LRC 2025 Worlds
2025 Worlds
2025 Worlds

MB: OFFICIAL World Champs - Day 4 LIVE Discussion Thread In the 800, Cooper Lutkenhaus has been eliminated but Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel have moved on. Grant Holloway didn’t make the 110h final which was won by Cordell Tinch. SML ran a sensational 48.29 and Faith Kipyegon won her 7th global title with a masterful performance.

      16-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus ran 1:47.68 for 7th in his World Championships 800m heat as teammates Donavan Brazier and Bryce Hoppel advanced.

      Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran 48.29 in Tokyo to break Sanya Richards-Ross’s American 400m record and moves closer to the 47.60 world record.
      *She did it finally ! 48.29 . Syd !!!! 

      Monday at Worlds
      Monday at Worlds

      Olympic champion Cole Hocker was disqualified in the 1500m semi-final at Worlds for jostling after finishing 2nd. The U.S. has appealed the decision.

      Best kick in the world

      Beamish had not won a steeple since his debut in April 2023, but launched an all-time kick to go from 11th to 1st on the last lap and deny Soufiane El Bakkali's bid for a fifth straight global title.

      Monday Worlds Talk
      Day 3 Monday

      In one of the best marathon finishes in history, Simbu ran down Germany's Amanal Petros and outleaned him at the line to win Tanzania's first-ever World Championships gold by hundredths as both men were credited with a time of 2:09:48.

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      Duplantis broke the WR for the 14th time in his career with a third-attempt clearance at 6.30m. Greece's Emmanouil Karalis took silver with 6.00m.

      Worlds Day 2
      Worlds Day 2

      Jimmy Gressier was the surprise winner of the 10,000m as Grant Fisher and Nico Young were left off the medal stand.

      Jefferson-Wooden destroyed the field with a 10.61 championship record while Seville ran a 9.77 pb to defeat fellow Jamaican Kishane Thompson (9.82) as Olympic champ Noah Lyles was 3rd in 9.89.

      Worlds Day 2

      Olympic champ Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance from the 1500m heats at Worlds. Neither dd Phaneul Koech orAzeddine Habz. We break it down.

      Worlds Marathon

      Just as she did at last year's London Marathon, Jepchirchir (2:24:43) outkicked Assefa (2:24:45) in a fierce final 400 meters as Uruguay's Julia Paternain (2:27:23), who ran in the NCAA at Penn State and Arkansas, was a shocking 3rd. American Susanna Sullivan (2:28:17) was 4th after leading at halfway.

      Day 2 Talk:
      Doping / Ban News
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      Day 1 Worlds
      Day 1 Worlds

      Chebet’s run which included a 27.11 final 200 was one of the highlights on day 1 in Tokyo, alongside an epic gut-it-out win from Ryan Crouser in the shot put (his fifth consecutive global title). There was a surprise in the men’s 100m where South Africa’s Gift Leotlela led all qualifiers by running a 9.87 personal best.

      Olympic silver medallist Kenneth Rooks didn't make the final, but Dan Michalski did and so did Geordie Beamish despite a fall on the final lap.

      More World Champs Coverage
      RIP To A Coaching Legend

      Daniels had a prolific career as an athlete, coach and exercise scientist. He won two Olympic medals in the modern pentathlon, did exercise testing for various groups including Nike's Athletics West elite team in Eugene and held numerous coaching positions which included advising on the training of Jim Ryun while working with the 1968 US Olympic team and winning seven DIII women's national XC titles while at Cortland. And of course, he indirectly contributed to the coaching of thousands of high school and college athletes through his training book, Daniels’ Running Formula.

      Big Doping News
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      The Ultimate LetsRun Story In Our 25 Year History & One Of Our Favorite Jonathan Gault Features - Read It Now

      After five coaches, six states, and hundreds of hours of listening to the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast, steepler Dan Michalski will make his World Championship debut in Tokyo. He dedicated his runner-up finish at USAs to the grinders who keep going without a big shoe contract. "They know the grind, they know what it’s like to fight through injuries, what it’s like to feel like you have the talent to make a team and keep coming up short," Michalski says. "This is for them, in a sense."

      Never Tell Me The Odds

      Move over Cole Hocker and Grant Fisher. According to the betting markets, Nico Young has the best combined odds of any American distance runner to win gold at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. Young isn't the only American medal hope. Are they good because they've become teetotalers?

      Non-LRC Worlds Coverage
      Kipchoge And Hassan Doing NYC
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      NYC is the last WMM that Kipchoge hasn't run. He will face defending champ Abdi Nageeye, former NYC Marathon champs Evans Chebet and Albert Korir, and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Benson Kiprut. Hassan is up against the last three NYC champions in Sheila Chepkirui, Hellen Obiri, and Sharon Lokedi.

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      LRC Gets You Read For Worlds
      LRC Gets You Read For Worlds

      Our Jonathan Gault breaks down an epic men's 1500 field which has 7 or 8 legitimate potential winners.
      *MB: Tokyo '25 Men's 1500m Podium Picks! 🥇 🥈 🥉
      *MB: Norwegian press reports Jakob may not run 1500 at Worlds Say it ain't so.
      *MB: Gjert Ingebrgitsen's conflict with his sons continues: He's applied for trademark for 'Ingebrigtsen method'
      *Jake Wightman has been training great but doesn't know what that means “Training-wise, I think I’m training as well as I ever have done and hopefully that means that I’m in my best shape, but whether that’s going to be good enough to win, to medal, to make a final I don’t know.
      *3 Scots will represent Britain in the men's 1500 yet again And two of them - Kerr and Whitman - have won the last two Worlds. Can they extend the win streak to 3?

      Have you entered our free Prediction contest? Enter and play in a group with your friends.

      Kenya's Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi is the favorite, but Team USA has its best team ever and three of the top seven seeds in Donavan Brazier (1:42.16), Cooper Lutkenhaus (1:42.27), and Bryce Hoppel (1:42.49).

      We get you ready for the women's distance events in Tokyo including the marathon. Did you know it might be be the best women's marathon of the fall and it's on in prime time in the US at 7 pm ET on Saturday?

      Distance News
      More Pre-Worlds Coverage
      Doping / Testing News
      Distance News
      The Ultimate 10,000 Preview

      Billy Mills shocked the world in Tokyo 61 years ago. Can an American win a second global 10,000 title in the same city 61 years later? This is the ULTIMATE 10,000 preview.

      Who will win the 10,000 at the 2025 Worlds?

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      How many medals will the Americans win in the men's 10,000?

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      Prediction Contest

      Track’s biggest showdowns are here. Pick your podiums, win bragging rights, and maybe even a LetsRun Supporters Club membership in our $200,025 Worlds Prediction Contest.

      The LetsRun.com prediction contest team for Worlds is set.  Meet the three winners from the USAs contest and see how they pulled it off.  Don’t forget to enter the Worlds contest next.

      LRC Editorial

      Can you imagine the Kansas City Chiefs being placed into the NFL playoffs because they won the Super Bowl two years ago? Of course not, it would ruin the drama of the regular season. And the byes in track totally ruin the drama of US championships - one of the best meets on planet earth. Across the last four US championships in Worlds years (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025), almost half of the US's reigning world champions have either skipped the final or not participated seriously. LRC's proposal would make USAs better while keeping Worlds great.

      Pre-World Champs News
      5th Avenue Mile

      Nuguse won a close race over Parker Wolfe (3:48.1) and Drew Hunter (3:48.4) while Gracie Morris (4:15.5) won with a comfortable gap ahead of Kayley Delay (4:17.4) and Karissa Schweizer (4:17.6).  Post-race, stars reflected on breakthroughs, setbacks, and what’s next.

      Pre-Worlds Track Action In Bejing
      Road / XC Results
      One Week Until Tokyo
      Teen Stars Past and Present
      Worlds Start Next Saturday
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      Mid-Week Worlds News
      Non-Worlds News
      Fast Times In Germnay
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      Attaoui is now only behind Noah Ngeny (2:11.96 in 1999) and Seb Coe (2:12.18 in 1981). Kenya's Festus Lagat finished runner-up to Attaoui in 2:12.96 (#5 all-time).

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      Non-Distance Stuff
      10 Days Until Tokyo
      Sex Testing News
      Gabby Thomas Out Of Tokyo
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      She hadn't raced since making the team with her 3rd place finish at USAs a month ago. There she just beat out Brittany Brown for the final spot by one thousandth of a second, but Brown went on to make the team by winning the 200m DL final in Zurich.

      USATF 20k Champs

      He took 7 seconds off his previous record to beat out defending champ Hillary Bor (56:32). Recent BYU grad Aubrey Frentheway won the women’s race in 1:05:36 ahead of Biruktayit Defega (1:05:42) and Ednah Kurgat (1:05:46).

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        Sydney Joins The World Marathon Majors
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        Kiros, who was 4th in Tokyo earlier this year and 5th in last year, grabbed the lead after 41k while Hassan made a big move after 35k to drop former WR holder Brigid Kosgei on Sydney's hilly course. *Top 20 Results

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        The DL Final Is In The Books
        The DL Final Is In The Books

        Laros, the 20-year-old Dutchman, stayed red-hot with another win in a pb of 3:29.20. Plus Noah Lyles edged out Letsile Tebogo in a 200m thriller, 19.74 to 19.76, as Frenchman Jimmy Gressier outkicked Grant Fisher to win the 3,000 in 7:36.78 to Fisher's 7:36.81.  Jessica Hull tied up big time in the 1500 and lost by 0.03 and Audrey Werro ran 1:55 to win a tight women's 800. Other winners included Femke Bol (52.18), Salwa Eid Naser (48.70) and Christian Coleman (9.97). We broke it down for you live when it was over in the player above/to the left.

        More Zurich

        Ethiopia's Fantaye Belayneh outduelled American Josette Andrews to win $50,000 in the Diamond League 3000m final while wearing Aleshign Baweke's bib. Baweke was announced as the winner but Belayneh was the actual champion and will earn a wild card entry to Worlds in the 5,000 meters.

        Sha'Carri Richardson's Summer Gets Worse

        LetsRun has learned that the case has not been cleared as many media outlets reported and that Richardson is scheduled to appear in court in SeaTac, Wash., on September 2. The first round of the women's 100 meters at the World Championships in Tokyo begin on September 13.

        Zurich Race Replays / Highlights (Need a US IP? Use the VPN we use at letsrun.com/vpn)
        Zurich Race Replays / Highlights (Need a US IP? Use the VPN we use at letsrun.com/vpn)
        HS XC News
        Cooper Goes Pro

        The 16-year-old Lutkenhaus will forgo his final two years of high school eligibility. He is the first American men's middle-distance runner to turn professional while still in high school.

          Data doesn't lie

          We've run the numbers by comparing Lutkenhaus's run against every other age-16 world record, and the data is clear.

          Podcast & Highlights

          Coach Chris Capeau was our podcast guest and shares how he guided Cooper Lutkenhaus to a record-breaking 1:42.27 in the 800m,  in his first year coaching him.

          The Latest LetsRun Feature By Jonathan Gault

          Three years ago, USATF published a document on its website titled "Journey to Gold: Strategic Roadmap to 2028." The idea: capitalize on a six-year window bookended by two rare opportunities -- a home World Championships in 2022 and a home Olympics in 2028 -- to grow the sport domestically. The aim, spelled out in a purple box on page 1, was to make track & field the country's fifth-most followed sport by LA28. As part of this initiative, USATF launched a series of professional meets known as the "Journey to Gold Tour." Three nationally-televised meets stood at the heart of those efforts. Last year, the USATF Bermuda, NYC, and LA Grand Prix meets were all shown nationally on NBC. In 2025, none of those meets were even held. What happened to them? And what should USATF's role be in promoting/staging professional track meets?

          Weekend Listen

          Deena Kastor, the Olympic bronze medallist in the marathon, shares stories of the coach who shaped her as a runner and  human being.

          If it's too good to be true....

          Suspicion of Chepngetich was sky high last October when she ran 2:09:56 in Chicago and now she's been popped.. But since Chepngetich tested positive for a masking agent, she could be competing again as soon as April 2027 even if her ban is upheld. Is that fair? Plus is the AIU nearing a breaking point with Federico Rosa and Kenya?

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          Meet Phanuel Koech

          Koech's coach Claudio Berardelli says his talent could be comparable to that of his two biggest stars, marathoner Sabastian Sawe and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. "I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened and what is the potential of this boy," Berardelli said.

          Our Latest Feature

          Freeman found incredible success in an event that has often plagued American relay squads, but USATF chose not to renew her contract at the end of 2024. Why? Jonathan Gault investigates.

          The 800 Gets LetsRun Love
          The 800 Gets LetsRun Love
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          Kersee doesn't talk often to the media but he talked to our Jonathan Gault about his plans for Athing Mu. Kersee said he believes racing the 1500 will help make Mu a better 800 runner but said he also hopes she can run more 400s moving forward and that she can eventually break 49 seconds in that event.

          Hoey's career had stagnated until connecting with Rinaldi in 2023. Within minutes of seeing him train in-person, Rinaldi knew he was special: "I said, if I can’t get this guy to run 1:44, there’s something wrong with me." (SC paywall lifted)

          Who?

          Jonah Koech wasn't even supposed to be in Sunday's 1500. As they approached the bell, he was in 13th out of 17. A lap later, he was the champion. He is just the third American man to win a Diamond League 1500/mile and the first runner sponsored by Under Armour to win a DL race. His 3:37.27 pre-race pb is also the slowest of any man to win a DL 1500/mile.

          How Josh Hoey Rose To The Top Of The World

          For five years, Hoey cylced through coach after coach but barely improved from his 1:47.67 high school 800m pb. Learn why he moved around so often -- and why he never gave up. Part I of JG's 7,000+ word feature.
          *MB: Josh Hoey profile by JG

          Stop Obsessing Over Your Diet

          The US indoor 1500m/3000m champion overhauled his fueling in workouts before the 2024 season. Now he swears by his routine.

          The Record Books Are Getting Rewritten In 2025

          In the span of one week in February, runners broke five world indoor records and every American men's middle-distance record from 800m to 5000m. Jonathan Gault spoke to some of America's top athletes and coaches to find the reasons behind all of the fast times.

          One More Look at a Legendary Race

          From novice fans to running diehards, there was something for everyone (except perhaps Brits and Norwegians) to enjoy about one of the greatest middle distance races ever run.

          Blanks = NCAA XC x 2

          Just before Blanks chases a 5,000m pb and collegiate record in what is likely his final NCAA race at Boston University on Saturday, he told LetsRun about the key session of his 2024 XC season -- one he described as "probably the best workout I've had so far in my career."

          Jonathan Gault pays tribute to two legends

          Simpson and Centrowitz, who both 1st medalled in 2011 and retired in 2024, leave the sport as two of the faces on the Mt. Rushmore of American 1500m running after piling up a combined eight medals at global championships. And despite not ever finishing in the top 3 on the yearly 1500 list (Simpson's best was 4th, Centro's 9th), they will be remembered as two of the better milers of their generation.

          Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast
          Best of the LetsRun.com Track Talk Podcast

          Your latest American stars share their insights.

          Three legends of the sport.

          One of the greatest US runners ever.

          We chatted with Frank on the 50th anniversary of his Olympic Marathon gold

          American Record Holders
          American Record Holders

          Keira D'Amato, the new American record holder in the marathon, was joined by Deena Kastor, who held the record for 15 years.

          Sisson was the guest on the LetsRun.com Track Talk podcast after she became the first American to go sub 67 in the half marathon on a record-eligible course. Podcast highlights above. Full pod here.

          Woody Kincaid joined us after he broke the American record indoors at 5000. He talks above why he left the Bowerman Track Club. Podcast highlights and link to full podcast here.

          LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour
          LetsRun.com Pro Coaches Tour

          Coogan's New Balance Boston team had 3 Olympians in 2021 and 2022 could be the biggest year yet for the program with 2 new additions and the TRACK at New Balance coming on March 1st.

          Danny Mackey has taken the Brooks Beasts from an unproven club to the Olympic podium in its first decade.

          Dathan Ritzenhein is the first of the top pro coaches to sit down and talk about his club heading into the 2022 campaign.

          Best of Jon Gault
          Best of Jon Gault
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          Take Your Love of LetsRun to the Next Level
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          LetsRun Classics

          Worlds Day 4

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