The exciting journey of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 came to an end on August 27, after an incredible nine days of action. We saw established sports legends adding more glory to their already impressive careers, as well as new rising stars making their mark as global champions.
2100 athletes from 195 countries, along with the Athlete Refugee Team, all converging in the vibrant Hungarian capital, with crowds of over 400,000 enthusiastic fans from 120 different countries filling the stands. And what a show they witnessed! The championship wasn’t short on records, delivering a world record, a world U20 record, seven championship records, 11 area records, and a whopping 73 national records. Here are some of our favorite moments captured by the lens of our photographers.
Noah Lyles secured victory in both the 100m and 200m races and played a pivotal role in leading the USA men’s 4x100m relay team to success. (Photo by Yohei Osada/Aflo Images)
Sha’Carri Richardson achieved her inaugural global title in the 100m by setting a championship record of 10.65. She further contributed to the USA’s success by anchoring the women’s 4x100m relay team to another championship record. (Photo by Soenar Chamid/Aflo Images)
Faith Kipyegon achieved a remarkable feat, becoming the first woman to secure victory in both the 1500m and 5000m events at the World Athletics Championships. She accomplished this historic accomplishment by shattering the world records for both distances earlier this year. (Photo by Soenar Chamid/Aflo Images)
Alvaro Martin (20km and 35km race walk) and Maria Perez (20km and 35km race walk) achieved an unprecedented accomplishment for Spain by securing gold medals in all events of the race walks program, marking the first instance of such a dominant performance in the history of the competition. (Photo by Yohei Osada/Aflo Images)
Femke Bol wrapped up a series of intense and eventful nine days by leading the Dutch women’s 4x400m team to a thrilling last-minute triumph in the ultimate race. This came after a challenging start, where she stumbled just meters away from the finish line in the 4x400m mixed relay on the opening night. Despite this setback, she clinched her initial individual world title in the 400m hurdles during the course of these events. (Photo by Yohei Osada/Aflo Images)
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo (bronze) became the first African man to win a medal in the 100m. (Photo by Naoki Morita/Aflo Images)
Haruka Kitaguchi became the first Japanese athlete to win the women’s javelin and has the opportunity to defend her title before her home crowd in Tokyo in 2025. (Photo by Yohei Osada/Aflo Images)
Mary Moraa of Kenya clinched a remarkable gold medal in the women’s 800m, surpassing both Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu. Displaying an electrifying performance, the Kenyan leaped across the finish line in celebration of her triumph in Budapest. (Photo by Naoki Morita/Aflo Images)
Yaroslava Mahuchikh achieved the full set of global medals in high jump by claiming gold in Budapest. The Ukrainian athlete has now secured outdoor high jump medals of every color on the global stage after her victory in the final field event on Sunday 27. (Photo by Naoki Morita/Aflo Images)
A groundbreaking moment occurred as Katie Moon from the USA and Nina Kennedy from Australia shared the gold medal in the women’s pole vault for the first time in the history of the World Athletics Championships. The two athletes decided to jointly hold the title rather than proceed with a jump-off, as both had three unsuccessful attempts at clearing 4.95m. (Photo by Naoki Morita/Aflo Images)
Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy won his first-ever world high jump title with a height of 2.36 meters. JuVaughn Harrison of the USA claimed second place and Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim took the third position. Amid his personal triumph, Tamberi showed his camaraderie by warmly embracing his close friend Barshim, with whom he shared the Olympic gold in Tokyo 2020. (Photo by Naoki Morita/Aflo Images)
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