TOKYO, Sept. 22, 2025 (Xinhua) -- By the close of the 2025 World Athletics Championships on Sunday, the United States led the medal table with 16 golds, five silvers and five bronzes. Kenya finished second with seven titles, and Canada placed third with three. The United States closed out the meet in dominant fashion: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden capped a dazzling campaign with her third gold medal, guiding the United States to victory in the women's 4x100m relay; Noah Lyles collected his seventh career world gold, anchoring the men's 4x100m relay team to victory after Jamaica failed to reach the final following a baton mishap in qualifying; The U.S. also stormed to victory in the women's 4x400m relay, setting a championship record of 3:16.61; Another American highlight came in the men's 5,000m, where Cole Hocker, the 2024 Olympic 1,500m champion, ran 12:58.30 to earn his first world crown.

Elsewhere, Kenya's Lilian Odira won the women's 800m ahead of Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson. In the women's high jump, Australia's Nicola Olyslagers cleared 2.00 meters to capture her first world title. Poland's Maria Zodzik, also at 2.00m, settled for silver on countback, while Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine and Serbian teenager Angelina Topic shared bronze at 1.97m. Germany's Leo Neugebauer secured the men's decathlon with 8,072 points. In the men's discus throw, delayed by heavy rain, Sweden's Daniel Stahl, the 2021 Olympic champion, delivered a dramatic final throw of 70.47 meters to snatch gold.