Team Kenya is currently ranked second in both the placing and medal table of the World Athletics Championship, which entered its halfway stage this Wednesday, September 17, 2025.

The nine-day event kicked off on Saturday, September 13, 2025 and will run through to Sunday, September 21, 2025.

The historic edition of the World Athletics championship marks the 20th event since the track and field‘s first-ever World championships were held in Helsinki in 1983.

Kenya has so far delivered on the global stage and is currently ranked second on the WAC’s medals count with five.

USA leads proceedings

The ranks place them second only to the United States of America,who tops proceedings with six.

The sporting giants have accumulated six golds and two bronze in the ongoing championship.

In the placing table, where each team is awarded 8 points for a gold medal, down to 1 point for eighth place, Kenya comfortably occupies the second spot with 54 points.

The US tops the placing proceedings by 125 points.

Jamaica and Ethiopia come in at third and fourth by 54 and 39 points, respectively.

Italy wraps up the top five on 35 points.

Kenya’s golds

Team Kenya was quick to cement its dominance with Beatrice Chebet securing the first gold medal on Saturday, September 13, 2025.

Chebet clocked 30:37.61 to beat Italy’s Nadia Battocletti, who came second with a national record of 30:38.23.

The bronze medal went to Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia.

Peres Jepchirchir battled to gold in the women’s marathon to add to Kenya’s medals

On Monday, September 15, 2025, Edmund Serem added to Kenya’s dominance with a sterling performance on the track, earning delivering the nation’s third medal in the bronze in the men’s 3000m steeplechase.

Kipyegon, Ewoi triumphs

Meanwhile, Tuesday proved a good hunting ground as Kenya garnered two more medals courtesy of Faith Kiptegon and Dorcus Ewoi.

Ewoi, a debutant on the world championship stage, mounted a stunning performance to finish second behind Faith Kipyegon, clocking 3:52.02 as Kenya went close to almost a clean sweep in the race.

The team’s prospect for more medals looks bright in the coming days with the women’s 800m finals and men’s 5000m final among the particular races that the East Africans are tipped to perform favourably.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi led a Kenyan trio of Kelvin Loti and Nicholas Kebenei in qualifying for the men’s 800m semi-finals after a stellar run in the semifinals.