Overview
- Tara Davis‑Woodhall claimed long jump gold with 7.13 m ahead of Malaika Mihambo’s 6.99 m, with Natalia Linares taking bronze at 6.92 m as Mihambo’s coach Ulli Knapp returned after illness.
- Oblique Seville won the men’s 100 m in 9.77 seconds ahead of Kishane Thompson and Noah Lyles, while Melissa Jefferson‑Wooden set a championship record of 10.61 to win the women’s 100 m over Tina Clayton and Julien Alfred.
- Gina Lückenkemper missed the women’s 100 m final, finishing fourth in her semifinal in 11.11 seconds for 13th overall.
- Valarie Allman won the discus with 69.48 m as Germany’s Shanice Craft placed eighth with 65.21 m after advancing to the end phase under the revised attempt format.
- Reports highlighted a late‑communicated field‑event rule change introducing progressive cuts (10 after three attempts, then 8, then 6), and Nele Weßel said she was impeded in the 1500 m semifinal as officials reviewed the incident with conflicting follow‑up accounts.