KEELY HODGKINSON flies the flag for Great Britain at the World Athletic Championships.
Excitement is building ahead of all the action getting underway in Tokyo.
Keely Hodgkinson will go for gold in the 800m[/caption]
Noah Lyles will look to add to his Olympic success in the 100m[/caption]
Olympic gold medallist Hodgkinson is aiming to back up her 800m victory in Paris and become world champion.
Meanwhile, Josh Kerr is defending his crown in the 1500m and Katarina Johnson-Thompson the same in the heptathlon.
Away from British interest, all the biggest names in athletics are set to feature from 100m sprinter Noah Lyles to pole vault record-breaker Armand Duplantis.
When is the World Athletics Championships 2025?
- Things get underway on Saturday, September 13.
- It runs for nine days until Sunday, September 21.
- The 68,000-seater National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan is the venue.
Key dates at World Athletics Championships 2025
- Sunday, 21 September 11:35 BST: Women’s 800m final (set to feature Keely Hodgkinson)
- Sunday, 14 September 14:13 BST: Women’s 100m (set to feature Dina Asher-Smith and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce)
- Sunday, 14 September 14:20 BST: Men’s 100m (set to feature Noah Lyles, Gout Gout and Zharnel Hughes)
- Wednesday, 17 September 14:20 BST: Men’s 1500m (set to feature Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen)
- Friday, 19 September and Saturday, 20 September: Women’s heptathlon (set to feature Katerina Johnson-Thompson)
How to watch the World Athletics Championships 2025
- Viewers can tune into BBC One and BBC Two throughout the event for live action.
- There is more coverage on the BBC iPlayer.
- The Beeb are showing highlights across the Red Button, BBC Three, iPlayer and online.
- TNT Sports and their discovery+ platform will also show 30 hours of live sports from the Championship
