Field favourites and breakthrough performers take titles in Tokyo
15th September 2025The third day of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 was a day of two halves. Favourites in the field added more titles to their tallies, while on the road and track, breakthrough stars had their time to shine.
Mondo Duplantis ensured the day ended on a sensational high as he improved his world pole vault record to 6.30m*, while the morning began with a historic run by Alphonce Felix Simbu as he became Tanzania's first ever global gold medallist, winning the marathon.
Camryn Rogers moved to second on the world all-time list to retain her hammer title, while Geordie Beamish ended Soufiane El Bakkali's steeplechase streak and Ditaji Kambundji stormed to a 100m hurdles win.
Spectator figures on day three:
Morning session: 33,144
Evening session: 53,124