Overview
- Ryan Crouser won a third straight world outdoor shot put title with 22.34m, edging Mexico’s Uziel Munoz (21.97 NR) and Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri (21.94), after missing most of the season with an elbow injury.
- Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet added the world 10,000m crown to her Olympic title in 30:37.61, finishing ahead of Italy’s Nadia Battocletti and Ethiopia’s defending champion Gudaf Tsegay.
- The United States took the mixed 4x400m in 3:08.80, with the Netherlands anchored by Femke Bol for silver and Belgium for bronze, while Great Britain placed fifth, 0.23 seconds off the podium.
- Sprint stars advanced smoothly: Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson each ran 9.95 in the men’s 100m heats and Letsile Tebogo moved on; in the women’s 100m, Julien Alfred led qualifiers in 10.93 as Sha’Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden progressed.
- Attention now turns to the 1500m, where defending champion Josh Kerr begins his title defense as Jakob Ingebrigtsen enters after an injury-disrupted season; heats start Sunday with the final on Wednesday.