A glorious 100days of the 2023 World Athletics Championships ended in Budapest as the United States again finished on top of the medal table.

It followed then having topped the standings in their home championships in Oregon last year with 13 golds, ahead of Ethiopia on four, with Jamaica, China, Kenya, Australia and Peru all picking up two gold medals each.

In Hungary, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra made history again after becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the Championships with a throw of 88.17m in the men's javelin final, whilst in another first for the country, three from the country finished in the top eight with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) taking the fifth and sixth spots respectively. Never before did three Indians finish in top eight of an event in the World Championships.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland surpassed last tally and equalled their best ever haul with 10 medals. After a host of exciting performances, US treble-winning sprint superstar, Noah Lyles, said: "It is a great feeling to know I did something not a lot of people have done. I wanted to show I am different. Today I came out and showed it." He completed a rare sprint double – to add to his 100m relay gold - to confirm his heir to Usain Bolt after several have tried and failed.

"I battled my way out of hospital, and I battled my way out of school," he said on the fighting spirit instilled in him when as a boy a serious cough often led to him being taken to hospital and then dyslexia meant he struggled at school.

Abrasive US women’s double gold medal winning sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson did not use her 100m win to make peace with those who have criticised her. She said: "The support from my coach, to my family, to supporters, to the haters -- all of them motivated me and helped me prevail." Also emotional was Karsten Warholm who showing he has as much sense as talent after the Norway world record holder added to his legend in regaining his 400m hurdles title.

"My coach once said to me you have to learn how cynical the world is in this young age. I'm not naive anymore and I know how people are going to talk," he went on to said. The next World Championships will take place in Tokyo, Japan in September 2025.