World Athletics Ultimate Championship
New World Athletics championship featuring straight finals across 28 disciplines with 8 to 16 athletes per event. Every Running Weekly story on World Athletics Ultimate Championship, newest first. 6 stories since September 2026.
- Gabby Thomas calls herself an "equal opportunity doping hater"
The Olympic 200m champion named nobody, but said speaking up last year cost her phone calls and comments behind her back.
- Ingebrigtsen wins 5000m in 12:59.24, then skips the 1500m
Five Americans land inside 13:00.40 behind him, and Josh Kerr has to wait a year for the rematch.
- Kerr wins Ultimate 1500m after broadcast projected 13th
World Athletics' new win probability graphics had Kerr behind a field he then beat, and reporters had already been calling them out all week.
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- Kazimierska and Werro win World Ultimate titles in Budapest
Day 2 in Budapest brought a 1500m where the top nine all broke four minutes and a 43.39 from Collen Kebinatshipi.
- Ingebrigtsen to run 5000m first in Budapest, TV2 reports
The 1500m against Josh Kerr and Cole Hocker is still an open question, and the answer may not come until Sunday.
- Ultimate Championship starts Friday, $150,000 a title
Straight finals, 8 to 16 athletes per event and no country limits in Budapest.
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