It was a wet wet night. Or in the evening. It depended on how several it ended. Almost 60,000 fans were packed. On the anvil together with the rest were two 100m semifinals, separate a few hours before the final of the charged energy. Meanwhile, if you were a fan of slow burns, the male 10k came. The expectation was absent -bent. In the humidity of the loaded air, you felt that there was a surprise around the corner.
In the qualifying with a high jump, the ruling world champion, he collapsed from the competition of the unrestricted and dramatic Gianmarco Tamberi. With the perimeter on the left thigh, three fatal mistakes for 2.21, Tamberi went home with only 2.16. In earlier interviews he announced his intention to continue to the La 2028 Olympic Games. The failure in Tokyo would pull him off. Later he said, “It’s a poor result. I know they can happen minima. But it hurts. I knew I could jump over 2,30, otherwise I would leave my 20 -day girl in Italy. I feel like crap.”
“I feel that bullshit” was a feeling that would withstand a high jump and affect several world -class athletes. 100m semifinals in men and women would prepare a podium for the evening finals. Italian Gianmarco Tamberi reacts after he has not qualified. (Reuters Photo)
World Athletics Championship on 2nd day: the most important
American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden operated the fastest semifinals of 100 ms 10.73. It was 7. The fastest 100 meters ever recorded at the World Championship. Sha’Carri Richardson, who ruled the world champion, qualified for the finals as an unauthorized qualification, its timing, giving her the best season from 11.00 to finish the third in heat. In 2023, Budapest qualified as a non -automatic qualifier and then went to create history.
To the joy of the crowd and the full-fledged roar, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce qualified for the record eighth world 100m finals at 11:00. Six finalists out of 100m finals in Budapest would be compiled at the last, late in Tokyo
Men’s semifinals went by form. No great upset. Kenny Bednarek and Kishane Thompson, a 9.85 watch, the second fastest semifinals of 100 MV of the World Championship after Justin Gatlin ran 9.77 in Beijing. And Kenny and Kishane seemed to come in the last five meters. All eight finalists interrupted a 10 -second barrier in the semifinals. The final promised. Fans restless.
And in the middle of the slap came 10,000 meters.
10k run will turn into a tactical battle
Moisture was written enough. Yet this night felt as if the National Stadium covered a wet blanket. Sweat liquid. There was no hint of breeze. Tactically, 27 runners began slowly. In the pack, hunting for the six best slots, was also the Indian Gulveer Singh. Gulveer created a new national record of 27: 00,22 at a meeting of ten 2025 in San Juan Capistrano, USA. Broke 28: 02,89 Surendry Singh, which stood since 2008. Indian fans expected something special.
When we see the conditions, it will be a slow tactical race. The package remained close. After several wheels, the waters were tested by SELEMON BAREGA. Chelimo Uganda replied, but the package closed again and slowed down the pace.
For two rounds, Japanese Jun Kasai and Mebuki Suzuki, broke through, led the pack to loud health from home fans. Kenyan Edwin Kurgat briefly took the lead and handed it back to the Norwegian Awet Kibrab.
With the 12 laps that get, the body pours, gets into the eyes, the bets move higher, so it is the intensity of the action. None of the best runners want to make a clean break; First, the weather will not allow and the second, it is possible to catch up in a long distances race.
American double Olympic bronze medalist Grant Fisher came to third place. In the coming moments, the group broke into a single file. The Japanese were now lagging behind and falling back to the center.
With the six wheels that Fisher tried again, she tried to re -on his way to the queue. The Swedish Almgren also turned briefly to the front. At the moment, everyone looked at the French runner Jimmy Gressiier. The leadership was replaced and everyone tried to understand the other and desperately read something in the race.
Ethiopian trio Barega, Kejelcha and Berihu Aregawi pushed up. The others took it as a call and the scramble began. Kejelcha led the charge at the bell. It was a group of eight to nine runners who went broken. After the last section, with a roaring stadium, the runners accelerated the elbows out and set off for better positions. Fischer replied. Then came the moment, for a short two seconds, when the athletes disintegrated to run sharply, Gresier took a crack, a bat from hell, from absolutely anywhere, for a stunning victory. It was a seismic shock. Berihu Aregawi, a clutch of silver medals, again lost her first main gold, while Barega would always make Rue, whether he had made the right calls in the race. For runners of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, this world title would be the sweetest in the 28: 55,77, slowest in the history of the World Championship.
India Gulveer Singh finished 16th with a timing of 29: 13,33. Compare Gulveer’s personal best of 27: 00,22 with time of victory or even if he ran somewhere near 28: 38,63, the timing that brought him gold at the Asian athletic championships 2025. IF and Buts of Indian Athletics!
And when 100m women lined up, the stadium buzzed like a giant hack. The last 50 meters of the dash in 10k left all the brass.
If the form was an indicator, it did not disappoint, because the US Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, undefeated throughout the season, was driven by a journey, in Steam and won its first global title in the 10.61 championship record; Fourth on the list of the world of all time.
Jefferson-Wooden was towed by 21-year-old Jamaican Tina Clayton at 10.76, while the Olympic champion Julien Alfred raised bronze at 10.84. Later, in media interaction, Alfred would say that she was running, although she was pulling her hamstring.
“I came like a hunter,” said the Olympic bronze medalist Jefferson-Wooden. “I’ve never won the world or the Olympic 100m title, and I worked for that all year.”
Despite returning to bronze, Alfred Pokorný was. “I’m blessed to win this medal,” she said. “It wasn’t my time today. I attracted Hamstring so we’ll see 200 m.”
It was also the end of the famous era, a stadium that stood on clapping, 38-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, which won this title five times between 2009 and 2022 and ended sixth at 11.03, what would be her last global finals.
Sevilla serves a surprise in 100 m
100 meters of men was a surprise. The sloping Seville has an imploding history. This time Jamaican held it together. He was the fastest in the semifinals at the World Championship in 2022, but ranked fourth in the finals. In Budapest he had the fastest time to the finals, but he finished fourth again. In Paris at the Olympic Games ended 2. The fastest in the semifinals and then in the final came cropped. Not in Tokyo. Not in front of Usain Bolt, who saw and watched in a luxury box.
Kishane Thompson seemed to have a clear advantage on the half trail, but Seville pulled out to win at 9.77. Thompson, the Olympic silver medalist followed at 9.82 and then Noah Lyles at 9.89, his best timing since obtaining the Olympic title in 9.79. Jamaica was back to the top because Bolt retired in 2017.
The 200 m Olympic Champion, Letsile Tebogo, hoping to go a little better than its 100m silver in Budapest, was disqualified for a false start. Kenny Bednarek, who was with Thompson the fastest qualifier for the finals – both ran 9.85 up to the same thousandth of a second – had a horror start, could not pull back into the race and ended fourth at 9.92. Lestile Tebogo is disqualified from 100 m of sprint. (Reuters Photo)
With a reaction time of 0.211, Kenny lost the opportunity that was built on stage. When he talked to the media, Kenny said later, “I just slept in blocks. I think it’s almost what it was. I let it go. Definitely should be on stage.”
“If I did the race well, we would have another story. The last race I ran I felt there were more in the tank. So yeah, as I said, just let it go. I’ll think about it for a very long time.”
In the end, Seville, who began to live in the shadow of larger names, decided to throw the cloaks and accept her potential, by tearing his racing jersey to ensure that Jamaica celebrated the first global male champion because Bolt achieved in Rio Olympics in 2016.
After the race Seville said, “Over the years I have performed, the injury has always stopped me. And this year I showed my dominance throughout the season.
Finally, a remarkable day of the second World Cup, full of upset, dramatic goals; Those who risked exposed the victims of the winner.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
September 15, 2025
