COLUMBUS, Ohio – Five Buckeyes will compete for his or her respective nations on the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Senior
Fatouma Conde will signify Guinea, joined by alumni Duan Asemota (Canada), Anavia Battle (United States),
Leah Bertrand (Trinidad & Tobago) and Oyesade Olatoye (Nigeria).
Competition begins on Saturday, Sept. 13 and can wrap up on Sunday, Sept. 21.
BUCKEYES COMPETING - Duan Asemota will compete within the 4x100m relay as a member of Team Canada. Asemota is a two-time nationwide champion this 12 months, successful the 60m on the Canadian Indoor Championships and the 100m on the Canadian Championships. He additionally ran a leg on the successful 4x100m blended relay on the 2025 World Athletics Relays. Asemota is a 2024 Olympian.
- Anavia Battle will run the 200m, representing the United States. Battle has gained the 200m 4 occasions within the Diamond League this season. She presently ranks fifth on this planet within the 200m. Battle is a 2020 Olympian.
- Leah Bertrand will compete within the 100m and 200m for Trinidad & Tobago. Bertrand is a four-time nationwide champion, successful the 100m in 2022, 2024 and 2025 and the 4x100m relay in 2022 on the Trinidad & Tobago Championships. Bertrand is a 2024 Olympian, the place her squad made it to the semifinals of the 4x100m relay.
- Fatouma Conde will run the 200m as a member of Team Guinea. With one collegiate season left, Conde is a four-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (three-time second-team member) and two-time Big Ten Champion. She gained the 200m and ran a leg on the 4x100m relay on the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships. The 4x100m relay squad additionally included Bertrand.
- Oyesade Olatoye will compete within the hammer throw for Nigeria. Olatoye is a three-time nationwide champion within the hammer throw, successful the occasion in 2022, 2024 and 2025 on the Nigerian Championships. She additionally gained the hammer throw on the 2022 African Athletics Championships and was the runner-up in 2024. Olatoye is a 2024 Olympian.
BUCKEYES’ EVENTS
- The girls’s 100m heats are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13 at 5:55 a.m. ET, whereas the semifinals (7:20 a.m. ET) and finals (9:13 a.m. ET) are scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 14.
- The girls’s 200m heats will happen on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 a.m. ET, adopted by the semifinals on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8:24 a.m. ET and the finals on Friday, Sept. 19 at 9:22 a.m. ET.
- The girls’s hammer throw is break up into two qualification teams. Group A will compete on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. ET, adopted by Group B at 9:45 p.m. ET. The finals are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 15 at 8 a.m. ET.
- The males’s 200m heats will happen on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7:15 a.m. ET, whereas the semifinals are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8:02 a.m. ET and the finals for Friday, Sept. 19 at 9:06 a.m. ET.
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