TOKYO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 8 RECAP: BEATRICE CHEBET COMPLETES THE 5K/10K DOUBLE; EMMANUEL WANYONYI BREAKS 800M CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD TO WIN GOLD

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🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Join Chris Chavez, Eric Jenkins, Anderson Emerole, and Mitch Dyer as they recap all the highlights from Day 8 at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.

Here’s a full summary of day eight at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25, covering all key results and storylines:

Distance Doubles: Chebet & Perez Repeat Gold Feats

- Beatrice Chebet (KEN) – 5000m Champion

- Added to her 10,000m gold, replicating her Olympic double from Paris 2024. Outsprinted teammate Faith Kipyegon in the final lap of a tactical race.

800m: Wanyonyi Breaks Championship Record

- Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) – 800m Gold

- Won in 1:41.86, a new championship record and world lead.

- Historic depth: All top 8 broke 1:43 – never done before.

Heptathlon: Anna Hall Ends 32-Year Drought for USA

- Anna Hall (USA) – Heptathlon Champion

- First US woman to win this title since 1993.

- Dominated from event two; ended with 6888 points

Relay Heats: Drama & National Records

Men's 4x400m:

- Botswana leads with 2:57.68.

- USA and Kenya to re-run due to interference.

Women's 4x400m:

- USA and Jamaica advance smoothly.

- Great Britain surprisingly miss out.

Men's 4x100m:

- Ghana leads with national record 37.79.

- Canada and USA through.

- Jamaica and Great Britain fail to advance.

Women's 4x100m:

- USA, Jamaica, Great Britain, and Germany all safely through.

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0:36.4	It is day eight of the World Athletics Championships.
0:40.3	Chris Chavez alongside Eric Jenkins and Mitch Dyer.
0:43.8	Here to break down all of the action that took place today, National Stadium.
0:49.7	Got a couple distance finals.
0:51.4	And then finally, we're reaching the peak of the relay action
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