World Athletics Championships
World Athletics Championships is a TV show on BBC2. One of the biggest events in the athletics calendar. The brightest stars of track and field compete to be crowned world champions. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 22 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2025.
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World Athletics Championships
It’s the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, and all eyes will be on Great Britain’s Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s defence of her world heptathlon title reaches a conclusion with the final two events, the javelin and the 800m, on the penultimate night of action.
Coverage of the World Athletics Championships continues from Tokyo with the women’s 5,000m final, featuring Faith Kipyegon, and concludes with the final of the men’s 800m.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson continue the defence of her heptathlon world title with the fifth of seven events, the long jump.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson begins the defence of her world title as the women’s heptathlon gets under way with the 100m hurdles.
Day 6 of the World Athletics Championships concludes with the finals of the men and women’s 400m, with Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith and Amber Anning going for gold.
Day 6 gets under way at the Athletics World Championships in Tokyo with the 800m heats. Meanwhile, there are the qualifiers for the women's 5,000m and the 200m semi-finals.
Coverage from the fifth day of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Noah Lyles and Shericka Jackson return to defend the titles they won in Budapest 2023 in the heats of the 200m.
The action on day 5 of the World Athletics Championships reaches its conclusion with Josh Kerr aiming to repeat his success in Budapest in 2023 by winning gold in the 1500m.
Day 4 of the World Athletics Championships continues with the men’s sprint hurdles semi-finals. Grant Holloway has won the last three world golds but has been struggling for form this season.
Day 4 gets under way in Japan with the heats of the men’s 800m. Meanwhile, defending triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas returns to action after 18 months out through injury.
The men's and women’s 400m reaches the semi-final stage at the World Athletics Championships, and Matthew Hudson-Smith is going for gold after Olympic silver in Paris.
Mondo Duplantis has already broken his own world record this season - can he do it again in the National Stadium and claim a third world title?
Day 3 gets under way with Emile Cairess aiming for a first British world athletics medal in the men's marathon, while Molly Caudery will be looking to qualify for the women's pole vault final.
Day 3 of the World Athletics Championships draws to a close as Josh Kerr continues the defence of his 1500m crown.
Coverage continues on day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Will Mondo Duplantis break the world record once again and claim a third world title in the men's pole vault?
The action on day 2 continues, including the finals of the men's 10,000m and the men's and women's 100m.
Five world champions are crowned on the second day of the World Athletics Championships from Tokyo as the fastest men and women in the world take to the track.
The action on day 1 continues, including the finals of the men's shot put, the women's 10,000m and the mixed 4 x 400m relay.
The first medals on the track and in the field are handed out at the National Stadium in Tokyo as day 1 of the World Athletics Championships reaches its conclusion.