2025 Tokyo World Championships: Parting Thoughts + Awards (Biggest Winners & Losers)

Chris Chavez and Preet Majithia hit some superlatives and awards for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo including:

- Best Race

- Best sprint performance

- Biggest breakthrough

- Best field event

- Biggest what if

- Biggest upset

- Best comeback

- Best sportsmanship

- Most disappointed to get silver (and happiest to get silver)

- World record most likely to be broken in 2026

- Fan favorite medal

+ More

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Hosts: Chris Chavez | ⁠⁠⁠@chris_j_chavez on Instagram⁠⁠ + Preet Majithia | @preet_athletics on Instagram

Produced by: Jasmine Fehr |⁠ ⁠⁠⁠@jasminefehr on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠

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