Anna Hall wins heptathlon gold at 2025 World Championships in Tokyo; Johnson-Thompson, Brooks share bronze

Anna Hall of the United States won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with 6,888 points, securing the first U.S. world title in the event since 1993. Ireland's Kate O'Connor earned a historic silver medal with a national record of 6,714 points, marking Ireland's first senior multi-event World Championship medal and their first world medal in 12 years. Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson and American Taliyah Brooks shared the bronze medal after finishing with identical scores of 6,581 points, a rare occurrence in world championships history. Johnson-Thompson, a two-time world champion, dramatically overtook Brooks in the final 800m race by finishing in 2:07.38, just enough to tie on points, while Brooks finished ninth with a personal best of 2:13.17. The competition saw the withdrawal of Belgium's Nafi Thiam, a triple Olympic and twice world champion, who exited after a disappointing long jump. Johnson-Thompson also experienced mixed results as the British men's and women's relay teams faced early eliminations in their heats.