Overview

• Pérez won the 20 km in 1:26:55 just seven days after taking the 35 km, becoming the fourth athlete to defend the same double at consecutive Worlds after Carl Lewis, Mo Farah and Usain Bolt.
• González finished 12 seconds behind for silver with Japan’s Nanako Fujii taking bronze, while Spain’s Antía Chamosa placed seventh.
• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone claimed the 400 m title in 47.78, the second-fastest time ever, with Marileidy Paulino at 47.98 for silver and Salwa Eid Naser earning bronze in 48.19.
• Noah Lyles captured a fourth straight 200 m world crown in 19.52 as Melissa Jefferson-Wooden completed the women’s 100–200 sprint double with a 21.68 win.
• Cuba’s Leyanis Pérez won the women’s triple jump to end Yulimar Rojas’s reign, Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo took the men’s title with 17.91, and Mexico’s Miriam Sánchez reached the 200 m semifinal before finishing 23rd overall.