World indoor 800m champion Tsige Duguma emerged victorious in a rematch with world indoor silver medallist Jemma Reekie at the Meeting Metz Moselle Athlelor &ndash; a World Indoor Tour Silver meeting &ndash; in Metz on Saturday (8).
The Olympic silver medallist from Ethiopia clocked a world-leading 1:58.97 &ndash; the second-fastest indoor performance of her career &ndash; to win comfortably ahead of the Briton, who ran 1:59.72 in second place.
The men&rsquo;s event was also swift, won by Algeria&rsquo;s Slimane Moula in 1:45.11 ahead of Kenya&rsquo;s Noah Kibet (1:45.19).
Germany&rsquo;s Max Hess produced the second-best leap of his life, and his farthest jump in eight years, to win the men&rsquo;s triple jump with a world-leading 17.41m from Italy&rsquo;s Andy Diaz Hernandez (17.31m).
Elsewhere, Australian youngster Torrie Lewis ran a world-leading 22.65 to win the women&rsquo;s 200m. USA&rsquo;s Alia Armstrong won a close 60m hurdles contest with Nadine Visser, 7.81 to 7.84, while Kuma Girma won the men&rsquo;s 3000m in 7:31.78.
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At the Orlen Cup in Lodz, another World Indoor Tour Silver meeting, Poland&rsquo;s Jakub Szymanski improved on his own national indoor record to win the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in 7.39, having clocked 7.43 in the heats. Compatriot Damian Czykier finished second in the final in 7.50.
Greeze&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis was also in national-record-breaking form, winning the pole vault with 5.92m.
World indoor silver medallist Ewa Swoboda won a close tussle with world indoor bronze medallist Zaynab Dosso in the women&rsquo;s 60m. Dosso clocked the fastest time of the day with her 7.10 run in the heats, but Swoboda got the upper hand in the final, 7.13 to 7.16.
European silver medallist Ditaji Kambundji took the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in 7.83, the second-fastest performance of her career.

World indoor 800m champion Tsige Duguma emerged victorious in a rematch with world indoor silver medallist Jemma Reekie at the Meeting Metz Moselle Athlelor

Duguma and Hess fly to world leads in Metz

Sarah Mitton achieved the best indoor throw since 2013 to win a stacked shot put showdown at the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, while Malaika Mihambo became the first woman this year to surpass seven metres in the long jump at the fifth World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold event of the year on Friday (7).
Saving her best until last, world indoor champion Mitton broke the North American indoor record and equalled her own outright Canadian record by launching the shot 20.68m in the final round. The results showed her in second place up until that point, behind USA&rsquo;s two-time world champion Chase Jackson who had earlier become the first athlete of the year to surpass 20 metres by throwing 20.06m in the opening round.
But it actually ended up being Dutch record-holder Jessica Schilder she needed to beat, as a big fourth-round throw that was originally judged a foul was reinstated after the competition. Measured at 20.09m, it put Schilder &ndash; who had started the competition as the world leader &ndash; into second place behind Mitton, with Jackson third. It is the first time since the 1991 World Indoor Championships in Seville that three women have thrown beyond 20 metres in a single indoor competition.
Mitton had responded to Jackson's strong opening throw with 19.76m in the third round and 19.94m in the fourth, but she was just getting started. While Jackson again threatened the 20-metre mark with 19.90m in the fifth round, Mitton prepared for her final attempt. Returning to the circle for the penultimate throw of the competition, she let out a roar as she launched the implement and saw it fly well beyond the 20-metre tape.
Jackson was the last to throw and managed 19.31m, eventually finishing third once&nbsp;Schilder's 20.09m was confirmed.
As well as the world indoor champion, two-time world gold medallist and world leader, the competition featured the Olympic champion, home star Yemisi Ogunleye, who finished&nbsp;fourth with 19.49m.
&ldquo;As soon as it leaves your hand, you know it's a really good one,&rdquo; said Mitton, whose winning mark was the farthest indoor throw since the 20.98m put achieved by Valerie Adams in Zurich in August 2013. &ldquo;I immediately knew it was going to be over 20. It matched my outdoor PB - in February! I'm really excited about it.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The crowd was so engaged, surely because of Yemi, the Olympic champion. You can no longer just come out and throw 19.50m and expect to win. You have to keep pushing, there's always somebody at your heels.&rdquo;
In the long jump, home favourite Mihambo soared 7.07m to secure victory in style.
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Matching the indoor PB she set in 2020 with the equal sixth-farthest winning mark of her career, the Tokyo Olympic gold medallist broke the 31-year-old meeting record and clapped in celebration as she stepped out of the sand.
After fouling her first attempt and jumping 6.08m in the second round, Germany&rsquo;s Mihambo only took one more jump &ndash; that 7.07m coming in the fourth round. She won by 28cm ahead of her compatriot Mikaelle Assani (6.79m), while Bulgaria&rsquo;s Plamena Mitkova was third with a 6.69m leap.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy,&rdquo; said Mihambo. &ldquo;I hadn't expected to set my personal best here and jump a world lead.&rdquo;
Explaining her decision to not take all six opportunities to jump, she added: &ldquo;Firstly, I'm jumping in my next competition on Sunday, and secondly, the pace was too fast for me. I'm a jumper who puts everything into speed, so I need regeneration breaks. I'm in a very good mood and am happy that I'm fit.&rdquo;
In the pole vault, Great Britain&rsquo;s world indoor champion Molly Caudery achieved a clutch win on her season opener, clearing 4.75m on her third and final attempt.
After clearing 4.65m first time, she decided to pass at 4.70m and Slovenia&rsquo;s Tina Sutej took the lead at that point when she soared over the height on her first try. But Sutej was unable to make it over 4.75m and victory was Caudery&rsquo;s when she managed it on her last attempt.&nbsp;
<h2>Records for Pihlstrom, Nillessen and Sekgodiso</h2>
Fresh off setting a Swedish indoor mile record at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, Samuel Pihlstrom was a controlled winner of the men&rsquo;s 1500m in Karlsruhe. Kicking on after pacemaker Collins Kipruto stepped aside, Pihlstrom had a 10-metre lead with one lap to go and while Federico Riva led the chase group and finished fast, he ran out of track and could only watch as Pihlstrom strode over the finish line to win in 3:35.62.
Riva held on to the runner-up spot, clocking 3:36.78, while Romain Mornet of France was third in 3:37.03.
Stefan Nillessen also judged his race to perfection in the men&rsquo;s 3000m, surging away in the closing stages to win in a Dutch indoor record of 7:37.10.
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Stefan Nillessen wins the 3000m in Karlsruhe (&copy; Stefan Mayer)
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He had been up against the discipline&rsquo;s two most recent Dutch record-holders &ndash; Mike Foppen, who ran 7:42.55 in 2021, and Mahadi Abdi Ali, who improved the record to 7:40.99 in January. But this time it was Nillessen&rsquo;s turn, as he beat them both among some other strong opposition, finishing clear ahead of Kenya&rsquo;s Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang (7:38.00 PB). Foppen also ran a PB to finish inside the previous Dutch record, clocking 7:38.20 to finish third.
South Africa&rsquo;s Prudence Sekgodiso looked understandably delighted with her 800m run. Racing only the second indoor 800m of her career after making her debut in at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Belgrade last week, the Olympic finalist dipped under two minutes, missing the world lead by just 0.01 with a national indoor record of 1:59.88.
After following the pacemaker and Ethiopia&rsquo;s four-time world indoor finalist Habitam Alemu through half way in 57.20, Sekgodiso kicked and eased past a tiring Alemu as they ran down the back straight for the final time. Sekgodiso carried that momentum through to the finish to clinch a clear win, with Germany&rsquo;s Majtie Kolberg also passing Alemu to claim the runner-up spot &ndash; 2:00.84 to 2:01.34.&nbsp;
Another long-standing meeting record fell in the men&rsquo;s 400m, as US indoor champion Brian Faust won the first of the two finals in 46.03. Italy&rsquo;s Luca Sito was second in 46.27, while South Africa&rsquo;s Zakithi Nene won the second final in 46.58.
Alice Mangione stormed to an Italian indoor record to win the first of the two women&rsquo;s 400m finals, improving her previous PB of 52.60 with a run of 51.75 to hold off Egypt&rsquo;s Bassant Hemida (52.17). Great Britain&rsquo;s Lina Nielsen won the second final in 51.93 ahead of Martina Weil, who improved the Chilean indoor record to 52.40.
France&rsquo;s world finalist Wilhem Belocian won the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles, holding off Germany&rsquo;s Manuel Mordi, 7.53 to 7.62. Belocian had won his heat in 7.51.
Luxembourg&rsquo;s Patrizia van der Weken continued her unbeaten season in the 60m, clocking 7.13 in the final after winning her heat in 7.17, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Olympic steeplechase finalist Lomi Muleta won a tactical women&rsquo;s 3000m in 8:57.52.&nbsp;
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7214049/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Sarah Mitton achieved the best indoor throw since 2013 to win a stacked shot put showdown, while Malaika Mihambo became the first woman this year to surpass seven metres in the long jump

Mitton and Mihambo make strong statements in Karlsruhe

The mile is to replace the 1500m while the mixed 4x400m will be added to the athletics programme for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The Glasgow Games will take place from 23 July to 2 August 2026 and will feature a 10-sport programme across four venues.
Scotstoun Stadium will host the athletics action, which will include the return of the Commonwealth Mile.
Last run in 1966, the mile race is a nod to &lsquo;The Miracle Mile&rsquo; at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954, when England's Roger Bannister and Australian John Landy &ndash; the only two sub-four-minute runners in the world at the time &ndash; went head-to-head only two months after Bannister became the first athlete to dip under the four-minute barrier.
&ldquo;The one mile is the quintessential Commonwealth athletics event whose return to the Games in Glasgow 2026 I very much welcome,&rdquo; said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe. &ldquo;The mile is easy to understand. It is four laps of the track and remains a standard everyday measurement across the Commonwealth.
&ldquo;From 1930 through to 1966, the mile was the blue riband event of each Games. The event&rsquo;s place in international sports lore was secured when Sir Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier in May 1954. Ever since, the world has enjoyed The Miracle Mile, The Golden Mile, The Dream Mile and countless other similarly dubbed races over the distance.
&ldquo;The magic of the mile continues to resonate with sports fans. A ticket to watch its Commonwealth final will be one of the must have seats in Glasgow next year.&rdquo;
The full event programme, which can be found listed on the <a href="https://www.glasgow2026.com/sports/medal-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games website</a>, will also include the mixed 4x400m relay. It is the first time in the history of the Commonwealth Games that para athletics will see athletes competing in jumping, throwing and track events, with all three disciplines being included on the programme for the first time.

The mile is to replace the 1500m while the mixed 4x400m will be added to the athletics programme for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

Mile and mixed 4x400m on athletics programme for Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games

When Yaroslava Mahuchikh emerges for her season opener at the UdinJump meeting at Udine in the north-east corner of Italy on Thursday (6) she will embark on another four-year Olympic cycle, with a full set of major championship titles already in her possession at the tender age of 23.
The young Ukrainian queen of the high jump was still 22 when she climbed out of her in-field sleeping bag to add Olympic gold to her collection in the cauldron of Stade de France on 4 August last year.
In smoothly snapping her 1.82m frame over 2.00m at the first attempt, Mahuchikh beat Australia&rsquo;s Nicola Olyslagers on countback and completed a &lsquo;grand slam&rsquo; of major titles: Olympic, world outdoor and indoor plus European outdoor and indoor.
The Ukraine singlet and shorts that she wore that day, plus her name bib, have been kindly donated to the World Athletics Heritage Collection and can be seen on display in the online 3D platform of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/visitMOWA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Museum of World Athletics (MOWA)</a> as visual evidence of a truly major accomplishment in track and field history.
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe (&copy; World Athletics)
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Mahuchikh, who was proclaimed World Athletics women&rsquo;s field event athlete of the year in Monaco in December, is only the third female high jumper to claim all five of the major gold medals she has gained.
Stefka Kostadinova was the first. The Bulgarian started her quest with world indoor (Games) gold as a 19-year-old in 1985, but was 31 by the time she managed to complete her set with Olympic success in Atlanta in 1996.
Mariya Lasitskene won the world indoor title at 21 in Sopot in 2014 but the Russian was 28 when she added the missing chunk of Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021.
Thus, in applying her clinching Midas touch as a 22-year-old in Paris, Mahuchikh became the youngest grand slamming high jump golden girl in the annals of track and field - by the considerable margin of six years.
The bronze medallist as a 19-year-old in Tokyo in 2021, behind Lasitskene and Olyslagers, the Ukrainian showed her maturity, class and composure in the heat of Olympic battle in Paris, registering first-time clearances all the way up to and including 2.00m.
Olyslagers kept herself in contention with a third-time success at 2.00m but both she and Mahuchikh could venture no higher. The Australian had to settle for a second consecutive Olympic silver medal.
With Olyslagers&rsquo; teammate Eleanor Patterson and Mahuchikh&rsquo;s compatriot Iryna Gerashchenko tying for bronze with 1.95m clearances, it was a heart-warming medal double for Ukraine in the midst of the on-going conflict with Russia.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really important for our people, our defenders,&rdquo; said Mahuchikh, who has managed to navigate a path to the pinnacle of her profession since the invasion of her homeland three years ago.
Now based in Estonia with her long-time coach Tetyana Stepanova, she has time on her side to complete another set of major titles. Possibly more.
By the next Olympics, in Los Angeles in 2028, Mahuchikh will only be 26. And she has three major titles to aim for in 2025 alone, with the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn from 6 to 9 March before the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 from 21 to 23 March and then the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 from 13 to 21 September.
<h2>Seven out of seven</h2>
She goes into the LA Olympic cycle with the momentum of an outdoor season in which she won seven out of seven competitions and became the first female high jumper to clear 2.10m, eclipsing Kostadinova&rsquo;s 2.09m world record from the 1987 World Championships with a momentous barrier-breaking performance at the Paris Diamond League in Stade Charlety on 7 July.
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the high jump in Paris (&copy; Christel Saneh for World Athletics)
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Further cementing her place in posterity, Mahuchikh also became the first woman in her event for 48 years to achieve the double of winning Olympic gold and setting a world record in the same season. Before that, the feat was achieved by East Germany&rsquo;s Rosi Ackerman in 1976.
This time last year Mahuchikh&rsquo;s PB was 2.06m. The 4cm improvement came courtesy of a speedier approach, accelerated by the addition of two extra steps to her run up - after an indoor season in which she lost her world indoor title to Olyslagers in Glasgow, a silver medal performance that remains her most recent defeat. &nbsp;
It would be too much to expect a similar hike in 2025, although Mahuchikh herself has not ruled out the prospect of a step up to 2.11m or 2.12m.
&ldquo;Of course I want to improve myself,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Of course I want to set a new record. I&rsquo;m working for that. With the change in my technique in the summer season, I got good results. I felt like the queen of jumps.
&ldquo;I want to improve myself and reward the people who come to watch. I don&rsquo;t think about any pressure.&rdquo;
Mahuchikh has always been adept at handling the pressure cooker of major competitions.
<h2>Calm demeanour</h2>
As a teenage prodigy, the girl from Dnipro never failed to land anything other than gold, winning world U18 and European Youth Olympics titles in 2017; claiming the European U18 and Youth Olympics crowns in 2018, and taking European U20 gold in 2019. She also won the European U23 title as a 20-year-old in 2021.
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Yaroslava Mahuchikh at the 2017 World U18 Championships in Nairobi (&copy; Getty Images)
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In the senior arena, Mahuchikh has earned medals in all 11 of the major championships she has contested: world outdoor silver in 2019, European indoor gold and Olympic bronze in 2021; world indoor and European outdoor gold plus world outdoor silver in 2022; world outdoor and European indoor gold in 2023; and Olympic and European outdoor gold plus world indoor silver in 2024.
In a vertical jumps discipline, where psychology can play such a vital role, that remarkable record further underlines what an exceptional individual the smiling Ukrainian with the radiant personality and the calm demeanour just happens to be.
In the torrential rain at the start of the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich last September, Mahuchikh looked bedraggled and beaten &ndash; and not unlike a hiker trapped on a nightmare camping trip, as she huddled next to a hoarding under an umbrella in her trademark sleeping bag for the best part of an hour.
She fluffed her first two shots at 1.93m but then, suddenly, the queen of the women&rsquo;s high jump snapped into her regal groove, succeeding with a last chance saloon effort and then sailing over 1.96m to snatch victory from the seemingly nailed-on Olyslagers.
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics Heritage

When Yaroslava Mahuchikh emerges for her season opener on Thursday she will embark on another four-year Olympic cycle, with a full set of major championship titles already in her possession at the tender age of 23

"The queen of jumps" - Mahuchikh's Paris Olympic kit on show in MOWA 

One year on from producing two of the stand-out performances of the Millrose Games, Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse head into this year&rsquo;s edition of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in New York on Saturday (8), looking to make a similarly big impact.
The only difference is that this time they&rsquo;ll be lining up against one another.
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In New York one year ago, Kerr set a world indoor best of 8:00.67 over two miles, while Nuguse successfully defended his Wanamaker Mile title, clocking the third-fastest time in history (3:47.83). They clashed just three weeks later at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, where Kerr took gold.
The next time they raced each other was at the Olympic Games in Paris, where Kerr once again finished ahead, but this time by just 0.01. The Briton claimed 1500m silver in a national record of 3:27.79 while Nuguse clocked a PB of 3:27.80 for bronze.
Nuguse got the upper hand one month later at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, winning the 1500m as Kerr placed fifth. That was the last time they clashed, so Nuguse will want to maintain that momentum &ndash; and his Wanamaker winning streak &ndash; this weekend while Kerr will be out for revenge.
Neither athlete has raced since September last year; in fact, Kerr&rsquo;s last outing &ndash; victory at the Fifth Avenue Mile &ndash; also happened to be in New York. But both will go into Saturday&rsquo;s Wanamaker Mile with lofty goals. Nuguse already owns two of the three fastest indoor mile performances in history, topped by his North American indoor record of 3:47.38. Kerr, meanwhile, owns the European indoor record at 3:48.87. Yomif Kejelcha&rsquo;s world indoor record of 3:47.01 appears to be in reach for both of them.
There are more than just two contenders in the race, though. World road mile champion Hobbs Kessler was second in the Wanamaker Mile last year with 3:48.66, putting him fifth on the world indoor all-time list. Ireland&rsquo;s Andrew Coscoran and France&rsquo;s Azeddine Habz are fresh from their 1-2 finish over 3000m in Boston last weekend where they both set national indoor records. They&rsquo;ll likely have more records in sight this weekend with Coscoran eyeing Eamonn Coghlan&rsquo;s 3:49.78 and Habz targeting Mehdi Baala&rsquo;s 3:52.51.
The women&rsquo;s Wanamaker Mile is also loaded. Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Bell lines up against world indoor silver medallist Nikki Hiltz, world leader Elise Cranny, Boston mile winner Heather MacLean, Kenyan indoor record-holder Susan Ejore-Sanders and Australia&rsquo;s Linden Hall.
USA&rsquo;s Cole Hocker, who took Olympic 1500m gold ahead of Kerr and Nuguse in Paris last year, will step up to the 3000m this weekend. Double Olympic bronze medallist Grant Fisher, who finished one place ahead of Hocker over two miles at last year&rsquo;s Millrose Games, will also line up in the 3000m, alongside Canada&rsquo;s 2021 Olympic 5000m silver medallist Moh Ahmed, multiple French record-holder Jimmy Gressier, Commonwealth 1500m champion Ollie Hoare, and Stewart McSweyn, the outdoor Oceanian record-holder for the distance.
Hocker isn&rsquo;t the only Olympic 1500m medallist stepping up to double the distance in New York. Australia&rsquo;s Jess Hull, who took 1500m silver in Paris last year, will start as the favourite for the 3000m, though she made need to get close to her own Oceanian indoor record of 8:24.39, set when finishing fourth at the World Indoors last year.
Britain&rsquo;s Melissa Courtney-Bryant won in Boston last weekend with 8:28.69, then said she feels there&rsquo;s more in the tank. Olympic finalist Whittni Morgan, who holds the world 5000m lead, is also in the field, as is former North American indoor record-holder Karissa Schweizer and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsigie Gebreselama, an 8:24.40 performer outdoors.
World indoor champion Bryce Hoppel has won his last nine indoor races over 800m, including heats, so he&rsquo;ll be hoping to maintain that streak on Saturday when he lines up against up-and-coming US talent Josh Hoey, who recently set a North American indoor 1000m record. NACAC champion Jonah Koech is also in the field.
World leader Shafiqua Maloney, fourth in the Olympic final last year, leads the women&rsquo;s 800m which also features Jamaica&rsquo;s Natoya Goule-Toppin and US duo Nia Akins and Addy Wiley.
<h2>Clash of hurdling greats</h2>
Devynne Charlton produced a world indoor 60m hurdles record of 7.67 to win at the Millrose Games last year, then went on to reduce that mark to 7.65 to take the world indoor title.
The Bahamian returns to New York and this time faces an even stronger field as it includes Olympic champion Masai Russell, 2024 outdoor world leader Ackera Nugent, current world leader Denisha Cartwright, and Olympic finalist Grace Stark.
While the women&rsquo;s sprint hurdles features the top four women in the world this year, the 60m flat will reunite the top four women from last weekend&rsquo;s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. Jacious Sears, the winner on that occasion, will lock horns again with Destiny Smith-Barnett, Celera Barnes and Zoe Hobbs. 2023 Millrose winner Aleia Hobbs and Canadian record-holder Audrey Leduc add further quality to the line-up.
A week after setting a world U18 best of 45.66 over 400m, and just four weeks after turning 17, Olympic 4x400m champion Quincy Wilson will contest the 600m. Brandon Miller, who owns the second-fastest indoor performance in history (1:14.03) will take aim at Donavan Brazier&rsquo;s world indoor best of 1:13.77.
World champion Katie Moon stars in the pole vault, where she&rsquo;ll be looking to improve on the world-leading mark of 4.80m she set last week.
Italy&rsquo;s 2021 Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs and 2016 world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell will clash in the 60m, as they did last weekend in Boston. Pjai Austin, who finished ahead of them both, will also compete.
Elsewhere, an all-US men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles field features the likes of Dylan Beard, Freddie Crittenden and Cordell Tinch, while Alexis Holmes will start as favourite for the women&rsquo;s 400m.

Millrose Games

One year on from producing two of the stand-out performances of the Millrose Games, Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse head into this year’s edition of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in New York on Saturday (8), looking to make a similarly big impact.

Records under threat as big stars collide in New York

Three global champions will clash in a shot put showdown at the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, this season&rsquo;s fifth World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold fixture, on Friday (7).
At a meeting that features multiple major medallists, the women&rsquo;s shot put is set to be among the highlights as it brings together Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye, world indoor champion Sarah Mitton and two-time world champion Chase Jackson as they all meet indoors for the first time since last year&rsquo;s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.&nbsp;
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It was Mitton who got gold in Glasgow, the Canadian throwing 20.22m for a mark that remains her indoor best, while Ogunleye set a PB of 20.19m to secure silver ahead of Jackson.
Ogunleye went on to become the Olympic champion in Paris, while Mitton won the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels in September ahead of Jackson and Ogunleye, which was the last time they all went head-to-head.
USA&rsquo;s Jackson opened her season with a win at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Astana and then was third in Val-de-Reuil, one place behind Mitton in a competition won by Dutch record-holder Jessica Schilder.
Schilder is also among the entries for Karlsruhe and she starts as the world leader thanks to her 19.85m put in Val-de-Reuil. Ogunleye sits second on the top list so far this season with her throw of 19.77m in Nordhausen last month and will look to build on that when she returns to action in front of another home crowd.
Joining them in the line-up are Schilder&rsquo;s compatriot Jorinde van Klinken and Sweden&rsquo;s Fanny Roos.
Another home star features in the women&rsquo;s long jump. Two-time world champion Malaika Mihambo opened her season with a 6.79m leap in Dortmund last month and in Karlsruhe she will go up against her compatriot Mikaelle Assani, who placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships last year, plus Sweden&rsquo;s Khaddi Sagnia and Serbia&rsquo;s Milica Gardasevic.
In the women&rsquo;s pole vault, Great Britain&rsquo;s world indoor champion Molly Caudery will open her season in a clash against Canada&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Alysha Newman and Slovenia&rsquo;s 2022 world indoor bronze medallist Tina Sutej.
"I&rsquo;m excited to be here and I&rsquo;m really happy to be in Karlsruhe, because any time I hear 'Karlsruhe' I remember that competition," said Newman, who cleared 4.71m in Karlsruhe in 2019. "It was a Canadian national record for me, and it was a three way tie &ndash; I&rsquo;ve never seen that in the history of women&rsquo;s pole vault.
"Tomorrow I&rsquo;m excited to just be out there and jump. I would love a national record, of course. I&rsquo;m excited to be among some of the best athletes in the world to push me."
<h2>Global medallists take to the track</h2>
World 1500m bronze medallist Narve Gilje Nordas is also among those making his indoor season debut in Karlsruhe, although the Norwegian began his year with a 27:33 10km in Valencia last month.
Nordas races the 3000m on Friday, when he will go up against home athletes Mohamed Abdilaahi, Maximilian Thorwirth and Florian Bremm, and Canada's Charles Philibert-Thiboutot.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s four-time world indoor finalist Habitam Alemu leads the entries for the women&rsquo;s 800m. The 27-year-old ran her indoor PB of 1:57.86 when winning at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Torun last year and now she opens her season in Karlsruhe, where she will race a field featuring her compatriot Worknesh Mesele, Switzerland&rsquo;s Audrey Werro, Slovenia&rsquo;s Anita Horvat and South Africa&rsquo;s Prudence Sekgodiso, who contests the second indoor 800m of her career after making her debut in Belgrade last week.
The women&rsquo;s 3000m includes Ethiopia&rsquo;s Olympic steeplechase finalist Lomi Muleta, who finished fifth in Ostrava on Tuesday, plus Portugal&rsquo;s Mariana Machado and Italy&rsquo;s Federica Del Buono, who last clashed in the World Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Albufeira on Sunday.
Kenya&rsquo;s Collins Kipruto, who won the overall World Indoor Tour title in the 800m in 2020, races the third 1500m of his career and his first ever indoors. He&rsquo;ll be challenged by Samuel Pihlstrom, who ran a Swedish indoor mile record of 3:54.78 in Ostrava, plus Italy&rsquo;s Federico Riva and Spain&rsquo;s Ignacio Fontes.
Three Olympic bronze medallists &ndash; 4x100m teammates Gina Luckenkemper, Alexandra Burghardt and Lisa Mayer &ndash; star in the 60m in front of a home crowd.
The trio combined with Rebekka Haase to finish third in the relay in Paris and now they will challenge themselves in an event that also features The Gambia&rsquo;s African 100m champion Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye.
They will face tough opposition from Luxembourg&rsquo;s Patrizia van der Weken, who pipped Poland&rsquo;s world indoor silver medallist Ewa Swoboda to victory in Ostrava, missing her recently set PB by just 0.01 with 7.08.
The men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles should also be highly competitive, as it features Spain&rsquo;s 2022 world 110m hurdles bronze medallist Asier Martinez, world finalist Wilhem Belocian of France, 2019 European indoor champion Milan Trajkovic of Cyprus and USA&rsquo;s Jamal Britt, who was fourth at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Boston on Sunday.
In the 400m events, Great Britain&rsquo;s Lina Nielsen will take on Belgium&rsquo;s Naomi Van Den Broeck, while South Africa&rsquo;s Zakithi Nene and US indoor champion Brian Faust are among the entries in the men's race.

At a meeting that features multiple major medallists, the women’s shot put is set to be among the highlights

Ogunleye, Mitton and Jackson star in Karlsruhe shot put clash

World indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu might only have been racing the third 3000m of her career but she achieved one of the fastest performances of all time at the Czech Indoor Gala &ndash; this season&rsquo;s fourth World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in Ostrava on Tuesday (4).
On a day that saw many meeting records fall and world leads set, Hailu impressed with a dominant 8:24.17 season opener at the Atleticka hala in the Czech city.
After following the pacemaker through the 1000m mark in 2:52.08 and then clocking 5:45.8 for 2000m, Hailu picked up the pace over the final five laps. Running 2:39 for the last kilometre, she crossed the finish line in 8:24.17 &ndash; a time that moves the Ethiopian 23-year-old to eighth on the world all-time list.
Portugal&rsquo;s Salome Afonso, who had followed Hailu in the early stages, finished second in a PB of 8:39.25. Kenya&rsquo;s Purity Kajuju Gitonga, whose twin sister Caroline paced the race, was third in a PB of 8:39.36, while Great Britain&rsquo;s 18-year-old Innes FitzGerald improved the European indoor U20 record by more than 10 seconds with her time of 8:40.05 to finish fourth.
"The pacemaker did a brilliant job tonight. I felt comfortable and it was easy to achieve my goal at this meeting," said Hailu. "With such a good season opener, I hope I will able to complete our national team for the World Indoor Championships."
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A world indoor medallist stole the spotlight in the men&rsquo;s 800m, too. Belgium&rsquo;s Eliott Crestan stormed under 1:45 for the first time indoors, clocking a national indoor record of 1:44.69 in his first 800m of the year.
That improved on his previous indoor PB of 1:45.08, set when he claimed his world indoor bronze last year in Glasgow, and moved him to 12th on the world all-time list.
Italy&rsquo;s Catalin Tecuceanu was second in 1:45.35 and Algeria&rsquo;s Slimane Moula, making his indoor debut over the distance, was third in 1:45.50.
Gabriela Gajanova won the women&rsquo;s 800m in 2:02.16. World indoor bronze medallist Noelie Yarigo had controlled the race until the final 150m but Gajanova eased ahead as Yarigo faded in the closing stages.
Portugal&rsquo;s Isaac Nader achieved his second consecutive meeting record in Ostrava, adding a 3:54.17 mile to the 1500m mark he achieved last year. This time he kicked away from Great Britain&rsquo;s Elliot Giles down the home straight to triumph, Giles finishing second in 3:54.62 in his first indoor race since 2022. Samuel Pihlstrom ran a Swedish indoor record of 3:54.78 in third.
<h2>Molnar the master in 400m</h2>
A few days on from setting a Hungarian indoor 400m record of 45.66 to win in Belgrade, Attila Molnar improved to 45.08 &ndash; a performance just 0.03 off the European indoor record held jointly by Karsten Warholm and Thomas Schonlebe.
Running the fastest time in the world so far this year, Molnar finished well clear of runner-up Matej Krsek (45.85), while Poland&rsquo;s Maksymilian Szwed won the other men&rsquo;s 400m in 45.81.
"It was an amazing run and a great meeting," said Molnar. "My stomach hurts a little, so I felt a little bad before the start. That is why I am a bit surprised about the result.
"Last year it was a little bit of a step back emotionally. That is why I could not improve and now everybody thinks that my development tonight is a bit crazy. Honestly, I had it in me last year, but this time I was really prepared."
The women&rsquo;s 400m was also won in a world-leading time, Dutch world and Olympic 4x400m gold medallist Lieke Klaver becoming the first this season to dip under 51 seconds with 50.92.
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USA&rsquo;s 2018 world indoor bronze medallist Ronnie Baker stormed to a meeting record-breaking 60m victory. Running 6.50, he held off Cuba&rsquo;s Reynier Mena and Great Britain&rsquo;s Romell Glave, who ran respective PBs of 6.55 and 6.56. Baker had earlier finished third in his heat in 6.61.
There was a brilliant battle in the women&rsquo;s 60m final, which saw Luxembourg&rsquo;s Patrizia van der Weken narrowly pip Poland&rsquo;s world indoor silver medallist Ewa Swoboda &ndash; 7.08 to 7.09. Swoboda had gone quickest in the heats with 7.11.
Sweden's Erik Erlandsson won the men&rsquo;s 200m in 20.43, equalling his own early world lead.
<h2>Furlani flies to meeting record</h2>
The men's long jump contest in Ostrava was Mattia Furlani&rsquo;s last as a teenager and the Italian star made it count as he soared to an equal world lead of 8.23m to match the mark achieved by Thobias Montler in Belgrade last week.
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Long jump winner Mattia Furlani in Ostrava (&copy; Sona Maleterova)
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At the age of 19, Furlani is already an Olympic and world indoor medallist, those achievements leading to him being named the men&rsquo;s World Athletics Rising Star last year.
Three days out from his 20th birthday, Furlani flew 8.23m to win by 11cm ahead of Bulgaria&rsquo;s Bozhidar Saraboyukov. Sweden&rsquo;s previous meeting record-holder Montler was third on this occasion, with a best of 8.01m in a competition that featured a number of fouls across the board.
There was also a world lead in the men&rsquo;s shot put, Italy&rsquo;s Zane Weir throwing 21.39m in the fourth round to respond to the national indoor record of 21.21m achieved by Romania&rsquo;s Andrei Toader, who finished second.
Slovenia&rsquo;s 2022 world indoor bronze medallist Tina Sutej won the pole vault with a second-time clearance at 4.70m. Canada&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Alysha Newman was second with 4.50m.
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Freweyni Hailu might only have been racing the third 3000m of her career but she achieved one of the fastest performances of all time at the Czech Indoor Gala

Hailu and Crestan impress as meeting records fall in Ostrava

Josh Hoey, Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Andrew Coscoran made their mark with exciting distance wins, while Olympic champions Julien Alfred, Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway kick-started their seasons with victory at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Sunday (2).
This season&rsquo;s third World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting was a star-studded affair, with some of the sport&rsquo;s biggest names starring in a series of sprint showdowns.
But the event&rsquo;s distance duels also demanded the spotlight and the men&rsquo;s 1500m was no exception.
Two weeks on from running a North American 1000m record of 2:14.48 that put him at No.2 on the world all-time list, Hoey looked a man on a mission.
The US 25-year-old took the form he showed in Philadelphia with him to Boston and ran the fastest 1500m in the world so far this year, clocking 3:33.66 to shave almost five seconds off his previous outright best and hold off double Olympic medallist Grant Fisher (3:33.99).
Those times put Hoey and Fisher respectively third and fourth on the North American indoor all-time list behind only Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler, while Australia&rsquo;s Oliver Hoare ran 3:34.91 to finish third.
&ldquo;It feels really great. It&rsquo;s validating for all of the training we&rsquo;ve done the past couple of months,&rdquo; said Hoey. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to look to keep pushing this momentum throughout the rest of indoors and outdoors, so I&rsquo;m not trying to slow down anytime soon.&rdquo;
Great Britain&rsquo;s Courtney-Bryant got a world lead of her own in the 3000m. Running a PB of 8:28.69, the European indoor bronze medallist improved her previous best by more than nine seconds. Kicking past USA&rsquo;s Elise Cranny down the back straight, Courtney-Bryant won by more than a second as Cranny followed her home in a PB of 8:29.87.
Parker Valby, making her professional debut, was third in 8:34.95, while Sarah Healy ran an Irish record of 8:35.19 in fourth.
Healy&rsquo;s compatriot Coscoran also made a statement in the men&rsquo;s 3000m. Timing his kick to perfection, he stormed past Azeddine Habz and was rewarded with a huge personal best, clocking 7:30.75 to improve the previous Irish indoor record by eight seconds.
Behind him, Habz ran a French indoor record of 7:31.50, while 18-year-old Cameron Myers followed his world U20 indoor mile record in New York last month with an Australian indoor record of 7:33.12 that puts him fourth on the world U20 all-time list.
World indoor champion Bryce Hoppel eased to victory in the 800m, winning by half a second in 1:46.04 ahead of Abraham Alvarado, while Heather MacLean improved her own meeting record by a tenth of a second to win the mile. Clocking 4:23.32, she pipped Olympic finalist Susan Ejore (4:23.55) and Sinclaire Johnson (4:23.58).
<h2>Alfred, Benjamin and Lyles star in sprints</h2>
Olympic 100m champion Alfred started her season by stepping up to the 300m and she did so in style, running a Saint Lucian record of 36.16 to win a head-to-head against her training partner Dina Asher-Smith, who finished second in 36.87.
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The Olympic 400m hurdles champion starred in the men&rsquo;s event and while Benjamin was challenged by Vernon Norwood off the final bend, the hurdles specialist had judged it perfectly and he eased to victory - 32.21 to 32.39.
The men&rsquo;s 60m final featured the past two Olympic 100m champions in Noah Lyles and Marcell Jacobs but in the end it was Terrence Jones who proved the biggest challenger. After winning his heat in 6.55, Lyles returned to win the final in 6.52, with Jones second in 6.57 and Jacobs fourth in 6.63, one place behind PJ Austin (6.60).
Continuing his domination, Holloway secured his fourth successive 60m hurdles victory at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, clocking 7.42 to take his unbeaten streak in the discipline into an 11th year.
After winning his heat in 7.47, the Olympic and world 110m hurdles champion looked majestic in the final &ndash; breezing away from his rivals to finish clear ahead of Olympic finalist Freddie Crittenden, second in 7.54.
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In a battle between the Olympic champion and world indoor champion, it was the Olympic champion who won in the women&rsquo;s event &ndash; USA&rsquo;s Masai Russell dipping to victory in 7.80. Her compatriot and fellow Olympic finalist Grace Stark secured second place just 0.01 back, with world indoor champion and world indoor record-holder Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas claiming third place in 7.85.
The win had added significance for Russell. "It&rsquo;s funny to say this is my first pro win," she said. "I&rsquo;m an Olympic champion but I never won any race as a professional last year, so this is my first one and I&rsquo;m going to keep these flowers.
"I&rsquo;m in a very heavy training cycle right now so it was just good to see this time come up. It&rsquo;s a different year just because the season is so much later, so it was a good run for today."
After leading the first round with a 7.15 heat win, USA&rsquo;s Jacious Sears returned to win the women&rsquo;s 60m final in 7.11 as she narrowly held off Liberia&rsquo;s Destiny Smith-Barnett and USA&rsquo;s Celera Barnes, who both ran 7.14. Oceanian record-holder Zoe Hobbs was just 0.01 back in fourth.
USA&rsquo;s 17-year-old Quincy Wilson improved his own world U18 indoor best to win the 400m. Running wide around the final bend, he passed Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s 2022 world indoor champion Jereem Richards and then South Africa&rsquo;s race leader Zakithi Nene, surging to victory in 45.66. The performance takes a tenth of a second off Wilson's own previous world age-group best, set in Boston last March, and puts him eighth on the world U20 indoor all-time list. His compatriot Will Sumner also finished fast to clinch the runner-up spot in 46.27.
USA&rsquo;s Tokyo Olympic 800m bronze medallist Raevyn Rogers won the 500m in 1:08.98, while just 5cm separated the top two in the women&rsquo;s triple jump, USA&rsquo;s double Olympic bronze medallist Jasmine Moore eventually securing the win ahead of&nbsp;Anne-Suzanna Fosther-Katta thanks to her fourth-round leap of 13.89m.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7213961/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Olympic champions Julien Alfred, Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway kick-started their seasons with victory at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Hoey, Courtney-Bryant and Coscoran win distance duels in Boston

USA&rsquo;s Chris Nilsen became the first man to pole vault six metres in 2025, scaling 6.01m to win at the Perch&rsquo;Xtrem &ndash; a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting &ndash; in Caen, northern France, on Friday (31).
The 2021 Olympic silver medallist cleared the winning height on his first attempt, then went on to attempt a would-be North American record of 6.10m.
Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis was second with 5.90m, while French duo Baptiste Thiery and Renaud Lavillenie were tied in third place with 5.80m.
European champion Angelica Moser won the women&rsquo;s competition with 4.71m. New Zealand&rsquo;s Olympic finalist Imogen Ayris added six centimetres to her PB with 4.66m in second place.
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On the same evening, but at the opposite end of the country, there were several stand-out performances at the Elite Indoor Track Meeting &ndash; another World Indoor Tour Silver fixture &ndash; in Miramas.
Morocco&rsquo;s Abdelati El Guesse came close to his own national indoor record to win the 800m in 1:45.57, just ahead of European U23 champion Yanis Meziane who went to third on the French indoor all-time list with 1:45.87. 2002 world indoor silver medallist Noah Kibet was third (1:46.05).
Liadagmis Povea won a close triple jump contest from her fellow Cuban Leyanis Perez Hernandez, leaping a world-leading 14.57m to win by five centimetres.
Bulgaria&rsquo;s Bozhidar Saraboyukov took the men&rsquo;s long jump with 8.19m, winning from China&rsquo;s Shu Heng (8.12m).
Elsewhere in Miramas, Senegal&rsquo;s Mamadou Fall Sarr won the men&rsquo;s 60m in 6.54 and Louis Gilavert took the men&rsquo;s 1500m in 3:36.25. European silver medallist Enrique Llopis won the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in 7.54 and France&rsquo;s Laeticia Bapte clocked 7.93 to win the women&rsquo;s race.
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At the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Anthaya Charlton &ndash; younger sister of world 60m hurdles record-holder Devynne Charlton &ndash; sailed out to an outright Bahamian record of 6.98m, a world-leading mark, to win the women&rsquo;s long jump. The 21-year-old had a previous best of 6.74m outdoors and 6.53m indoors.
Olympic finalist Shafiqua Maloney also produced a world lead, clocking 1:59.87 in the women&rsquo;s 800m to win by almost three seconds.
Jenoah McKiver produced an indoor PB of 45.19 to win the men&rsquo;s 400m. NCAA indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams ran 45.54 in a separate heat.
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World champion Katie Moon produced her best ever season opener to win the women&rsquo;s pole vault at the Deloss Dodds Invitational in Manhattan, Kansas, clearing a world-leading 4.80m.
The 2021 Olympic champion cleared every height up to and including her winning mark on her first attempt, then went on to have three tries at 4.90m.
Elsewhere at that meeting, Jadin O&rsquo;Brien scored a world-leading 4552 to win the women&rsquo;s pentathlon.
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Several world-leading marks were set in distance events at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston.
On Friday (31), Olympic finalist Whittni Morgan set an outright PB of 14:48.41 to win the women&rsquo;s 5000m ahead of Ella Donaghu (14:50.89) and Bailey Hertenstein (14:56.33). Morgan now moves into the top 20 on the world all-time list, while Hertenstein smashed her outright PB by 14 seconds.
World and Olympic 5000m finalist Elise Cranny stepped down in distance to the mile and clocked a world-leading 4:20.83 to move to third on the US indoor all-time list.
World indoor 1500m silver medallist Nikki Hiltz won the women&rsquo;s 3000m in 8:32.52, finishing comfortably ahead of Australia&rsquo;s Linden Hall (8:35.17).
More fast times followed on Saturday (1). Clocking 3:48.32, USA's Ethan Strand moved to third on the world all-time list for the men's indoor mile &ndash; one place ahead of Hicham El Guerrouj, and behind only world record-holder Yomif Kejelcha (3:47.01) and Yared Nuguse (3:47.38). Robert Farken finished second in 3:49.45, also putting him in the top 10 on the world all-time list.
Jimmy Gressier won the 5000m in a national indoor record of 13:00.54, leading a French 1-2 ahead of Romain Legendre (13:02.08).
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Meeting records fell at the Meeting de L'Eure, a World Indoor Tour Silver event, in Val-de-Reuil on Sunday (2).
George Mills clocked a world-leading meeting record of 7:27.92 to improve Josh Kerr&rsquo;s British indoor 3000m record of 7:30.14.
That time moves him to ninth on the world indoor all-time list.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Birke Haylom won the women&rsquo;s mile in 4:25.44, while Kenya&rsquo;s Noah Kibet won the men&rsquo;s 800m in 1:45.97, both also meeting records.
Three athletes surpassed 19 metres in the women&rsquo;s shot put - Dutch record-holder Jessica Schilder finishing top with a world-leading meeting record of 19.85m. That final round throw clinched her the win by 10cm ahead of Canada&rsquo;s world indoor champion Sarah Mitton, with USA&rsquo;s two-time world champion Chase Jackson third on 19.43m.
Laeticia Bapte of France clocked a PB of 7.87 to top the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles from Poland&rsquo;s Pia Skrzyszowska (7.91), while the men&rsquo;s event was won by Poland&rsquo;s Jakub Szymanski in 7.46.
Two days after his 6.01m clearance in Caen, USA&rsquo;s Chris Nilsen won the pole vault in Val-de-Reuil with a meeting record of 5.85m. Cuba&rsquo;s Lazaro Martinez won the triple jump with a leap of 17.03m.
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On Thursday (30), at the Gorzow Jumps Festival, Poland's Maria Zodzik won the women's high jump with a world-leading 1.98m.

USA’s Chris Nilsen became the first man to pole vault six metres in 2025, scaling 6.01m to win at the Perch’Xtrem

Nilsen vaults 6.01m in Caen, Strand runs 3:48 mile in Boston

Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record and move to fifth on the world all-time list at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Silver meeting in Tallinn, Estonia.
Closing his campaign with a 2:37.85 1000m on Sunday (2), the 22-year-old added five points to the previous European record set by world decathlon record-holder Kevin Mayer in 2017.
World indoor heptathlon silver medallist Skotheim, who <a href="https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/fair-play-award-2024-sander-skotheim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received the International Fair Play Award at last year&rsquo;s World Athletics Awards</a>, started the competition in Tallinn on Saturday (1) with a 7.04 60m before an impressive 8.19m PB in the long jump.
He then achieved another PB &ndash; 15.00m in the shot put &ndash; and cleared 2.06m in the high jump.
He started day two by clocking 8.04 in the 60m hurdles before soaring 5.25m in the pole vault.
The European record was well within reach and he achieved it by running 2:37.85 in the 1000m, taking him to a tally of 6484 points.
<h2>Finnish record for Vanninen</h2>
The world indoor pentathlon silver medallist also won in Tallinn, Finland&rsquo;s Saga Vanninen setting a national record and world lead of 4843 points to do so. That score puts her 16th on the world all-time list.
Her performances included outright PBs of 6.48m in the long jump and 2:11.70 in the 800m, and her overall score added almost 200 points to her previous pentathlon best of 4677.
The top three all set national records as Kate O'Connor scored 4683 to improve her Irish record and world U20 heptathlon champion Jana Koscak managed 4478 to break her own Croatian record.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-combined-events-tour/calendar-results/7213928/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Norway’s Sander Skotheim scored 6484 points to break the European heptathlon record and move to fifth on the world all-time list

Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Tallinn 

Burundi&rsquo;s Rodrigue Kwizera and Francine Niyomukunzi won the senior races at the Cross Internacional das Amendoeiras em Flor &ndash; the penultimate Gold level event in this season&rsquo;s World Athletics Cross Country Tour &ndash; in Albufeira on Sunday (2).
The current leader in the World Cross Country Tour standings, Kwizera held off the challenge of defending champion Thierry Ndikumwenayo to win the men&rsquo;s title, while Niyomukunzi solo ran her way to victory to claim the women&rsquo;s crown in the Portuguese coastal city, at an event that doubled as the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.&nbsp;
Racing for Spanish club Playas de Castellon, Kwizera matched the fast early pace set by Kenya&rsquo;s Charles Rotich. Stringing out the field, Rotich was followed in single file by his compatriot Gideon Kipkertich Rono and Kwizera, with last year&rsquo;s runner-up Oscar Chelimo of Uganda and Spain&rsquo;s Ndikumwenayo a couple of seconds back.
A four-strong group completed the first of the five laps together, with Ndikumwenayo starting slightly more conservatively and running with Turkiye&rsquo;s Sezgin Atac four seconds behind the leaders.&nbsp;
Rotich and Kwizera continued to take charge at the front and Ndikumwenayo gradually moved up the field. The leaders passed half way and Ndikumwenayo moved into third place, on the hunt for a second consecutive title.
Kwizera passed Rotich as they approached the start of the penultimate lap and during that loop he created a gap of 11 seconds ahead of Rotich and Ndikumwenayo, running together at that stage.
Kwizera &ndash; the winner in Amorebieta-Etxano, Atapuerca, Soria and Alcobendas this season &ndash; continued to move away and had more than enough time to celebrate as he approached the finish line to regain a title he won in 2022.
He clocked 27:02 for the 9280m race, finishing 15 seconds ahead of his Playas de Castellon teammate Ndikumwenayo, who held on for the runner-up spot by a single second ahead of 19-year-old Rotich.
Chelimo finished fourth, Rono fifth and Atac sixth.
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Francine Niyomukunzi wins at the 2025 Cross Internacional das Amendoeiras em Flor (&copy; European Athletics / Marta Gorczynska)
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Niyomukunzi secured an even more dominant victory in the women&rsquo;s 9280m race. In doing so, the 25-year-old claimed her second Gold race win of this World Cross Country Tour season and her fifth podium place, having also won in Amorebieta-Etxano in October and then finished third in Atapuerca, second in Soria and third in Elgoibar at the start of January.
Her success never looked in doubt in Albufeira.
Running for Italian team Cus Pro Patria Milano, she started to break away from the lead pack towards the end of the first of five laps, and she had a three-second advantage ahead of a chase group led by Portugal&rsquo;s Mariana Machado by the end of that lap.
Niyomukunzi continued to push the pace and the field began to string out. By the end of the second lap she had a 28-second lead ahead of chase group of six and she was 44 seconds ahead as she started her penultimate loop.
With one lap to go her advantage was 47 seconds, with Turkiye&rsquo;s Bahar Yildirim breaking away from the rest of the chase pack.
Niyomukunzi ran away with victory, crossing the finish line in 31:44 to win by 38 seconds, but there was a battle for the runner-up spot. Machado was working hard but Yildirim had the stronger finish and secured second place in 32:22, one second ahead of Machado.
Maria Forero and Carolina Robles of Spain respectively secured fourth and fifth place finishes, while Turkiye&rsquo;s Ruken Tek was sixth.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1&nbsp;Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI)&nbsp;31:44 2&nbsp;Bahar Yildirim (TUR)&nbsp;32:22 3 Mariana Machado (POR) 32:23 4&nbsp;Maria Forero (ESP) 32:40 5 Carolina Robles (ESP)&nbsp;32:45 6 Ruken Tek (TUR) 32:50
Men 1&nbsp;Rodrigue Kwizera (BDI)&nbsp;27:02 2&nbsp;Thierry Ndikumwenayo (ESP)&nbsp;27:17 3&nbsp;Charles Rotich (KEN)&nbsp;27:18 4&nbsp;Oscar Chelimo (UGA)&nbsp;27:44 5&nbsp;Gideon Kipkertich Rono (KEN)&nbsp;27:53 6 Sezgin Atac (TUR) 27:58

Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Francine Niyomukunzi won the senior races at the Cross Internacional das Amendoeiras em Flor

Kwizera and Niyomukunzi win in Albufeira

A whole host of international stars are set to collide at the Czech Indoor Gala &ndash; the fourth World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of 2025 &ndash; in Ostrava on Tuesday (4).
Two months on from being named World Athletics Rising Star of the Year, all eyes will be on Mattia Furlani to see what he produces in the men&rsquo;s long jump. The Italian earned Olympic bronze and European silver last year while still an U20 athlete.
In what will be his last competition as a teenager, Furlani will take on meeting record-holder Thobias Montler, the Swede who conquered Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou in Belgrade earlier this week, along with USA&rsquo;s Isaac Grimes and versatile Bulgarian jumps talent Bozhidar Saraboyukov in what looks set to be one of the strongest contests of the evening.
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Shot putter Leonardo Fabbri enjoyed a sensational season in 2024, topped by winning the European title on home soil in Rome. He set Italian records indoors (22.37m) and outdoors (22.98m) and threatened the 23-metre barrier on several occasions.
The world silver medallist will be opening his 2025 campaign in Ostrava, facing fellow Italian Zane Weir, meeting record-holder Konrad Bukowiecki, USA&rsquo;s Roger Steen and Czech record-holder Tomas Stanek.
The women&rsquo;s pole vault looks set to be similarly competitive as Canada&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Alysha Newman takes on 2022 world indoor bronze medallist Tina Sutej and European indoor bronze medallist Amalie Svabikova, who set the Czech indoor record of 4.72m in Ostrava two years ago.
<h2>World indoor champions Duguma and Hailu in middle-distance action</h2>
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsige Duguma produced one of the biggest surprises at last year&rsquo;s World Indoor Championships when taking gold over 800m. She backed up that form outdoors, though, and went on to earn Olympic silver in Paris.
The 23-year-old will open her season in Ostrava and she&rsquo;ll face Noelie Yarigo, who earned world indoor bronze behind Duguma last year.
World indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu will step up in distance to the 3000m in Ostrava. She has only contested that distance twice before, but has shown great promise, achieving victories in both of her races and setting an outdoor best of 8:26.61.
Her indoor PB of 8:46.92 &ndash; and perhaps even Hellen Obiri&rsquo;s meeting record of 8:38.81 &ndash; will most likely come in for revision when Hailu lines up against Olympic steeplechase finalist Lomi Muleta.
The men&rsquo;s 800m brings together three athletes who have come within a fraction of a second of breaking 1:45 indoors as world indoor bronze medallist Eliott Crestan of Belgium faces European bronze medallist Catalin Tecuceanu of Italy and Belgian indoor record-holder Tibo Smet. Algeria&rsquo;s two-time world finalist Slimane Moula, meanwhile, will contest the first indoor 800m of his career.
One year after setting a 1500m meeting record in Ostrava, Portugal&rsquo;s Isaac Nader this time lines up for the mile where he&rsquo;ll take on Britain&rsquo;s Elliot Giles.
<h2>Meeting record-holders return in the sprints</h2>
World indoor silver medallists Ewa Swoboda and Lieke Klaver produced two of the standout performances in Ostrava last year. Swoboda sizzled to a 7.07 victory over 60m while Klaver clocked 50.54 to take the 400m, both setting meeting records.
They&rsquo;ll be back in action on Tuesday but will face stiff opposition in their respective events.
Swoboda takes on Luxembourg&rsquo;s Patrizia van der Weken and Australia&rsquo;s Torrie Lewis, who have both set national indoor 60m records already this year with 7.07 and 7.14 respectively.
Klaver, meanwhile, faces Poland&rsquo;s Natalia Bukowiecka, who may not race indoors as often as Klaver, but is a 48.90 performer outdoors.
The men&rsquo;s 400m also looks set to be competitive. Fresh from setting a Hungarian record of 45.66 to win in Belgrade a few days ago, Attila Molnar is back in action. He&rsquo;ll line up against Eugene Omalla of the Netherlands.
In the men&rsquo;s 60m, 2018 world indoor bronze medallist Ronnie Baker takes on Japan&rsquo;s Shuhei Tada and Germany&rsquo;s Joshua Hartmann, while early world leader Erik Erlandsson leads the men&rsquo;s 200m field.

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