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2025 World Athletics Championships
The 2025 World Athletics Championships (Japanese: 2025年世界陸上競技選手権大会) were the twentieth edition of the World Athletics Championships, and were held from 13 to 21 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
The championships used the National Stadium, rebuilt for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was the first time since the 2019 Rugby World Cup on a major sporting event to be held in Japan to allow full spectators following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020s.
This was the third time that the championships were held in Japan, following the 1991 event in Tokyo at the former National Stadium, and the 2007 event in Osaka.
K, member of the Japanese boy band &TEAM, was selected as the official supporter for 2025 World Athletics Championships.
A total of 53 nations won medals at the championships, more than in any previous edition. Samoa, Saint Lucia and Uruguay won their first ever medals at the championships, while Tanzania won their first ever gold medal.
In October 2019, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe stated consideration of a direct choice for Kenya to host this championship.
Kenya confirmed its bid for the championships in October 2021.
In 2022, Japan and Singapore entered bids to host the championships. In July 2022, Tokyo was selected by World Athletics to host the 2025 event, after it scored the highest in the bid evaluation. The National Stadium in Tokyo became the first major spectator event for athletics after the 2020 Summer Olympics were held behind closed doors in response with the then-still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Coe welcomed the selection, but stated that his "ambition to see a World Championships in Africa ... is undiminished".
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2025 World Athletics Championships
The 2025 World Athletics Championships (Japanese: 2025年世界陸上競技選手権大会) were the twentieth edition of the World Athletics Championships, and were held from 13 to 21 September 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.
The championships used the National Stadium, rebuilt for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was the first time since the 2019 Rugby World Cup on a major sporting event to be held in Japan to allow full spectators following the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020s.
This was the third time that the championships were held in Japan, following the 1991 event in Tokyo at the former National Stadium, and the 2007 event in Osaka.
K, member of the Japanese boy band &TEAM, was selected as the official supporter for 2025 World Athletics Championships.
A total of 53 nations won medals at the championships, more than in any previous edition. Samoa, Saint Lucia and Uruguay won their first ever medals at the championships, while Tanzania won their first ever gold medal.
In October 2019, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe stated consideration of a direct choice for Kenya to host this championship.
Kenya confirmed its bid for the championships in October 2021.
In 2022, Japan and Singapore entered bids to host the championships. In July 2022, Tokyo was selected by World Athletics to host the 2025 event, after it scored the highest in the bid evaluation. The National Stadium in Tokyo became the first major spectator event for athletics after the 2020 Summer Olympics were held behind closed doors in response with the then-still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Coe welcomed the selection, but stated that his "ambition to see a World Championships in Africa ... is undiminished".