13th September 2025

SCOTT LINCOLN CLINCHES HISTORIC EIGHTH PLACE FINISH AT TOKYO 2025

Scott Lincoln soared into the record books with an historic eighth-place finish in the men’s shot put final at Tokyo 2025.

Lincoln (Dale Stevenson, City of York) had become the first British male shot-putter to make the world final since Carl Myerscough at Berlin 2009 earlier in the day and backed up his performance by equalling his qualification mark of 21.00m in the final.

It was a historic placing that Lincoln was shocked to hear, the best ever finish by a British male or female shot putter at the World Championships.

And with such a strong performance now behind him, the 32-year-old is excited to see what more he can do in the future.

“Apparently, that is the furthest a Brit has thrown in a major, and I just backed it up in the final with exactly the same distance,” he said.

“It is a massive step forward. My confidence is flying high; shame it is the end of the season now.

“Time to build from here, I don’t think next year I will be far away from winning that. We shall see how we go, but it’s exciting times ahead.”

With his name now in the history books, it’s now a case of sitting back and enjoying the rest of the championships for Lincoln.

“I am a little bit battered at the moment, but nothing a few beers won’t solve.”

The mixed 4x400m relay went into the final with high hopes of a medal but narrowly missed out with a fifth-place finish.

The quartet of Lewis Davey (Trevor Painter, Newham and Essex Beagles), Nicole Yeargin (Gregory Sholars, Pitreavie), Toby Harries (David Sadkin, Brighton Pheonix) and Emily Newnham (Nick Dakin, Shaftesbury Barnet) crossed the line in a time of 3:10.84.

Newnham had stepped into the team for the final, after Yemi Mary John (Alan James, Woodford Green Essex Ladies) ran the heats and was happy with the chance to get some invaluable experience on the world stage, despite falling short of the podium.

“I feel like there were two ways I could have looked at these championships,” she said. “One was to focus on the hurdles, and the other was to just get as much experience and soak up as much as I can and try and get on the track as many times as possible.

“So, I’m really grateful that I got the opportunity and I know I’m stepping into a team which is so established so I’m just grateful and happy.”

In the only other finals action of the session, Megan Keith (Ross Cairns, Inverness) and Calli Hauger-Thackery (Nick Hauger, Hallamshire) clinched back-to-back finishes for GB in the women’s 10,000m final.

Keith soared to an incredible top-10 finish with a time of 31:33.85, while Hauger-Thackery was close behind for 11th in 31:37.81.

It was an incredible first session for the 100m sprinters, with all six British athletes securing their spot in tomorrow’s semi-finals.

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley), Amy Hunt (Marco Airale, Charnwood) and Daryll Neita (Lance Brauman, Cambridge Harriers) all got the job done with a top three finish in the women’s 100m heats, with Neita storming over the line to win her heat in a time of 10.94s.

Jeremiah Azu (Helen James, Cardiff) and Zharnel Hughes (Glen Mills, Shaftesbury Barnet) both safely progressed through to the men’s 100m semi-finals with top three finishes in their heats, before Romell Glave (Michael Afilaka, Croydon) advanced with the fastest lucky loser spot.

Glave equalled his personal best of 10.00s in what was a stacked heat to reach the semi-finals.

The 100m semi-finals and finals will take place on Sunday 14th September.

Revee Walcott-Nolan (Thomas Dreissigacker, Luton) will be back for more 1500m action after a composed run of 4:08.67 saw her cross the line inside the top six of her heat to qualify for the semi-finals.

Both Erin Wallace (Trevor Painter, Giffnock North) and Laura Muir (Laura Weightman, Dundee Hawkhill) unfortunately missed out on progressing, with Muir fading down the home straight after sitting at the front.

At her first major championships back since her Achilles injury, Jazmin Sawyers jumped a best of 6.54m in the women’s long jump qualification.

It was not enough to see her return for the final but marked an incredible return to the world stage after an injury-stricken year.