US EditionGeorgetown County Olympian Melissa Jefferson Wooden Heads to Tokyo
Over 2,200 athletes from around 200 countries will compete over nine days at Tokyo's National Stadium, with schedule changes made due to expected high heat conditions.
- The 2025 World Athletics Championships begin in Tokyo on September 13, with road race start times moved earlier due to heat concerns.
- The schedule changes respond to Tokyo's hottest summer since 1898, with temperatures averaging 33C and high humidity posing risks to athletes.
- Jake Norris, a 26-year-old hammer thrower and 2018 World U20 champion, is making his World Championships debut after winning his third consecutive British title.
- Cooper Lutkenhaus, a 16-year-old American, qualified for the 800 meters, ranking sixth worldwide in 2025 and set to compete in the first-round race on Tuesday.
- South Africa's Bayanda Walaza will be absent from the Championships after a medical assessment revealed that his hamstring injury, which occurred during the Diamond League Final on August 25, has not healed, leading his team to prioritize his recovery and maintain team strength.
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Georgetown County Olympian Melissa Jefferson Wooden heads to Tokyo
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) —From the Lowcountry to the world stage this weekend, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, one of the fastest women in the world, will compete in the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Back home, friends and family are already cheering her on. In Georgetown’s historic waterfront district, family members call her the People’s Champion. They’ll be watching closely as Melissa takes to the track. “So we are over excited and …
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Major blow as Bayanda Walaza ruled out of World Athletics Championships
South Africa’s rising athletics star Bayanda Walaza will miss the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after failing to recover from a hamstring injury sustained at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 25 August. In a statement, Athletics South Africa confirmed that “a comprehensive medical evaluation has determined that Walaza’s hamstring injury will prevent him from participating in the Championships.” The federation added that the de…
The International Association of Athletics Federations (World Athletics) has decided to move the start times of several World Championships competitions forward due to the hot weather in Tokyo.
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