{"id":3355,"date":"2025-09-17T08:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T00:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=3355"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T00:03:30","slug":"katzberg-and-kipyegon-defend-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/katzberg-and-kipyegon-defend-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Katzberg and Kipyegon defend titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hammer star Ethan Katzberg and 1500m legend Faith Kipyegon successfully defended their titles at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 with displays of pure dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, the other finals on day four \u2013 the men\u2019s high jump and 110m hurdles \u2013 were incredibly competitive and went down to the wire. New Zealand\u2019s Hamish Kerr added the world high jump title to his Olympic gold, equalling his own Oceanian record with a world-leading 2.36m. USA\u2019s Cordell Tinch, meanwhile, emerged from the sprint hurdles with victory in 12.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katzberg, the Olympic champion, started strongly in the men\u2019s hammer final with an opening effort of 82.66m. But moments later, Germany’s Merlin Hummel threw 82.77m to end the first round in pole position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katzberg responded well in round two, sending his hammer out to 84.70m – the longest throw in the world for 20 years – to break the championship record and his own North American record. It remained the best mark of the day as the Canadian secured his third global title in as many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hummel held on to second place ahead of Bence Halasz (82.69m) and Mykhaylo Kokhan (82.02m), marking the first time four men have thrown beyond 82 metres in one hammer competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gold again for Queen Kipyegon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Faith Kipyegon maintained her reign in the 1500m, winning her fourth world title at the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-time Olympic champion from Kenya clocked 3:52.15 to add another title to her sensational CV, finishing well clear ahead of her compatriot Dorcus Ewoi, who ran a 3:54.92 PB to secure silver, and Australia\u2019s Jess Hull, who got bronze in 3:55.16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kipyegon becomes only the second woman to win four world titles in the same track event after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who has won five 100m titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kerr completes set of global golds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the men\u2019s high jump, Kerr shared the lead up to 2.28m, but world indoor champion Woo Sanghyeok took it with his second-time clearance at 2.31m. Both Woo and Kerr got over 2.34m on their third tries with Woo still leading on countback. But a flawless clearance at 2.36m gave Kerr the outright victory as Woo was unable to go any higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Czechia’s Jan Stefela and Ukraine’s Oleh Doroshchuk tied for bronze with 2.31m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinch takes first major title<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two years after joining the sub-13 club in the 110m hurdles, USA\u2019s Cordell Tinch delivered on his huge promise to win his first world title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The heats and semifinals had been incredibly close with no one emerging as an outright favourite ahead of the final. Defending champion Grant Holloway didn\u2019t make it through to the final, but Tinch ensured the title stayed on US soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He got off to a superb start and held off the strong challenge from Jamaican duo Orlando Bennett and Tyler Mason, crossing the line in 12.99. Bennett and Mason held on for silver and bronze, running PBs of 13.08 and 13.12 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the rounds\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The women\u2019s 400m semifinals witnessed record depth, but Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone produced the standout performance. The world 400m hurdles record-holder, competing in just the flat here, smashed the US record with 48.29, moving her to seventh on the world all-time list. Defending champion Marileidy Paulino (49.82) and 2019 winner Nalwa Eid Naser (49.47) also advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the women\u2019s event went largely to the formbook, the men\u2019s 400m semifinals threw up several surprises. Collen Kebinatshipi of Botswana strode to victory in his semifinal in a world-leading national record of 43.61. US champion Jacory Patterson was fourth (44.19) but advanced on time. Olympic medallists Matt Hudson-Smith and Muzala Samukonga didn\u2019t make the cut, but Japan\u2019s Yuki Joseph Nakajima made it through (44.53), much to the delight of the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years to the day that she last competed in a triple jump contest, four-time world champion Yulimar Rojas showed little sign of rust as she qualified for the final with her first jump of the qualifying round, leaping 14.49m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the big contenders made it safely through the first round of the men\u2019s 800m with the likes of Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Donavan Brazier and Mohamed Attaoui all winning their respective heats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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