The United States on Sunday, September 21, ended the World Athletics Championship in style and completed the unforgettable double relay, although rain was poured in Tokyo. Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles anchored their back victory at 4×100 meters and limited the nine -day meetings that saw the Americans to hit the medals with 16 gold and a total of 26 medals.
Noah lyles, who announced after-party with $ 20 For athletes in Tokyo went home with his third medal, followed Record gold in 200 m and bronze in 100 m.
In the female 4×100, Richardson received a baton by Melissa Jefferson-Wooden with a deficit of 0.01 seconds against Jamaica. It grew forward to end in 41.75 seconds and closely detained Jamaican, who clicked 41.79. Germany required bronze at 41.87, just before Britain.
Jefferson-Wooden, who previously won 100 meters and 200 meters, became only the second woman who swept all three sprint titles at one world championship. A 24-year-old woman who modeling her triumph on Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013 released the commanding lead that Richardson kept. Fraser-Pryce, the legend of sprint, left the championship with Silver and described its 17th world medal in a career announced that it would end this year.
Men’s relay 4×100 was no less exciting. Noah Lyles, who has already secured his fourth consecutive 200m gold after 100m bronze, was anchored by the American team that included Christian Coleman, Courtney Lindsey and Kenny Bednarek. They exceeded the border in 37.29 seconds, 0.26 before Canada, with the Netherlands required bronze in the national record of 37.81. Lyles’s performance limited the dominant sprint campaign for Americans in male and female events.
Botswana Win Historical Gold
However, the championship was not one of the most amazing disruption of the meeting without a drama for the American 4×400 relay when Botswana produced a historical victory and caused Americans and South Africa in the rain. 21 -year -old Collen kebinatshipti, who has already won an individual 400 meters, ran an excellent last leg to add the first gold Botswana in this event and end up at 2: 57.76.
“I had to run the most interesting leg because of the weather,” kebinatshipti said. “I knew I had to go strongly, but to save energy over the last 100 meters. I pushed the last 80 meters and started running faster. I’m really grateful that I returned home with two gold medals.”
Rai Benjamin, the US 400m Master, who ran an anchor leg for Americans, expressed disappointment in a close defeat.
“I wanted to bring gold for these people,” he said. “I’m a little disappointed that I couldn’t do it today, but the boys put me in a great position. We weren’t supposed to be here, so taking silver is pretty good.”
South Africa ended only two thousandths of a second for the US, with the 33 -year -old world record Wayde van Niekerk praised his young teammates. “These are really self -confidence in our relay,” he said. “I have a lot of excitement from their career. For me, the privilege is to complete my 400m career with them.”
The US team of women’s 4×400, Led McLauGhlin-LevroneHe added a confident performance on the soaked track and ended at 3: 16,61. The Americans postponed Jamaica, who took silver at 3: 19.25, while the Netherlands captured bronze at 3: 20,18, despite the brave effort for the final leg of 400 meters of the gold medalist Femke Bol.
“When you have great teammates like me, it’s amazing,” said Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, anchoring American women at 4×400 gold later in the evening. “My last round felt like a winning round for us. I just wanted to end strongly because you never know who’s behind. It was an incredible race.”
The relay achievements have reduced the strong overall performance for the United States that exceeded the slow start of the championship.
Jefferson-Wooden’s Triple Sprint Sweep, Lyles’ Dominance in 200 m, Cole Hocker 5,000 meters of gold and McLauGhlin-Levrone’s 4×400 Kotva together to give Americans comparable to 26 medals that they achieved in Budapest World two years ago.
With two field events still excellent due to the delay of the US rain, the top of the top medal closed. Kenya required a second with seven gold, while 48 countries quite reached the stage. (With Reuters inputs)
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Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
September 21, 2025
