Summary

  • Watch live - six British medal chances on final day of World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan (UK only, all times BST)

  • Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver and Keely Hodgkinson bronze as Kenya's Lilian Odira wins women's 800m

  • British team end championships with five medals after fourth in women's 4x100 relay final; men sixth in 4x400m

  • GB finish 21st in medal table with no gold for first time since 2003

  • USA's Cole Hocker, disqualified in 1500m heats, claims men's 5000m gold, Britain's George Mills finishes down the field

  • GB captain Morgan Lake misses out on women's high jump medal

  • Get Involved: #bbcathletics, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

  1. Goodbye!published at 14:00 BST 21 September

    That's all from us for the 2025 World Athletics Championships. Thanks for following along! You can watch the remainder of the men's discus final while it's on by clicking the link at the top of this page.

    Great Britain leave Tokyo with five medals but there'll be questions to answer after failing to secure a gold.

    You can keep up to date with everything athletics right here.

    But for now, goodbye!

  2. Highlights at 17:00 and 19:00 BSTpublished at 13:58 BST 21 September

    You can relive all of the action from the final day of the World Athletics Championship later on Sunday:

    17:00-17:30 - highlights on BBC iPlayer, Red Button and online

    19:00-19:30 - highlights on BBC Three & BBC iPlayer

  3. Postpublished at 13:57 BST 21 September

    Harry Poole
    BBC Sport in Tokyo

    Ultimately, it is a championships in which GB have fallen short of their targets.

    There has of course been some misfortune among the disappointment, with medal hopes Molly Caudery and Josh Kerr both suffering injuries.

    But the British team will have to head home and lick their wounds, aware next year - World Athletics' new Ultimate Championships aside - offers a break from a run of five global championships in as many years.

    We have a strange ending to the championships, with most of the crowd remaining in their seats as we wait for the discus final to resume amid the pouring rain and flashes of lightning above Tokyo.

    All in all, there have been some truly memorable moments - not least Mondo Duplantis' magical world record with his final attempt as the whole stadium stayed behind to watch.

  4. What happened on day nine?published at 13:56 BST 21 September

    Here's a reminder of all of the action from the final day of the World Athletics Championships:

    • Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver and Keely Hodgkinson bronze as Kenya's Lilian Odira wins women's 800m.
    • USA's Cole Hocker claimed men's 5000m gold as Britain's George Mills finished last.
    • GB captain Morgan Lake finishes joint-seventh in women's high jump, with Australia's Nicola Olyslagers taking gold.
    • GB failed to win a medal in the relays, with USA winning the men's and women's 4x100m and women's 4x400m. Botswana took gold in the men's 4x400m.
    • Germany's Leo Neugebauer won men's decathlon gold.
  5. 'We can't get away from the fact we've got no gold medals'published at 13:55 BST 21 September

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC TV

    Men's relayImage source, Getty Images

    It has to be [a springboard to do better].

    We talk about the year after an Olympics being a funny year, whether that's through injuries or changes. There's a lot going on but, we can't deny the fact we're disappointed.

    No relay medals. We expected a few more opportunities and we've come away with five medals which we've got to celebrate because they were fantastic performances.

    But we can't get away from the fact we've not taken a gold from these championships and that's tough.

  6. Medal tablepublished at 13:53 BST 21 September

    Here's how the medal table looks at the end of the championships.

    USA are the runaway leaders with 16 golds among their 26 medals. Great Britain finish in 21st place.

    Medal table
  7. Five GB medals in Tokyopublished at 13:51 BST 21 September

    Here's a reminder of Great Britain's five medals from Tokyo:

    Silver

    • Jake Wightman (men's 1500m)
    • Amy Hunt (women's 200m)
    • Georgia Hunter Bell (women's 800m)

    Bronze

    • Katarina Johnson-Thompson (women's heptathlon)
    • Keely Hodgkinson (women's 800m)
    Media caption,

    Wightman takes silver in men's 1500m

    Media caption,

    'Immense performance' - GB's Hunt takes silver in 200m

    Media caption,

    KJT shares bronze in heptathlon after dramatic 800m

    Media caption,

    GB duo take silver and bronze in 800m finals

  8. 'My highlight is the women's 800m final'published at 13:49 BST 21 September

    Jenny Meadows
    Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

    Personally it's got to be the women's 800m from a GB perspective.

    Just to see both of the athletes who I've coached take it all the way to the line and both to execute their race strategies absolutely perfectly.

    So incredibly proud of them.

    Lilian Odira, Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson crossing the finish line in the women's 800m final.Image source, Getty Images
  9. 'My highlight is Amy Hunt's performance'published at 13:47 BST 21 September

    Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
    Three-time world heptathlon champion on BBC TV

    Amy HuntImage source, Getty Images

    The championships have been a rollercoaster. So many things have happened.

    But for me, from a GB perspective, my highlight is Amy Hunt - she has been sensational. She's had such a fantastic year and she's been able to translate that into a global medal for the first time.

    For me, that 200m performance was really the showstopper of the week. She says she is not the best starter but she is the best finisher of that 200m.

    She was so shocked to get silver and I love the most that we really got behind her journey.

  10. GB short of expectationspublished at 13:44 BST 21 September

    Before the championship, British Athletics said the target of Tokyo 2025 was to finish in the top eight of the medal table.

    It came after GB won 10 medals at Budapest 2023, a British record at the worlds.

    The final result? Britain have finished 21st in the overall medal table.

    Expect some fallout from this below-par display.

    GBImage source, Getty Images
  11. GB's worst Worlds showing for 22 yearspublished at 13:41 BST 21 September

    So, now the rain has cleared in Tokyo (metaphorically, not literally), Great Britain have not won a single gold medal at these World Championships.

    It is only the second time GB have failed to win a single event at a Worlds, following 2003 in Paris.

    It is also the first time they have not won a relay medal in 22 years.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 13:40 BST 21 September

    #bbcathletics, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    I've been watching athletics since 1980. I can't remember a worse Team GB World Championships. No gold medal. No relay medal. Is it the worst performance ever?

    Andrew

    Funny you should ask Andrew, we've been looking through the archives...

  13. gold-medal

    Gold medal - Olyslagers (Australia)published at 13:38 BST 21 September

    Women's high jump final

    Australia's Nicola Olyslagers takes the gold medal ahead of Poland's Maria Zodzik.

    Both athletes failed at 2.02m but Olyslagers produced first-time clearances in the previous three rounds.

    The bronze medal is shared between Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Serbia's Angelina Topic.

    Nicola OlyslagersImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 13:37 BST 21 September

    Women's high jump final

    Australia's Nicola Olyslagers fails with her third attempt at 2.02m.

    She'll win the gold medal if Maria Zodzik fails. Zodzik jumped a personal best of 2m to get this far...

  15. Postpublished at 13:35 BST 21 September

    Women's high jump final

    Reigning world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh is out after failing both of her attempts at 2.02m (she had earlier passed on a second attempt at 2m).

    She'll share the bronze medal with Serbia's Angelina Topic.

    Nicola Olyslagers and Maria Zodzik will battle it out for gold. They both have one attempt left at 2.02m

  16. 'That's the best team we can put out'published at 13:34 BST 21 September

    Women's 4x100m final

    Jenny Meadows
    Former 800m World Championship medallist on BBC TV

    We've talked about individuals and what happens the year after the Olympic Games when every single shot you have comes off. Sometimes you can get lulled into that false sense of security thinking 'we're there and consistent and we can keep doing it'.

    The women will be incredibly disappointed because that's the best team we can put out. Four women in brilliant shape.

    Dina [Asher-Smith] handled herself so well on her first leg and Amy [Hunt] had the best leg out of all second-leg runners and Desiree [Henry] ran well but the United States and Jamaica got ahead of us.

    We lost a medal by two tenths and it was probably that final changeover [that did it].

    It will be disappointing.

  17. 'We gave it our all'published at 13:33 BST 21 September

    Dina Asher-SmithImage source, Getty Images

    Dina Asher-Smith speaking to BBC Sport after Great Britain missed out on podium after finishing fourth in the women's 4x100m relay: "It's never going to be a disappointment with these ladies who are absolutely fantastic.

    "We gave it our all. Obviously, we wanted gold, that's all we aim for. We will go back and look back and analyse. It's not necessarily a disappointment. It's just about learning, going forward and increasing it next time.

    "We always want to be on top of the podium and I'm speaking for every relay team out there. We have high expectations, so what were going to do especially pushing forward to LA is work hard stay disciplined and come out and smash it."

  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 13:32 BST 21 September

    #bbcathletics, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

    What impact did the lane draw have on that women's 4x100m relay? Germany had the drier lane and the Brits were in the wet - could that have played a part in them edging us out?

    Lisa, Essex

  19. Field events back under waypublished at 13:30 BST 21 September

    The women's high jump final is back under way, with Nicola Olyslagers, Maria Zodzik and Yaroslava Mahuchikh trying to sort out the order of the medals.

    It looks like Australian Matthew Denny's failed attempt in the first round of the men's discus - the only attempted throw before the competition was stopped - has been wiped from the record.

    Nicola OlyslagersImage source, Getty Images
  20. How did the Brits get on today?published at 13:28 BST 21 September

    • Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver and Keely Hodgkinson bronze as Kenya's Lilian Odira wins women's 800m.
    • The British team ended championships with just five medals and no golds for the first time since 2003.
    • They failed to win a medal in the relays, finishing fourth in the women's 4x100 relay final and sixth in the men's 4x400m
    • USA's Cole Hocker, disqualified in 1500m heats, claimed men's 5000m gold as Britain's George Mills finished last.
    • GB captain Morgan Lake missed out on women's high jump medal, ending joint-seventh.