Canada Finishes third in Medal Count (Three gold, One Silver, One bronze)!

The Tokyo World Championships were held at the Japanese National Stadium from September 13 to 21, 2025, in warm and humid conditions. The exceptional performances were greeted by an impressive crowd, averaging 56-58,000 fans a night and 17-20,000 fans during the day. This was the first global sports event in Japan after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which did not allow fans into the Japan Olympic Stadium.

We are examining the federations sponsored by Nike (USA, Kenya, Canada, Germany, China, United Kingdom, and Uganda) and providing readers of RunBlogRun with an overview of those nine superb days and nights of track and field in Tokyo. NIKE sponsored the coverage of RunBlogRun in Tokyo 2025, USATF Outdoor 2025, and NIKE Pre Classic 2025. We are grateful for their support of the sport and RunBlogRun.

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Canada takes five medals in Tokyo 2025

Ethan Katzberg, the king of the hammer throw, won the Tokyo 2025 World Championships with a world-leading throw of 84.70 meters. Ethan’s throw of 84.70 meters/ 277 feet, 10.64 inches, is the Meet record and Canadian record.

Silver was Merlin Hummel, GER, 82.77m PB, and bronze was Bence Halacz, HUN, in 82.69m!

Ethan Katzberg, CAN, gold, hammer throw, Tokyo2025, photo by World Athletics

Evan Dunfee, CAN, took the gold in the Men’s 35 kilometer race walk on the first day of the championships. In hot, humid conditions, Evan’s legs cramped over the last two kilometers, walking 2:28:22. Caio Bonfim, BRA, took the silver in 2:28:55. In third, Hayato Katsuki, JPN, gave the home country its first medal of the championships, in 2:29:16 with the bronze medal!

Camryn Rogers took the gold in the women’s hammer throw, with a world-leading throw of 80.51 meters. Zhao Jie, CHN, took the silver in 77.60m PB, and Zhang Jie, CHN, who took bronze in 77.10 meters.

Cam Rogers takes gold for Canada at Tokyo W hammer, photo by World Athletics

Canada took the silver in the Men’s 4×100 meters, in 37.55 with the USA in gold in 37.29 and the Netherlands in 37.81m. The Canadian team consisted of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse.

Men’s 4x100m, USA in gold, Canada in silver and Netherlands in bronze! photo by World Athletics, Tokyo WCH 2025

Marco Arop took the bronze in the Men’s 800 meters in Tokyo!

Emmanuel Wanyonyi, KEN, took the gold in 1:41.86, with Djamel Sedjati, ALG, taking the silver in 1:41.90. Marco Arop took the bronze in 1:41.95. Marco Arop gave it his all to win this race, and he challenged Emmanuel Wanyonyi, but the Olympic champion was just a little bit faster on the day.

The Men’s 800m final, photo by World Athletics, Tokyo WCH 2025

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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