European indoor silver medallist Jakub Szymanski got his season off to a tremendous start at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting, clocking 7.41 in the 60m hurdles at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver fixture on Sunday (19).
The meeting record tumbled three times throughout the course of the competition. Belgium&rsquo;s Elie Bacari broke it with 7.51 in the first heat, then Szymanski bettered it in the second heat with 7.46, equalling his own Polish record.
Just an hour later, Szymanski went even quicker to win the final in 7.41, finishing 0.14 ahead of Bacari. Szymanski now moves to equal second on the European all-time list.
It was one of nine disciplines in which the meeting record was broken.
Spain&rsquo;s Elvin Josue Canales achieved the feat in the men&rsquo;s 800m, striding to victory in a national indoor record of 1:44.65 to win comfortably from Poland&rsquo;s Bartosz Kitlinski (1:45.75). Canales moves to just outside the top 10 on the world indoor all-time list.
Home sprint star Patrizia van der Weken delighted the home crowd by producing two national indoor records. She won the 60m in 7.07, then clocked 23.17 in the 200m to finish second behind Germany&rsquo;s Jessica-Bianca Wessolly, who won in a meeting record of 22.84.
South Africa&rsquo;s Marione Fourie took the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles final in 7.98 after clocking a meeting record of 7.91 in the heats.
Marta Zenoni set an Italian indoor record of 4:03.59 to win the women&rsquo;s 1500m in what was perhaps the most dominant victory of the competition. Belgium&rsquo;s Pieter Sisk (3:36.71) and Germany&rsquo;s Florian Bremm (7:39.01) set meeting records in winning the men&rsquo;s 1500m and 3000m respectively.
There were also meeting records for European champion Angelica Moser in the pole vault (4.65m) and Bulgarian long jumper Plamena Mitkova (6.55m).
<h2>Hoey clocks North American 1000m record, Mihambo and Yemisi open seasons</h2>
On a busy weekend of indoor action, Josh Hoey produced one of the standout performances.
The 800m specialist, who last month ran 3:52.61 for the mile, smashed his 1000m PB with a 2:14.48 run at the Quaker Invitational in Philadelphia. It broke the North American indoor record that Marco Arop set last year, and elevated Hoey to second on the world indoor all-time list, just 0.28 shy of Ayanleh Souleiman's world indoor record.
At the Corky Classic in Lubbock, Olympic champion Masai Russell got her 2025 campaign under way with a 7.89 run in the 60m hurdles, her fastest ever season opener.
Another Olympic champion, Yemisi Ogunleye, also opened her season last weekend. The German shot putter was a convincing winner of her discipline at the Sparkassen Indoor Meeting in Dortmund on Saturday (18), throwing 18.98m to defeat Alina Kenzel (18.16m).
At the same meeting, two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo won the long jump with 6.79m.
In Vaxjo on Friday (17), 20-year-old Erik Erlandsson made a notable breakthrough to win the 200m in 20.43, smashing the long-standing Swedish record and moving up to equal sixth on the European indoor all-time list.

World Athletics Indoor Championships

European indoor silver medallist Jakub Szymanski got his season off to a tremendous start at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting

Szymanski and Canales impress in Luxembourg

The World Athletics Council has today (22)&nbsp;awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya in Turkiye and the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Torun in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;Both Turkiye and Poland have established good records as hosts of international athletics events. Turkiye most recently hosted the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul this month, despite the hardships created by the recent earthquake, while Poland is a regular host of World Athletics Series events, having staged the World Athletics Relays in Silesia in 2021 and the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia in 2020, underlying their commitment to our sport on a global level.&rdquo;
This will be the second time that Turkiye has hosted a World Athletics Series event, following the 2012 World Athletics Indoor Championships, held in Istanbul. Some 500 athletes from 50 countries are expected to compete in Antalya next year in what will be a qualifying event for the Paris Olympic Games.
Fatih Cintimar, President of the Turkish Athletics Federation, said: &ldquo;The fact that a World Athletics Championships will be hosted in Antalya is very important in terms of raising awareness of athletics in Turkiye, gaining new athletics fans and increasing the popularity of athletics. We hope to gain great momentum for our sport by hosting the World Race Walking Team Championships.&rdquo;
Torun, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland, is a well-known destination for leading international athletes as the host of the Copernicus Cup, a popular annual stop on the World Athletics Indoor Tour, where Mondo Duplantis set his first world pole vault record in 2020, and of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2021.
Piotr Calbecki, Marshall of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Region, which will co-host the championships with Torun, said: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re very proud that&nbsp;the Kuyavian-Pomeranian&nbsp;Region has been selected as the host of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships. This will be the highlight of our long-term co-operation with the local authorities of Torun, Bydgoszcz and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Athletics Association. For us, the World Indoor Championships will be the cherry on top. The 2026 World Indoor Championships, held in Arena Torun, will be an excellent opportunity to promote our region on an unprecedented scale.&rdquo;
Henryk Olszewski, President of the Polish Athletic Association, added: "I am pleased that Poland has been awarded another great athletics event. I am convinced that the&nbsp;Kuyavian-Pomeranian&nbsp;Region&nbsp;will be an exemplary host, and in 2026 in Arena Torun, they will organise the best World Athletics Indoor Championships in history.&rdquo;
The Council also received updates on other upcoming World Athletics Series events. The Local Organising Committee for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 reported that their preparations were on track for August&rsquo;s championships.
World Athletics

The World Athletics Council has awarded the 2024 World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships to Antalya in Turkiye and the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships to Torun in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region of Poland

World Athletics awards events to Turkiye and Poland

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