France's Gressier shocks field to win world 10,000m gold | Sports

TOKYO, Sept 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - France's Jimmy Gressier pulled off a huge upset by winning the men's 10,000m at the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday. In the absence of Uganda's three-time winner Joshua Cheptegei, a new world champion was waiting to be crowned, but all the money was on one of the powerul Ethiopian trio. Berihu Aregawi, winner of multiple global silver medals, was targeting his first major gold, while Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega, winner of the Olympic title here in 2021, also fancied their chances. But they had not counted on Gressier's turn of pace come the home straight after 25 laps of the National Stadium. The Frenchman won in 28min 55.77sec, with Kejelcha taking silver...