The 2025 World Athletics Championships start Saturday in Tokyo, Japan and the LetsRun.com crew breaks it all down, focusing first on the distances and key U.S. and international contenders.

The US men have potential gold medalists in every distance event except for the steeple and the marathon. Plus, Noah Lyles vs. Letsile Tebogo in the sprints and Faith Kipyegon vs. Beatrice Chebet in 5000, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400 and the cool story of Dan Michalski.

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• Show notes:


• 00:00 Introduction and World Championship Preview


• 00:25 AG1 NextGen drinkag1.com


• 01:36 Start


• 06:31 Men's 800 Meters: How do the Americans do?


• 10:50 Arop?


• 13:50 Donavan Brazier's chances


• 18:06 Men's 1500 Meters: Who is the most interesting winner?


• 26:30 Hocker vs Centro


• 33:49 Men's 5000 and 10000 Meters: Over/Under American medals


• 45:49 Men's Steeplechase


• 48:45 Special Feature: Dan Michalski's dreams become reality journey


• 54:15 Women's Distance Events: Which heavy favorite is most likely to fall?


• 55:27 Keely


• 57:17 Gudaf Tsegay?


• 01:01:45 Beatrice Chebet


• 01:08:16 Steeplechase World Record Watch


• 01:11:16 5K Showdown: Faith vs. Beatrice


• 01:15:43 Sprint Action in Tokyo


• 01:16:18 Men's 100m Contenders


• 01:21:34 Men's 200m: Lyles vs. Tebogo


• 01:29:02 Women's 100m and 200m: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden vs Julien Alfred


• 01:37:12 Women's 400m: The Ultimate Showdown w Sydney McLaughlin


• 01:42:47 Final Thoughts and Predictions


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