Recap: World Athletics Ultimate Championships Day 2

Kebinatshipi moved to fifth on the world all-time list on Saturday, Werro beat Keely Hodgkinson over 800m, and the United States took both 100m titles.

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Jessy Carveth
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Jessy is our Senior News Editor, pro cyclist and former track and field athlete with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology.

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Meet: World Athletics Ultimate Championship, Sept. 11 to 13, 2026
Venue: Gyula Zsivotzky National Athletics Centre, Budapest
Results source: World Athletics

Recap: World Athletics Ultimate Championships Day 2 1

Men’s 400m

  1. Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (BOT) 43.39
  2. Rai Benjamin (USA) 44.15
  3. Jereem Richards (TTO) 44.23
  4. Chris Bailey (USA) 44.27
  5. Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.28
  6. Jacory Patterson (USA) 44.59
  7. Lee Eppie (BOT) 44.66
  8. Attila Molnár (HUN) 45.10

Women’s 800m

  1. Audrey Werro (SUI) 1:55.88
  2. Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) 1:56.26
  3. Femke Broeders-Bol (NED) 1:56.74
  4. Addison Wiley (USA) 1:57.54
  5. Valentina Rosamilia (SUI) 1:58.53
  6. Eloisa Coiro (ITA) 1:58.59
  7. Sarah Billings (AUS) 1:58.89
  8. Nigist Getachew (ETH) 1:59.50

DNS: Veronica Vancardo (SUI)

Men’s 100m

  1. Kenny Bednarek (USA) 9.85
  2. Oblique Seville (JAM) 9.90
  3. Ronnie Baker (USA) 9.93
  4. Kayinsola Ajayi (NGR) 9.93
  5. Christian Coleman (USA) 9.94
  6. Gift Leotlela (RSA) 9.98
  7. Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 10.07
  8. Akani Simbine (RSA) 10.09

Women’s 100m

  1. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) 10.62
  2. Julien Alfred (LCA) 10.74
  3. Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) 10.76
  4. Jonielle Smith (JAM) 10.94
  5. Tina Clayton (JAM) 10.94
  6. Patrizia van der Weken (LUX) 11.06
  7. Lavanya Williams (JAM) 11.07
  8. Amy Hunt (GBR) 11.09

Women’s Pole Vault

  1. Sandi Morris (USA) 4.90m
  2. Hana Moll (USA) 4.90m
  3. Angelica Moser (SUI) 4.85m
  4. Imogen Ayris (NZL) 4.80m
  5. Eliza McCartney (NZL) 4.80m
  6. Katie Moon (USA) 4.70m
  7. Tina Šutej (SLO) 4.70m
  8. Emily Grove (USA) 4.70m

Women’s 1500m

  1. Klaudia Kazimierska (POL) 3:57.55
  2. Georgia Hunter Bell (GBR) 3:57.72
  3. Nikki Hiltz (USA) 3:58.16
  4. Freweyni Hailu (ETH) 3:58.44
  5. Dorcus Ewoi (KEN) 3:58.55
  6. Abbey Caldwell (AUS) 3:58.64
  7. Emily MacKay (USA) 3:59.16
  8. Agathe Guillemot (FRA) 3:59.40
  9. Jessica Hull (AUS) 3:59.97
  10. Saron Berhe (ETH) 4:00.28
  11. Birke Haylom (ETH) 4:03.75
  12. Haregeweyni Kalayu (ETH) 4:06.14

Women’s 400m

  1. Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 49.07
  2. Henriette Jæger (NOR) 49.28
  3. Nickisha Pryce (JAM) 49.56
  4. Lieke Klaver (NED) 49.91
  5. Martina Weil (CHI) 50.00
  6. Aaliyah Butler (USA) 50.12
  7. Roxana Gómez (CUB) 50.21
  8. Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) 50.22

Men’s Long Jump

  1. Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) 8.35m
  2. Bozhidar Sarâboyukov (BUL) 8.34m
  3. Simon Ehammer (SUI) 8.07m
  4. Anvar Anvarov (UZB) 7.94m
  5. Tajay Gayle (JAM) 7.90m
  6. Gerson Baldé (POR) 7.85m
  7. Mingkun Zhang (CHN) 7.67m
  8. Luka Bošković (SRB) 7.66m

Women’s Javelin

  1. Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) 68.92m
  2. Yan Ziyi (CHN) 68.05m
  3. Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado (COL) 64.84m
  4. Mackenzie Little (AUS) 63.37m
  5. Adriana Vilagoš (SRB) 61.37m
  6. Tori Moorby (NZL) 58.95m
  7. Anete Sietiņa (LAT) 58.17m
  8. Sigrid Borge (NOR) 50.88m

The Semifinals

Men’s 800m semifinal 1: 1. Brandon Miller (USA) 1:43.86; 2. Yanis Meziane (FRA) 1:44.07; 3. Eliott Crestan (BEL) 1:44.09; 4. Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) 1:44.43; 5. Navasky Anderson (JAM) 1:44.83; 6. Mohamed Attaoui (ESP) 1:45.12; 7. Handal Roban (VIN) 1:45.12; 8. Marino Bloudek (CRO) 1:45.90

Men’s 800m semifinal 2: 1. Mark English (IRL) 1:43.74; 2. Francesco Pernici (ITA) 1:43.80; 3. Marco Arop (CAN) 1:44.21; 4. Djamel Sedjati (ALG) 1:44.23; 5. Gabriel Tual (FRA) 1:44.42; 6. Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:44.47; 7. Max Burgin (GBR) 1:44.56; 8. Ben Pattison (GBR) 1:47.58

Men’s 400m hurdles semifinal 1: 1. Alison dos Santos (BRA) 47.25; 2. Rai Benjamin (USA) 47.49; 3. Emil Agyekum (GER) 47.75; 4. Abderrahman Samba (QAT) 47.83; 5. Oskar Edlund (SWE) 48.13; 6. Matic Ian Guček (SLO) 48.17; 7. Yeral Nuñez (DOM) 48.27; 8. Trevor Bassitt (USA) 48.59

Men’s 400m hurdles semifinal 2: 1. Karsten Warholm (NOR) 47.68; 2. Ezekiel Nathaniel (NGR) 47.75; 3. Matheus Lima (BRA) 47.91; 4. İsmail Nezir (TUR) 48.01; 5. Bassem Hemeida (QAT) 48.12; 6. Kemorena Tisang (BOT) 49.21; DNS: Caleb Dean (USA); DQ: Owe Fischer-Breiholz (GER)

Women’s 400m hurdles semifinal 1: 1. Emma Zapletalová (SVK) 52.93; 2. Gianna Woodruff (PAN) 53.73; 3. Paulien Couckuyt (BEL) 53.81; 4. Rushell Clayton (JAM) 53.84; 5. Fatoumata Binta Diallo (POR) 53.90; 6. Ashley Miller (ZIM) 54.23; 7. Shamier Little (USA) 54.53; 8. Louise Maraval (FRA) 55.97

Women’s 400m hurdles semifinal 2: 1. Jasmine Jones (USA) 52.77; 2. Anna Cockrell (USA) 53.31; 3. Sanique Walker (JAM) 53.77; 4. Dalilah Muhammad (USA) 53.79; 5. Amalie Iuel (NOR) 54.19; 6. Ayomide Folorunso (ITA) 54.57; 7. Lina Nielsen (GBR) 55.14; 8. Shiann Salmon (JAM) 56.35; 9. Sára Mátó (HUN) 57.05

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Jessy Carveth

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Jessy is our Senior News Editor and a former track and field athlete with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology. Jessy is often on-the-road acting as Marathon Handbook's roving correspondent at races, and is responsible for surfacing all the latest news stories from the running world across our website, newsletter, socials, and podcast.. She is currently based in Europe where she trains and competes as a professional cyclist (and trail runs for fun!).

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