The first evening session of the 2025 World Athletics Track and Field Championships is here, and some of the biggest names in the world will take to the track for qualifying while medals will be awarded in the men's shot put, women's 10,000m, and mixed 4x400m. Wet and humid conditions are expected as we'll get a glimpse of Noah Lyles while Ryan Crouser will be in the hot seat for the first field event gold.

• Subscribe To FloTrack To Watch The Diamond League In 2025
• Behind The Beasts: Episode 1 Presented by Brooks Running
• World Championships, For These Veterans Age Is Just A Number

Earlier this morning (or late last night for US viewers), the host Japan won its first medal in the first event as Hayato Katsuki (who was only 30th in the '21 Olympic 50K) took bronze behind first-time global champion Evan Dunfee of Canada in the 35km racewalk. Masatora Kawano was leading for much of the race but he visibly struggled in the humid conditions, clutching his chest mid-race as veteran Caio Bonfim of Brazil took silver with a well-timed surge.

In the women's long walk, Spain's defending champion Maria Perez didn't leave any doubt as she split 2:39:02 to win by over three minutes -- at times even keying off of Bonfim on the loop course. Her friend Antonella Palmisano of Italy, who won 20K gold three years ago at the Olympics in this city, was runner-up as Paula Milena Torres set an Ecuadorian record to win bronze. 49-time U.S. champ Maria Michta-Coffey was 22nd as compatriots Miranda Melville and Katie Burnett were 30th and 32nd respectively a half-hour behind Perez.

Also earlier, qualifying rounds were held in the women's discus and men's 100m, while more prescient semi-finals were contested in the men's shot put and mixed 4x400m in preparation for their finals this session. Favorites advanced in the discus, with Val Allman qualifying on first throw while Gabi Jacobs and Shelby Frank were well short. The stars had a bye from the preliminary 100m rounds, but Haiti's Christopher Borzor led qualifiers into the quarter-finals.

Things got more interesting in the shot put qualification, where this year's Rabat and Silesia champ Payton Otterdahl, who was runner-up at USAs, could only manage 19.78m and didn't advance. In his first official throw of 2025, Ryan Crouser qualified with ease, but was upstaged by Tripp Piperi who threw a decimeter farther with 21.47m to lead the qualifiers. U.S. champ Josh Awotunde also made it through with a 20.78m mark.

The mixed 4x400m rounds had athletes doing just enough, but with only one substitution allowed for the finals we got a good look at what teams countries are fielding. The U.S. squad of Bryce Deadmon, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Jenoah McKiver, and Alexis Holmes controlled their heat to win in 3:10.1, while Belgium won heat two as the formidable Dutch team advanced despite missing Femke Bol. Notably, Kenya overperformed to place runner-up behind Belgium but was later disqualified for a lane infringement, pushing host team Japan into the finals.

See who qualified to advance in their respective events, and who will take home the first global outdoor track medals of the year.

9:20 AM EDT: Mixed 4x400m Final

The U.S. team of Bryce Deadmon, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Jenoah McKiver, and Alexis Holmes will aim to make history as the first relay medals are awarded at the 2025 World Championships. Great Britain will pose a challenge but the Netherlands will also be one to watch out for -- they're set to be anchored by star 400 hurdler Femke Bol.

Deadmon looks just behind South Africa on the first leg, handing to Irby-Jackson. Irby-Jackson passes South Africa for the lead after the break, but Lieke Klaver comes up for 3rd handoff.

McKiver has a solid lead and is only extending it. It's all onto Holmes now, all alone. But can you count out Femke Bol despite Holmes' monster lead?

Holmes looks too impressive to beat -- she wins in a championship record 3:08.78! The Netherlands takes silver as Belgium celebrates a bronze. The U.S. runs the fifth-fastest time in the history of the nascent event.

South Africa's Gardeo Isaacs split the fastest first leg of 44.98, but it was no matter. Irby-Jackson's 49.18 led the first women's leg by a good margin, putting the U.S. back into the lead. McKiver then split an incredible 43.91 -- the fastest in the race -- so that Holmes could coast to a win in 50.73 seconds. Bol had the fastest anchor at 50.06, but it wasn't enough.

8:30 AM EDT: Women's 10,000m Final

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet is the prohibitive favorite after taking 5K and 10K Olympic gold last year and running the first sub-29-minute 10K on the track, but they run the race for a reaosn. Kazakhstan's Daisy Jepkemei took the early lead, but abruptly moved to the outside seemingly inviting someone else to break the wind.

Hitting 800m in 2:34.21, Japan's Ririka Hironaka accepts the task. She increases the pace slightly to 5:00.89 at 1600m as Americans Taylor Roe, Elise Cranny, and Emily Infeld are hanging off the back of the pack.

Using Hironaka as a pacesetter, Agnes Ngetich lies in runner-up position; Italy's Olympic medallist Nadia Battocletti and Chebet follow. They split 2K in 6:14.04, just over 31-minute 10K pace. Hironaka has officially strung out the field to just about single file. Cranny has moved up to 14th at 3600m with Infeld a second back.

Ngetich decides to make the first real move! At 4K, they split a 3:02 kilometer to clearly delineate the first lead pack of about ten runners. Cranny has broken from the chase pack to catch up, but Chebet isn't making it easy as she's going surprisingly hard in these early miles. Chebet takes charge as there's six left now 14 minutes in: Chebet, Ngetich, Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and her teammate Fotyen Tesfay, Battocleti, and the final Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye. It was a 67-second lap, so they're moving quick.

They're 15:16 through 5K in a very fast-changing race: 2:54 was the last kilometer. The Americans have to react if they want to stay in this; Joy Cheptoyek of Uganda is ten seconds back of that lead pack of six but behind her it's another ten seconds to Cranny in eighth.

Tesfay is the first to break from this lead group, falling off ten seconds by 6400m (19:31.54) as the other positions remain unchanged. They're all starting to feel the pain from this hot surge, with the last lap at 77 seconds much slower now. Taye leads now at seven laps to go.

Once strung out, the leading five women are now bunched up again well clear of the field. Barring disaster, we want to say your winner will come from this group, but the 81.61-second lap pace they're running now isn't going to allow them to keep their lead. As the mile-to-go mark approaches, a 79-second lap indicates that they're winding up their kicks.

Ngetich moves to the outside seemingly inviting Battocleti to take the lead, but Battocletti isn't having it. The leading five look content to wait until the last 800m. At 9000m, Tsegay has finally injected a late-race surge as Chebet fights to stay in tow. Battocletti is hanging off the back now -- Taye is well back meaning we have four women for three medals. 

Tsegay hits the bell around 29:35. It's Tsegay, Chebet, Ngetich, and Battocletti. With 175m to go, Chebet goes hard but Batocletti follows! Chebet is your world champion in 30:37.24, with Battocletti silver and Tsegay winning bronze -- Ngetich is the odd one out in 4th.

Battocletti's time of 30:38.23 is a national record -- Taye is 5th and Hironaka impresses with a 6th-place showing for the home crowd. Elise Cranny is the top American in 13th (31:40.07), followed by U.S. champ Infeld (15th, 31:47.65) and Taylor Roe (19th, 32:12.19).

8:10 AM EDT: Men's Shot Put Final

With Payton Otterdahl out, U.S. champ Josh Awotunde struggling post-USAs and Crouser MIA the entire season, Tripp Piperi's 21.47m to lead the qualifiers does a lot for his medal chances with gold possibly being on his mind. But don't count Crouser out just yet -- he also auto-qualified for the finals on his first throw and his championship pedigree is unmatched.

Piperi's 21.05m first-round effort was behind his qualifying mark. New Zealand's Tom Walsh is the early leader at 21.58m.

After a 21.26m first round, Crouser's 21.99m second throw leads the field now, ahead of Italy's Leo Fabbri who just threw 21.83m. Piperi improved to 21.20m  but it's not enough for the medals as it stands.

Heading into the 5th round of throwing, Crouser's 21.99m still leads but is very beatable. Fabbri and Walsh both throw 21.94m to just miss gold medal position -- Fabbri has the better second-best throw for silver if it comes to that. Mexico's Uziel Munoz thissurprised for 21.50m on his 4th attempt for 4th place so far; Piperi is 5th with a 21.50m 4th-round effort while Awotunde is 7th.

Crouser needs a cushion on his lead on his 5th throw, and he gets it! The 22.34m mark makes him a much harder target to dethrone going into the final round. 

We're on the last round of throwing now. Piperi throws his second consecutive foul, leaving his best at 21.50m outside the medals. Munoz continues his shocking upset with a 21.97m heave -- that's good for silver as it stands! The pressure is on Tom Walsh now to earn his medal back.

Fabbri and Walsh are both unable to improve, meaning Crouser is your World champ with Munoz shock silver and Fabbri ks likebronze. No competitions this year except his own World Shot Put Series? According to Crouser, no problem.

After the competition, Crouser revealed to Lewis Johnson that an MRI showed arthritis, bone spurs, and compromised joint capsules. Crouser said that the problems were so serious that he wasn't sure if he would even have a functional elbow for the rest of his life. Because of this, Worlds were his first time actually "throwing hard" since last September, because he hadn't thrown in so long, he thought his first throw was "great" but was surprised it was only 21.40m. Despite what he described as a technically imperfect performance, Crouser managed to win his sixth global outdoor gold at age 32.

7:35 AM EDT: Men's 100m Heats

Much like the women's heats, top three each heat plus next three fastest will advance to the semi-finals. Noah Lyles is an arguable favorite, but his form in these heats will be important to analyze as his Olympic winning margin was less than a hundredth of a second.s like

Heat 1

Jamaica's Oblique Seville, who beat Lyles earlier in the year, surprisingly struggled as he only finished 3rd. The consolation is that the winning time was fast -- South Africa's Gift Leotela wins in 9.87 ahead of Nigeria's Kayinsola Ajayi in 9.88, +0.3 wind. Seville still managed a 9.93 despite a dreadful 0.286 reaction time.

Lewis Johnson asked Seville why his start was slow, and he said he wasn't worried about it. Seville mentioned that he was going through a "personal issue", but didn't want to say what it was.

Heat 2

Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson looks to be Jamaica's best sprint hope and Lyles' biggest threat -- he should win this by a considerable margin.

It's two different races as Thompson shuts it down to win in 9.95. Canada's Elizer Adjibi and Ronal Longa of Colombia are the other two qualifiers.

Heat 3

With Thompson's race fresh in our minds, we'll get to contrast to Noah Lyles here against Thompson's Jamaican teammate Akeem Blake. Lyles didn't get the best start, but he pulls through to beat Blake 9.95 to 10.07. Former NCAA 60m champ Terrence Jones took the final auto-spot in 3rd.

Lyles said he was excited about his performance. He liked his start, but said he's had better in practice. He said his goal is to turn up the notch in the semi-finals. About Seville's slow start, Lyles said he "knew that was gonna happen" and that he saw Seville was "panicking in the back".

Heat 4

Grand Slam hero Kenny Bednarek, who has markedly improved this year to a global gold contender, features in this heat. Kung Fu Kenny's win was never in doubt -- he ran it controlled and shut down to win in 10.01 ahead of Canada's Jerome Blake and Great Britain's Jeremiah Azu.

Kenny told Lewis Johnson he was bored throughout the day waiting for his first round. He likes the fans here compared to his last time in Tokyo at the '21 Olympics. Technically, he had "no complaints" about his first round race.

Heat 5

Botwana's Olympic 200m champ Letsile Tebogo has yet to win 100m global gold -- his quest will begin now as he'll face American Courtney Lindsey, who has beat Tebogo over 200m before. Canadian superstar Andre De Grasse will also feature.

Tebogo looks like he's jogging in lane 8, winning in 10.07. Surprisingly, Lindsey loses to De Grasse but they both advance as auto-qualifiers behind Tebogo. 

Heat 6

U.S. collegiate standout for Tennessee T'Mars McCallum faces Tokyo Olympic champ Marcell Jacobs for Italy, with Zharnel Hughes (GBR) also expected to factor. 

It's a false start! McCallum's reaction time shows as 0.099 seconds on the computer -- just 0.001 ahead of the legal 0.01 second limit. The judges are reviewing, and they decide to hand him a green card to his great relief.

McCallum had a nice start but was dusted by Nigeria's Israel Okom, who won in 10.04 ahead of Hughes and Jacobs. With McCallum 4th and not eligible for a time qualifier, he was seen grabbing the back of his left leg and was escorted from the track after the race.

Heat 7

Akani Simbine, who won the first three Diamond League meets this year for South Africa, takes this heat in 10.02 seconds ahead of Ghana's Abdul-Rasheed Saminu and Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala. 

That leaves Romell Glave (GBR, H1), Elvis Afrifa (NED, H7), and Puripol Bonsoon (THA, H4) as the time qualifiers -- McCallum is out.

6:50 AM EDT: Women's 1500m Heats

Top six from each heat will advance to the semi-finals -- only big Qs to be rewarded here. With Diribe Welteji's recent suspension for failure to submit to drug testing, Nikki Hiltz is in a good position to compete for a medal should she make the finals.

Heat 1

Australa's 3:50 woman Jess Hull controls this race alongside U.S. mile record-holder Sinclaire Johnson in 1:06.73 through 400m. Japan's pride Nozomi Tanaka glides to the front now as they hit 3:04.52 at the bell.

Tanaka falls back on the backstretch as Hull wins in 4:04.41, ahead of Johnson and Italy's Gaia Sabbatini. Kenya's NCAA standout Dorcus Ewoi is 4th as Marta Perez of Spain and Poland's Weronika Lizakowska round out the qualifiers.

There were some questions about Hull following her DL finals fade due to what seemed like over-exertion, so it's great to see her in good health.

Heat 2

Emily Mackay will aim to advance here against Australia's Linden Hall and circuit mainstay Nelly Chepchirchir of Kenya.

They're out much slower in 72 seconds through 400m. Sweden's Wilma Nielsen took the early lead but Linden Hall took the lead around 1K, picking up the pace to avoid a mess as they hit the bell in 3:06. 

Mackay is in 5th, struggling to maintain position the entire home stretch. She does it, with Chepchirchir winning in 4:07.01, Klaudia Kazimierska of Poland 2nd, Portugal's Salome Afonso 3rd, and Hall 4th. Mackay had a bit of a buffer as Team GB's Reeve Walcott-Nolan was 6th in 4:08.67 ahead of Canada's Lucia Stafford, who is left out.

Heat 3

U.S. champ Nikki Hiltz debuts here -- the Japanese athlete Tomoka Kimura leads 400m in about 65 seconds. Kenya's Susan Ejore and Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu move to the front as Hailu begins to separate ahead of Canada's Gabriela Debues-Stafford. 

It's 3:00.63 at the bell. There's eight women fighting for six spots -- Hailu wins in 4:01.23 as Hiltz gets runner-up. Behind them are Ejore, Debues-Stafford, France's Agathe Guillemot, and Washington standout Sophie O'Sullivan for Ireland.

Heat 4

Three-time Olympic champ Faith Kipyegon of Kenya is one of the clearest favorites in any event. She wants to get straight to the front, splitting a 66.5 opening lap ahead of Italy's Marta Zenoni. Great Britain's Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Laura Muir runs right by Kipyegon's side as they hit the bell in 3:00.27.

It was 63.6-second lap as Muir begins to fade coming into the homestretch. Kipyegon jogs it in to win in 4:02.56, as Sarah Madeline (FRA), Rome DL champ Sarah Healy (IRL), Zenoni, Gabija Galvydyte (LTU), and Nele Webel (GER) are your final Worlds semi-finals qualifiers.

6:05 AM EDT: Men's Pole Vault Qualification

5.80m is the auto-qualifying mark, or they'll at least keep jumping until we have 12 finalists. 

Group A

Mondo opens up at 5.55m as all contenders are clear of the bar so far. It's rare to see someone's hips so far above a height like this, but leave it to Mondo. Sam Kendricks is clear but his U.S. teammate Austin Miller fails his first and second attempt at 5.55m -- he finally gets it on 3rd try, keeping all Americans in the mix for now.

Norway's Simien Guttormsen is the first circuit familiar to be eliminated, failing to clear 5.55m. Sadly, Miller is next, as he couldn't clear 5.70m in three attempts and won't make the finals.

The seven Group A qualifiers -- all with a 5.75m clearance -- are Duplantis, his Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis, Kendricks, Sondre Guttormsen (NOR), Kurtis Marschall (AUS), Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (GER), former WR-holder Renaud Lavilennie (FRA), and Ersu Sasma (TUR). Only Karalis, Kendricks, Mondo, and Guttormsen had perfect scorecards.

Group B

Only four in the group have a clean scorecard through 5.55m -- American Matt Ludwig cleared 5.40 but failed his first 5.55m attempt once before clearing. 

Ludwig is really struggling at 5.75m -- he isn't making it, meaning Kendicks will be your only American in the finals.

The five Group B qualifiers, all clearing 5.75m, are Menno Vloon (NED), Ethan Cormont (FRA), Thibaut Collet (FRA), and Seifeldin Heneida Abdesalam (QAT). None of them were able to manage a miss-less scorecard along the way, however.

5:55 AM EDT: Women's 100m Heats

There's no preliminary round needed in the women's 100m -- top three from each heat plus the next three fastest times will advance to the semi-finals. There are big question marks over defending World champ Sha'Carri Richardson, who has yet to break 11 seconds on the year and may struggle to advance. The big picture race between Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Julien Alfred will begin to take shape.

Heat 1

U.S. champ Melissa Jefferson-Wooden does exactly what she needs to win in 10.99, ahead of New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs and Geraldine Frey of Switzerland. She was never really behind, though she waited until the last 40m to really turn it on and get separation.

Jefferson-Wooden tells Lewis Johnson she's come here for a job, and she won't let the fanfare of a World Championships affect her mood. She said she had to push "a little bit, but not too much", and she's here to win.

Heat 2

Tina Clayton may have lost to her sister Tia at the Doha DL this year, but she's the Jamaican representative in this heat against British '19 200m champ Dina Asher-Smith. She takes the wi in 11.01 ahead of Asher-Smith as Polish superstar Ewa Swoboda takes the last auto-qualifying sport.

Heat 3

All eyes are on Sha'Carri Richardson -- it's do-or-die as she may have to set a season best to advance. Her start is far behind that of Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, but she sets a season-best 11.03 to barely win over Jackson and Australia's Torrie Lewis. Lewis' 11.08 mark is a national record.

It's a good sign for Richardson, but she'll need to improve her start to be near the medals let alone make the finals.

Richard tells Lewis Johnson she's taking it round by round per her coach. She says this year has been transformational both on and off the track, and acknowledges it hasn't been ideal so far. She's aiming to use "butterflies as weapons", saying her first priority is to improve her start followed by power and torque in the middle.

Heat 4

St. Lucia's Julien Alfred will make her 2025 Worlds debut, and no doubt many will be comparing her first-round effort to that of Jefferson-Wooden earlier.

Wow -- It's 10.93 for Alfred, by far the most impressive and dominant heat performance so far. Switzerland's Salome Kora and Canada's Audrey Leduc are 2nd and 3rd, but it's a distant 2nd and 3rd. Alfred will be very tough to beat come finals.

Heat 5

The third American TeeTee Terry will begin her finals bid against Brit Darryl Neita. Neita controls the race winning in 10.94 ahead of a lagging Terry, but that crucial third auto-qualifying spot is a photo finish between Bulgaria's Boglárka Takacs and Liberia's Thelma Davies. Davies is given the nod by three thousandths of a second.

Heat 6

Surprise USAs runner-up Kayla White will round out the American contingent here. Italy's Zaynab Dosso has a great start to run 11.10 for the win -- White fades to 3rd behind Team GB's Amy Hunt.

Heat 7

The pocket rocket Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be applauded by Usain Bolt her in person during her final world championships. At 38 years old, making the finals would be a phenomenal accomplishment, and she'll have fellow veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith of the Ivory Coast to key off of.

Ta Lou-Smith takes it out but Fraser-Pryce comes storming home just behind, going 1-2 in 11.05. Liranyi Alonso of the Dominican Republic is the final auto-qualifier far behind in 11.26.

The time qualifiers are Gina Luckenkemper (GER, H3), Takacs in heat 5, and Anthaya Charlton (BAH, H3).

5:30 AM EDT: Women's Long Jump Qualification

Olympic gold medalist Tara Davis-Woodhall will be on full display on the first day in her quest for qualification. All athletes clearing 6.75m will auto-qualify, or else the top 12 marks in both groups combined will go to the finals.

Group A

Davis-Woodhall wastes no time with a 6.88m leap on her first attempt -- she's in cleanly. USAs 3rd-placer Quanesha Burks fouls her first attempt, but cleans it up with a 6.63m second try to advance.

Aside from Davis-Woodhall, Hillary Kpatcha of France and Burkina Faso's Marthe Koala are the other two auto-qualifiers in the 'A' group with 6.85m and 6.76m marks respectively.

"It's so much fun being here with the crowd", Davis-Woodhall tells Lewis Johnson. She reveals her shoes popped in the beginning, so she had to rely on a backup pair. Wearing a gold necklace with a sillhouette of herself, she makes it clear she wants redemption in this stadium.

Group B

German Tokyo Olympic champ Malaika Mihambo's first attempt looked great but it was a board foul by 1.1cm -- she's clearly not happy with that. And American breakout World Indoor champ Claire Bryant also fouls; they'll have two attempts left.

Mihambo jumps 6.63m on second try, probably a safe mark. Portugal's Agate de Souza suprirses with a 6.81m to lead the group on her last attempt, with Bryant just behind at 6.72m.

Italy's Larissa Iapichino, the early world leader, looks in trouble as she could only manage 6.56m for 7th.

Bryant had to rely on her last jump to advance after two subpar efforts. She said that she heard a Taylor Swift song playing, and used that momentum to jump 6.72m. Bryant said that her prayers to God to give her "one last scoop" of metaphorical ice cream on that final attempt were answered, and she lives another day making it to the finals.

5:05 AM EDT: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Heats

Qualification is simple: The first five in each heat are your Worlds finalists, no little "q"s. The big question going into these heats is how world record holder Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia is doing. We're all rooting for him after he suffered a fall and concussion on the last lap of the Olympic steeplechase -- he's only raced once since then, a win at the non-Diamond Paris steeplechase. His biggest rival Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco looks to be in form, while American Kenneth Rooks will attempt to repeat his heroic Olympic feat by making the final from heat 2.

Heat 1

Isaac Updike, the American who was 5th at USAs but made it to Worlds via his 8:13 PB at the Portland Track Fest, will be fighting for finals spots here versus Stockholm non-Diamond steeple winner Karl Bebendorf -- the German sidekick to Frederik Ruppert, who could pose a serious challenge. East Africans Edmund Serem (KEN) and Getnet Wale (ETH) could also be there with a fast pace.while Japan's Ryuji Miura technically has the best PB in the field with 8:03.43, set to finish runner-up in Monaco.

They're off to a slow start, with Updike taking the lead at 400m alongside Miura. They reach half-way as '21 Olympic 4th-placer Getnet Wale takes the lead with 3 laps to go. It's 5:52.91 at 2K now as the field starts to string out.

Updike is moving backwards at the worst time -- he's in 8th at the bell. It's a mad dash in the final 200m as Edmund Serem takes it in 8:29.97 ahead of Wale, Miura, France's Nicolas-Marie Daru, and Tunisian NCAA champ Ahmed Jaziri. Those are your qualifiers -- Bebendorf was 6th a second behind and Updike was 8th.

Heat 2

American Kenneth Rooks is featured, but he'll face German breakout star Frederick Ruppert, Ethiopia's Xiamen DL winner Samuel Firewu, and Kenyan Olympic bronze medalist Abraham Kibiwot. Also of interest to U.S. fans will be Geordie Beamish, the On AC competitor for New Zealand who surprised to win World Indoor 1500m gold last year.

This one is a little swifter out the gate -- Sweden's Leo Magnusson takes it out at 2:20 through 800m. Canada's Jean-Simon Desagnes is in tow followed by Kibiwot. Rooks is hanging off the back of the pack lying in wait, a tactical play early on as he's getting clean barrier approaches.

Sadly, at 2K this tactical play looks much more like a serious error. Rooks is now a good 25 meters behind -- he won't be making the Worlds final. Ruppert takes the lead now with a lap to go as Beamish moves up but falls just after the bell! It's a quick recovery for him but Desagnes also goes down, effectively ending his Worlds finals bid. 

Morocco's Salaheddine Ben Yazide takes the win in 8:27.21 with a 2:38.60 final K for the field, but Beamish nearly beats him with a post-fall burst of adrenaline in 2nd! Firewu was 3rd as Ruppert and Kibiwot rounded out the finalists. Rooks was never really in it -- he runs 8:45.57 for 11th.

Heat 3

Soufiane El Bakkali begins his quest to make it five straight global outdoor titles. He'll duel Girma early in this heat as Dan Michalski will be our last hope to have an American in the finals. Kenya's Simon Kiprop Koech will also be a threat as will Luxembourg's Ruben Querinjean, who shocked to win the Brussels DL.

Michalski will have motivation to make the finals as this is his first Worlds team after several near-misses at USAs -- he immediately takes runner-up position behind Belgium's Tim Van De Velde. Michalski is the 1K leader at 2:54.34 ahead of Querinjean and Kiprop Koech.

The American is still in control at 2K, leading in 5:49.56 as German Niklas Buchholz is now the first to go with him as they form a small gap. There's another fall -- Girma and Spain's Daniel Arce go down! Girma is up but Arce can't quite get back in it, so he won't finish.

Kiprop Koech looks in poor position with a lap to go. El Bakkali and Girma finally emerge to the lead, but Michalski finishes 3rd just behind them! El Bakkali's winning time of 8:26.99 is technically the fastest of the three heats. Querinjean and Buchholz make the finals in 4th and 5th.

In a show of sportsmanship, Van De Velde helps Colombia's Carlos San Martin to the line, with San Martin's arm around Van De Velde in the home stretch.

Day 1 Schedule (Times US ET)

Morning Session

• 6:30 PM Sep 12 – Men’s 35 km Race Walk (Final)
• 6:30 PM Sep 12 – Women’s 35 km Race Walk (Final)
• 8:00 PM Sep 12 – Women’s Discus Throw (Qualification – Group A)
• 9:55 PM Sep 12 – Men’s Shot Put (Qualification)
• 9:55 PM Sep 12 – Women’s Discus Throw (Qualification – Group B)
• 10:23 PM Sep 12 – Men’s 100 Metres (Preliminary Round)
• 10:55 PM Sep 12 – Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay (Heats)

Evening Session

• 5:05 AM Sep 13 – Men’s 3000 Metres Steeplechase (Heats)
• 5:30 AM Sep 13 – Women’s Long Jump (Qualification)
• 5:55 AM Sep 13 – Women’s 100 Metres (Heats)
• 6:05 AM Sep 13 – Men’s Pole Vault (Qualification)
• 6:50 AM Sep 13 – Women’s 1500 Metres (Heats)
• 7:35 AM Sep 13 – Men’s 100 Metres (Heats)
• 8:10 AM Sep 13 – Men’s Shot Put (Final)
• 8:30 AM Sep 13 – Women’s 10000 Metres (Final)
• 9:20 AM Sep 13 – Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay (Final)

Day 1 Evening (U.S. AM) Entries

3000m Steeplechase (Men)

• Soufiane El Bakkali, MAR, 7:56.68
• Frederik Ruppert, GER, 8:01.49
• Ryuji Miura, JPN, 8:03.43
• Edmund Serem, KEN, 8:04.00
• Samuel Firewu, ETH, 8:04.34
• Salaheddine Ben Yazide, MAR, 8:06.44
• Lamecha Girma, ETH, 8:07.01
• Simon Kiprop Koech, KEN, 8:05.51
• Getnet Wale, ETH, 8:07.12
• Karl Bebendorf, GER, 8:08.21
• Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui, TUN, 8:08.27
• Ruben Querinjean, LUX, 8:09.47
• Abraham Kibiwot, KEN, 8:10.13
• Daniel Arce, ESP, 8:10.58
• Isaac Updike, USA, 8:10.59
• Nicolas-Marie Daru, FRA, 8:10.69
• Louis Gilavert, FRA, 8:11.49
• Djilali Bedrani, FRA, 8:11.52
• Baptiste Fourmont, FRA, 8:12.10
• Etson Barros, POR, 8:12.19
• Nahuel Carabaña, AND, 8:12.80
• Edward Trippas, AUS, 8:13.15
• Alejandro Quijada, ESP, 8:13.40
• Geordie Beamish, NZL, 8:13.86
• Faid El Mostafa, MAR, 8:14.04
• Niklas Buchholz, GER, 8:14.05
• Daniel Michalski, USA, 8:14.07
• Kenneth Rooks, USA, 8:14.25
• Ala Zoghlami, ITA, 8:14.38
• Jean-Simon Desgagnés, CAN, 8:14.40
• Tim Van De Velde, BEL, 8:14.40
• Nathan Mountain, USA, 8:14.43 (Alternate)
• Vidar Johansson, SWE, 8:15.00
• Leo Magnusson, SWE, 8:15.02
• Mohamed Tindouft, MAR, 8:15.32
• Ahmed Jaziri, TUN, 8:18.00
• Leonard Chemutai, UGA, 8:28.61
• Carlos San Martín, COL, 8:37.79

Long Jump (Women)

• Tara Davis-Woodhall, USA, 7.12
• Malaika Mihambo, GER, 7.07i
• Larissa Iapichino, ITA, 7.06
• Hilary Kpatcha, FRA, 7.02
• Claire Bryant, USA, 6.96i
• Natalia Linares, COL, 6.92
• Pauline Hondema, NED, 6.91
• Quanesha Burks, USA, 6.90
• Annik Kälin, SUI, 6.90i
• Alyssa Jones, USA, 6.90
• Jazmin Sawyers, GBR, 6.89
• Agate De Sousa, POR, 6.84
• Lissandra Maysa Campos, BRA, 6.84
• Fátima Diame, ESP, 6.82
• Alina Rotaru-Kottmann, ROU, 6.81
• Ese Brume, NGR, 6.79
• Alysbeth Felix Boyer, PUR, 6.78
• Marthe Koala, BUR, 6.75
• Milica Gardašević, SRB, 6.75i
• Maja Åskag, SWE, 6.75
• Ackelia Smith, JAM, 6.74
• Tyra Gittens, TTO, 6.73
• Anna Matuszewicz, POL, 6.71i
• Plamena Mitkova, BUL, 6.70i
• Esraa Owis, EGY, 6.70
• Irati Mitxelena, ESP, 6.70
• Khaddi Sagnia, SWE, 6.69
• Shiqi Xiong, CHN, 6.68
• Chantel Malone, IVB, 6.67
• Prestina Oluchi Ochonogor, NGR, 6.67
• Filippa Fotopoulou, CYP, 6.65
• Nikola Horowska, POL, 6.65
• Paola Fernandez, PUR, 6.59
• Delta Amidzovski, AUS, 6.57
• Danielle Nolte, RSA, 6.56
• Samantha Dale, AUS, 6.48
• Sumire Hata, JPN, 6.47

100m (Women)

• Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, USA, 10.65
• Julien Alfred, LCA, 10.75
• Tina Clayton, JAM, 10.81
• Kayla White, USA, 10.84
• Jacious Sears, USA, 10.85 (Alternate)
• Twanisha Terry, USA, 10.85
• Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith, CIV, 10.87
• Anthaya Charlton, BAH, 10.87
• Shericka Jackson, JAM, 10.88
• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, JAM, 10.91
• Thelma Davies, LBR, 10.91
• Leah Bertrand, TTO, 10.92
• Dina Asher-Smith, GBR, 10.93
• Audrey Leduc, CAN, 10.94
• Zoe Hobbs, NZL, 10.94
• Sade McCreath, CAN, 10.95
• Camille Rutherford, BAH, 10.96
• Daryll Neita, GBR, 11.00
• Jodean Williams, JAM, 11.00
• Amy Hunt, GBR, 11.02
• Rosemary Chukwuma, NGR, 11.03
• Liranyi Alonso, DOM, 11.04
• Sha’Carri Richardson, USA, 11.05
• Gina Lückenkemper, GER, 11.05
• Patrizia Van Der Weken, LUX, 11.05
• Boglárka Takács, HUN, 11.06
• Zaynab Dosso, ITA, 11.07
• Ewa Swoboda, POL, 11.08
• Maboundou Koné, CIV, 11.09
• Géraldine Frey, SUI, 11.09
• Salomé Kora, SUI, 11.10
• Lisa Mayer, GER, 11.10
• Lorène Dorcas Bazolo, POR, 11.10
• Destiny Smith-Barnett, LBR, 11.11
• Ana Carolina Azevedo, BRA, 11.12
• Gladymar Torres, PUR, 11.13
• Herverge Etame Kole, CMR, 11.13
• Torrie Lewis, AUS, 11.16
• Sina Mayer, GER, 11.18
• Xiaojing Liang, CHN, 11.19
• Viktória Forster, SVK, 11.19
• Karolína Maňasová, CZE, 11.20
• Marlet Ospino, COL, 11.22
• Bree Rizzo, AUS, 11.23
• Julia Henriksson, SWE, 11.24
• Polyniki Emmanouilidou, GRE, 11.26
• Rani Rosius, BEL, 11.27
• Gorete Semedo, STP, 11.27
• Ella Connolly, AUS, 11.31
• María Ignacia Montt, CHI, 11.33
• Natacha Ngoye, CGO, 11.37
• Pierrick-Linda Moulin, GAB, 11.44
• Tri-Tania Lowe, AIA, 11.50
• Alessandra Gasparelli, SMR, 11.50
• Rori Lowe, HON, 11.78
• Fayza Issaka Abdoukerim, TOG, 11.84
• Nyasha Harris, BIZ, 12.04
• Valentina Meredova, TKM, 12.12
• Lujain Ibrahim Alhumaid, KSA, 12.41
• Chloe David Van, Unknown, 12.56
• Estelle Short, COK, 12.76
• Alisar Youssef, SYR, 12.93

Pole Vault (Men)

• Armand Duplantis, SWE, 6.29
• Emmanouil Karalis, GRE, 6.08
• Kurtis Marschall, AUS, 5.95
• Menno Vloon, NED, 5.96
• Ersu Şaşma, TUR, 5.92
• Austin Miller, USA, 5.92
• Renaud Lavillenie, FRA, 6.16
• Thibaut Collet, FRA, 5.95
• Sam Kendricks, USA, 6.06
• Sondre Mogens Guttormsen, NOR, 6.00
• Bokai Huang, CHN, 5.85
• Chenyang Li, CHN, 5.85
• Matt Ludwig, USA, 5.90
• Ethan Cormont, FRA, 5.82
• Valters Kreišs, LAT, 5.82
• Ernest John Obiena, PHI, 6.00
• Torben Blech, GER, 5.80
• Ben Broeders, BEL, 5.80
• Oleg Zernikel, GER, 5.75
• David Holý, CZE, 5.75
• Simen Guttormsen, NOR, 5.75
• Piotr Lisek, POL, 5.73
• Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, GER, 5.73
• Ioannis Rizos, GRE, 5.73
• Kyle Rademeyer, RSA, 5.73
• Cole Walsh, USA, 5.72 (Alternate)
• Hussain Asim Al Hizam, KSA, 5.72
• Matteo Oliveri, ITA, 5.71
• Matěj Ščerba, CZE, 5.70
• Artur Coll, ESP, 5.70
• Urho Kujanpää, FIN, 5.70
• Márton Böndör, HUN, 5.70
• Simone Bertelli, ITA, 5.70
• Oleksandr Onufriyev, UKR, 5.70
• Tao Zhong, CHN, 5.66
• Gillian Ladwig, GER, 5.65
• Seifeldin Heneida Abdesalam, QAT, 5.62
• Ricardo David Montes, VEN, 5.60

1500m (Women)

• Faith Kipyegon, KEN, 3:48.68
• Diribe Welteji, ETH, 3:51.44
• Jessica Hull, AUS, 3:50.83
• Nikki Hiltz, USA, 3:55.33
• Freweyni Hailu, ETH, 3:56.30
• Linden Hall, AUS, 3:56.33
• Birke Haylom, ETH, 3:56.79
• Sinclaire Johnson, USA, 3:56.93
• Nelly Chepchirchir, KEN, 3:56.99
• Sarah Healy, IRL, 3:57.15
• Laura Muir, GBR, 3:57.63
• Saron Berhe, ETH, 3:57.72
• Heather Maclean, USA, 3:57.79 (Alternate)
• Emily Mackay, USA, 3:58.05
• Susan Lokayo Ejore, KEN, 3:58.05
• Georgia Griffith, AUS, 3:58.25
• Agathe Guillemot, FRA, 3:58.29
• Marta Pérez, ESP, 3:59.02
• Sarah Madeleine, FRA, 3:59.06
• Marta Zenoni, ITA, 3:59.16
• Sarah Billings, AUS, 3:59.25
• Dorcus Ewoi, KEN, 3:59.25
• Salomé Afonso, POR, 3:59.32
• Esther Guerrero, ESP, 3:59.45
• Gaia Sabbatini, ITA, 3:59.49
• Klaudia Kazimierska, POL, 3:59.66
• Revee Walcott-Nolan, GBR, 3:59.89
• Águeda Marqués, ESP, 4:00.57
• Gabija Galvydytė, LTU, 4:00.71
• Erin Wallace, GBR, 4:01.10
• Gabriela Debues-Stafford, CAN, 4:01.19
• Joceline Wind, SUI, 4:01.59
• Weronika Lizakowska, POL, 4:01.70
• Katie Snowden, GBR, 4:02.02
• Wilma Nielsen, SWE, 4:02.05
• Kate Current, CAN, 4:02.79
• Marina Martínez, ESP, 4:03.33
• Lucia Stafford, CAN, 4:03.54
• Nele Weßel, GER, 4:03.61
• Nozomi Tanaka, JPN, 4:04.16
• Ludovica Cavalli, ITA, 4:04.37
• Jolanda Kallabis, GER, 4:04.64
• Vera Sjöberg, SWE, 4:05.09
• Bahiya El Arfaoui, MAR, 4:05.20
• Mia Barnett, SWE, 4:05.39
• Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann, LUX, 4:05.58
• Şilan Ayyıldız, TUR, 4:05.66
• Amina Maatoug, NED, 4:05.67
• Adelle Tracey, JAM, 4:06.23
• Sophie O'Sullivan, IRL, 4:06.74
• Laura Nicholson, IRL, 4:07.17
• Marissa Damink, NED, 4:07.52
• Ingeborg Østgård, NOR, 4:08.84
• Teresiah Muthoni Gateri, KEN, 4:08.96
• Anne Gine Løvnes, NOR, 4:09.20
• Sofia Thøgersen, DEN, 4:09.28
• María Pía Fernández, URU, 4:09.48
• Knight Aciru, UGA, 4:09.69
• Tomoka Kimura, JPN, 4:09.88
• Lilly Nägeli, SUI, 4:10.22
• Pooja, IND, 4:10.68
• Micaela Levaggi, ARG, 4:10.92
• Gresa Bakraçi, KOS, 4:17.57
• Lodkeo Inthakoumman, LAO, 4:33.95

100m (Men)

• Kishane Thompson, JAM, 9.75
• Kenneth Bednarek, USA, 9.79
• Courtney Lindsey, USA, 9.82
• Oblique Seville, JAM, 9.83
• T’Mars McCallum, USA, 9.83
• Trayvon Bromell, USA, 9.84 (Alternate)
• Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, GHA, 9.84
• Ackeem Blake, JAM, 9.88
• Noah Lyles, USA, 9.90
• Akani Simbine, RSA, 9.90
• Zharnel Hughes, GBR, 9.91
• Kayinsola Ajayi, NGR, 9.92
• Erik Cardoso, BRA, 9.93
• Bayanda Walaza, RSA, 9.94
• Jerome Blake, CAN, 9.95
• Eloy Benitez, PUR, 9.95
• Ronal Longa, COL, 9.96
• Jeremiah Azu, GBR, 9.97
• Benjamin Azamati, GHA, 9.98
• Gift Leotlela, RSA, 9.98
• Ryiem Forde, JAM, 9.98
• Davonte Howell, CAY, 9.98
• Felipe Bardi, BRA, 9.99
• Emmanuel Eseme, CMR, 9.99
• Yoshihide Kiryu, JPN, 9.99
• Retshidisitswe Mlenga, RSA, 9.99
• Ferdinand Omanyala, KEN, 10.00
• Carlos Florez Angulo, COL, 10.00
• Romell Glave, GBR, 10.00
• Lucas Ansah-Peprah, GER, 10.00
• Yuhi Mori, JPN, 10.00
• Rohan Browning, AUS, 10.01
• Eliezer Adjibi, CAN, 10.02
• Letsile Tebogo, BOT, 10.03
• Israel Okon, NGR, 10.03
• Mamadou Fall Sarr, SEN, 10.03
• Xinrui Deng, CHN, 10.06
• Terrence Jones, BAH, 10.08
• Louie Hinchliffe, GBR, 10.08
• Joshua Azzopardi, AUS, 10.09
• Elvis Afrifa, NED, 10.09
• Taymir Burnet, NED, 10.10
• Owen Ansah, GER, 10.11
• Rikkoi Brathwaite, IVB, 10.11
• Henrik Larsson, SWE, 10.11
• Simon Hansen, DEN, 10.12
• Ali Al Balushi, OMA, 10.12
• Christopher Borzor, HAI, 10.13
• Andre De Grasse, CAN, 10.15
• Puripol Boonson, THA, 10.15
• Kuron Griffith, BAR, 10.18
• Saif Al Rammahi, IRQ, 10.22
• Zhenye Xie, CHN, 10.23
• Olivier Mwimba, COD, 10.29
• Lamont Marcell Jacobs, ITA, 10.30
• Alieu Joof, GAM, 10.30
• Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, JPN, 10.31
• Zaid Ashraf Omar Al-Awamleh, JOR, 10.46
• Marcos Santos, ANG, 10.53
• Favoris Muzrapov, TJK, 10.56
• Dylan Sicobo, SEY, 10.65
• Winzar Kakiouea, NRU, 10.78
• Hassan Saaid, MDV, 10.83
• Sanjay Weekes, MNT, 10.83
• D’angelo Huisden, SUR, 10.88
• Kenaz Kaniwete, KIR, 10.91
• Tyson Chinn, PLW, 11.48
• Stanislaus Kostka, FSM, 11.62
• Theodore Cleveland Rodgers, NMI, 11.88
• Abdul Rahim Abdullah, BRU, 10.77
• Salin Tort, CAM, 11.33
• Manuel Ataide, TLS, 11.35
• Ty’ree Langidrik, MHL, 11.46
• Sean Penalver, GIB, 11.72
• Gregorio Ndong, GEQ, 11.86
• Matthew Fiso, ASA, 11.92
• Titali Kolomalu, TGA, 12.00

Shot Put (Men)

• Leonardo Fabbri, ITA, 22.98
• Joe Kovacs, USA, 23.23 (Alternate)
• Josh Awotunde, USA, 22.47
• Payton Otterdahl, USA, 22.59
• Adrian Piperi, USA, 22.29
• Chukwuebuka Cornnell Enekwechi, NGR, 22.10
• Tom Walsh, NZL, 22.90
• Zane Weir, ITA, 22.44
• Wictor Petersson, SWE, 21.49
• Willian Dourado, BRA, 21.41
• Konrad Bukowiecki, POL, 22.25
• Uziel Muñoz, MEX, 21.88
• Andrei Rares Toader, ROU, 21.29
• Tomáš Staněk, CZE, 22.17
• Marcus Thomsen, NOR, 21.23
• Scott Lincoln, GBR, 21.31
• Armin Sinančević, SRB, 21.88
• Nick Ponzio, ITA, 21.83
• Welington Morais, BRA, 21.01
• Chris van Niekerk, RSA, 20.86
• Giorgi Mujaridze, GEO, 21.21
• Riccardo Ferrara, ITA, 20.98
• Eric Favors, IRL, 20.93
• Aiden Smith, RSA, 20.73
• Juan Carley Vázquez Gómez, CUB, 20.68
• Mesud Pezer, BIH, 21.48
• Jialiang Xing, CHN, 20.44
• Tsanko Arnaudov, POR, 21.56
• Artem Levchenko, UKR, 20.36
• Mohammad Reza Tayebi, IRI, 20.32
• Nick Palmer, NZL, 20.32
• Mohammed Daoud B Tolu, KSA, 21.80
• Djimon Gumbs, IVB, 20.29
• Jesper Arbinge, SWE, 20.44
• Mohamed Khalifa, EGY, 21.39
• Haochen Zhang, CHN, 20.09
• Ali Peker, TUR, 19.56
• Ryan Crouser, USA, 23.56

10,000m (Women)

• Janeth Chepngetich, KEN, 30:27.02
• Agnes Jebet Ngetich, KEN, 30:27.38
• Beatrice Chebet, KEN, 30:27.52
• Elise Cranny, USA, 30:36.56 
• Weini Kelati Frezghi, USA, 30:38.60 (Alternate)
• Joy Cheptoyek, UGA, 30:41.95
• Daisy Jepkemei, KAZ, 30:48.44
• Calli Hauger-Thackery, GBR, 30:50.64
• Isobel Batt-Doyle, AUS, 30:51.27
• Ririka Hironaka, JPN, 30:56.32
• Taylor Roe, USA, 30:58.66
• Lauren Ryan, AUS, 30:58.69
• Emily Infeld, USA, 30:59.38
• Mikuni Yada, JPN, 31:12.21
• Jana Van Lent, BEL, 31:14.22
• Elisa Palmero, ITA, 31:18.03
• Megan Keith, GBR, 31:19.88
• Rebecca Chelangat, UGA, 31:21.74
• Klara Lukan, SLO, 31:25.84
• Eva Dieterich, GER, 31:45.18
• Francine Niyomukunzi, BDI, 31:48.30
• Sarah Chelangat, UGA, 32:01.15
• Nubia De Oliveira Silva, BRA, 34:06.56
• Gudaf Tsegay, ETH, 29:05.92
• Fotyen Tesfay, ETH, 29:47.71
• Tsigie Gebreselama, ETH, 29:48.34
• Ejgayehu Taye, ETH, 29:50.52
• Nadia Battocletti, ITA, 30:43.35

How To Watch The Track And Field World Championships

NBC and Peacock are the streaming partners for this event. Follow this streaming guide to see where to watch events throughout the day.

FloTrack Is The Streaming Home For Many Track And Field Meets Each Year

Don’t miss all the track and field season action streaming on FloTrack. Check out the FloTrack schedule for more events.

FloTrack Archived Footage

Video footage from each event will be archived and stored in a video library for FloTrack subscribers to watch for the duration of their subscriptions.

Join The Track & Field Conversation On Social

• Follow us on Twitter @FloTrack
• Follow us on Instagram @flotrack
• Follow us on TikTok @flotracktv
• Watch us on YouTube
• Like us on Facebook