Long jumper Thobias Montler is at the World Championship in Tokyo, but his partner Lisa Lilja is not. The sprinter has not competed at all during 2025. It is not so strange. She neither competes nor trains anymore. She has quit, Montler reveals to Expressen.
SportsThe Olympic champion in high jump, the New Zealander Hamish Kerr, was pressed to a world year's best to take the World Championship gold in Tokyo. I had to fight for the gold, he says.
SportsHe won the World Championship gold in Budapest two years ago and left Paris as Olympic champion last summer. Ethan Katzberg's latest victory was hardly surprising. On the other hand, the monster throw of 84.70 – the longest in two decades.
SportsLast year there was disappointment and tears. This year two finals at the Tokyo World Championship. Wow, says Maja Åskag after 14,15 meters in triple jump and who now aims for a better placement than in the long jump final.
SportsAndreas Kramer kept up halfway in the battle for a semifinal spot on 800 meters at the World Championship in athletics in Tokyo. Then it stopped. Abruptly. The buildup has been a little uphill, he says.
SportsHe treated the Tokyo audience to a show and new heights. Now Armand Duplantis will enjoy the Japanese capital. I'm staying here for a few days, says the Swede after the World Championship gold and world record at the National Arena.
SportsEngla Nilsson took a surprising European Championship bronze indoors in the Netherlands. Now she makes her World Championship debut in Tokyo. In addition, the American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is chasing new successes.
SportsThird straight World Championship gold, fourth world record for the season – and more clinking in the cash register. Armand Duplantis leaves the World Championship in Tokyo a little richer in several ways. It pays off to set world records at the World Championship, says agent Daniel Wessfeldt.
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