The 2025 athletics season is packed with highly-anticipated events as athletes clamour to achieve new heights after the Paris Olympics blitzkrieg.
While the many young talents will look to make new beginnings, several well known athletes are set to make a come in the year following injuries and missed opportunities.
Although these athletes missed the Paris record books, they are ready to reclaim their positions at the pinnacle of global athletics. Their comebacks promise drama, fierce competition, and perhaps even history-making moments.
On that note, let us have a look at the athletics athletes who will make a comeback on track and field in 2025.
Shericka Jackson, one of the most celebrated athletes on track, shocked the world by withdrawing from the women’s 100m and 200m events at Paris 2024. Now, the Jamaican is set to stage a comeback and make up for the year gone by.
With a blistering personal best of 21.41 seconds in the 200m, the second-fastest time ever recorded, Jackson’s aim to break Florence Griffith Joyner’s iconic 21.34-second world record, set in 1988.
Elaine Thompson-Herah, who missed opportunities last year due to Achilles injury, returns to the track in 2025. The five-time Olympic champion and queen of sprint doubles is set to give scares to many including Jackson. The Jamaican,has a personal best of 21.53 seconds in the 200m.
Steven Gardiner, the men’s 400m Olympic champion from Tokyo 2020, is set come back to the global stage.The current world record holder in the indoor 300m, Gardiner will have to be prepared to overcome reigning Paris 2024 Olympic champion Quincy Hall, who posted a blistering 43.40, eight-tenths of a second faster than Gardiner’s personal best.
Jake Wightman, Great Britain’s 2022 World Champion is set to aim for the 1500m glory. The Scotsman pulled out of Paris 2024 just days before he was scheduled to race the 800m because of a hamstring injury. He is now set for 2025 challenges with a rejuvenated spirit.
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Yulimar Rojas, the undisputed queen of the triple jump from Venezuela is preparing to reclaim her crown after an Achilles injury dashed her Paris 2024 dreams. The seven-time world champion and world record holder (15.67m outdoor, 15.74m indoor) towers over the competition, both literally and figuratively, as she stands tall at six-foot-four.
