InPics | Highlights of 2025 World Athletics Championships on Sept. 19

TOKYO, Sept. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) — American sprinters showcased their dominance within the 200 meters on the World Athletics Championships on Friday, with Noah Lyles clinching his fourth consecutive victory within the males’s occasion, whereas Melissa Jefferson-Wooden secured the ladies’s title. Portugal’s Tokyo Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo soared to victory within the males’s triple leap, delivering a world-leading mark of 17.91 meters on his closing try. Dutch star Femke Bol efficiently defended her ladies’s 400 meters hurdles crown, clocking a world-leading 51.54 seconds. Olympic champion Rai Benjamin stormed to victory within the males’s 400 meters hurdles, clocking a season-best 46.52 seconds.