Latvia's Anete Sietina reacts in the women's javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. -- AP Photo/Ashley Landis
TOKYO (AFP): A crowd roar "like having tinnitus" at Tokyo's National Stadium has made up for Japan's muted performances at their home world athletics championships, four years after empty stands greeted the pandemic-troubled Olympics there.
The host nation had won only two medals going into the competition's final day, claiming men's and women's race walk bronzes.
