Six gold medals and a world record
PUMA athletes shine at World Championships in Tokyo
September 22, 2025
PUMA athletes won 25 individual medals including six gold medals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this month, providing the perfect stage for PUMA’s performance products including the running shoes and spikes with our industry-leading NITRO™ technology.
PUMA equipped 155 individual athletes and 17 federations at the event. Our sponsored federations, including Jamaica, Australia and Bostwana, raked in an impressive 36 medals.
One of the biggest highlights was the pole vault event, where PUMA athlete Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke the world record once again when he cleared 6.30 metres, wearing his signature PUMA EvoSPEED Naio NITRO™ Elite spikes.
For Mondo it was the 14th time he had broken the world record and his third consecutive title at the World Athletics Championships.
The pole vault event was a clean sweep for PUMA, as Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis (6.00m) and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall (5.95m) took home the silver and bronze.
But there was so much more to celebrate. Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo clinched gold in the triple jump with an impressive 17.91m on his final attempt. Hamish Kerr from New Zealand and Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers dominated the high jump events.
In the long-distance events, Germany’s Amanal Petros took the marathon silver in a dramatic photo finish, while Kenya’s Dorcus Ewoi ran a personal best for silver in the 1500 metres and Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli took silver in the 5000 metre event.
One of the biggest highlights was the pole vault event, where PUMA athlete Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke the world record once again when he cleared 6.30 metres, wearing his signature PUMA EvoSPEED Naio NITRO™ Elite spikes.
For Mondo it was the 14th time he had broken the world record and his third consecutive title at the World Athletics Championships.
The pole vault event was a clean sweep for PUMA, as Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis (6.00m) and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall (5.95m) took home the silver and bronze.
But there was so much more to celebrate. Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo clinched gold in the triple jump with an impressive 17.91m on his final attempt. Hamish Kerr from New Zealand and Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers dominated the high jump events.
In the long-distance events, Germany’s Amanal Petros took the marathon silver in a dramatic photo finish, while Kenya’s Dorcus Ewoi ran a personal best for silver in the 1500 metres and Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli took silver in the 5000 metre event.
PUMA’s cutting-edge innovations at NITRO LAB in Tokyo
Away from the main competition, PUMA’s NITRO LAB in Tokyo offered fans and athletes an immersive innovation experience, showcasing cutting-edge race-day shoes, and even experimental concept shoes, which pushed the boundaries of engineering and innovation.Visitors could see the process behind performance. Bold prototypes, biomechanical testing and real-time athlete feedback. The NITRO LAB showed how innovation is as much about problem-solving as it is about speed.
PUMA and Japan, a long successful history
From Heinz Fütterer’s world-record 100m sprint in 1954 to Abebe Bikila’s back-to-back Olympic marathons, Japan has always been a stage for PUMA milestones. As athletes broke records, our technology and athlete-first approach shaped sports history.
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