Gulls, golds and Gout Gout: World Athletics Championships 2025 – in pictures

Gulls fly around the stadium before the event.

Christopher Linke of Germany cools down during the men’s and women’s 35km race walk.

Geordie Beamish attempts to avoid Canada’s Jean-Simon Desgagnés as he falls during the men’s 3000m steeplechase heats. The New Zealander went on to win gold.

Marcos Santos of Angola leaps into the air while warming up for a men’s 100m preliminary round heat.

A cameraman captures the athletes running in the men’s 10,000m final.

Krista Tervo of Finland reaches for glory in women’s hammer throw qualification.

Runners pound the streets of Tokyo in the men’s marathon.

Photographers surround Armand Duplantis of Sweden as he basks in the glory of winning the men’s pole vault with a world record of 6.30m.

Australia’s Gout Gout reacts after finishing his 200m heat in third to qualify for the semi-finals. The 17-year old sprinter missed out on the final.

Japan’s Shunsuke Izumiya falls in a men’s 110m hurdles semi-final.

Sandi Morris of the USA roars with delight as she clears the bar in the women’s pole vault final, in which she won silver.

The painted nails and tattooed leg of Jamaica’s sprinter Ashanti Moore.

Athletes attempt to recover from the effort of the the women’s 3,000m steeplechase final.

The 2020 Olympic and 2023 world champion Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela, who has been out of action for two years, competes in the women’s triple jump final. She won bronze.

Amy Hunt celebrates after finishing second for Great Britain in a women’s 200m semi-final. Hunt claimed silver in the final.

(Left to right): Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet, Nadia Battocletti of Italy, Nozomi Tanaka and Yuma Yamamoto of Japan during a women’s 5000m heat.

The heptathlete Kate O’Connor of Ireland in during the 100m hurdles. O’Connor won a historic silver medal with an Irish record of 6,714pts.

Shiann Salmon of Jamaica prepares for the women’s 800m hurdles final.

Rai Benjamin of the USA shows off his men’s 400m hurdles gold medal. The sprinter was reinstated after being disqualified for clipping his final hurdle, in turn dislodging the hurdle of Ezekiel Nathaniel.

Maher Ben Hlima of Poland cools down during the men’s 20km race walk.

Caio Bonfim of Brazil is jubilant after winning the gold medal in the men’s 20km race walk.

The baton handover in a women’s 4x400m relay heat.

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi greets supporters in the stands after winning the men’s 800m final.

Gong Lijiao of China puts her back into it in the women’s shot put final.

Competitors wait for their batons in the women’s 4x400m relay final.

Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States (centre) celebrates after crossing the line to claim the gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay – followed by silver medalist Jonielle Smith of Jamaica (left) and fourth-placed Daryll Neita of Great Britain (right).

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and teammates celebrate with fans after winning silver in the women’s 4x100m relay final.