0-1
TITLE RETAINERS
Yes (11): Crouser, M. Perez (2x), Duplantis, Rogers, US 4x4mx, Kipyegon, Katzberg, Moon, Bol, Lyles (200)
No (24): Tsegay, Tausaga, Richardson, Lyles (100), V. Kiplagat, El Bakkali, D. Williams, Tamberi, Holloway, Yavi, Tentoglou, J. Kerr, Chopra, Rojas, Watson, Paulino, Zango, Warholm, S. Jackson, Ch. Jackson, Kitaguchi, Johnson-Thompson, Kipyegon (5000), Arop
NC (5): A. Martin (2x), Beriso, Spanovic, Cheptegei
TOP MARKS
WR (1): 630 Duplantis
CR (7): 630 Duplantis, 4x4mx 3:08.80 USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden, 84.70 Katzberg, 8:51.59 Cherotich, 47.78 McLaughlin-Levrone, 1:41.86 Wanyonyi
WL (18): 630 Duplantis, 4x4mx 3:08.80. USA, 10.61 Jefferson-Wooden, 713 Davis-Woodhall, 80.51 Rogers, 84.70 Katzberg, 236 Kerr, 48.29 McLaughlin-Levrone, 490 Moon, 47.78 McLaughlin-Levrone, 43.53 Kebinatshipi, 14.94 Perez-Hernandez (2x), 17.91 Pichardo, 21.68 Jefferson-Wooden, 51.54 Bol, 1:25:54 Perez, 41.60 USA, 3:22.53 USA
AR: 1 Africa (RSA, 4×4 mx), 2 Oceania (Kerr, Hull/800), 4 NACAC (Katzberg, Rogers, McLaughlin-Levrone, A. Gonzalez), 1 South America (Woodruff)
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
Paul Doyle/DMG 4, Jos Hermens/GSC 4, Stephen Haas 3, Miguel Mostaza 3, Mark Wetmore 2, Federico Rosa 2, Gianni Demadonna, John Nubani, Riad Ouled, Norman Peart, Adam Phillips, Derek Froude, Daniel Wessfeldt, Florian Clivaz, Sean Whipp, Robert Wagner, Karen Locke, Mario Bassani, Tero Heiska, Jorge Aguilera, Sekou Clarke, Silvia Saliti, Caroline Feith, Valentina Fedjuschina, Monica Pont, Dunfee and Bonfim no agent.
DAY 9 PREVIEW (9 finals)
Expectations: Mahuchikhs vs Australians, Hodgkinson to rule, open 5k, Alekna but Ceh and Stahl are ready, Garland in the lead, how many relays for USA
Medals prediction
High jump, women, AW: Mahuchikh, OIyslagers, Patterson, TFN: Olyslagers, Mahuchikh, Levchenko
800 m, women, AW:Hodgkinson, Duguma, Sekgodiso (nq), TFN: Hodgkinson, Werro, Hunter-Bell
5000 m, men, AW: Hocker, Ingebrigtsen, Mehary, TFN: Ingebrigtsen, Laros (nq), Fisher
Discus throw, women, AW: Alekna, Ceh, Stahl, TFN: Alekna, Ceh, Mullings (nq)
4×400 m, men, AW: USA, GBR, BOT, TFN: USA, BOT, GBR
4×400 m, women, AW: USA, NED, GBR, TFN: the same
decathlon, men: Skotheim, Neugebauer, Garland, TFN: Skotheim, Garland, Neugebauer
4×100 m, women, AW: USA, GBR, JAM, TFN: USA, JAM, GBR
4×100 m, men, AW: USA, JAM (nq), JPN, TFN: JAM (nq), USA, RSA
RELAY Relay Decisions
4 x 100m Men – South Africa: Following an accidental collision between the Italian and South African teams in heat 2 of the men’s 4 x 100m Relay, the Referee has decided to offer South Africa an additional opportunity to qualify for the final. This additional race will take place on Sunday morning at 10:33am and the team will run alone in lane 6. The team must be comprised of the same runners who ran the heat on Saturday, and in the same order. If the South African team runs 38.34 or better (the 8th placed time qualified for the final) they will be come the 9th team in the final and will run in lane 1.
4 x 400m Men – USA and Kenya: In heat 1 of the men’s 4 x 400m relay, both the USA and Kenya teams were seriously impeded by Zambia resulting in both teams missing the opportunity to qualify for the final. Following the disqualification of Zambia, the Referee has decided to offer both USA and Kenya the opportunity to race for lane 1 in the final, in addition to the 8 already qualified teams. The teams must be comprised of the same runners who ran the heat on Saturday, and in the same order. The teams will start the rerun, which will take place on Sunday morning at 10:40am, in the same lanes as in the heat on Saturday. USA starts in lane 4 and Kenya starts in lane 7. The winning team will take lane 1 in the final.
STATS (by Ken Nakamura and World Athletics)
W20km Walk
Best marks for places for 2nd to 8th at World Championships 20km Walk.
Maria Perez won 20km Walk, a week after her victory in 35km walk, thus completing a double in successive championships.
Perez’s winning time 1:25:54 is second fastest time of W20km walk in World Championships
24 seconds is second smallest difference between 1st and 3rd at W20km in World Championships
Fujii won first medal for JPN at W20km Walk in World Championships
0 sec is the smallest difference between 3rd and 4th in W20km walk at World Championships, replacing 5sec from 1999
DT qualifying
69.90 is the longest DT in the qualifying round of World Championships, replacing 68.91 by Mykolas Alekna from 2022
64.06 is the longest DT that failed to qualify for the final in the World Championships
20Km Walk
First gold for BRA at 20km Walk at World Championships. Bonfim won bronze twice previously. His medal has upgraded to gold today.
So he now has three medals at 20km walk at World Champ. Only Jefferson Perez has more medals- 4.
4x400mR first round
2:57.68 by BOT is the fastest first round time of 4x400mR in World Championships
2:59.740 by JPN is the fastest time of 4x400mR that failed to qualify for the final of World Championships, replacing 2:59.95 by BOT from 2015
W4x400mR first round
3:24.76 by ESP is the fastest time that failed to qualify for the final of W4x400mR in the World Championships, replacing 3:26.27 by CZE from 1995
WSP
Schilder won first gold for NED at WSP in the World Championship. Schilder previously won a bronze, only medal by NED at WSP
23cm is the smallest difference between 1st and 3rd for WSP at World Championships, replacing 38cm from 2019
Heptathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson won third gold at Heptathlon in World Championships. Six other Heptathlete also have three medals, but nobody has more than three.
US won two medals at Heptathlon at World Championships for the first time since 1987
O’Connor won first medal for IRL at Heptathlon at World Championships
For the first time in the history of World Championships two Heptathletes (KJT and Brooks) tied for a medal.
6888 is the highest Heptathlon score in Tokyo, replacing 6791 by Thiam from the Tokyo Olympics.
6888 is sixth best score of Heptathlon in WOrld Championships
W5000m
With gold tonight, Beatrice Chebet now has complete set of medals at w5000m in the WOrld Championships. Chebet last 400m 57.60 and a last 200m 27.86.
Anaya and Defar also have complete set of medals
Beatrice Chebet became third (after Tirunesh and Vivian) woman to win both 5000 and 10000m in World Championships
800m
All time best marks for place for 800m were set for 7th and 8th place.
Best marks for places were set for 1st to 8th place in World CHampionships 800m; first six were under the previous championships record.
Winning margin of 0.04 sec tied the second smallest winning margin at 800m in WOrld Championships
Smallest winning margin is 0.03 sec from 2007
Second medals for Wanyonyi and Sedjati, third medal for Arop at 800m in World Championships
WJT
48cm is second smallest winning margin in WJT at World Championships. Smallest is 10cm from 1991 (old Javelin)
So 48cm is smallest winning margin with New Javelin
Angulo won first medal for ECU at WJT in World Championships
Sietina won first medal for LAT at WJT in World Championships
TOKYO NEWS (with help from World Athletics info)
TOKYO (JPN): Spectator figures on day eight: morning session: 25,818 and evening session: 58,221.
TOKYO (JPN): For the first time in World Championships history, there was a shared medal in the combined events with Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) and Taliyah Brooks (USA). “Honestly, I thought it was a joke at first. I was like, ‘Why are we both showing up as bronze on the screen?’ I didn’t really celebrate until they put the medal around my neck,” said Johnson-Thompson.
TOKYO (JPN): Ethiopia came away empty-handed for the second successive women’s 5000m final at the World Championships. Ethiopia are still yet to win a gold medal at the championships.
TOKYO (JPN): There were national records for both Cian McPhillips (IRL) and Navasky Anderson (JAM) who finished fourth and seventh in 1:42.15 and 1:42.76 respectively. They were 38th and 37th on the final entry-list for Tokyo.
TOKYO (JPN): Competing in an unprecedented 10th successive world final, Gong Lijiao (CHN) finished ninth with 18.96m. “It’s incredible to think I have competed in 10 world championships. Reflecting on my first participation back in 2007, some of my teammates hadn’t even been born yet,” she said.
TOKYO (JPN): Fastest 4×400 m legs in men heats by Daniel Segers from Belgium 43.71 and among women Natalia Bukowiecka 49.42.
TOKYO (JPN): Alison Dos Santos and Abderrahman Samba were be escorted from competition after ceremony to warm-up area in the stadium. Amy Hunt was transferred by separate transport to the warm-up venue at around 18:00, directly after the medal ceremonies. Women 400 m hurdles ceremony was brought forward to 12.40.
TOKYO (JPN): The Closing Ceremony will take place between the end of competition and start of the post competition medal ceremonies. It is scheduled to last ten minutes from 21:30 to 21:40 and will include the following components: Opening announcement / highlights of the championships / thank you volunteers video /, handover announcement and ceremony.
TOKYO (JPN): The 2023 World triple jump champion Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso announced his retirement.
TOKYO (JPN): Triple olympic Champion Nafi Thiam pulled out of the women’s heptathlon. She has been embroiled in a feud with the Belgian Athletics Federation because: Her physio was denied accreditation, forcing her to get treatment outside the training facilities. She accuses the federation of boycotting her for refusing to sign their “code of conduct” over image rights, which clashes with her sponsors. The federation insists her claims are false and says they have written proof. Despite the tension, both sides say they’re still open to talks. Based on media reports.
