2022 World Track and Field Championships Results

By OlympicTalkJul 24, 2022, 11:31 PM EDT

Top eight results from the 2022 World Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon …

Women’s 100m
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) — 10.67
Silver: Shericka Jackson (JAM) — 10.73
Bronze: Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) — 10.81
4. Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) — 10.83
5. Mujinga Kambundji (SUI) — 10.91
6. Aleia Hobbs (USA) — 10.92
7. Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV) — 10.93
8. Melissa Jefferson (USA) — 11.03

Women’s 200m
Gold: Shericka Jackson — 21.45
Silver: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) — 21.81
Bronze: Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) — 22.02
4. Aminatou Seyni (NIG) — 22.12
5. Abby Steiner (USA) — 22.26
6. Tamara Clark (USA) — 22.32
7. Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) — 22.39
8. Mujinga Kambundji (SUI) — 22.55

Women’s 400m
Gold: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) — 49.11
Silver: Marileidy Paulino (DOM) — 49.60
Bronze: Sada Williams (BAR) — 49.75
4. Lieke Klaver (NED) — 50.33
5. Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM) — 50.36
6. Fiordaliza Cofil (DOM) — 50.57
7. Candice McLeod (JAM) — 50.78
8. Anna Kielbasinska (POL) — 50.81

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Women’s 800m
Gold: Athing Mu (USA) — 1:56.30
Silver: Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) — 1:56.38
Bronze: Mary Moraa (KEN) — 1:56.71
4. Diribe Welteji (ETH) — 1:57.02
5. Natoya Goule (JAM) — 1:57.90
6. Raevyn Rogers (USA) — 1:58.26
7. Anita Horvat (SLO) — 1:59.83
8. Ajee Wilson (USA) — 2:00.19

Women’s 1500m
Gold: Faith Kipyegon (KEN) — 3:52.96
Silver: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) — 3:54.52
Bronze: Laura Muir (GBR) — 3:55.28
4. Freweyni Hailu (ETH) — 4:01.28
5. Sofia Ennaoui (POL) — 4:01.43
6. Sinclaire Johnson (USA) — 4:01.63
7. Jessica Hull (AUS) — 4:01.82
8. Winnie Nanyondo (UGA) — 4:01.98

Women’s 5000m
Gold: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) — 14:46.29
Silver: Beatrice Chebet (KEN) — 14:46.75
Bronze: Dawit Seyaum (ETH) — 14:47.36
4. Margaret Kipkemboi (KEN) — 14:47.71
5. Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) — 14:47.98
6. Sifan Hassan (NED) — 14:48.12
7. Caroline Kipkirui (KAZ) — 14:54.80
8. Karoline Grovdal (NOR) — 14:57.62

Women’s 10,000m
Gold: Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) — 30:09.94
Silver: Hellen Obiri (KEN) — 30:10.02
Bronze: Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN) — 30:10.07
4. Sifan Hassan (NED) — 30:10.56
5. Rahel Daniel (ERI) — 30:12.15
6. Ejgayehu Taye (ETH) — 30:12.45
7. Caroline Chepkoech Kipkrui (KAZ) — 30:17.64
8. Bosena Mulatie (ETH) — 30:17.77

Women’s Marathon
Gold: Gotytom Gebreselase (ETH) — 2:18:11
Silver: Judith Jeptum Korir (KEN) — 2:18:20
Bronze: Lonah Salpeter (ISR) — 2:20:18
4. Nazret Weldu (ERI) — 2:20:29
5. Sara Hall (USA) — 2:22:10
6. Angela Tanui (KEN) — 2:22:15
7. Emma Bates (USA) — 2:23:18
8. Keira D’Amato (USA) — 2:23:34
9. Mizuki Matsuda (JPN) — 2:23:49
10. Citlali Moscote (MEX) — 2:26:33

Women’s 100m Hurdles
Gold: Tobi Amusan (NGR) — 12.06
Silver: Britany Anderson (JAM) — 12.23
Bronze: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) — 12.23
4. Alia Armstrong (USA) — 12.31
5. Cindy Sember (GBR) — 12.38
6. Danielle Williams (JAM) — 12.44
7. Devynne Charlton (BAH) — 12.53
DQ. Keni Harrison (USA)

Women’s 400m Hurdles
Gold: Sydney McLaughlin (USA) — 50.68 WR
Silver: Femke Bol (NED) — 52.27
Bronze: Dalilah Muhammad (USA) — 53.13
4. Shamier Little (USA) — 53.76
5. Britton Wilson (USA) — 54.02
6. Rushell Clayton (JAM) — 54.36
7. Gianna Woodruff (PAN) — 54.75
8. Anna Ryzhykova (UKR) — 54.93

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
Gold: Norah Jeruto (KAZ) — 8:53.02
Silver: Werkuha Getachew (ETH) — 8:54.61
Bronze: Mekides Abebe (ETH) — 8:56.08
4. Winfred Yavi (BRN) — 9:01.31
5. Luiza Gega (ALB) — 9:10.04
6. Courtney Frerichs (USA) — 9:10.59
7. Aimee Pratt (GBR) — 9:15.64
8. Emma Coburn (USA) — 9:16.49

Women’s 4x100m Relay
Gold: U.S. — 41.14
Silver: Jamaica — 41.18
Bronze: Germany — 42.03
4. Nigeria — 42.22
5. Spain — 42.58
6. Great Britain — 42.75
7. Switzerland — 42.81
8. Italy — 42.92

Women’s 4x400m Relay
Gold: U.S. — 3:17.79
Silver: Jamaica — 3:20.74
Bronze: Great Britain — 3:22.64
4. Canada — 3:25.18
5. France — 3:25.81
6. Belgium — 3:26.29
7. Italy — 3:26.45
8. Switzerland — 3:27.81

Women’s 20km Race Walk
Gold: Kimberly Garcia Leon (PER) — 1:26:58
Silver: Katarzyna Zdzieblo (POL) — 1:27:31
Bronze: Qieyang Shijie (CHN) — 1:27:56
4. Jemima Montag (AUS) — 1:28:17
5. Liu Hong (CHN) — 1:29:00
6. Nanako Fujii (JPN) — 1:29:01
7. Alegna Gonzalez (MEX) — 1:29:40
8. Valentina Trapletti (ITA) — 1:29:54

Women’s 35km Race Walk
Gold: Kimberly Leon (PER) — 2:39:16
Silver: Katarzyna Zdzieblo (POL) — 2:40:03
Bronze: Qieyang Shijie (CHN) — 2:40:37
4. Antigoni Ntrismpioti (GRE) — 2:41:58
5. Raquel Gonzalez (ESP) — 2:42:27
6. Laura Garcia-Caro (ESP) — 2:42:45
7. Li Maocuo (CHN) — 2:44:28
8. Viviane Lyra (BRA) — 2:45:02

Women’s Discus
Gold: Feng Bin (CHN) — 69.12
Silver: Sandra Perkovic (CRO) — 68.45
Bronze: Valarie Allman (USA) — 68.30
4. Jorinde van Klinken (NED) — 64.97
5. Claudine Vita (GER) — 64.24
6. Liliana Ca (POR) — 63.99
7. Yaime Perez (CUB) — 63.07
8. Marlja Tolj (CRO) — 63.07

Women’s Hammer Throw
Gold: Brooke Andersen (USA) — 78.96
Silver: Camryn Rogers (CAN) — 75.52
Bronze: Janee’ Kassanavoid (USA) — 74.86
4. Sara Fantini (ITA) — 73.18
5. Jillian Weir (CAN) — 72.41
6. Bianca Florentina Ghelber (ROU) — 72.26
7. Silja Kosonen (FIN) — 70.81
8. Luo Na (CHN) — 70.42

Women’s High Jump
Gold: Eleanor Patterson (AUS) — 2.02
Silver: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) — 2.02
Bronze: Elena Vallortigara (ITA) — 2.00
4. Iryna Gerashchenko (UKR) — 2.00
5. Nicola Olyslagers (AUS) — 1.96
5. Safina Sadullayeva (UZB) — 1.96
7. Karmen Bruus (EST) — 1.96
8. Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) — 1.96

Women’s Javelin
Gold: Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS) — 66.91
Silver: Kara Winger (USA) — 64.05
Bronze: Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) — 63.27
4. Liu Shiying (CHN) — 63.25
5. Mackenzie Little (AUS) — 63.22
6. Lina Muze (LAT) — 61.26
7. Annu Rani (IND) — 61.12
8. Nikola Ogrodnikova (CZE) — 60.18

Women’s Long Jump
Gold: Malaika Mihambo (GER) — 7.12
Silver: Ese Brume (NGR) — 7.02
Bronze: Leticia Melo (BRA) — 6.89
4. Quanesha Burks (USA) — 6.88
5. Brooke Buschkuehl (AUS) — 6.87
6. Khaddi Sagnia (SWE) — 6.87
7. Ivana Vuleta (SRB) — 6.84
8. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) — 6.82

Women’s Pole Vault
Gold: Katie Nageotte (USA) — 4.85
Silver: Sandi Morris (USA) — 4.85
Bronze: Nina Kennedy (AUS) — 4.80
4. Tina Sutej (SLO) — 4.70
5. Katerina Stefanidi (GRE) — 4.70
6. Wilma Murto (FIN) — 4.60
6. Li Ling (CHN) — 4.60
8. Angelica Moser (SUI) — 4.60

Women’s Shot Put
Gold: Chase Ealey (USA) — 20.49
Silver: Gong Lijao (CHN) — 20.39
Bronze: Jessica Schilder (NED) — 19.77
4. Sarah Mitton (CAN) — 19.77
5. Auriol Dongmo (POR) — 19.62
6. Song Jiayuan (CHN) — 19.57
7. Maddison-Lee Wesche (NZL) — 19.50
8. Jessica Woodard (USA) — 18.67

Women’s Triple Jump
Gold: Yulimar Rojas (VEN) — 15.47
Silver: Shanieka Ricketts (JAM) — 14.89
Bronze: Tori Franklin (USA) — 14.72
4. Leyanis Perez Hernandez (CUB) — 14.70
5. Thea Lafond (DMA) — 14.56
6. Keturah Orji (USA) — 14.49
7. Kimberly Williams (JAM) — 14.29
8. Patricia Mamona (POR) — 14.29

Women’s Heptathlon
Gold: Nafi Thiam (BEL) — 6,947
Silver: Anouk Vetter (NED) — 6,867
Bronze: Anna Hall (USA) — 6,755
4. Adrianna Sulek (POL) — 6,672
5. Noor Vidts (BEL) — 6,559
6. Annik Kalin (SUI) — 6,464
7. Emma Oosterwegel (NED) — 6,440
8. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GBR) — 6,222

Men’s 100m
Gold: Fred Kerley (USA) — 9.86
Silver: Marvin Bracy (USA) — 9.88
Bronze: Trayvon Bromell (USA) — 9.88
4. Oblique Seville (JAM) — 9.97
5. Akani Simbine (RSA) — 10.01
6. Christian Coleman (USA) — 10.01
7. Hakim Sani Brown (JPN) — 10.06
8. Aaron Brown (CAN) — 10.07

Men’s 200m
Gold: Noah Lyles (USA) — 19.31
Silver: Kenny Bednarek (USA) — 19.77
Bronze: Erriyon Knighton (USA) — 19.80
4. Joseph Fahnbulleh (LBR) — 19.84
5. Alexander Ogando (DOM) — 19.93
6. Jereem Richards (TTO) — 20.08
7. Aaron Brown (CAN) — 20.18
8. Luxolo Adams (RSA) — 20.47

Men’s 400m
Gold: Michael Norman (USA) — 44.29
Silver: Kirani James (GRN) — 44.48
Bronze: Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) — 44.66
4. Champion Allison (USA) — 44.77
5. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) — 44.97
6. Bayapo Ndori (BOT) — 45.29
7. Christopher Taylor (JAM) — 45.30
8. Jonathan Jones (BAR) — 46.13

Men’s 800m
Gold: Emmanuel Korir (KEN) — 1:43.71
Silver: Djamel Sedjati (ALG) — 1:44.14
Bronze: Marco Arop (CAN) — 1:44.28
4. Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) — 1:44.54
5. Slimane Moula (ALG) — 1:44.85
6. Gabriel Tual (FRA) — 1:45.49
7. Peter Bol (AUS) — 1:45.51
8. Wyclife Kinyamal (KEN) — 1:47.07

Men’s 1500m
Gold: Jake Wightman (GBR) — 3:29.23
Silver: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) — 3:29.47
Bronze: Mohamed Katir (ESP) — 3:29.90
4. Mario Garcia (ESP) — 3:30.20
5. Josh Kerr (GBR) — 3:30.60
6. Timothy Cheruiyot (KEN) — 3:30.69
7. Abel Kipsang (KEN) — 3:31.21
8. Teddese Lemi (ETH) — 3:32.98

Men’s 5000m
Gold: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) — 13:09.24
Silver: Jacob Krop (KEN) — 13:09.98
Bronze: Oscar Chelimo (UGA) — 13:10.20
4. Luis Grijalva (GUA) — 13:10.44
5. Moh Ahmed (CAN) — 13:10.46
6. Grant Fisher (USA) — 13:11.65
7. Nicholas Kipkorir (KEN) — 13:11.97
8. Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) — 13:12.09

Men’s 10,000m
Gold: Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) — 27:27.43
Silver: Stanley Mburu (KEN) — 27:27.90
Bronze: Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) — 27:27.97
4. Grant Fisher (USA) — 27:28.14
5. Selemon Barega (ETH) — 27:28.39
6. Moh Ahmed (CAN) — 27:30.27
7. Berihu Aregawi (ETH) — 27:31.00
8. Daniel Mateiko (KEN) — 27:33.57

Men’s Marathon
Gold: Tamirat Tola (ETH) — 2:05:36
Silver: Mosinet Geremew (ETH) — 2:06:44
Bronze: Bashir Abdi (BEL) — 2:06:48
4. Cam Levins (CAN) — 2:07:09
5. Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN) — 2:07:14
6. Seifu Tura (ETH) — 2:07:17
7. Gabriel Gerald Geay (TAN) — 2:07:31
8. Daniel Do Nascimento (BRA) — 2:07:35

Men’s 110m Hurdles
Gold: Grant Holloway (USA) — 13.03
Silver: Trey Cunningham (USA) — 13.08
Bronze: Asier Martinez (ESP) — 13.17
4. Damian Czykier (POL) — 13.32
5. Joshua Zeller (GBR) — 13.33
DQ. Shane Brathwaite (BAR)
DQ. Devon Allen (USA)
DNS. Hansle Parchment (JAM)

Men’s 400m Hurdles
Gold: Alison dos Santos (BRA) — 46.29
Silver: Rai Benjamin (USA) — 46.89
Bronze: Trevor Bassitt (USA) — 47.39
4. Wilfried Happio (FRA) — 47.41
5. Khallifah Rosser (USA) — 47.88
6. Jaheel Hyde (JAM) — 48.03
7. Karsten Warholm (NOR) — 48.42
8. Rasmus Magi (EST) — 48.92

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
Gold: Soufiane El Bakkali (MAR) — 8:25.13
Silver: Lamecha Girma (ETH) — 8:26.01
Bronze: Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) — 8:27.92
4. Getnet Wale (ETH) — 8:28.68
5. Abraham Kibiwot (KEN) — 8:28.95
6. Evan Jager (USA) — 8:29.08
7. Yemane Haileselassie (ERI) — 8:29.40
8. Hillary Bor (USA) — 8:29.77

Men’s 4x100m Relay
Gold: Canada — 37.48
Silver: U.S. — 37.55
Bronze: Great Britain — 37.83
4. Jamaica — 38.06
5. Ghana — 38.07
6. South Africa — 38.10
7. Brazil — 38.25
DQ. France

Men’s 4x400m Relay
Gold: U.S. — 2:56.17
Silver: Jamaica — 2:58.58
Bronze: Belgium — 2:58.72
4. Japan — 2:59.51
5. Trinidad and Tobago — 3:00.03
6. Botswana — 3:00.14
7. France — 3:01.35
8. Czech Republic — 3:01.63

Men’s 20km Race Walk
Gold: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) — 1:19:07
Silver: Koki Ikeda (JPN) — 1:19:14
Bronze: Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) — 1:19:18
4. Samuel Gathimba (KEN) — 1:19:25
5. Brian Pintado (ECU) — 1:19:34
6. Caio Bonfim (BRA) — 1:19:51
7. Alvaro Martin (ESP) — 1:20:19
8. Hiroto Jusho (JPN) — 1:20:39

Men’s 35km Race Walk
Gold: Massimo Stano (ITA) — 2:23:14
Silver: Masatora Kawano (JPN) — 2:23:15
Bronze: Perseus Karlstrom (SWE) — 2:23:44
4. Brian Pintado (ECU) — 2:24:37
5. He Xianghong (CHN) — 2:24:45
6. Evan Dunfee (CAN) — 2:25:02
7. Caio Bonfim (BRA) — 2:25:14
8. Eider Arevalo (COL) — 2:25:21

Men’s Discus
Gold: Kristjan Ceh (SLO) — 71.13
Silver: Mykolas Alekna (LTU) — 69.27
Bronze: Andrius Gudzius (LTU) — 67.55
4. Daniel Stahl (SWE) — 67.10
5. Simon Pettersson (SWE) — 67.00
6. Matthew Denny (AUS) — 66.47
7. Alin Alexandru Firfirica (ROU) — 65.57
8. Alex Rose (SAM) — 65.57

Men’s Hammer Throw
Gold: Pawel Fajdek (POL) — 81.98
Silver: Wojciech Nowicki (POL) — 81.03
Bronze: Elvind Henriksen (NOR) — 80.87
4. Quentin Bigot (FRA) — 80.24
5. Bence Halasz (HUN) — 80.15
6. Rudy Winkler (USA) — 78.99
7. Mykhaylo Kokhan (UKR) — 78.83
8. Daniel Haugh (USA) — 78.10

Men’s High Jump
Gold: Mutaz Barshim (QAT) — 2.37
Silver: Woo Sang-Hyeok (KOR) — 2.35
Bronze: Andriy Protsenko (UKR) — 2.33
4. Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) — 2.33
5. Shelby McEwen (USA) — 2.30
6. Django Lovett (CAN) — 2.27
6. Luis Zayas (CUB) — 2.27
8. Tomohiro Shinno (JPN) — 2.27

Men’s Javelin
Gold: Anderson Peters (GRN) — 90.54
Silver: Neeraj Chopra (IND) — 88.13
Bronze: Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) — 88.09
4. Julian Weber (GER) — 86.86
5. Arshad Nadeem (PAK) — 86.16
6. Lassi Etelatalo (FIN) — 82.70
7. Andrian Mardare (MDA) — 82.26
8. Oliver Helander (FIN) — 82.24

Men’s Long Jump
Gold: Wang Jianan (CHN) — 8.36
Silver: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE) — 8.32
Bronze: Simon Ehammer (SUI) — 8.16
4. Maykel Masso (CUB) — 8.15
5. Steffin McCarter (USA) — 8.04
6. Marquis Dendy (USA) — 8.02
7. Murali Sreeshankar (IND) — 7.96
8. Eusebio Caceres (ESP) — 7.93

Men’s Pole Vault
Gold: Mondo Duplantis (SWE) — 6.21 WR
Silver: Chris Nilsen (USA) — 5.94
Bronze: Ernest Obiena (PHI) — 5.94
4. Thiago Braz (BRA) — 5.87
5. Oleg Zernikel (GER) — 5.87
5. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) — 5.87
7. Bo Lita Baehre (GER) — 5.87
8. Ersu Sasma (TUR) — 5.80

Men’s Shot Put
Gold: Ryan Crouser (USA) — 22.94
Silver: Joe Kovacs (USA) — 22.89
Bronze: Josh Awotunde (USA) — 22.29
4. Tom Walsh (NZL) — 22.08
5. Darlan Romani (BRA) — 21.92
6. Filip Mihaljevic (CRO) — 21.82
7. Jacko Gill (NZL) — 21.40
8. Adrian Piperi (USA) — 20.93

Men’s Triple Jump
Gold: Pedro Pablo Pichardo (POR) — 17.95
Silver: Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) — 17.55
Bronze: Zhu Yaming (CHN) — 17.31
4. Andrea Dallavalle (ITA) — 17.25
5. Emanuel Ihemeje (ITA) — 17.17
6. Donald Scott (USA) — 17.14
7. Almir Dos Santos (BRA) — 16.87
8. Jean-Marc Pontvianne (FRA) — 16.86

Men’s Decathlon
Gold: Kevin Mayer (FRA) — 8,816
Silver: Pierce LePage (CAN) — 8,701
Bronze: Zach Ziemek (USA) — 8,876
4. Ayden Owens-Delerme (PUR) — 8,532
5. Lindon Victor (GRN) — 8,474
6. Niklas Kaul (GER) — 8,434
7. Maicel Uibo (EST) — 8,425
8. Cedric Dubler (AUS) — 8,246

Mixed 4x400m Relay
Gold: Dominican Republic — 3:09.82
Silver: Netherlands — 3:09.90
Bronze: U.S. — 3:10.16
4. Poland — 3:12.31
5. Jamaica — 3:12.71
6. Nigeria — 3:16.21
7. Italy — 3:16.45
8. Ireland — 3:16.86

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Chloe Kim, Elana Meyers Taylor among Olympians to join presidential sports council

By OlympicTalkMar 24, 2023, 11:33 AM EDT

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Chloe Kim and Elana Meyers Taylor are among the Olympic and Paralympic medalists set to join the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.

President Joe Biden intends to appoint the snowboarder Kim, bobsledder Meyers Taylor, retired Olympic medalists Chaunté Lowe (track and field) and Tamika Catchings (basketball) and Paralympic medalist Melissa Stockwell (triathlon) to the council, among other athletes and people in the health and fitness fields, it was announced Friday.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry are also on the list.

The council “aims to promote healthy, accessible eating and physical activity for all Americans, regardless of background or ability.”

Last year, Biden appointed basketball gold medalist Elena Delle Donne a co-chair of the council.

Kim, the two-time reigning Olympic halfpipe champion, sat out this past season but is expected to return to competition for a third Olympic run in 2026.

Meyers Taylor, the most decorated U.S. Olympic bobsledder in history with medals in all five of her Olympic events, sat out this past season due to pregnancy. She took her first bobsled run in 13 months this past week in Lake Placid, New York.

There is a long history of Olympians and Paralympians serving on the council, which was created in 1956.

In 2017, Barack Obama appointed medalists including gymnast Gabby Douglas, soccer player Carli Lloyd and fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.

Others to previously be on the council include sprinter Allyson Felix, figure skater Michelle Kwan and swimmer and triathlete Brad Snyder.

Members serve for two years and can be reappointed.

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Kaori Sakamoto wins figure skating worlds; top American places fourth

By OlympicTalkMar 24, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT

Kaori Sakamoto overcame a late error in her free skate to become the first Japanese figure skater to win back-to-back world titles and the oldest women’s world champion since 2014.

Sakamoto, 22, totaled 224.61 points on home ice in Saitama to prevail by 3.67 over Lee Hae-In of South Korea in the closest women’s finish at worlds since 2011.

Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx took bronze, edging 16-year-old American Isabeau Levito for a medal by 2.77 points.

Sakamoto is the oldest women’s singles world champion since Mao Asada (2014), who is now the only Japanese skater with more world titles than Sakamoto.

She appeared en route to an easier victory until singling a planned triple flip late in her free skate, which put the gold in doubt. She can be thankful for pulling off the second jump of that planned combination — a triple toe loop — and her 5.62-point lead from Wednesday’s short program.

“I feel so pathetic and thought, what was all that hard work I put into my training?” Sakamoto said of her mistake, according to the International Skating Union (ISU). “But I was able to refocus and do my best till the end.

“Because I have this feeling of regret at the biggest event of the season, I want to make sure I don’t have this feeling next season. So I want to practice even harder, and I want to make sure to do clean, perfect performances at every competition.”

Lee, who had the top free skate, became the second South Korean to win a world medal in any discipline after six-time medalist Yuna Kim.

Hendrickx followed her silver from last year, when she became the first Belgian women’s singles skater to win a world medal.

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Levito, last year’s world junior champion, had a chance to become the youngest senior world medalist since 2014.

After a solid short program, she fell on her opening triple Lutz in the free skate and left points on the table by performing two jump combinations rather than three. The Lutz was planned to be the first half of a combination with a triple loop.

“I am severely disappointed because I’ve been nailing my Lutz-loop for a really long time, and this is the first time I’ve messed it up in a while, and of course it had to be when it actually counted,” Levito said, according to the ISU. “But I’m pretty happy with myself for just trying to move past it and focusing on making the most out of the rest of the program.”

Levito entered worlds ranked fourth in the field by best score this season. She matched the best finish for a U.S. woman in her senior global championships debut (Olympics and worlds) since Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan took silver and bronze at the 1991 Worlds. Sasha Cohen, to whom Levito is often compared, also placed fourth in her Olympic and world debuts in 2002.

“I feel very proud for myself and grateful for my coaching team for helping me get this far so far in my skating career, and I’m just very proud to be where I am,” Levito said on USA Network.

American Amber Glenn was 12th in her world debut. Two-time U.S. champion Bradie Tennell was 15th. They had been 10th and eighth, respectively, in the short program.

The U.S. qualified two women’s spots for next year’s worlds rather than the maximum three because the top two Americans’ results added up to more than 13 (Levito’s fourth plus Glenn’s 12th equaled 16). The U.S. was in position to qualify three spots after the short program.

Glenn said after the short program that she had a very difficult two weeks before worlds, including “out-of-nowhere accidents and coincidences that could have prevented me from being here,” and boot problems that affected her triple Axel. She attempted a triple Axel in the free skate, spinning out of an under-rotated, two-footed landing.

Tennell, who went 19 months between competitions due to foot and ankle injuries in 2021 and 2022, had several jumping errors in the free skate.

“This season has been like one thing after another,” said the 25-year-old Tennell, who plans to compete through the 2026 Winter Games. “I’m really excited to get back and work on some stuff for the new season.”

Earlier, Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates topped the rhythm dance, starting their bid for a first world title in their 12th season together and after three prior world silver or bronze medals.

“We skated as best we possibly could today,” Bates said, according to the ISU, after they tallied the world’s top score this season.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White are the lone U.S. ice dancers to win a world title, doing so in 2011 and 2013.

Worlds continue Friday night (U.S. time) with the free dance, followed Saturday morning with the men’s free skate, live on Peacock and USA Network.

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