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Tokyo Takeover: Kenyan Women Sweep All Track Golds

Kenyan athletics champions

By Sports Reporter | Intellectuals Post
TOKYO (IP)

Kenyan women pulled off an unprecedented Tokyo takeover, winning every track gold medal from 800m to marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.

Across nine days at Japan National Stadium, they claimed six golds and one silver, rewriting history as the first nation and the first women’s team to sweep all endurance races in a single championship.

Medal Haul
800m: Gold
1,500m: Gold

3,000m steeplechase:Faith Cherotich, 21 — Gold
5,000m & 10,000m: Beatrice Chebet, 25 — Double Gold

Marathon: Peres Jepchirchir, 31 — Gold
Plus: One silver

Chebet’s rare 5,000m–10,000m double and Jepchirchir’s marathon crown highlighted Kenya’s dominance.

By the Numbers

100% of golds in women’s distance races (800m–marathon)

86% medal share overall (6 golds, 1 silver out of 8 medals)

Fastest gold time: 29:39.24 in the 10,000m — 2nd fastest in championship history

Chart: Kenya’s Distance Gold Dominance Since 2005

From two laps to 42 kilometers, Kenyan women didn’t just win — they staged the greatest track takeover the world has ever seen.

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