World record-holder Grant Holloway has been confirmed as part of the USA team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
The Olympic and multiple world champion will defend his 60m hurdles title at the event in China that takes place from 21-23 March.
Holloway is a two-time world indoor gold medallist and he will be looking to maintain his remarkable decade-long win streak in the discipline.
He features on a 56-strong US squad for Nanjing and will be joined by four other individual medallists from last year&rsquo;s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow: Alexis Holmes, Chase Jackson, Sam Kendricks and Monae' Nichols.
<h3>US team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 60m: Celera Barnes, Mikiah Brisco 400m: Alexis Holmes, Rosey Effiong 800m: Nia Akins, Valery Tobias 1500m: Sinclaire Johnson, Heather MacLean 3000m: Shelby Houlihan, Whittni Morgan 60m hurdles: Christina Clemons, Grace Stark, Amber Hughes High jump: Vashti Cunningham, Charity Hufnagel Pole vault: Gabriela Leon, Emily Grove Long jump: Monae' Nichols, Claire Bryant Shot put: Chase Jackson, Maggie Ewen, Jessica Ramsey Pentathlon: Taliyah Brooks, Timara Chapman 4x400m: Quanera Hayes, Bailey Lear, Karimah Davis, Maya Singletary
Men 60m: Ronnie Baker, Coby Hilton, Emmanuel Wells 400m: Chris Bailey, Jacory Patterson, Brian Faust 800m: Josh Hoey, Brandon Miller 1500m: Sam Prakel, Luke Houser 3000m: Dylan Jacobs, Sam Gilman 60m hurdles: Grant Holloway, Cameron Murray High jump: Eli Kosiba Pole vault: Sam Kendricks Long jump: Will Williams, Cameron Crump Triple jump: Russell Robinson, Will Claye Shot put: Tripp Piperi, Roger Steen Heptathlon: Harrison Williams, Heath Baldwin 4x400m: Elija Godwin, Matthew Boling, Jevon O'Bryant, Kennedy Lightner

World Athletics Indoor Championships

A 56-strong USA team has been named for the event in China

Holloway, Jackson and Holmes on USA team for Nanjing

Ten athletes will fly the flag for Kenya at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Noah Kibet, who earned 800m silver back in 2022, is named on the team. Despite being just 20 years of age, this will be his third appearance at a World Indoor Championships.
Vivian Chebet, who placed fourth in the 800m at last year&rsquo;s edition in Glasgow, also features on the team, as does Susan Lokayo Ejore, the Kenyan record-holder for the indoor mile.
<h3>Kenyan team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 800m: Vivian Chebet Kiprotich, Lilian Odira 1500m: Susan Lokayo Ejore, Dorcus Ewoi 3000m: Purity Kajuju Gitonga
Men 800m: Noah Kibet, Alex Ngeno Kipngetich, Collins Kipruto 1500m: Festus Lagat 3000m: Cornelius Kemboi

Ten athletes will fly the flag for Kenya at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25

Kenya selects 10 athletes for Nanjing

Defending champions Tsige Duguma and Freweyni Hailu are among the athletes chosen to represent Ethiopia at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Duguma enjoyed a breakthrough victory in the 800m in Glasgow last year, which prefaced the Olympic silver medal she earned over the same distance later in 2024. Hailu, meanwhile, claimed gold over 1500m.
World 10,000m champion Gudaf Tsegay has also been selected in the 1500m and she heads to Nanjing as the world leader in that discipline following her 3:53.92 clocking in Torun last month, the second-fastest performance in history behind her own world indoor record.
Two-time world indoor 1500m champion Samuel Tefera is also on the team, while Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi will contest the 3000m.
Wild card entries earned by various athletes on this year&rsquo;s World Indoor Tour and in previous seasons have enabled Ethiopia to name three athletes in four disciplines.
<h3>Ethiopian team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 800m: Habitam Alemu, Tsige Duguma, Nigist Getachew 1500m: Worknesh Mesele, Gudaf Tsegay, Diribe Welteji 3000m: Tsigie Gebreselama, Freweyni Hailu, Birke Haylom
Men 1500m: Melese Nberet, Samuel Tefera 3000m: Berihu Aregawi, Biniam Mehary, Getnet Wale

Defending champions Tsige Duguma and Freweyni Hailu are among the athletes chosen to represent Ethiopia at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25

Tsegay, Duguma, Tefera and Hailu to represent Ethiopia in Nanjing

Two-time Olympic marathon gold medallist Eliud Kipchoge will head Down Under to compete at the TCS Sydney Marathon &ndash; a World Athletics Platinum Label road race &ndash; on Sunday 31 August.
Kipchoge is relishing the prospect of racing the TCS Sydney Marathon, which will also mark the event&rsquo;s debut as part of the Abbott World Marathon Majors series.
&ldquo;I am so excited,&rdquo; said the former world record-holder. &ldquo;This is not only my first time racing the TCS Sydney Marathon, but also my first time running in Oceania. Competing in Australia is a huge opportunity for me. Sydney looks like a stunning city with so many iconic sights. It&rsquo;s going to be a new and special experience for me.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been to many places to share my vision of making this world a running world. As I&rsquo;ve never been to Australia before, I want to help make Australia a running nation.&rdquo;
The Kenyan distance running legend, who reports that he has been training well, has an impressive record of 16 victories from 21 official marathon races. This includes 11 wins in World Marathon Majors and an unbeaten streak of 10 marathons between 2014 and 2019.
He claimed back-to-back Olympic marathon titles in 2016 and 2021. Having broken the world marathon record twice, Kipchoge currently holds the second-fastest marathon time in history with a personal best of 2:01:09. He also owns five of the 13 fastest marathon times ever recorded.
Prior to racing in Sydney, Kipchoge will compete at the TCS London Marathon on Sunday 27 April.

Two-time Olympic marathon gold medallist Eliud Kipchoge will head Down Under to compete at the TCS Sydney Marathon – a World Athletics Platinum Label road race – on Sunday 31 August.

Kipchoge to race Sydney Marathon

Hamish Kerr will defend his high jump title as part of a 12-strong&nbsp;New Zealand&nbsp;team announced for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
The squad for the event in China, taking place from 21-23 March, is the largest ever named for New Zealand at a World Indoor Championships.
Kerr cleared 2.36m to win his world indoor title in Glasgow last year and he went on to become the Olympic champion in Paris, managing the same height.
So far this season he has jumped 2.30m and he recently won the national title.
Joining him in Nanjing will be Tom Walsh, who will be looking to add to the impressive haul of five shot put medals he has already claimed at the World Indoor Championships.
The 2017 world champion, who is also a two-time Olympic bronze medallist, won world indoor gold in 2016 and 2018, and he secured silver last year in Glasgow as well as bronze in 2014 and 2022.
The New Zealand team stars a full complement of shot putters, with Walsh &ndash; who continues his comeback after injury at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games &ndash; lining up alongside Jacko Gill in the men&rsquo;s event, and the women&rsquo;s event featuring Olympic silver medallist Maddi Wesche and Kaia Tupu-South.
The team also includes Zoe Hobbs in the 60m and Maia Ramsden in the 1500m.
<h3>New Zealand team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 60m: Zoe Hobbs 800m: Alison Andrews-Paul 1500m: Laura Nagel, Maia Ramsden Pole vault: Imogen Ayris, Olivia McTaggart Shot put: Kaia Tupu-South, Maddi Wesche
Men 60m: Tiaan Whelpton High jump: Hamish Kerr Shot put: Jacko Gill, Tom Walsh

Hamish Kerr will defend his high jump title as part of a 12-strong New Zealand team announced for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25

Defending champion Kerr on New Zealand team of 12 for Nanjing

Defending pole vault champion Molly Caudery and recently crowned European indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu are among the athletes selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Caudery cleared 4.80m to win her world indoor title in Glasgow last year and so far this season she has soared 4.85m, putting her second on the 2025 top list.
She decided to miss the European Indoor Championships to focus on the event in Nanjing, taking place from 21-23 March.
Azu was among those at the European Indoors in Apeldoorn and he came away with gold after running a PB of 6.49 in the 60m final.
They will be joined on the 13-strong GB &amp; NI team by Andy Robertson, who claimed bronze in that European indoor 60m final won by Azu, plus their fellow European indoor medallists George Mills (3000m) and Revee Wallcot-Nolan (1500m).
<h3>British team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 60m: Amy Hunt 400m: Amber Anning 1500m: Georgia Hunter Bell, Revee Walcott-Nolan 3000m: Innes FitzGerald* Pole vault: Molly Caudery Long jump: Funminiyi Olajide
Men 60m: Jeremiah Azu, Andy Robertson 1500m: Adam Fogg, Neil Gourley&nbsp; 3000m: George Mills Shot put: Scott Lincoln
*subject to achieving a Road to Nanjing ranking position

Defending pole vault champion Molly Caudery and recently crowned European indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu are among the athletes selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Caudery to defend world indoor title as part of Great Britain team for Nanjing

Two medallists from the Paris Olympics and two champions from the recent European Indoor Championships feature on the Italian team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Olympic long jump silver medallist Mattia Furlani and triple jump bronze medallist Andy Diaz Hernandez&nbsp;will be joined by European indoor 60m champion Zaynab&nbsp;Dosso for the event taking place in China from 21-23 March.
Dosso ran a world-leading national record of 7.01 to win her European indoor 60m title in Apeldoorn and the 25-year-old, who also claimed world indoor bronze in Glasgow last year, will be on the medal hunt again in Nanjing.
Diaz Hernandez&nbsp;also set a world lead to win in Apeldoorn, soaring 17.71m to add European indoor gold to his Olympic bronze, while Furlani &ndash; world leader with his 8.37m leap from Torun &ndash; secured silver in Apeldoorn as he missed out on gold by a single centimetre.
That trio will be joined on the 21-strong Italian team in Nanjing by their fellow European indoor medallist Andrea Dallavalle, who claimed triple jump bronze, plus 2024 world indoor medallists Lorenzo Simonelli and Leonardo Fabbri.
<h3>Italian team for Nanjing</h3>
Women 60m: Zaynab Dosso, Gloria Hooper 800m: Eloisa Coiro 1500m: Sintayehu Vissa 60m hurdles: Giada Carmassi, Elisa Di Lazzaro High jump: Idea Pieroni Pole vault: Roberta Bruni, Elisa Molinarolo
Men 60m: Stephen Awuah Baffour, Yassin Bandaogo 800m: Giovanni Lazzaro 1500m: Joao Bussotti 60m hurdles: Nicolo Giacalone, Lorenzo Simonelli High jump: Manuel Lando Long jump: Mattia Furlani Triple jump: Andrea Dallavalle, Andy Diaz Hernandez Shor put: Leonardo Fabbri, Zane Weir

Two medallists from the Paris Olympics and two champions from the recent European Indoor Championships feature on the Italian team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25

Dosso, Diaz and Furlani feature on Italian team for Nanjing

Jemal Yimer and Fikrte Wereta will defend their Seoul Marathon titles when the World Athletics Platinum Label road race takes place on Sunday (16).
Two-time world half marathon fourth-place finisher Yimer ran an almost three-minute PB of 2:06:08 to win the men&rsquo;s race last year, while his Ethiopian compatriot Wereta also clocked a lifetime best &ndash; 2:21:32 &ndash; to win the women&rsquo;s race.
Yimer started 2025 by finishing fourth in the Houston Half Marathon and now prepares to contest the third marathon of his career.
Among those looking to deny him a second win in Seoul are the two athletes who finished behind him last year, Kenya&rsquo;s Rhonzas Lokitam Kilimo and Edwin Kiptoo, plus four men who have dipped under 2:06 in their careers so far: Kenya&rsquo;s Bernard Kiprop Koech, Philimon Kiptoo Kipchumba and Solomon Kirwa Yego, and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Haftu Teklu. They will go up against other contenders such as Kenya&rsquo;s Daniel Ebenyo and Mike Kiptum Boit, as well as Ethiopia&rsquo;s Gebretsadik Abraha.
Koech ran his PB of 2:04:09 in Amsterdam in 2021 and more recently clocked 2:04:24 to win in Hamburg last year, while Kipchumba ran a Chinese all-comers&rsquo; record of 2:05:35 to win the Shanghai Marathon in 2023 and that mark remains his lifetime best.
Yego also set his PB in Shanghai, clocking 2:05:42 for third place in that 2023 race won by Kipchumba, and he matched that finishing position on his return to Shanghai last year. Teklu placed third in Seoul in 2023 and went on to finish fifth in that year&rsquo;s Boston Marathon, clocking his PB of 2:04:42.
Ebenyo, the world 10,000m and half marathon silver medallist, made his marathon debut in Chicago in October, running 2:06:04 to finish fifth. He will be looking to build on that when he races the distance for the second time.
Wereta&rsquo;s compatriots Mestawut Fikir and Bosena Mulatie could prove the biggest threats in the women's race as she looks to retain a title she won for the first time last year.
Wereta has had a strong start to the year, however, having finished third in the Xiamen Marathon in January and first in the Meishan Renshou Half Marathon in February.
Now she takes on Fikir and Mulatie, as part of a field that features a total of six sub-2:23 runners.
Fikir set her PB of 2:18:48 when finishing runner-up in Berlin in September. She also won last year&rsquo;s Paris Marathon and ended her year with a second-place finish in the Boston Half Marathon. Mulatie was just one place and 12 seconds behind Fikir in Berlin, while Tanzania&rsquo;s Jackline Sakilu ran her PB of 2:21:27 when winning in Chongqing.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Betelihem Afenigus is another athlete who returns to Seoul, the 23-year-old having finished fourth last year in a PB of 2:23:20.
They will be joined on the start line by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Bekelech Gudeta, winner of last year&rsquo;s marathons in Xiamen and Shanghai &ndash; the former in a PB of 2:22:54, plus Kenya&rsquo;s Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei, the 2023 Shanghai Marathon fourth-place finisher (2:22:22).
<h3>Leading entries</h3>
Women Mestawut Fikir (ETH) 2:18:48 Bosena Mulatie (ETH) 2:19:00 Jackline Sakilu (TAN) 2:21:27 Fikrte Wereta (ETH) 2:21:32 Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei (KEN) 2:22:22 Bekelech Gudeta (ETH) 2:22:54 Betelihem Afenigus (ETH) 2:23:20 Li Zhixuan (CHN) 2:26:15 Ayano Ikeuchi (JPN) 2:32:26
Men Bernard Kiprop Koech (KEN) 2:04:09 Haftu Teklu (ETH) 2:04:42 Philimon Kiptoo Kipchumba (KEN) 2:05:35 Solomon Kirwa Yego (KEN) 2:05:42 Daniel Ebenyo (KEN) 2:06:04 Gebretsadik Abraha (ETH) 2:06:08 Mike Kiptum Boit (KEN) 2:06:08 Jemal Yimer (ETH) 2:06:08 Rhonzas Lokitam Kilimo (KEN) 2:06:09 Edwin Kiptoo (KEN) 2:06:10 Cyrus Mutai (KEN) 2:06:11 Ashenafi Moges Weldegiorgis (ETH) 2:06:12 Felix Kirwa (KEN) 2:06:13 Adane Kebede Gebre (ETH) 2:06:54 Stanley Bett (KEN) 2:07:00 Kibrom Desta Habtu (ETH) 2:07:05 Naoya Sakuda (JPN) 2:08:21 Suolang Cairen (CHN) 2:10:31 Ryuichi Yoshioka (JPN) 2:10:50

Jemal Yimer and Fikrte Wereta will defend their Seoul Marathon titles when the World Athletics Platinum Label road race takes place on Sunday

Yimer and Wereta to defend titles in Seoul

For Ivan Pedroso, the 1992 Olympic Games on Montjuic hill, overlooking Barcelona, proved to be a peak too soon.
As a 19-year-old novice, the fledgling Cuban long jumper landed 23cm shy of the podium, finishing fourth behind the US trio Carl Lewis, Mike Powell and Joe Greene.
It was different for his celebrated compatriot Javier Sotomayor.
At 24, the boyhood acrophobic &ndash; the world high jump record-holder with a fear of heights &ndash; was at the prolonged peak of his own jumping powers.
The only man in history to have cleared eight feet (as he still remains to this day), Sotomayor only needed a first-time clearance at 2.34m, 10cm shy of the landmark 2.44m (8ft 1/8in) world record he set in the Puerto Rican capital San Juan in 1989, to secure the one Olympic gold of his career.
Returning to the Barcelona Olympic complex for the 1995 World Athletics Indoor Championships, both Cuban jumpers brought a Midas touch to bear inside the Palau St Jordi.
On days two and three of the competition, the maturing Pedroso plundered the second of the record five world indoor long jump titles he collected in the course of his glitteringly consistent career, while the seasoned Sotomayor secured the third of his four world indoor high jump crowns.
Between them, the dynamic jumping duo happen to be responsible for precisely half of the 18 gold medals Cuba has earned in the 40-year history of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
<h2>Outdoor world record pangs</h2>
Pedroso was the first to strike that weekend back on Montjuic, early on the evening of Saturday 11 March 1995.
A somewhat surprise winner ahead of Olympic bronze medallist Greene at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto, the young man from Havana uncorked a third-round leap of 8.51m to not only finish comfortably clear of his closest challenger (Mattias Sunneborn of Sweden took silver with 8.20m) but also obliterate Larry Myricks&rsquo; championship record of 8.37m.
Only Lewis had ever long jumped farther indoors, with a best of 8.79m in New York in 1984.
It was a tangible marker of Pedroso&rsquo;s pedigree as one of the all-time elite of the men&rsquo;s long jump.
Despite his deceptively slender frame &ndash; 176cm (5ft 9in), 66kg (145lb) &ndash; he packed a potent blend of speed, power and technique, exploding off the take-off board and soaring through the air to distances beyond the reach of his bigger, seemingly stronger, rivals.
Pedroso won four successive world outdoor titles: in Gothenburg in 1995, Athens in 1997, Seville in 1999 and Edmonton in 2001.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/4b99df18-666e-4e33-8249-c861df705b69.png" alt="Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso in action at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton" />
Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso in action at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton (&copy; Getty Images)
</div>
Hampered by a hamstring injury at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he finished down in 12th, he landed Olympic gold in Sydney in 2000, dramatically trumping the inspired Australian Jai Taurima in the final round.
His best jump outdoors was 8.71m in Salamanca in 1995. He also jumped 8.96m that year at high altitude in Sestriere but was denied a world record because someone was inadvertently obstructing the wind gauge, which was showing a legal 1.2m/s.
&ldquo;I went on to win nine world titles and the Olympic title but the pain from missing out on the world record still lingers,&rdquo; he confessed in 2018.
<h2>First and second most successful all time</h2>
Pedroso followed his world indoor successes of 1993 and 1995 with further victories in Paris in 1997, Maebashi in 1999 and Lisbon in 2001, becoming the first athlete to win five titles in an individual event, still a record men&rsquo;s haul but subsequently eclipsed by Mozambique&rsquo;s Maria Mutola with her magnificent seven gold medals in the women&rsquo;s 800m.
Ahead of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, which run from 21-23 March, the Cuban still holds the championship record in the men&rsquo;s long jump, courtesy of the 8.62m he leaped in Maebashi in 1999 &ndash; ranking third on the world indoor all-time list behind Lewis (8.73m) and Germany&rsquo;s Sebastian Beyer (8.71m).
Sotomayor owns the oldest championships best performance on the men&rsquo;s side: the 2.43m he cleared to claim his first world indoor title in Budapest in 1989.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/67b9c791a45fefbd6e4577ce.jpg" alt="Javier Sotomayor wins the 1989 world indoor title" />
Javier Sotomayor wins the 1989 world indoor title (&copy; Getty Images)
</div>
That broke German Carlo Thranhardt&rsquo;s one-year-old world indoor record and remains unmatched indoors to this day.
Behind Pedroso, Sotomayor is the second most successful individual male athlete in the history of the World Indoor Championships, with four gold medals &ndash; from Budapest in 1989, Toronto in 1993, Barcelona in 1995 and Maebashi in 1999 &ndash; plus a bronze from Seville in 1991 and a silver from the pioneering World Indoor Games in Paris in 1995.
His victory in Barcelona completed a memorable weekend for Cuba in the Catalan capital. They won three golds and ended up third on the medals table, behind Russia (five) and the USA (four).
Two years later in Paris they finished second to the USA with another hat-trick of golds, thanks to Pedroso in the men&rsquo;s long jump, Anier Garcia in the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles and Yoel Garcia in the men&rsquo;s triple jump.
<h2>A family double</h2>
The third gold in Barcelona came in the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles.
Pedroso was still basking in the glory of his success from the previous day when his cousin Aliuska Lopez made it a famous family double by upsetting clear favourite Olga Shishigina of Kazakhstan in a blanket finish, both women clocking 7.92.
Her dramatic victory on the final day of action in the Palau Sant Jordi, Sunday 12 March, followed what was, by comparison, a routine triumph for Sotomayor.
He only needed four jumps &ndash; first-time clearances at 2.24m, 2.32m, 2.35m and 2.38m &ndash; to secure first place ahead of Greece&rsquo;s Lambros Papakostas, the only other jumper who managed to negotiate 2.35m.
Outdoors, in addition to his Barcelona Olympic success, the powerfully built 6ft 4in (1.93m) Sotomayor won world titles in Stuttgart in 1993 and in Athens in 1997.
He also set three outdoor world records: 2.43m in Salamanca in 1988, 2.44m in San Juan in 1989 and the 2.45m in Salamanca in 1993 that remains intact today.
At 57, he remains involved in the sport as a vice president of the Cuban Athletics Federation.
Pedroso, 52 and settled in Spain, has become a producer of the planet&rsquo;s finest triple jumping talent, having coached Teddy Tamgho of France, Venezuela&rsquo;s Yulimar Rojas and the Cuban-Spanish Jordan Diaz to a glittering array of global titles.
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics Heritage 
<div style="padding: 15px 20px 5px 20px; border: 2px solid #76d7e1;">
<h3>Cuba&rsquo;s 18 world indoor golds</h3>
<ul>
<li>1989: Andres Simon, men&rsquo;s 60m; Javier Sotomayor, men&rsquo;s high jump</li>
<li>1993: Javier Sotomayor, men&rsquo;s high jump; Ivan Pedroso, men&rsquo;s long jump</li>
<li>1995: Javier Sotomayor, men&rsquo;s high jump; men&rsquo;s Ivan Pedroso, men&rsquo;s long jump; Aliuska Lopez, women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles</li>
<li>1997: Anier Garcia, men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles; Ivan Pedroso, men&rsquo;s long jump; Yoel Garcia, men&rsquo;s triple jump</li>
<li>1999: Javier Sotomayor, men&rsquo;s high jump; Ivan Pedroso, men&rsquo;s long jump</li>
<li>2001: Ivan Pedroso, men&rsquo;s long jump</li>
<li>2008: Yargelis Savigne, women&rsquo;s triple jump</li>
<li>2010: Dayron Robles, men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles</li>
<li>2014: Yarisley Silva, women&rsquo;s pole vault</li>
<li>2018: Juan Miguel Echevarria, men&rsquo;s long jump</li>
<li>2022: Lazaro Martinez, men&rsquo;s triple jump</li>
</ul>
</div>

A look back at the 1995 World Indoor Championships where Cuba won three gold medals

Thirty years since Lopez, Pedroso and Sotomayor topped the world in Barcelona

World Athletics is proud to announce the next step in its Media Development Programme (MDP): the World Athletics Media Academy. This initiative is designed to nurture the next generation of sports media professionals in journalism, photography and TV commentary. By addressing critical gaps in talent, diversity and expertise, the Media Academy is ensuring a brighter future for the storytelling of athletics.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;The innovative World Athletics Media Academy is a significant step forward in our commitment to fostering the next generation of the sport&rsquo;s storytellers. With the support of the International Sport Press Association (AIPS) and Sony, our broadcast and media operations teams are creating a unique platform that combines mentorship with hands-on experience at the World Athletics Championships. It&rsquo;s about developing diverse voices and equipping them with the skills to tell the story of our sport to a global audience.&rdquo;
The inaugural edition of the World Athletics Media Academy will take centre stage during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, offering a unique opportunity for up to 25 talented journalists, photographers and TV commentators to cover the prestigious event in person.
Through strategic cooperation with the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), the programme offers emerging journalists the opportunity to learn from seasoned AIPS mentors. This partnership guarantees a robust training ground for young reporters (younger than 30 years of age), equipping them with the skills to cover athletics with precision and passion.
AIPS President Gianni Merlo said: &ldquo;I am happy to welcome the birth of the World Athletics Media Academy. In 1995, during the World Championships in Gothenburg, I launched through the AIPS the first Sport and Culture project, dedicated to the young generations of journalists, and over the years the collaboration with World Athletics has been refined. This academy is the appropriate cultural proposal of the third millennium.&rdquo;
Similarly, the programme identifies and trains new TV commentators, bringing fresh voices to the sport and creating clear pathways for aspiring talent in this vital area. James Lord, Director of Broadcasting for World Athletics, said: &ldquo;Developing new voices in athletics commentary is essential for the sport&rsquo;s growth and appeal. This programme offers aspiring commentators a rare opportunity to learn from experienced broadcasters and gain hands-on experience at a major event as well as developing the future of athletics broadcasting.&rdquo;
The selection process for journalists will be managed collectively by World Athletics and the AIPS, whereas talented commentators will be selected by the World Athletics Broadcasting department.
A part of the World Athletics Media Academy is the Photographers Workshop in collaboration with Sony, an opportunity for emerging professional photographers. The workshop provides participants with access to world-class mentorship, cutting-edge technology, and hands-on event coverage at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon added: &ldquo;We are delighted to have Sony as a key partner in the World Athletics Media Academy. Their support for the Photographers Workshop ensures participants have access to the latest technology in sports photography and expert mentorship. Together, we are not only developing talent but also raising the standard of athletics photography globally.&rdquo;
Masanori Kishi, Head of Lens Technology and System Business Unit, Sony Corporation, commented: &ldquo;We are honoured to be a part of the Photographers Workshop, collaborating with World Athletics. Sony is working closely with photographers to deliver new and diverse imagery expressions using a variety of Sony cameras, lenses, and applications. We are thrilled to help young, innovative photographers thrive through our technology and shaping the future of sports photography together with World Athletics.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;
World Athletics will offer an open registration for photographers, inviting emerging talents to submit their portfolios. A selection committee comprising some of the most respected photographers will choose the top 10 candidates to cover the event in Tokyo. Registration will open in the coming weeks.
The MDP has been an initiative of World Athletics, designed to nurture athletics journalism and expand the coverage of the sport globally. Historically, up to three programmes per year were conducted, bringing together 30&ndash;40 young reporters at locations worldwide. These sessions were often held in conjunction with World Athletics Series events or one-day meetings, with recent editions hosted in Nairobi, Kenya; Glasgow, Great Britain; Xiamen, China; and Lima, Peru.
Starting in 2025, World Athletics transitions from the MDP to the newly established World Athletics Media Academy, which offers both extensive, long-term programmes and shorter, targeted sessions during one-day events. For 2025, in addition to the long-term programme that will be held in Tokyo, Japan, alongside the World Athletics Championships, a shorter session will be organised during the Wanda Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco, specifically tailored for French-speaking African journalists.

This initiative is designed to nurture the next generation of sports media professionals in journalism, photography and TV commentary

World Athletics Media Academy: developing new talents in journalism, photography and TV commentary

To get you excited for the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, World Athletics is giving away signed merchandise from medallists at last year's event in Glasgow. This is your chance to own a piece of history.
Simply fill out the form below to sign up for the competition. Don&rsquo;t miss out &ndash; entries close on Monday 17 March 2025 at 5pm CET. 
<a href="https://eu.research.net/r/S2Y97HG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enter now</a>

This is your chance to own a piece of history.

WIN World Indoor Championships signed merchandise

The storied history of Milan&rsquo;s Stramilano Half Marathon (1976) is honoured today with the award the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the category of &lsquo;Competition&rsquo;.
The location for the first sub-60-minute run in history, the &lsquo;fastest course in Italy&rsquo; as the Stramilano was once dubbed, has welcomed the world&rsquo;s very best runners during its first 50 years among which include Grete Waitz, Rosa Mota, Priscah Jeptoo, Ruth Chepngetich, Rob de Castella, Gelindo Bordin, Moses Tanui, and Paul Tergat.
The World Athletics Heritage Plaque is a location-based recognition, awarded for an outstanding contribution to the worldwide history and development of the sport of track and field athletics and of out of stadia athletics disciplines such as cross country, mountain, road, trail and ultra-running, and race walking.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/67d00c61807393b76a01b6c2.jpg" alt="The inaugural Stramilano Half Marathon in 1976" />
The inaugural Stramilano Half Marathon in 1976
</div>
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe commented: &ldquo;Many congratulations to the Stramilano Half Marathon on the award of a World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the category of &lsquo;Competition&rsquo;.
&ldquo;The annual half marathon, which was founded in 1976 and today includes supporting 5km and 10km runs for the public, is a Milanese sporting institution. The city has taken the event to its heart with the 5km and 10km runs starting in the Piazza del Duomo, towered over by its world-famous cathedral, while the Pizza del Castello is the departure point for the famous elite half marathon itself.
&ldquo;The event&rsquo;s all-time place in running history was secured in 1993 when Moses Tanui ran 59:47, becoming the first person to break the one-hour barrier for the distance. Two-time world half marathon champion Paul Tergat&rsquo;s six consecutive race victories between 1994 and 1999, including a world record in 1998 which went unbeaten for seven years, further cemented Stramilano&rsquo;s historic reputation.&rdquo;
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/67d00c96e3563ef6391158fe.jpg" alt="Moses Tanui at the 1993 Stramilano Half" />
Moses Tanui at the 1993 Stramilano Half
</div>
Michele Mesto, president and member of the Stramilano organising committee, commented: "I'm grateful to World Athletics for the award and honoured to receive this plaque on this year that marks 50 years from the first edition of the Stramilano Half Marathon.
"We have hosted many top runners, we have seen here the first runner ever able to break the 60-minute wall; we still have the same passion to involve thousands of people running in Milan. This award pushes us to work harder and better and makes us feel part of the world running community, a member of World Athletics.
"I thank all the colleagues, volunteers and runners who have contributed to the creation of Stramilano over the years; without them, none of this would have been possible."
The World Athletics Heritage Plaque will be on public show in &lsquo;The Stramilano Centre&rsquo;, the hub of the entire event, in the Piazza del Duomo from Saturday 15 until Saturday 22 March, on which day a ceremony will be held where World Athletics will officially present the plaque to the race organisers.
Following this year&rsquo;s race on Sunday 23 March, the plaque will be permanently displayed at the race HQ in the Arena Civica, Viale Giorgio Byron, the historic Napoleonic stadium which was opened on 18 August 1807.
Chris Turner for World Athletics Heritage

The storied history of Milan’s Stramilano Half Marathon (1976) is honoured today with the award the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the category of ‘Competition’.

70 years since Brazil’s two-time Olympic champion Da Silva flew beyond 16.50m

Ketema and Chelimo break course records in Barcelona, Teklu and Borecha win in Seoul

Katsuki claims 35km race walk victory in Nomi

Whittaker goes No.2 all time to win NCAA indoor 400m title

Entry lists published for WIC Nanjing 25