2h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 9:39amLive updates: World Athletics Championships, day three
Aussies in action on day three:
Men’s pole vault final (9:10pm AEST): Kurtis Marschall
Day three results:
Sarah Carli qualified for the 400m hurdles semifinalsLiam Adcock and Chris Mitrevski both miss out on reaching the final of the long jumpCara Feain-Ryan and Amy Cashin missed out on reaching the semis of the 3,000m steeplechase, with Feain-Ryan bravely finishing her race despite fallingThe men’s marathon needed a photo finish to separate first and second in the tightest finish at a major championships in the event. Aussies Tim Vincent (44th in 2:20.12) and Liam Boudin (57th in 2:24.39) were Australia’s finishers. 7m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 12:05pmLONG JUMP: Liam Adcock is knocked out of the long jump
Desperately disappointing for Liam Adcock.
He has been knocked out of qualification for the long jump final.
His third round jump of 7.94 is just going to be a few centimetres too short.
That’s hugely disappointing for the New South Welshman after what had been a very, very good year.
17m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:54am
Let’s go Kurt
Go Adelaide boy Kurt!!!
– GT
18m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:53am
POLE VAULT: Marschall is over at 5.85!
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Very good from Kurtis Marschall.
He gets over at 8.15 and looks pretty comfortable doing so.
Armand Duplantis floated over at the same height and has promptly decided to pass at 5.90.
Sam Kendricks and Thibaut Collet are also over.
21m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:50amLONG JUMP: Mitrevski will miss out
A no jump in the last for Chris Mitrevski!
That means he will finish, at best, eighth in Group B and, at best 14th overall.
That means he’s out and will not contest the final.
That’s really gutting for the 29-year-old, who gave himself a real chance with his 7.83.
26m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:45am
LONG JUMP: Adcock gives himself a chance!
Oh that’s good, that’s really good from Adcock!
He goes out to 7.94 that pushes him up four places.
That’s how tight it is at the top of this competition – he only improved by 3cm.
28m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:44am
LONG JUMP: Qualifying is on a knife edge
The long jump is becoming incredibly tense heading into the final round of jumps.
Chris Mitrevski and Liam Adcock are both currently sitting in eighth.
Both will miss out on the final as things stand.
Miltiadis Tentoglou (8.17), Tajay Gayle (8.28) and Lester Lescay (8.21) have qualified automatically.
44m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:27am
110M HURDLES: Zhoya recovers from a poor start to qualify for semis
That could have been a disaster for former Aussie Sasha Zhoya.
He is heavily strapped on his right thigh and just sat in the blocks for a long time.
He managed to get himself into his stride and his impressive hurdling technique got him out of trouble.
He finishes with 13.43 in third place.
Not looking too convincing to be honest.
49m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:22am
110M HURDLES: Can Australia claim Sasha Zhoya?
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There are no Australians in the 110m high hurdles, which is next up on the track.
But we can certainly claim one of the leading favourites in Subiaco-born Sasha Zhoya.
The French world under 20 champion from 2021 started out his athletics career at Melville Little Athletics club in Perth, and was in the WAIS from the age of 14.
Zhoya switched allegiances in 2020 though, partly in a bid to compete for France at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
He explained the switch to ABC Sport’s Tom Maddocks before those Paris Games, which you can read all about below.
So to the crux of whether we can claim him as an Aussie in this event.
I think, as sole arbiter of this impromptu poll, that yes we can. He’s not up against any Australians either, so it’s a no-brainer.
He goes in heat 1, lane 6.
50m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:21am
POLE VAULT: Mind games on the runway
Kurtis Marschall is over at the next height of 5.75m.
Very good from Marschall.
We have also seen Emmanouil Karalis’s first leap, after passing at the opening height.
And he has got over the top of the height by such a huge amount that you could have flown a flock of swallows between him and the bar. Very impressive.
Armand Duplantis had a similar result in getting over the 5.55 height, so has taken a pass at 5.75.
Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie also passed the first height, and has cleared the second to such an extent that he has passed at 5.85 already, as has Karalis.
53m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:18am
LONG JUMP: Adcock will want to go further
Liam Adcock was sitting fourth in Group A after the first round of jumps.
He’d have wanted to go a bit longer than 7.90 such is the depth of this field, but he’s not been able to.
His second leap is just 7.70.
It’s not a disaster – by my calculations he’s ranked 10th overall as things stand.
But that’s cutting it mighty close.
57m agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:14am
LONG JUMP: Mitrevski pulls one out the bag!
That is A LOT better from Chris Mitrevski!
He’s gone from 7.40 with his first jump to a far more impressive 7.83 with his second!
It puts him in seventh place in Group B as things stand, which would put him right on the cusp of qualifying.
He may need to go further in his third and final leap to sneak in – but that’s encouraging from Mitrevski.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 11:02am
POLE VAULT: Marschall clear at opening height
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So far so good for Kurtis Marschall.
The Aussie clears his opening height of 5.55m.
That’s a relatively modest height but it’s always good to get a mark on the board first up.
Interestingly, Sam Kendricks and Armand Duplantis both attempted, and cleared, that same height.
But Emmanouil Karalis, seen by many to be the biggest challenger to Duplantis, has waved off attempting that height.
Interesting. Mind games? Who knows.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:50am
POLE VAULT: Is gold a foregone conclusion?
As the pole vaulters get ready to start their event, let’s have a quick look at the main favourites, shall we?
In Paris, there was only ever going to be one winner of the men’s pole vault.
In fact, in most men’s pole vault competitions there’s only going to be one winner.
Dean Bilton asked how do you compete at the Olympics when you know gold is an impossibility?
That’s what faced Kurtis Marschall in the men’s pole vault final at the Stade de France against Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, and the Swedish man duly delivered.
But is he as dominant this year?
Actually, no. Duplantis was way off his best at the Diamond League final, only clearing 6m and needing a countback to win against Emmanouil Karalis of Greece.
Anyway, here’s a look back to when Mondo dominated everyone and everything in Paris last year as the finalists are introduced and the bar is set at 5.55m.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:46am
LONG JUMP: One and done for the favourite Tentoglou
That’s how you do it.
The favourite for gold, Greek leaper Militiadis Tentoglou has only taken one jump to get through automatically, leaping out to 8.17m.
He can go and chill out now.
Liam Adcock wasn’t quite so far off his first jump, getting a solid 7.90m on the board in the first of his three attempts.
Chris Mitrevski managed 7.40m with his first jump.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:40amLONG JUMP: Liam Adcock looks to qualify for final
The field events get underway imminently, with Australian eyes on Liam Adcock in action.
Adcock has had a really, really good season.
He set a new personal best of 8.34m at the Stadio Olimpico in June, earning him his first Diamond League victory.
The 29-year-old Queenslander also finished third at the Diamond League final in Zurich and claimed a superb bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in China earlier this year.
He leaps in Group A.
Chris Mitrevski is also jumping for Australia, in Group B.
The automatic qualifying mark is 8.15, which should be very achievable for Adcock, but will require a season’s best from Mitrevski.
If 12 athletes don’t make the 8.15 mark, it will be the 12 who leap longest who make it through to the final.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:31am
MEN’S 400M HURDLES: First up on the track
No Aussies in action in this first series of events on the track, but we’re kicking off with the men’s 400m hurdles today.
Five heats, first four from each go through to the semis, plus the first four next fastest across the meet.
We’ll let you know if anything crazy happens.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:25amWOMEN’S 400M HURDLES: Carli flies into semifinal
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Also this morning, huge congratulations need to be sent to Sarah Carli, who qualified for the 400m hurdles semifinals as one of the fastest losers.
The first four from each of the five heats progressed and, although she finished in fifth place in heat four, her time of 55.24 was enough to get her through as one of the four fastest who missed automatic qualification.
Alanah Yukich had the imposing sight of Femke Bol in her heat, and she was unable to rise to the occasion, finishing eighth with 56.68.
1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:19am
WOMEN’S 3,000M STEEPLECHASE: Aussies fail to advance
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Let’s have a quick look back at this morning, where Australians Cara Feain-Ryan and Amy Cashin both came up short in their attempts to reach the final of the 3,000m steeplechase.
Feain-Ryan bravely managed to get back up after falling heavily in her heat, coming home in a hugely credible 10th place considering her fall.
Cashin finished 11th in her heat.
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There were a few fallers in the race. It’s that sort of event, I suppose.
The worst of the falls was probably Britain’s Sarah Tait, who fell at a water jump and had to be taken away in a wheelchair, in tears.
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1h agoMon 15 Sep 2025 at 10:12am
INJURY REPORT: Alfred out of women’s 200m
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A small update on the women’s sprint, where Olympic champion Julien Alfred has withdrawn from the women’s 200 metres at the world championships because of a hamstring strain, her agent has told Television Jamaica.
The Saint Lucian, who won 100m gold and a silver in the 200m in Paris last year, said she had suffered an injury after finishing third in the shorter sprint final in Tokyo on Sunday.
The 24-year-old had suffered a grade one hamstring strain, agent Henry Rolle said, forcing her to pull out of Wednesday’s 200m heats.
“We definitely won’t put her in a position to damage herself even further. So our season has [concluded], and rehab has started, and we look forward to 2026,” Rolle added.
Alfred ran the fastest 200m time of the year with a scorching 21.71 in London in July.
Kristie Edwards, Mia Gross and Torrie Lewis will go for Australia in the women’s 200m, with the heats getting underway on Wednesday at 8:30pm AEST.
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