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≡ U.S. WORLDS TEAM ≡
A team of 75 women and 66 men will compete as part of the American track & field team at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo (JPN) from 13-21 September, expected to once again lead the medal table.
The entries are a combination of those who are (1) defending World Champions from 2023; (2) 2025 Diamond League champions, (3) qualified via the championships’ qualifying standard, or (4) qualified via the World Athletics Rankings, to fill out the targeted field sizes in each event.
The U.S. had a superb performance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (FRA), winning 34 medals, including 14 golds (14-11-9). That was up from 29 (12-8-9) at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest (HUN) and 33 (13-9-11) at the 2022 Worlds in Eugene, Oregon.
In terms of returning stars, the American team is loaded:
2023 World Champions:
● Men/100 m: Noah Lyles
● Men/200 m: Noah Lyles
● Men/110 m hurdles: Grant Holloway
● Men/Shot: Ryan Crouser
● Women/100 m: Sha’Carri Richardson
● Women/Vault: Katie Moon (co-champion)
● Women/Shot: Chase Jackson
● Women/Discus: Lagi Tausaga
2024 Olympic Champions:
● Men/100 m: Lyles
● Men/1,500 m: Cole Hocker
● Men/100 m hurdles: Holloway
● Men/400 m hurdles: Rai Benjamin
● Men/Shot: Crouser
● Women/100 m hurdles: Masai Russell
● Women/Long Jump: Tara Davis-Woodhall
● Women/Discus: Valarie Allman
Crouser has not competed all year due to elbow problems, but will throw in Tokyo. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the world-record-setting 400 m hurdler, chose the 400 m flat for 2025, still chasing Sanya Richards-Ross’ 48.70 mark from 2006.
Looking at where the confirmed American entries for Tokyo stand on the Tilastopaja.info 2025 world list, there are 27 (13+14) currently in the top three:
● Men/100 m: Kenny Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey
● Men/200 m: Lyles, Bednarek
● Men/400 m: Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae
● Men/800 m: Donavan Brazier
● Men/5,000 m: Nico Young
● Men/100 m hurdles: Cordell Tinch
● Men/400 m hurdles: Benjamin
● Men/Shot: Josh Awotunde
● Men/Hammer: Rudy Winkler
● Men/Decathlon: Kyle Garland
● Women/100 m: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
● Women/200 m: Jefferson-Wooden, McKenzie Long
● Women/400 m: McLaughlin-Levrone
● Women/100 m hurdles: Russell, Grace Stark
● Women/Pole Vault: Moon
● Women/Long Jump: Davis-Woodhall
● Women/Shot: Jackson
● Women/Discus: Allman, Tausaga
● Women/Hammer: Brooke Andersen, Rachel Richeson
● Women/Heptathlon: Anna Hall
Wow! And there are five relays as well. The announcement noted, as usual, “Relay orders will not be announced until the day of competition.”
The U.S. squad is enormous; some of the other announced teams include 90 for Italy, 80 for Japan, 64 for Great Britain, 63 for Jamaica and 59 for Canada.
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