Overview

• Competition runs in Tokyo from September 13–21 with free-to-air coverage alternating on ARD and ZDF, live broadcasts on Eurosport, and streaming via the public broadcasters’ portals and Joyn.
• Former decathlon star and ARD analyst Frank Busemann says a medal shutout like Budapest 2023 “will not happen,” while cautioning that Paris 2024’s four medals represented the upper end of expectations.
• Malaika Mihambo returns to the outdoor Worlds after missing 2023, targets the long jump podium in the stadium where she won Olympic gold in 2021, and indicates Beijing 2027 is likely to be her final Worlds.
• German medal prospects highlighted in coverage include world leader Julian Weber (javelin), Leo Neugebauer (decathlon), Mihambo (long jump), shot put Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye, and the women’s 4x100m relay.
• World Athletics’ mandatory SRY test for all female entrants is over 95% complete, with remaining checks to be done on site in Tokyo; German athletes Christina Honsel, Kristin Pudenz and Mihambo voice ethical and procedural concerns, and WA identified Norway and France as federations with outstanding tests.