Athletics has more global events than most sports: the Olympics, the World Championships, the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship, the Diamond League circuit and multi-sport games like the Commonwealth Games. This page covers what happened in 2025 and 2026 and how Indian athletes did. It sticks to international competition.
World Athletics Ultimate Championship, Budapest 2026
The first World Athletics Ultimate Championship was held in Budapest in September 2026. World Athletics describes it as a three-day event with a US$10 million prize pot. It lists Olympic champions, world champions and exceptional invitations among its qualifiers. The United States won 10 titles, according to FloTrack's list of winners by country. These included Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the women's 100 m and 200 m, Kenny Bednarek in the men's 100 m and 200 m, and the mixed 4x100 m and 4x400 m relays.
Other winners included:
- Mondo Duplantis of Sweden in the men's pole vault.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway in the men's 5000 m and Josh Kerr of Great Britain in the men's 1500 m.
- Alison dos Santos of Brazil in the men's 400 m hurdles and Collen Kebinatshipi of Botswana in the men's 400 m.
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine in the women's high jump, Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic in the women's 400 m, and Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan in the women's javelin.
- Rumesh Pathirage of Sri Lanka in the men's javelin.
Italy won two titles, with Larissa Iapichino in the women's long jump and Gianmarco Tamberi in the men's high jump. Winners are listed by FloTrack. Check World Athletics for the official results table.
World Championships Tokyo 2025
The previous World Championships were held in Tokyo in 2025. The United States topped the medal table with 16 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals, 26 in total. Kenya was second with 7 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, 11 in total, and Canada third with 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. The Netherlands won 6 medals, two of each colour. Botswana, Spain, New Zealand and Sweden won two golds each.
Diamond League final, Brussels
The 2026 Diamond League season ended with the final at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on 4 and 5 September, as part of the 50th Memorial Van Damme. Over two evenings, 32 Diamond League champions were decided, with 16 titles in the men's events and 16 in the women's. The men's 100 m on the Friday was won by Oblique Seville of Jamaica in 9.90 seconds (wind +0.1 m/s), according to the official result list.
India at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2026
Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men's javelin at Glasgow 2026 with a season's best of 85.83 m, thrown into a strong headwind. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won gold with 89.75 m, his only valid throw out of six, and it was Sri Lanka's first Commonwealth Games gold in athletics. India's Yash Vir Singh took bronze with a personal best of 85.41 m on his Games debut. Rohit Yadav was seventh with 81.56 m. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, the defending champion and Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist, threw 77.41 m and finished ninth.
It was Neeraj's second Commonwealth Games medal after gold at Gold Coast 2018. He owns the Indian javelin national record of 90.23 m. He had returned from a long injury layoff at the Doha Diamond League earlier in the season, where he finished fourth and qualified for the Games.
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Sources
Results are from World Athletics (Tokyo 2025 medal table), Olympics.com (Diamond League final), Diamond League result list, Olympics.com (Commonwealth Games javelin), Olympics.com (Doha Diamond League), FloTrack (Ultimate Championship winners) and the World Athletics Ultimate Championship FAQ. Facts last checked 17 October 2026.
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