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As we pass one whole week of action in Tokyo, the morning sun rises on Tokyo for Day 8 of the World Athletics Track and Field Championships 2025 as the sun goes down on a Friday night in the United States.
The schedule for day 8 started with the Women’s 20km race walk final at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday and wrapped up at the end night with the men’s decathlon shot put.
Caio Bonfim (BRA) captured the gold in the 20km race walk after coming from behind, it’s the first for the country in the category.
On day 7, Noah Lyles (USA) earned his fourth straight gold in the 200m, while Femke Bol (NED) achieved the world lead for the women’s 400m hurdles at 51.54 seconds for the gold.
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With medals on the line and big names in play, another day of the 2025 World Athletic Track and Field Championships is here and full of action featuring the greatest athletic competitors in the world.
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After 3 out of 10 events, American Kyle Garland tops the leaderboards with 2927 points. Leo Neugebauer (GER) is in second with 2765 and Simon Ehammer in third with 2736.
We’ll return with more live updates in the morning at the start of the women’s javelin throw (heptathlon).
Taliyah Brooks goes to the top of the leaderboard after her second attempt on the long jump.
Neugebauer (GER) opened shot put competition with a season best 16.37.
Conor Garland, who is leading decathlon after two events, threw an impressive 17.02m for a personal best and for the lead.
Just the women’s long jump (heptathlon) and the men’s shot put (decathlon) remain in tonight’s competition. The evening session will kick off on Saturday morning with women’s javelin throw (heptathlon) at 6:00 a.m. ET.
Group A
Group B
The Brazilian Olympic Silver medalist Caio Bonfim passed the sprinting Paul McGrath (ESP) after waiting back for the first three-quarters of the race walk. After checking his shoulder more than fifteen times in the last 250m, he couldn’t believe he did it when crossing the line and securing the gold medal, 1:18:35. The first world champion for Brazil in the race walk.
Zhaozhao Wang (CHN) wins silver, 1:18:43.
Paul McGrath (ESP) takes bronze, 1:18:45.
Despite a second red penalty, McGrath is clearly the fastest in the field as he’s opened up a nine second gap on second place in the 20km race walk final. Bonfim (BRA) and Wang (CHN), however, is surging in the background.
The favorite for the 20km race walk final gold medal in Yamanishi was given a third red penalty card and was pulled out for two minutes of a hold with less than 4 km remaining in the race as he led the race with a near 10m gap to second.
In what has been an exciting race walk, the front pack has expanded back as the chasing walkers caught the leaders and came together as the race nears the one-hour mark and 15km.
As the energy starts to pick up and the race enters the final third, the pace has really picked up at the front. Just Yamanishi (JPN), Wang (CHN) and McGrath (ESP) remain at the front.
As the men’s race walk final reached the halfway mark, Paul McGrath (ESP) led the way and was pushing the pace hard, which spread the pack open leaving just nine at the front. Just Bordier (FRA) and Qian (CHN) are sticking to his sides.
Paul McGrath led at 12km, 47:53.
Simon Ehammer (SUI) opens the long jump competition in group A qualification with a 7.97 and 1053 points.
Sander Skotheim (NOR) put up a competitive 7.97 after scrubbing his first attempt.
Kyle Garland (USA) came out swinging on his final jump for a 7.92m putting him clear in third for 1040 points.
As they finish the first quarter of the race, Japan favorite Yamanishi took over the front spot with Haifeng Qian (CHN) joining the lead.
As the men hit the 4km mark, Slovak Dominik Cerny has been blasting out in front of the pack to a gap of four seconds ahead. The pack is quite tight with about 30 competitors within three seconds of the 2nd place runner, Ricardo Ortiz (MEX).
Group A of the women’s shot put qualification has begun in the stadium.
Yemisi Ogunleye (GER), the Olympic champion, threw 19.65m to open things up, easily past the 19.20m automatic qualification mark. Chase Jackson (USA) threw 19.31, past the mark. Maddison-Lee Wesche also hit the distance with 19.27 to make it a one-and-done.
Fanny Roos (SWE) passed the automatic qualifying line on her third attempt, 19.24m.
As the men’s discus throw wraps up in the stadium, the men’s race walk athletes lined up on the track to start their 20km circuit including 18 laps out on the Ginkgo Tree Lane bookended by hairpins on either end.
Top contenders include top ranked Japanese competitor Toshikazu Yamanishi and second-ranked Brazilian Caio Bonfim. Paul McGrath and Diego Garcia Carrera are two competitors in the top 15 world rankings that will give Spain a good chance at a medal. Zhaozhao Wang and Haifeng Qian are front runners for China.
The men’s 100m decathlon competitors take the main stage next in the stadium.
Damian Warner is out due to an injury before the first decathlon event. He couldn’t finish his warm-up due to pain in his achilles. He reported swelling after consulting with a doctor for an MRI.
Starting at 8:00 p.m. ET: the men’s discus throw qualifications. Featured amongst the competitors are the top-ranked Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna and world ranked no. 5 Daniel Stahl (SWE).
Each athlete gets three attempts to pass the qualification line, otherwise the furthest twelve throws will make it in.
Stahl went first and nailed his first throw for 69.90m, far beyond the qualification line of 66.50m.
Mykolas Alekna’s first throw was short of the line, as was Sosna (GER), and Weißhaidinger (AUT).
Martynas Alekna, however, reached the line on his first attempt for 67.16, a season best.
On his third and final attempt, Mykolas Alekna’s best was his first, putting him in 4th with a 65.39.
In a clean race for a season best time of 1:25:54, Maria Pérez won the 20km race walk gold for a double-double after two golds in Budapest and two golds in Tokyo. Fuji just barely claimed bronze with a national record 1:26:18 at the line for Japan, with Ecuador’s Paula Milena Torres just behind her.
Alegna González takes silver.
As she rounds the last lap and the bell rings, Maria Perez is racing away to the gold with Gonzalez and Fuji more than nine seconds behind. Fuji is still in medal contention but Garcia Leon was closing the gap quickly with a kilometer to go.
For the first time, a singular leader has emerged in Spain’s Maria Perez as she pushes her way ahead of the pack.
1:09:09 at 16km with a three second gap to Alegna Gonzalez (MEX).
At the 17km mark, the gap opened up to 6 seconds.
Just five remain in the front pack of this race with less than a quarter of the distance remaining. Maria Perez, Alegna Gonzalez, Kimberly Garcia Leon, Quinming Wu, and Nanako Fuji are the last remaining at this unrelenting pace.
1:00:45 at 14km.
Right at the 15km mark, Wu dropped from the pack.
The front pack has whittled down to seven as they continue to push for a medal with less than half the race remaining. Torres took over the pace momentarily after the halfway point.
52:13 at 12km.
Antonella Palmisano (ITA) DNF.
Li Peng (CHN), no. 20 in the world rankings, was handed a third loss of contact penalty for a two minute penalty but it was immediately followed up with a fourth to make her the first disqualification of the race.
Jess Hull heads to the finals with a new record to her name! 🇦🇺
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Not much changing at the front as they reach their mid-race pace.
Lead pack put up a 34:59 at 8km.
Evelyn Inga (PER) was frustrated after being pulled to the side for a two-minute penalty after getting a third non-contact penalty.
Palmisano dropped out from the front pack around 9km.
After holding back from the front for the first quarter of this race, the defending champion from Spain and current world ranked no. 2 race walker Maria Perez took the lead.
26:21 at 6km.
Perez pushed the pace breaking the pack up, leaving just a few handfuls of walkers out front: Yang (CHN), Palmisano (ITA), Garcia Leon (PER), Fuji (JPN), Wu (CHN), Gonzalez (MEX), Torres (ECU), Peng (CHN)
After an injury in the first 3km of the 20km race walk final, the no. 19 35km race-walker in the world is marked with a DNF.
As a part of this 20km Race Walk, the athletes have to complete 18 laps at the beautiful Ginkgo Tree Lane.
Kimberly Garcia Leon (PER) barely leads Jiayu Yang (CHN) and Maria Perez (ESP). At the 3KM mark, they clocked in at 13:28.
Jiayu Yang (CHN) hit’s the 1KM mark at 4:42 leading the way with the group in tow.
It’s bright and early in Tokyo, Japan as the day begins with the first athletes of the day taking the start line.
Defending champion Maria Perez from Spain is eyeing a win today, starting next to Jiayu Yang from China, Olympic silver medalist Antonella Palmisano (ITA), leading Japanese race walker Nanako Fuji, and finally Kimberly Garcia Leon from Peru in the front.
And they’re off for about the next 90 minutes for a battle for a medal.
After a quick three-quarters of a lap around the stadium, the walkers head out through the tunnel to the road for the first time.
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