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World Athletics Championships 2025 Day 8: Anna Hall wins USA’s 1st heptathlon world title since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1993, men’s 4x400m relay exits

By Abhiruchi Rout

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World Athletics Championships 2025 Day 8: Anna Hall wins USA's 1st heptathlon world title since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1993, men's 4x400m relay exits

The penultimate day of the World Athletics Championships 2025 took place on September 20, with Anna Hall emerging as one of the gold medalists in the women’s heptathlon. In doing so, she became the United States’ first gold medalist in the event since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1993.Other gold medalists in the women’s events included María Pérez in the 20km race walk, Jessica Schilder in shot put, Beatrice Chebet in the 5000m and Juleisy Angulo in the javelin throw. Meanwhile, Caio Bonfim in the 20km race walk and Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m claimed the gold in the men’s events on Day 8 of the World Athletics Championships.Meanwhile, the relay heats were also held today, with the United States exiting the men’s 4x400m relay after a baton exchange blunder, which prevented the team from advancing to the final. However, team USA’s women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays, along with the men’s 4x100m relay, have all qualified for tomorrow’s finals at the World Championships.With that, here’s a look at the complete results from Day 8 of the World Athletics Championships 2025:Women’s event results at World Athletics Championships 202520 Kilometres Race Walk medalistsMaría Pérez (ESP) – 1:25:54Alegna González (MEX) – 1:26:06Nanako Fujii (JPN) – 1:26:18Shot Put medalistsJessica Schilder (NED) – 20.29Chase Jackson (USA) – 20.21Maddison-Lee Wesche (NZL) – 20.06Qualified for 4x400m relay finalsUnited States – 3:22.53Jamaica – 3:22.77Norway – 3:23.84Belgium – 3:23.96Netherlands – 3:24.03France – 3:24.33Poland – 3:24.39Italy – 3:24.71Qualified for 4x100m relay finals at World Athletics ChampionshipsUnited States – 41.60Jamaica – 41.80Germany – 41.86Great Britain & NI – 41.88Canada – 42.38Spain – 42.53France – 42.71Poland – 42.835000m medalistsBeatrice Chebet (KEN) – 14:54.36Faith Kipyegon (KEN) – 14:55.07Nadia Battocletti (ITA) – 14:55.42Javelin Throw medalistsJuleisy Angulo (ECU) – 65.12Anete Sietiņa (LAT) – 64.64Mackenzie Little (AUS) – 63.58Heptathlon medalistsAnna Hall (USA) – 6888 pointsKate O’Connor (IRL) – 6714 pointsTaliyah Brooks (USA) – 6581 pointsMen’s event results at World Athletics Championships 2025Athletes who qualified for Discus Throw finalsDaniel StÃ¥hl (SWE) – 69.90Kristjan ÄŒeh (SLO) – 68.08Martynas Alekna (LTU) – 67.16Matthew Denny (AUS) – 66.63Henrik Janssen (GER) – 66.47Lukas Weißhaidinger (AUT) – 65.91Mario Alberto Díaz (CUB) – 65.66Mykolas Alekna (LTU) – 65.39Andrius Gudžius (LTU) – 65.18Alex Rose (SAM) – 65.13Connor Bell (NZL) – 65.09Mika Sosna (GER) – 64.9920 Kilometres Race Walk medalistsCaio Bonfim (BRA) – 1:18:35Zhaozhao Wang (CHN) – 1:18:43Paul McGrath (ESP) – 1:18:45Qualified for 4x400m relay finals at World Athletics ChampionshipsBotswana – 2:57.68Belgium – 2:57.98Great Britain & NI – 2:58.11South Africa – 2:58.81Jamaica – 2:59.13Portugal – 2:59.70Qatar – 3:00.15Netherlands – 3:00.23Qualified for 4x100m relay finalsGhana – 37.79Canada – 37.85Netherlands – 37.95United States – 37.98Japan – 38.07Germany – 38.12Australia – 38.21France – 38.34800m medalistsEmmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) – 1:41.86Djamel Sedjati (ALG) – 1:41.90Marco Arop (CAN) – 1:41.95Decathlon overall results after completion of 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400mKyle Garland (USA) – 4707Sander Skotheim (NOR) – 4543Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) – 4487