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September 24, 2025
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How a record number of teams clinched medals in Tokyo event

How a record number of teams clinched medals in Tokyo event

53 nations made it on to the medal table after nine action-packed days at the 2025 World Championships...

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The World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 set new records for participation and impact, with 53 nations clinching medals – the highest number ever – during an event hailed as the most significant in the sport's history.

  • A total of 1992 athletes from 193 countries and the Athlete Refugee Team participated, with five first-time medal winners including Samoa, Saint Lucia, Uruguay, and Tanzania, which secured its first gold.
  • Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own world record in pole vault at 6.30m, while US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden achieved a sprint treble, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a championship record in the 400m.
  • The event saw remarkable engagement, with 619,288 fans attending, over 12 million viewers in Japan on opening day, and the World Athletics website attracting 13 million fans.

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