World Athletics Championships

Botswana declares National holiday after historic 4x400m world title in Tokyo

Botswana has declared Monday, 29 September, a national public holiday to celebrate the country’s unprecedented triumph in the men’s 4x400 metres relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. On Sunday, the relay quartet of Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi produced a stunning display in a rain-soaked final. Botswana edged out the United States, who had claimed the previous...

Tokyo 2025: Botswana break USA dominance to claim historic men’s 4x400m gold

by Ibikunle Salako

21 September 2025

Botswana etched their name into athletics history on Sunday by becoming the first African nation to win gold in the men’s 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The quartet of Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori and reigning 400m world champion Busang Collen Kebinatshipi produced a blistering time of 2:57.76 to snatch victory from the United States under pouring rain at...

Tokyo 2025: Major upset as Kenya’s Odira claims women’s 800m gold in record time

by Ibikunle Salako

21 September 2025

Kenya’s Lilian Odira produced one of the biggest shocks of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, storming to victory in the women’s 800m with a championship record performance, Afrosport reports. The 26-year-old, who arrived in Tokyo as an outsider rather than a pre-race favourite, unleashed a devastating late surge to overhaul Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, clocking 1:54.62. Odira’s time not only carved nearly two seconds off...

Tokyo 2025: Kenya’s Wanyonyi storms to men’s 800m world title in record-breaking final

by Ibikunle Salako

20 September 2025

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi produced a blistering performance to win the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 21-year-old set a champions record of 1:41.86 to claim the gold medal, an improvement on the silver he won in last time out in Budapest in 2023. Wanyonyi employed the same tactics that earned him Olympic gold in Paris last year – leading from...

Tokyo 2025: Chebet edges Kipyegon to complete long-distance double at Worlds

by Ibikunle Salako

20 September 2025

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet secured a remarkable double by winning the women’s 5000m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 25-year-old, who also won the 10,000m event a week ago, claimed victory in 14:54.36 to achieve the same feat she did at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She ended her hunt for a first world title, having already won silver and bronze at Eugene in...

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Botswana declares National holiday after historic 4x400m world title in Tokyo

Tokyo 2025: Botswana break USA dominance to claim historic men’s 4x400m gold

Tokyo 2025: Major upset as Kenya’s Odira claims women’s 800m gold in record time

Tokyo 2025: Kenya’s Wanyonyi storms to men’s 800m world title in record-breaking final

Tokyo 2025: Chebet edges Kipyegon to complete long-distance double at Worlds

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