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Cole Hocker wins first U.S. men’s 5,000m World Championship gold since 2007

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American Cole Hocker recovered from his disappointment in the 1,500m as he won his first World Championship title with victory in the men’s 5,000m.

Hocker, 24, provided a late kick over 200m to take gold in a time of 12:58.30 on Sunday in Tokyo.

The 1,500m Olympic champion had taken the bell in 12th place, with Ethiopia’s Biniam Mehary leading the pack.

Hocker moved up to fourth with 150m remaining and into the medal places as he took the bend, before surging past Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli in the home straight to take gold.

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His victory is the first for a U.S. athlete in the men’s 5,000m at the World Championships since Bernard Lagat in 2007.

Kimeli took the silver in 12:58.78 while 10,000m champion Jimmy Gressier of France took bronze in 12:59.33.

American Nico Young finished sixth while compatriot Grant Fisher, the world indoor record holder over 5,000m, came in eighth. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the 2022 and 2023 world champion, finished 10th, having led the race heading into the final 1000m.

Hocker was disqualified Monday during the 1,500m semifinals after World Athletics deemed he broke the competition’s “jostling” rules.

Hocker had been trying to squeeze through a tight space between Germany’s Robert Farken and the Netherlands’ Stefan Nillessen in the final stretch and appeared to make contact with Farken. USA Track and Field appealed, but it was denied.

He won a shock Olympic gold at the Paris Games last summer with a late kick, beating favorites Ingebrigtsen, Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse.

Men’s 4x400m relay

Botswana took a dramatic gold in the men’s 4x400m relay on a rain-soaked track at the Japan National Stadium.

The U.S., who had won the title at the past three World Championships, had initially missed out on a place in the final. However, they were given a second chance to qualify on Sunday in a head-to-head race with Kenya, having been judged to have been impeded in the semifinals.

The U.S. narrowly led at the final changeover, with Rai Benjamin, world champion in the 400m hurdles, running the final leg. He was chased down by South Africa’s Zakithi Nene and Botswana’s Collen Kebinatshipi in the home straight. Kebinatshipi moved level with Benjamin in the final 10m before dipping on the line to take gold in 2:57.76, in the tightest of finishes.

The U.S. team of Benjamin Vernon Norwood, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae ran a season’s best time of 2:57.83 to take silver, and South Africa took bronze, also in 2:57.83.

Women’s 4x400m relay

The U.S. took gold in the women’s 4x400m relay — a fourth gold in five World Championships in the event for the U.S., regaining the title it last won in 2022.

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The team of Isabella Whittaker, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Aaliyah Butler and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone led from the first changeover and ran a championship record 3:16.61, with McLaughlin-Levrone collecting her second gold of the championships after posting the second-fastest 400m of all time to win the world title on Thursday.

Nickisha Pryce held off Femke Bol in the final leg as Jamaica took silver in 3:19.25 and the Netherlands the bronze in 3:20.18.

Women’s 4x100m relay

The U.S. won a third successive World Championship gold in the women’s 4x100m relay.

Twanisha Terry, Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Kayla White ran 41.75 to take gold — a third for Jefferson-Wooden in Tokyo, having also won the 100m and 200m title.

Jamaica took the silver in 41.79, a final World Championship medal for three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, as she bows out of the sport.

Germany took the bronze in 41.87, ahead of Great Britain in fourth with a time of 42.07.

Men’s 4x100m relay

The U.S. continued its dominance in the relays with gold in the men’s 4x100m, their third title in the event in the last four World Championships.

Noah Lyles brought it home for the U.S., adding to the 200m gold and 100m bronze he won earlier in the championships. The team of Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey and Christian Coleman ran 37.29 as the U.S. defended the title it won in 2023.

Canada took the silver in 37.55 with the Netherlands running a national record time of 37.81 for bronze.

Women’s high jump

Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers, the Olympic silver medalist, won her first world title, clearing 2 meters on her first attempt to beat Poland’s Maria Źodzik.

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Źodzik also cleared 2 meters but needed all three attempts to do so, putting her in silver medal position. Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh — the defending world champion and reigning Olympic gold medalist — shared bronze with 20-year-old Serbian Angelina Topić, who both cleared 1.97 on their first attempts and then failed to progress from there.

The competition was delayed on a rainy night in Tokyo, with athletes landing in a pool of water every time they hit the mat.

Women’s 800m

Kenya’s Lilian Odira posted a championship record 1:54.62 to win gold over two laps, besting Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely Hodgkinson, the Olympic gold medalist.

Hunter Bell, the bronze medalist in the 1,500m at the Paris Games, took silver in a personal-best 1:54.90, with Hodgkinson a tick behind to take bronze in 1:54.91.

Kenya’s Sarah Moraa, 19, took fourth in a personal-best 1:55.74, with American Sage Hurta-Klecker in fifth in 1:55.89, also a personal best.

Decathlon

Germany’s Leo Neugebauer won gold with a season’s best 8,804 points. The 25-year-old was the Olympic silver medalist last summer behind Norway’s Markus Rooth, who missed these World Championships with an injury.

Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens-Delerme, a former NCAA decathlon champion, set a national record with 8,784 points to take silver. American Kyle Garland had his best performance on the top international stage, winning bronze with 8,703.

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