RunBlogRun presents
Conversations with Larry Tokyo 2025
World Athletics Championships
Day 5 Review:
Faith Continues to Shine in the 1,500m!
September 17, 2025
Tokyo, Japan
The top moments from Day 5:
- Faith Cherotich/Kenya wins her first title as a senior athlete in the steeplechase in 8:51.59, against a seasoned field.
- Isaac Nader /Portugal caught Jake Wightman/UK at the finish, just 0.02 difference after Josh Kerr was injured about 800 meters into the race (he had an issue in the semi-final, but it got rough in the final). This was Jake’s second medal, after winning in Eugene 2022, and he had been injured for much of the last 2 years.
Isaac Nader takes gold for Portugal, 3:34.10, Jake Wightman, GBR, takes silver in 3:34.12 and Reynald Cheruiyot, KEN takes bronze in 3:34.25! photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun - Katie Moon, USA, and Sandi Morris, USA, go gold and silver in the pole vault. Katie won at 4.90m, defending her last two titles (consecutive). Sandi Morris, healthy once again, pushed the bar up to 4.95m to try and win, and finished in the silver position!
Katie Moon, Sandi Morris, Tokyo 2025, photo by World Athletics - Mattia Furlani/Italy leaped 8.39 meters in the fifth round, becoming the youngest ever winner of the Men’s Long Jump! Mattia had also won the world Indoors in 2025!
This is our review of the fifth Day of the 2025 World Athletics Outdoor Championships, held September 13-21, 2025. This coverage was sponsored by NIKE Running! Please check out the Vomero 18, Vomero PLUS, Vomero Premium, and Air Structure 26 at your favorite local NIKE running store, or go to www.nikerunning.com!
Special thanks to Mike Deering, who edits, curates, and produces the podcasts for Fortius Media Group LLC (RunBlogRun.com and RunningNetwork.com).
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