RunBlogRun presents
Talks with Larry Tokyo 2025
World Championships in Athletics
Day 5 review.
Faith continues to shine at 1500m.
September 17, 2025
Tokyo, Japan
Best moments of day 5.
- Faith Cherotic/Kenya wins her first title as a senior athlete in the high jump with a time of 8:51.59 against an experienced field.
- Isaac Nader /Portugal catch Jake Wightman / UK at the end, just 0.02 difference after Josh Kerr got injured about 800 meters into the race (he had a problem in the semi-final but it got rough in the final). It was Jake’s second medal after winning at Eugene 2022 and he has been injured for the past 2 years.
Isaac Nader of Portugal took gold in 3:34.10, Jake Whiteman, GBR, silver in 3:34.12 and Reinald Cheruiyot, KEN, bronze in 3:34.25. Photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun - Kathy Moon, USAand: Sandy Morris, USA, to go gold and silver in the pole vault. Katie cleared 4.90m to defend her last two titles (in a row). Sandi Morris, healthy once more, raised the bar to 4.95m in her winning effort and finished in silver.
Katie Moon, Sandy Morris, Tokyo 2025, photo by World Athletics - Mattia Furlani / Italy leapt 8.39 meters in the fifth round to become the youngest winner of the men’s long jump. Mattia also won the World Indoor Championships in 2025.
This is our review of day five of the 2025 World Outdoor Athletics Championships, which took place from 13-21 September 2025. This coverage was sponsored by NIKE Running. Please check out the Vomero 18, Vomero PLUS, Vomero Premium and Air Structure 26 at your favorite local NIKE running store or visit www.nikerrunning.com!
Special thanks Mike Dearingwho edits, hosts and produces the podcasts Stronger Media Group LLC (RunBlogRun.com and: RunningNetwork.com)
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