Month: September 2025
Finnish pole vaulter Elina Lampela
Elina Lampela is an track and field athlete from Finland specializing in the pole vault. She has represented Finland in several significant championships, including the Olympic Games in 2020 and 2024. At both the 2024 European Athletics Championships and the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she achieved a fourth-place finish. She is a five-time national
New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney
Eliza McCartney is a track and field athlete from New Zealand who specializes in the pole vault. She secured a bronze medal in this discipline at the Rio 2016 Olympics, as well as the silver at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow 2024. Currently, she holds the New Zealand and Oceania record with a height
French pole vaulter Marie-Julie Bonnin
Marie-Julie Bonnin is a French pole vault athlete, who is World Indoor champion from Nanjing 2025 and European Indoor bronze medalist from Apeldoorn 2025. She also has a gold from Chorzow Diamond League and is European U23 champion. Her personal best in the pole vault is 4.75m, which is also a national record. Marie-Julie Bonnin
Mattia Furlani won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Mattia Furlani won the long jump title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, repeating his success after triumphing with the indoor title in Nanjing this winter. The Italian athlete improved his personal best and with 8.39m (+0.2 m/sec) won his first world outdoors title. The silver went to Tajay Gayle (Jamaica) with 8.34m (-0.1
Faith Kipyegon won her fourth world title in 1,500m
Faith Kipyegon continues to make history. The Kenyan runner won her fourth world title in the 1,500m outdoors after winning the final in Tokyo in 3:52.15 min. This is the second result in the history of the planetary outdoor championships. Her compatriot Dorcus Ewoi fought for the silver medal at the last moment, finishing in
Cordell Tinch won the world’s 110m hurdles gold in Tokyo
The winner of the 2025 Diamond League, Cordell Tinch, also won the world title in the 110m hurdles. The American athlete left the planetary gold in the USA after winning the final run in Tokyo with 12.99 sec (-0.3 m/s). Two Jamaican hurdlers completed the podium. Orlando Bennett recorded a personal best of 13.08 sec
Hamish Kerr won the high jump gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Paris 2024 Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr added a world outdoor gold to his collection of medals. The New Zealander won an extremely interesting competition with a new world best result for the season of 236cm. Hamish Kerr was the only one to clear this height, and he did it on his first attempt.
Ethan Katzberg won the men’s hammer throw gold in Tokyo with a new championship record
Ethan Katzberg (Canada) won his third world title, triumphing in the men’s hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with a championship record of 84.70m. The Olympic champion started strong with a first attempt of 82.66m. Shortly afterwards, Merlin Hummel of Germany threw 82.77m to finish the first round in first place. Ethan
Reigning world and Olympics champion Grant Holloway did not qualify for the 100m hurdles final in Tokyo
For the first time since 2019, a new world champion in the 110m hurdles will be crowned at the World Athletics Championships. The unexpected results in Tokyo continued on Tuesday night when reigning world and Olympic champion Grant Holloway, the second-fastest 110m hurdler in history, finished sixth in his semi-final in 13.52 sec. Having won
Armand Duplantis won his third consecutive pole vault world title with a new WR
Armand Duplantis won his third consecutive world title in the pole vault. The Swedish athlete put on a show for the spectators in the stands after reaching the gold with a new world record of 6.30m. The 25-year-old Swede, who is becoming a living legend in athletics, cleared the height on his third attempt, coming