2h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 9:17amLive updates: World Athletics Championships, day five

Australians in action on day five:

Torrie Lewis qualifies for the semifinal of the 200m with a personal best time.Kristie Edwards and Mia Gross missed out on qualifying for the semifinalsConnor Murphy missed out on qualification for the men’s triple jump.Men’s 200m heats (9:15pm AEST): Gout Gout (Heat 5, Lane 8), Calab Law (Heat 1, Lane 2), Aiden Murphy (Heat 2, Lane 8).Men’s javelin qualification (9:25pm AEST): Cameron McEntyreWomen’s 400m hurdles semifinal (10:03pm AEST): Sarah Carli (Heat 2, Lane 3)

6m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:25am

MEN’S 200M: Aiden Murphy runs into sixth

Aiden Murphy finished really quickly there.

That’s a superb home straight  that sees him run a 20.54 to pip two other athletes inside him an sneak sixth.

Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Courtney Lindsay finished 1-2.

Adrian Kerr of Jamaica finished third to qualify automatically.

Murphy, aged just 21, is one of the fastest loser qualifiers – but I can’t see him staying there.

9m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:22am

MEN’S 200M: Aiden Murphy next up

Forgetting about Gout for a while, hoping Aid Murphy has a good run in the 200.

Remember how thrilled I was in 1998 when his Mum Tania did so well at the Comm Games after a decade plagued by injuries.

– GT

It’s important to remember that there are other Aussies competing, including Aiden Murphy, as GT has so eloquently reminded us.

Murphy and Calab Law both have very similar personal best times, 20.41 and 20.41 respectively.

This year, their best times are also comparable, 20.52 and 20.54 respectively.

Courtney Lindsay, in lane 9, of the USA and Tapiwanashe Makarawu of Zimbabwe in lane 6 are the big fishes in this pond.

12m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:19am

200M: The GOAT offers Gout some advice

Gout Gout may be right at the start of this athletics career, but he has already been compared favourably to Usain Bolt.

“It definitely feels great because Usain Bolt is literally the greatest track athlete we have ever seen — and arguably the greatest athlete we’ve seen,” Gout said.

“So it definitely feels great having someone of that caliber know me and just know I’m on that path to greatness as well.

That being said, Bolt also offered some advice to the youngster, saying that it is never easy to make the transition from gun junior to world-beating senior.

Read more here.

12m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:19amMEN’S 200M: Calab Law finishes eighth in his heat

Calab Law was slowest through the 100m split and just couldn’t catch up.

He ends up finishing last in the heat with 20.91.

That was quick.

Alexander Ogando won in 20.10, Wayde van Niekerk second in 20.19 and Timothé Nunegtgaker finished third in 20.39.

Henrik Larsson ran a PB to finish fourth in 20.20, and Robert Gregory may be in trouble, fifth in 20.43.

16m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:15am

MEN’S 200M: Calab Law runs in heat one

Indigenous runner Calab Law is in lane two, so right on the inside, which has the advantage of giving him a good view of everyone outside him in the stagger on the bend, but the disadvantage of having a tighter angle to run.

There are three really fast men outside him too.

Wayde van Niekerk, Alexander Ogando and Robert Gregory all have run sub-20 in their careers.

18m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:13amTRIPLE JUMP: Connor Murphy misses out on qualification

That’s a bummer for Connor Murphy.

He no-jumped his third and final attempt and that means he can’t improve his position.

He’ll finish outside the top 12 and miss the final.

20m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:11am

200M: Gout Gout is ready to roll24m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 11:08amWOMEN’S 200M: TORRIE LEWIS IS INTO THE SEMIS!

A PERSONAL BEST FOR TORRIE LEWIS!

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She’s ran 22.56!

Brilliant from Torrie Lewis.

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Dina Asher-Smith came through quickly on the bend, but Lewis did not panic and held her form to race into the semifinal!

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36m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:55am

WOMEN’S 200M: It’s Torrie time

Torrie Lewis is about to step onto the track for the sixth and final heat.

She has the fourth-fastest season’s best of anyone in this heat.

The times have not been amazing so far, so there is definitely a chance for Lewis here, whether as one of the top three or the six fastest losers.

She has Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith inside her, a sub 22-second runner on her day.

Lewis did really well in the 100m, setting a national record on her way to the semifinals, which you can read about here.

41m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:50am

TRIPLE JUMP: Connor Murphy improves a fraction

That’s good from Connor Murphy, but you’d think he’d need longer than this.

He improves on his first attempt with his second, 16.58, so only by 4cm.

He is currently in 14th spot so will miss out on the final if things stay as they are.

44m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:47amWOMEN’S 200M: Kristie Edwards sixth in her heat(Getty Images)

Kristie Edwards is outside the top three as well.

She was up well, tracking really well through the bend but her transition off the bend onto the home straight saw her slip a bit.

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She finishes sixth in the heat.

Mckenzie Long got the win in 22.51, Ashanti Moore second in 22.57 and Sophia Junk in third with 22.81.

Julia Henricksson just missed out on an automatic qualification spot, finishing in 22.86.

48m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:43am

WOMEN’S 200M: Kristie Edwards in lane six

Good opportunity for the Aussie here. She has a great lane draw.

American Mckenzie Long is the fastest in this heat on paper and she’s just outside the Aussie.

50m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:41amWOMEN’S 200M: Mia Gross finishes in sixth in her heat(Getty Images)

Mia Gross came home very strong – she does run the 400m very capably as well – but she had so much work to do off the bend.

The time is 23.24. That won’t be enough to qualify I wouldn’t have thought.

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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden was sublime, on Gross’ shoulder in a blink.

Thelma Davies was second, Jessika Gbai in third – they’re the automatic qualifiers.

But they were a long way behind the world 100m champion.

56m agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:35am

WOMEN’S 200M: Mia Gross in heat two

Time for the first Aussie competitor on the track tonight to make her bow.

Mia Gross is about to step up, out in lane eight of this second heat.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the 100m champion with a PB of 21.84, is inside her in lane seven, so Gross cannot be disheartened if she’s caught on the bend and just needs to hold her shape.

1h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:31am

TRIPLE JUMP: Conor Murphy jumps 16.54 in his first attempt

That’s not too shabby from the New South Welshman.

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It puts him in seventh place in Group A and 11th overall.

STOP THE COUNT!

Long way to go yet, of course.

The top 12 qualify, and each man has three attempts.

1h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:29am

WOMEN’S 200M: Three Aussies set to fly(Getty Images)

Time for the women’s 200m heats, with three Aussies in action.

Mia Gross (Heat 2, Lane 8), Kristie Edwards (Heat 3, Lane 6) and  Torrie Lewis (Heat 6, Lane 8) all race, looking to make one of the three automatic qualification spots in their heat.

Failing that, they have to have run one of the six fastest times among non-qualifiers to make it through to the semifinal.

Lewis is Australia’s fastest qualifier with 22.65. That’s the 24th-fastest in the field on paper and comes into the race in form – she made the semifinals of the 100 and broke the Australian record to do so.

Gross has a PB, set this year, of 22.73 and Edwards ran 22.81 this year, also a PB.

1h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:28am

WOMEN’S POLE VAULT FINAL

1h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:20am

JAVELIN: Group A of qualifying gets underway

The first half of the field is currently qualifying for the javelin competition.

Obviously you can’t have two javelin competitions going on at once – the stadium isn’t big enough.

One of the interesting subplots heading into this competition is the rivalry between defending world champion and former Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra of India, and Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan.

Chopra has a solid 9.3 million followers on Instagram, so is quite a big deal.

Anyway, he’s already punched his ticket into the final, throwing 84.85m with his first attempt, past the 84.50m required.

1h agoWed 17 Sep 2025 at 10:13am

TRIPLE JUMP: Can anyone get over 18 metres?(Getty Images)

This world championships marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most aesthetically pleasing world records on the books being set.

Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, glided across the runway to achieve a massive 18.29m at the 1995 worlds in Gothenburg.

Edwards had broken the record twice in the final, leaping out to 18.16m, the first wind-legal leap over 18 metres in competition.

He actually has jumped even further than that in his career, a 18.43m, albeit with an illegal wind speed of 2.4m/s behind him.

Andy Díaz Hernández, the Cuban-turned Italian, has recorded the best distance this year at 17.80m.

There are four men in the field who have passed 18m, Pedro Pichardo (18.08), Hugues Zango (18.07), Jordan Díaz Fortun (18.18) and Will Claye (18.14).

Is anyone going to break that record this year?

If they do, it won’t be in the qualifying rounds.