BUDAPEST — A men's relay gold and a bronze in the women's 800 wrapped up another dominant Team USATF performance on the ninth and final day of the 18th World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Center. The U.S. finished with 29 total medals, 12 of them gold, earning 17 more than any other nation. For the second straight Championships the World Team Champions trophy also went to Team USATF with 277 points, almost double the next highest nation. It was the 10th time in a row for the U.S. to have the highest team score. Seeking a third straight world title in the men's 4x400, and the 12th in meet history, Team USATF had open 400 bronze medalist Quincy Hall on the leadoff leg and he acquitted himself very well with a 44.54 split that gave Vernon Norwood some breathing room on the second circuit. Norwood ran a superbly controlled leg in 44.01 and passed to Justin Robinson. Robinson only had to keep the lead for the U.S., and he did so with a 44.74 carry, leaving it to Tokyo gold medal anchor Rai Benjamin to safely bring the stick home for gold. Benjamin, who earlier in the week earned bronze in the 400H, ran a solo 44.02 split to stop the clock in a world-leading 2:57.31 for the win. France set a national record of 2:58.45 for silver, with Great Britain going 2:58.71 for bronze. Olympic and world champion Athing Mu went straight to the lead in the women's 800 and pulled the pack through 200 in 26.51. She held a slight lead at the bell in 56.01, with Kenya's Mary Moraa .06 behind and the British pair of Jemma Reekie and Keely Hodgkinson another stride behind. At 600 Mu was still controlling the pace, going through in 1:26.21, but had to feel Moraa and Hodgkinson on her shoulder. Coming off the final bend, Mu and Moraa were almost inseparable, and the Kenyan edged ahead down the stretch to take gold in a lifetime best 1:56.03. Hodgkinson passed Mu on the inside of lane one to earn silver in 1:56.34, and Mu took bronze in a season best 1:56.61. Raevyn Rogers moved up from sixth to fourth in the final 100 to place fourth in a season best 1:57.45, while USATF champion Nia Akins was sixth in a PB 1:57.73. Gaining some measure of redemption after his silver medal in the 1500, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen outkicked Spain's Mohamed Katir to win the men's 5000 in 13:11.30. Ingebrigtsen was fourth at the bell and used a 52.45 final lap to take gold. USATF champion Abdihamid Nur and two-time Olympic medalist Paul Chelimo were in the back half of the pack through 1K, with Nur in 13th at 2:53.37. Over the next kilometer Nur moved up to ninth and went past 2K in ninth at 5:36.24, almost a second ahead of Chelimo. Passing 3K in 8:14.78, Nur was 12th and he maintained that place through 4K and, ultimately, through the finish in 13:23.90. Chelimo ended up 15th in 13:30.88. Last year's top two switched places in the women's high jump as Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 2.01/6-7 on her second attempt to take gold over Oregon22 champion Eleanor Patterson of Australia, who had a best of 1.99/6-6.25 and earned silver ahead of teammate Nicola Olyslagers, the Tokyo gold medalist who needed two tries to go over 1.99 for bronze. USATF champion Vashti Cunningham needed three tries to clear the opening height of 1.85/6-0.75 before going over 1.90/6-2.75 first time. She was unsuccessful on her three attempts at 1.94/6-4.25 and finished 11th. Zach Panning was the top American in the men's marathon, running a season best 2:11:21 to place 13th. Gold was won by Uganda's Victor Kiplangat in 2:08:53, while silver went to Israel's Maru Teferi in 2:09:12 and bronze to Leul Gebresilase of Ethiopia in 2:09:19. Nico Montañez placed 55th for the U.S. in 2:24:58, but Elkanah Kibet was not able to finish the race. A fast early tempo didn't ease off as world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya took the women's 3000 steeplechase field through 1K in 2:58.90 and then past 2K in 5:57.75. Bahrain's Winfred Yavi took over the lead at the bell and started to pull away from Chepkoech, establishing a huge gap on the way to gold in a world-leading 8:54.29. Yavi's time moved her to No. 4 on the all-time world performer list. Chepkoech cruised in for silver in 8:58.98, with bronze going to Faith Cherotich of Kenya in a PB 9:00.69. Courtney Wayment was ninth over the first kilometer in 3:00.77 and stayed there through 2K in 6:05.92 as the pace started to wear on her, but she couldn't hold on and finished 15th in 9:25.90. Olympic men's javelin champion Neeraj Chopra of India added a world title to his trophy case, nailing an 88.17/289-3 in round two and holding off Pakistan's Arshad Naseem, who won his nation's first World Championships medal in any event with an 87.82/288-1 for silver. Czechia's Jakub Vadlejch earned bronze at 86.67/284-4. India placed three athletes in the top six, with Chopra gaining the distinction of being the country's first World Championships gold medalist. Gold in the women's 4x400 went to the Netherlands in a world-leading 3:20.72. Femke Bol, the 400H gold medalist, brought the Dutch team from third to first in the final 80m, relegating Jamaica to silver in 3:20.88 and Great Britain the bronze in 3:21.04. A full list of results along with a schedule of events can be found here. *Records subject to usual ratification procedures
Ryan Crouser, men's shot put (23.51/77-1.75, championships record)
Mixed 4x400, Justin Robinson, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling, Alexis Holmes (3:08.80, world record)
Noah Lyles, men's 100 (9.83, =world lead)
Grant Holloway, men's 110H (12.96)
Sha'Carri Richardson, women's 100 (10.65, championships record)
Laulauga Tausaga-Collins, women's discus (69.49/228-0)
Katie Moon, women's pole vault (4.90/16-0.75 - shared gold)
Noah Lyles, men's 200 (19.52)
Chase Ealey, women's shot put (20.43/67-0.5)
Men's 4x100, Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles (37.38, world lead)
Women's 4x100, Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson (41.03, championships record)
Men's 4x400, Quincy Hall, Vernon Norwood, Justin Robinson, Rai Benjamin (2:57.31, world lead)
Anna Hall, women's heptathlon (6,720 points)
Tara Davis-Woodhall, women's long jump (6.91/22-8)
Valarie Allman, women's discus (69.23/227-1)
JuVaughn Harrison, men's high jump (2.36/7-8.75)
Janee' Kassanavoid, women's hammer (76.36/250-6)
Shamier Little, women's 400H (52.80)
Gabby Thomas, women's 200 (21.81)
Erriyon Knighton, men's 200 (19.75)
Joe Kovacs, men's shot put (22.12/72-7)
Daniel Roberts, men's 110H (13.09)
Rai Benjamin, men's 400H (47.56)
Keni Harrison, women's 100H (12.46)
DeAnna Price, women's hammer (75.41/247-5)
Quincy Hall, men's 400 (44.37)
Sha'Carri Richrdson, women's 200 (21.92)
Chris Nilsen, men's pole vault (5.95/19-6.25)
Athing Mu, women's 800 (1:56.61)