Just five days after his US rival Yared Nuguse set a world indoor mile record in New York, Jakob Ingebrigtsen went one better at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Troph&eacute;e EDF &ndash; not only smashing the mile mark*, but also taking down the world indoor 1500m record* along the way at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin on Thursday (13).
The two-time Olympic gold medallist was paced through the first five laps, covering 400m in 56.39, 800m in 1:52.55 and 1000m in 2:20.49. From then on, he was out alone in front for the remainder of the race but managed to maintain the record-breaking tempo.
Ingebrigtsen passed through 1500m in 3:29.63, taking almost a second off the world indoor record of 3:30.60 he set on the same track in 2022.
He then dug deep and continued his relentless pace through the final half lap and, roared on by the sell-out crowd, charged through the finish line in 3:45.14, a significant improvement on the 3:46.63 clocking Nuguse recorded at the Millrose Games on Saturday.
&ldquo;It feels amazing,&rdquo; said Ingebrigtsen after his first ever indoor mile race. &ldquo;This is what happens in Lievin. I&rsquo;m a very happy man. You have to be focused for the whole race. It&rsquo;s tough, but it&rsquo;s worth it.&rdquo;
Ingebrigtsen becomes the first athlete since John Landy in 1954 to set world records for the mile and 1500m in the same race.
Stefan Nillessen was a distant runner-up in 3:52.70 with Ireland&rsquo;s Cathal Doyle finishing third in 3:53.18.
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<h2>World leads tumble</h2>
Eight other world-leading marks were set throughout a high-quality evening of athletics.
World indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu handed two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay her first ever defeat in Lievin. Tsegay had been targeting the world indoor 3000m record of 8:16.60, having come close to it on several occasions, and she was on track to challenge it at half way, reached in 4:08.51.
She maintained that pace through 2000m (5:31.28) with Hailu and fellow Ethiopian Birke Haylom positioned close behind. The pace dropped over the next few laps, then Hailu moved into the lead with 400m to go. Tsegay had no response in the closing stages as Hailu went on to win in 8:19.98, improving on the world-leading mark she had set in Ostrava nine days prior and moving up to third on the world indoor all-time list.
Tsegay held on to second place in 8:25.12, just ahead of Haylom, who took seven seconds off the world U20 indoor record with 8:25.37. Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Nadia Battocletti set an Italian indoor record of 8:30.82 in fourth.
There was another Ethiopian sweep of the podium in the women&rsquo;s 1500m. World road mile champion Diribe Welteji ran unchallenged for most of the second half of the race to win in a world-leading 3:58.89. Compatriots Habitam Alemu (4:03.86) and Worknesh Mesele (4:05.06) finished second and third respectively.
World and Olympic champion Grant Holloway maintained his 10-year winning streak in the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles and notched up his fifth Lievin win with a world-leading 7.36. Holloway, who intends to defend his world indoor title in Nanjing next month, has now broken 7.40 on 25 occasions.
Wilhem Belocian of France was second in 7.46 while in-form Pole Jakub Szymanski had a rare off-day and was fifth in 7.55.
Five days after being disqualified for a false start at the Millrose Games, Jamaican record-holder Ackera Nugent rebounded in style with a convincing victory in the 60m hurdles.
She pulled ahead over the final two barriers and crossed the line first in a world-leading 7.75. USA&rsquo;s Grace Stark was second in 7.82 with France&rsquo;s Laeticia Bapte taking third in 7.85.
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World silver medallist Leonardo Fabbri put together an impressive series to win the men&rsquo;s shot put. The Italian opened with a foul, but threw beyond 21 metres with his five remaining attempts, topped by a world-leading 21.95m in the final round. Compatriot Zane Weir was second with a season&rsquo;s best of 21.72m.
World champion Katie Moon set her third world-leading mark in as many competitions this year, winning the pole vault with 4.83m ahead of world indoor champion Molly Caudery (4.75m). Moon ended her series with three solid attempts at 4.90m.
Other world leads were set by triple jump winner Leyanis Perez Hernandez, who jumped 14.62m, and 400m victor Lieke Klaver, who covered two laps of the track in 50.76.
<h2>Teenage duo Laros and Mehary impress over 3000m</h2>
The men&rsquo;s 3000m ended as a duel between two of the most exciting young distance talents in the world.
Niels Laros of the Netherlands managed to make a break in the closing stages, going on to win in an outright Dutch record of 7:29.49. Ethiopia&rsquo;s Biniam Mehary followed behind closely in 7:29.99, taking a couple of seconds off the world U20 indoor record. Getnet Wale was third in 7:31.39.
Belgium&rsquo;s Eliott Crestan won the men&rsquo;s 800m in Lievin for the second year in a row. He overtook world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel with 120 metres to go and went on to win in 1:44.81, finishing 0.17 ahead of the US runner.
World indoor champion Tsige Duguma continued her winning streak in the women&rsquo;s 800m, taking victory in 1:59.02. Prudence Sekgodiso equalled her own South African record of 1:59.88 to finish second.
Just moments before he bade farewell to his five-day-old European indoor mile record, Azeddine Habz won the men&rsquo;s 1500m in 3:32.29, just 0.05 shy of the French record he set at last weekend&rsquo;s Millrose Games. Isaac Nader was second in a Portuguese indoor record of 3:32.59.
Elsewhere, Ersu Sasma equalled his own Turkish record of 5.90m to beat a quality pole vault field, while China&rsquo;s Zhang Mingkun handed world and Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou a rare defeat in the long jump, winning on countback with 8.04m.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Just five days after his US rival Yared Nuguse set a world indoor mile record in New York, Jakob Ingebrigtsen went one better at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF

Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin

Perched on a lofty location, some 2400 metres above sea level, in an arboretum overlooking the famous Kerio Valley, the World Athletics Heritage Plague awarded to Kenya&rsquo;s Iten Town on 19 May 2019 finally found its permanent home on Tuesday (11 February).
The Elgeyo Marakwet County Government, whose headquarters is in Iten Town, unveiled the plaque at its scenic new location with Governor Wisley Rotich leading the ceremony together with Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei, Olympic legend and Kenya&rsquo;s Olympic Committee President Paul Tergat among other legends.
&ldquo;The unveiling of the World Athletics Heritage plaque affirms Iten as one of the best destinations for athletes to train,&rdquo; the Governor said at the colourful Tuesday ceremony.
&ldquo;Elgeyo Marakwet County is without an iota of doubt an athletics powerhouse, producing world beaters in both track and road races. Professional athletes from across the world throng Iten town each year to train with athletics cr&egrave;me de la cr&egrave;me in the high-altitude area.&rdquo;
The World Athletics Heritage Plaque is 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.
Iten, which is dubbed the &lsquo;Home of Champions&rsquo;, was awarded the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in 2019 in the category of &lsquo;Landmark&rsquo;.
&ldquo;In 2018, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe introduced the World Athletics Plaque award which is based upon an outstanding contribution to the history and development of athletics. In 2019 we were delighted to receive a letter from World Athletics announcing that Iten would be honoured,&rdquo; said Tuwei, who is a Vice-President of World Athletics.
&ldquo;It was an incredible milestone for Iten, and I personally called former Governor Tolgos to congratulate him on this historic achievement.&rdquo;
At Tuesday&rsquo;s ceremony, Tergat, twice Olympic 10,000m silver medallist and former world marathon record holder, celebrated Iten for its massive contribution to the development of sport and urged athletes to join in the fight against doping in sport.
&ldquo;Iten is now known worldwide for its contribution to athletics,&rdquo; said Tergat. &ldquo;The doping menace and the infiltration of quacks posing as coaches are serious threats to the integrity of our sport. We must take decisive steps to remove these harmful influences.&rdquo;
Global champions Ezekiel Kemboi, Moses Kiptanui, Mary Keitany and Irene Cheptai were among the VIP guests in attendance at the initial ceremony in 2019.
Also present were the then Governor Alex Tolgos, Kenya&rsquo;s Cabinet Secretary for Sport at the time, Amina Mohamed, and Athletics Kenya&rsquo;s leadership, led by President Tuwei.
The British High Commissioner to Kenya at the time, Jane Marriott, and Brother Colm O&rsquo;Connell, winner of the 2019 World Athletics Coaching Achievement Award, were also present.
Currently, several world beaters have pitched early season camp in Iten for distance running training, among them the Dutch pair of Olympic marathon champion Sifan Hassan and New York Marathon champion Abdi Nageeye. Hassan is heading to April&rsquo;s London Marathon while Nageeye is yet to announce his spring plans.
Kenya-born Dutchwoman Lornah Kiplagat, a multiple world cross country and half marathon champion, alongside 2007 world 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei were also in attendance in the latest unveiling of the Iten Plaque on Tuesday.
Kiplagat&rsquo;s High Altitude Training Centre in Iten was also host to Tuesday&rsquo;s preliminary track and field trials for the Refugee Olympic Team organised under the Refugee Athlete Support Programme (2025-2028). The initiative aims to identify and support talented refugee athletes on their journey to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
Elias Makori for World Athletics Heritage

The World Athletics Heritage Plague awarded to Kenya’s Iten Town on 19 May 2019 finally found its permanent home

Rotich, Tuwei and Tergat unveil Heritage Plague in Iten

Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yomif Kejelcha will target another record-breaking performance at the 10K Facsa Castell&oacute;n, a World Athletics Label road race, on Sunday (16).
The 27-year-old may have lost his world indoor mile record last Saturday but he&rsquo;s still the world half marathon record-holder, thanks to his stunning 57:30 run in Valencia last October. Soon after that race, he turned his attention to taking down the world 10km record of 26:24 in Castellon.
Burundi&rsquo;s Castell&oacute;n-based Rodrigue Kwizera will be the pace maker and he has been tasked with reaching the halfway point in 13:12.
Kejelcha isn&rsquo;t the only athlete in the field capable of finishing inside 27 minutes. Kenya&rsquo;s world cross country bronze medallist and 2021 world U20 5000m champion Benson Kiplangat has PBs of 12:58.78 for 5000m and 26:55.09 for 10,000m. He will be joined by fellow Kenyans Daniel Kinyanjui, who ran 27:06 for 10km last month in Valencia, and Brian Kibor, a 27:31 performer.
Watch out too for Ethiopian teenagers Yismaw Dillu and Kuma Girma. The former finished fourth in the U20 race at last year&rsquo;s World Cross Country Championships and has a 27:08.85 PB for 10,000m, while debutant Girma, younger brother of former world indoor 3000m record-holder Lamecha Girma, is a 12:58 performer for 5km and is fresh from a commanding 7:31.78 3000m victory in Metz last Saturday.
France&rsquo;s European steeplechase silver medallist Djilali Bedrani, Italy&rsquo;s European half marathon silver medallist Pietro Riva and Britain&rsquo;s Andy Butchart are also in the field.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Likina Amebaw is in the form of her life, as shown by her 14:33 PB over 5km last weekend, and will be aiming to improve on her 10km PB of 29:56.
Compatriot Medina Eisa, the world U20 5000m champion, is making her 10km debut following on from setting a world U20 5km record of 14:23 at the end of last year.
Aynadis Mebratu, who clocked 30:09.05 over 10,000m last summer, and Wede Kefale, a 30:31 performer, are also in the field, as is Kenya&rsquo;s Cintia Chepngeno, who has a 30:08 PB.
After breaking the European 5km record last weekend with 14:39, European 10,000m silver medallist Diane Van Es of the Netherlands now sets her sights on the continental record for 10km. She&rsquo;ll line up alongside in-form Slovenian Klara Lukan, who smashed her national record in Monaco with 14:45 last weekend.
<h2>Kiplimo targets fast time at Barcelona half</h2>
Two-time world cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo is the standout athlete at the e-Dreams Mitja Marat&oacute; Barcelona by Brooks, a World Athletics Gold Label road race on Sunday (16).
The Ugandan, who is preparing for his marathon debut in London on 27 April, is the second-fastest man in history for the half marathon, having clocked 57:31 in Lisbon in 2021 which stood as the world record until Kejelcha broke it.
The 24-year-old&rsquo;s last competitive outing was at the San Silvestre Vallecana in Madrid on 31 December when he shared the win with Berihu Aregawi in a course record of 26:32.
Kiplimo isn&rsquo;t the only former world record-holder and two-time world cross-country champion in the field as he&rsquo;ll be joined by Kenya&rsquo;s Geoffrey Kamworor. The three-time world half marathon champion, who has a PB of 58:01, will line up alongside compatriots Samwel Mailu, the world half marathon bronze medallist, and Ronce Konga, a 59:08 performer.
Italy&rsquo;s European champion Yeman Crippa is reported to be in great shape and he will target the European record of 59:13, while Germany&rsquo;s European bronze medallist Amanal Petros is aiming for his first sub-60-minute clocking.
Former world record-holder Joyciline Jepkosgei will defend her title in the women&rsquo;s race. The 31-year-old Kenyan won here last year in a PB of 1:04:29, then went on to achieve a PB of 2:16:24 at the London Marathon.
Gladys Chepkurui, who finished third last year and set a PB of 1:05:46 in 2023, could be Jepkosgei&rsquo;s toughest opposition.
The weather forecasts for Castell&oacute;n and Barcelona are similar with temperatures predicted to range between 11-13C.
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics

Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha will target another record-breaking performance at the 10K Facsa Castellón, a World Athletics Label road race, on Sunday (16).

Kejelcha chases world 10km record in Castellón while Kiplimo targets fast half in Barcelona

World Athletics is pleased to announce that the nomination process for the World Athletics Athletes&rsquo; Commission is now open. Athletes interested in becoming candidates for the six available seats are invited to submit their nominations.
The elections to the Athletes&rsquo; Commission will be held between 8-20 September 2025 during the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25. Voting is scheduled to take place on site at the championships &ndash; at the team accreditation centre &ndash; and online, where all athletes accredited to compete will be eligible to vote.
Potential candidates must first apply to the Vetting Panel before 7 April 2025 and be declared eligible in order to be nominated by a valid decision of their Member Federation&rsquo;s Board. Before applying for vetting and filling in the nomination form, Member Federations and their prospective candidates should have a good understanding of the <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/book-of-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vetting and candidacy rules</a>, and the election process.
The deadline for nomination submission is 7 June 2025.&nbsp;
The candidacy rules set out the procedures and required conduct of candidates seeking election to the Athletes&rsquo; Commission and in accordance with these rules, the Election Oversight Panel has prepared the following material in support of the elections:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Candidate pack containing all relevant information concerning the elections; and</li>
<li>Candidate nomination form to be completed by the candidates and Member Federations. &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
These can be downloaded from the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/elections-appointments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents library</a>.
The list of candidates will be made available on 25 August 2025, which is also the commencement date of the campaign period.&nbsp;
The Athletes&rsquo; Commission is part of World Athletics&rsquo; decision-making process. It advises the World Athletics Council on the athletes&rsquo; perspective(s) and serves as a link between the athletes and World Athletics.

World Athletics is pleased to announce that the nomination process for the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission is now open

World Athletics opens nomination process for 2025 Athletes’ Commission elections

Just half a second stood between Gudaf Tsegay and the world indoor 3000m record when she competed at last year&rsquo;s Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophee EDF. The two-time world champion returns to the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin on Thursday (13) with a view to breaking the mark once and for all.
She has come close to it on several occasions, including her 8:16.69 PB clocking in Birmingham two years ago, just 0.09 shy of the world indoor record. She owns four of the seven fastest indoor performances in history for the distance and has several fond memories of competing in Lievin, having set the world indoor 1500m record there in 2021.
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No one was able to stick with Tsegay in the closing stages in Lievin last year, but that may not be the case on Thursday as she&rsquo;ll be up against world indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu, who holds the world-leading mark for 3000m following her 8:24.17 run in Ostrava earlier this month. Olympic silver medallist Nadia Battocletti and Ethiopia&rsquo;s Birke Haylom also possess the tools to run a fast time.
Tsegay and Hailu are two of the 10 reigning global champions who&rsquo;ll be in action in Lievin on Thursday.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is another. The Olympic 5000m champion from Norway would have watched with interest as his US rival Yared Nuguse broke the world indoor mile record at the Millrose Games last weekend with 3:46.63. Those figures will be Ingebrigtsen&rsquo;s main target on Thursday when he lines up for the mile, racing on the track on which he set the world indoor 1500m record three years ago.
World road mile bronze medallist Sam Prakel, Britain&rsquo;s Elliot Giles and Kenya&rsquo;s Festus Lagat are also in the field.
The athletes contesting the 3000m in Lievin would have also been tuned into the Millrose Games, where the world indoor record for that distance fell. The field on Thursday features a strong Ethiopian contingent, including world road 5km champion Hagos Gebrhiwet, Olympic finalist Biniam Mehary, two-time world indoor 1500m champion Samuel Tefera, Getnet Wale and Kuma Girma.
The 800m fields are led by the world indoor champions. In fact, the women&rsquo;s line-up boasts the full podium from last year&rsquo;s World Indoors.
Tsige Duguma, the gold medallist on that occasion and silver medallist at the Olympics in Paris, will renew her rivalry with Britain&rsquo;s Jemma Reekie and world indoor bronze medallist Noelie Yarigo. Shafiqua Maloney, who was a convincing winner at the Millrose Games, will also provide stiff opposition, as will South Africa&rsquo;s Prudence Sekgodiso.
In the men&rsquo;s race, world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel takes on Eliott Crestan, winner in Lievin last year, and Algeria&rsquo;s Slimane Moula.
As is the case in both 3000m races, there&rsquo;ll be a strong Ethiopian presence in the women&rsquo;s 1500m as Tigist Girma, Diribe Welteji, Habitam Alemu and Worknesh Mesele all clash over seven-and-a-half laps of the track.
With Ingebrigtsen contesting the mile in Lievin, it gives Azeddine Habz a good chance of victory in the men&rsquo;s 1500m. The French record-holder, who last weekend broke the European indoor mile record, will face the likes of Sweden&rsquo;s Samuel Pihlstrom and Portugal&rsquo;s Isaac Nader.
<h2>Holloway faces Szymanski</h2>
World and Olympic champion Grant Holloway is seeking a fifth consecutive win in Lievin, but his 10-year winning streak in the 60m hurdles could come under threat by Poland&rsquo;s Jakub Szymanski, who has been in sensational form this year and enters the race with the quickest season&rsquo;s best (7.39).
The women&rsquo;s race will be similarly competitive as world indoor champion Devynne Charlton takes on USA&rsquo;s Grace Stark, Jamaican record-holder Ackera Nugent, Laeticia Bapte of France, Nadine Visser, Pia Skrzyszowska and Ditaji Kambundji.
One year on from clocking 20.21 on his indoor debut, Erriyon Knighton returns to contest the men&rsquo;s 200m. He&rsquo;ll face world leader Erik Erlandsson and Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic.
In the women&rsquo;s 400m, world indoor silver medallist Lieke Klaver lines up against USA&rsquo;s Rosey Effiong and Britain&rsquo;s Laviai Nielsen.
<h2>Moon on the rise</h2>
Fresh from a world-leading clearance of 4.82m in New York, world champion Katie Moon takes on world indoor champion Molly Caudery and Slovenia&rsquo;s Tina Sutej in the women&rsquo;s pole vault.
The men&rsquo;s event, meanwhile, features world leader Chris Nilsen, two-time world champion Sam Kendricks and world silver medallist Ernest Obiena.
Following an uncharacteristic fourth-place finish in Belgrade last month, world and Olympic long jump champion Miltiadis Tentoglou is seeking his first victory of the year, but young Chinese talent Shu Heng could cause a surprise.
In the men&rsquo;s shot put, European champion Leonardo Fabbri will clash with European indoor champion Zane Weir and Olympic bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell.
Meanwhile, in the women&rsquo;s triple jump, Cuban duo Liadagmis Povea and Leyanis Perez Hernandez, the two best performers in the world this year, will take on European indoor champion Tugba Danismaz.

Two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay returns to the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin on Thursday with a view to breaking the world indoor 3000m record

Tsegay, Ingebrigtsen, Holloway and Moon return to Lievin

<h3>&bull; Female eligibility guidelines being updated to reflect latest developments in science, sport and law</h3>
<h3>&bull; Widespread consultation will take place with key stakeholders</h3>
 World Athletics today launched a new consultation process on its eligibility conditions for the Female Category and the current DSD Regulations and Transgender Regulations.
The consultation period, which lasts from 10 February - 5 March 2025, is a recommendation by its Working Group on Gender Diverse Athletes and has been approved by the World Athletics Council.
The Working Group was established with the specific task of keeping abreast of developments in science, sports, law and society concerning gender diverse athletes.
The Working Group&rsquo;s mission is to enable World Athletics to be thorough and considered about the implications of any such developments for its programming, eligibility rules, and educational initiatives as the organisation upholds its core commitments to its elite global community.
In the course of its work through 2024, the Working Group learned of key scientific developments that, in light of its core commitments, make it appropriate to amend the DSD and TG Regulations.
Taking the above into consideration, and the fundamental principle of World Athletics to preserve the integrity of the Female Category, the Working Group submitted the following five recommendations to Council in December 2024 which were approved and are now set for consultation:
<ul>
<li>Formally affirm the design of and goals for the Female Category. </li>
<li>Revise the eligibility regulations so that they are consistent with the design and goals. </li>
<li>Merge the DSD and Transgender Regulations and, if the effect is to restrict opportunities for DSD athletes, adopt measures to address the reliance interests of those who are currently in the pipeline. </li>
<li>Adopt a pre-clearance requirement for all athletes competing in the Female Category. </li>
<li>Consider forward initiatives, including to support elite gender diverse XY Athletes. </li>
</ul>
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: &ldquo;World Athletics is a leader in preserving the female category in sport and one of the first international sports federations to establish clear policies on female eligibility in elite sport.
&ldquo;While our current Eligibility Regulations for DSD and Transgender athletes are robust and based on the science available at the time of our last consultation, several scientific developments in this field have emerged since then and it is our role, as the global governing body for athletics, to ensure that our guidelines keep up with the latest information available to maintain a fair and level-playing field in the Female Category.
&ldquo;Preserving the integrity of competition in the Female Category is a fundamental principle of the sport of Athletics and we look forward to this collaborative consultation process with our key stakeholders in this area.&rdquo;
Any standing DSD and Transgender Regulations will be implemented with the following standing commitments:
<ul>
<li>World Athletics does not judge or question gender identity;</li>
<li>World Athletics respects and preserves the dignity and privacy of individuals;</li>
<li>World Athletics strictly observes confidentiality obligations and complies with data protection laws;</li>
<li>World Athletics never has and never would impose any obligation to undergo surgery.</li>
</ul>
The full consultation document setting out the background, the key developments since March 2023 (when the current DSD Regulations and Transgender Regulations were last consulted on) and the recommendations to revise eligibility conditions to the Female Category can be found <a href="https://worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/member-federation-resource-centre#collapseconsultations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Female eligibility guidelines being updated to reflect latest developments in science, sport and law

World Athletics launches new stakeholder consultation on female eligibility

US distance duo Grant Fisher and Yared Nuguse made history at the Millrose Games, breaking the world indoor records for the men&rsquo;s 3000m and mile respectively at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in New York on Saturday (8).
There had been murmurs of potential record-breaking performances in the build-up to the meeting, but with high quality fields assembled in every discipline, most athletes were more focused on trying to achieve victory.
In the 3000m, double Olympic bronze medallist Fisher had been locked in a battle with Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker for most of the way. They passed through the first 1000m in 2:29.08, then Fisher led through 2000m in 4:58.01 before Hocker hit the front with three laps to go.
Fisher stayed close behind, then kicked hard off the final bend to pass Hocker and win in 7:22.91, improving on Lamecha Girma&rsquo;s world indoor record of 7:23.81. Hocker finished second in 7:23.14, also inside Girma&rsquo;s record.
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m kind of in shock,&rdquo; said Fisher. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;d go that fast. I thought we might be able to challenge the American record, and clearly Cole thought he was in pretty good shape too. I was happy he took the lead that far out. I tried to go past him on the back stretch of the last lap and he held me off, so I just gave it everything with 50 metres to go.
&ldquo;A lot of people would say he has the best kick in the world, so to beat him like that, I&rsquo;m really happy with it,&rdquo; added Fisher. &ldquo;That really couldn&rsquo;t have turned out any better.&rdquo;
Further behind, Jimmy Gressier added to his French record tally with a clocking of 7:30.18 in third. Australia&rsquo;s Ky Robinson set a national record of 7:30.38 in fourth, just ahead of USA&rsquo;s Dylan Jacobs (7:30.45) and Cooper Teare (7:30.62).
Little more than an hour after Fisher&rsquo;s historic run, Nuguse made history of his own by winning the Wanamaker Mile in a world indoor record of 3:46.63*.
Just hours before the meeting began, world champion Josh Kerr announced his withdrawal from the race due to illness. But despite the Briton&rsquo;s absence, the race produced a fitting climax to the world&rsquo;s leading indoor one-day meeting.
Abe Alvarado paced the field through 1000m in 2:20.49, then Olympic bronze medallist Nuguse maintained the tempo with world road mile champion Hobbs Kessler tucked right behind. After passing through 1500m in 3:31.75, a significant improvement on his own North American indoor record, Nuguse dug deep to hold on to victory in 3:46.63. Kessler took second place in 3:46.90, also inside Yomif Kejelcha&rsquo;s world indoor record of 3:47.01.
In third, Australia&rsquo;s Cam Myers set an outright world U20 record of 3:47.48, having passed through 1500m in a world U20 indoor record of 3:32.67, with France&rsquo;s Azeddine Habz setting a European indoor record of 3:47.56 in fourth.
"The race tactic was the same [without Josh Kerr], I was going to go to the front and grind no matter what anyone else did," said Nuguse after achieving his third Wanamaker Mile victory. "I have more confidence from the Olympics, more confidence in my training. I&rsquo;m not afraid of the front any more. I knew that if I let up anywhere, they were going to pass me, so I was like &lsquo;don&rsquo;t let up, not even for a second&rsquo;, and just hoped that I had more than they did at the end."
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<h2>Hoey breaks North American indoor 800m record</h2>
Josh Hoey maintained his remarkable indoor season to win the men&rsquo;s 800m in a North American indoor record of 1:43.90, beating world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel in the process.
Hoey led throughout, passing half way in 51.01 with Hoppel close behind. Their positions remained the same through 600m (1:17.64) and it briefly looked as though Hoppel was preparing to kick ahead, but Hoey resisted the challenge and strode away to win in 1:43.90, elevating him to third on the world indoor all-time list and taking 0.31 off Donavan Brazier&rsquo;s continental indoor record.
Hoppel held on for second place in a PB of 1:44.19, good enough for sixth on the world indoor all-time list. Jonah Koech completed the US 1-2-3 sweep (1:44.82) while Mark English set an Irish indoor record of 1:45.15 in fourth.
Whittni Morgan made it a US 3000m double by taking the women&rsquo;s race in a PB of 8:28.03. She ran as part of the lead pack for most of the way as the field was paced through 1000m in 2:51.50. After the pacemaker dropped out, Tsigie Gebreselama led the field through 2000m in 5:43.37.
Josette Andrews took a brief turn at the front, but Morgan passed her on the final lap and went on to win in 8:28.03. Andrews held on for second place in 8:29.77, also a PB, while Sarah Healy set an Irish indoor record of 8:30.79 in third.
In the women&rsquo;s Wanamaker Mile, Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Bell timed her finish to perfection to win in 4:23.35 from USA&rsquo;s Heather MacLean (4:23.41) and Nikki Hiltz (4:23.50).
<h2>World leads at 60m, 800m and pole vault</h2>
Olympic champion Masai Russell won a highly competitive women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles, clocking a world-leading 7.76 to hold off the challenge of US compatriot Grace Stark (7.82). World indoor record-holder Devynne Charlton was third in 7.83, just 0.01 ahead of fellow Bahamian Denisha Cartwright.
World-leading marks were set in the two races held immediately after. One year on from his breakthrough victory here, Dylan Beard once again won the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles, this time clocking 7.38 to break Allen Johnson&rsquo;s long-standing meeting record of 7.43. Cordell Tinch was second in 7.43.
Jacious Sears was a convincing winner of the women&rsquo;s 60m, clocking a world-leading PB of 7.02 to win by 0.13 from Celera Barnes. Marcellus Moore took the men&rsquo;s event in 6.56.
Olympic finalist Shafiqua Maloney produced a dominant performance to win the women&rsquo;s 800m. Addy Wiley briefly took the lead with a lap to go, but Maloney responded to open up a winning margin of almost a full second, crossing the line in 1:59.07. Olivia Baker was second in an indoor PB of 2:00.02.
World champion Katie Moon improved on her own world-leading mark in the pole vault. The 2021 Olympic champion took victory with a second-time clearance at 4.82m before ending her series with three tries at 4.92m.
<h2>World bests for Raye and Palma</h2>
Two hours before the main programme got under way, two world indoor bests were smashed within the space of a few minutes.
Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s Lisa Raye dashed to a 7.13 victory in the girls&rsquo; 60m, taking 0.05 off the world U18 best and 0.03 off the US high school record, both held by Shawnti Jackson.
Runner-up Melanie Dogget was similarly remarkable. Aged just 13, she clocked 7.17 for second place &ndash; the fastest time ever recorded by anyone aged 16 or under.
Just minutes before the girls&rsquo; 60m, Mexico&rsquo;s Ever Palma smashed the world indoor best for the rarely contested mile race walk. Sweden&rsquo;s multiple world medallist Perseus Karlstrom, who is also coach to Palma, led for the first 1000m before Palma darted to the front and opened up a clear gap on the rest of the field.
Palma crossed the line in 5:24.50, not only taking nine seconds off the previous world indoor best but also going several seconds faster than the outdoor world best for the distance. Karlstrom finished second in 5:32.34, also inside the previous world indoor best.
Elsewhere, Alexis Holmes won the women&rsquo;s 400m in 51.21 and Will Sumner took the men&rsquo;s 600m in 1:14.04.
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Millrose Games

USA’s Grant Fisher broke the world indoor 3000m record at the Millrose Games, clocking 7:22.91, and Yared Nuguse clocked a world indoor mile record of 3:46.63

Nuguse and Fisher break world indoor records in New York

World 10,000m and half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo and Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech claimed the senior titles at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships held at the Eldoret Sports Club on Saturday (8).
More than 100 athletes contested the senior men&rsquo;s 10km. Kenneth Lagat assumed an early lead with Isaac Kibet and Ebenyo close behind. Lap after lap, the athletes confronted the dusty, dry course and endured the scorching sun as they were cheered on by thousands of spectators on the course.
Ebenyo, looking strong and enjoying the competition, tested the field with an increase of pace which led to a quick response from Lagat and Simon Mungai. Ebenyo never relinquished the lead, dictating the pace with Robert Kiprop Koech, Charle Katur Kakuri and Mungai on his trail.
Ebenyo&rsquo;s finishing surge was unmatched and he went on to claim victory in 30:48. Nickson Kogei came through for second place in 30:53 with Mungai taking third in 30:56.
&ldquo;The race was very competitive but it was good,&rdquo; said Ebenyo. &ldquo;This race is part of my preparation for the Seoul Marathon (on 15 March). After Seoul, I may try to attain the World Championships qualifying time for the 10,000m but for now, I don&rsquo;t know. I am open to possibilities.&rdquo;
The women&rsquo;s 10km field featured the likes of former half marathon and 10km world record-holder Joycline Jepkosgei, Sheila Chelagat, 2018 Commonwealth 10,000m silver medallist Stacy Ndiwa, Maurine Jepkoech and Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech.
Chelagat made her intentions clear with a short-lived early surge, forcing the field into single file. Kipkoech then moved to the front and took control of the race with Jepkoech and Jepkosgei still in the mix. After trying to shake off Jepkoech&rsquo;s challenge, Kipkoech finally managed to break free in the closing stages to win in 34:30. Jepkoech took second place in 34:33 and Ndiwa completed the podium in 34:55.
Kevin Kiprop and Lonah Chemtai took the U20 men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s titles respectively, while Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Purity Chepkirui won the senior men's and women&rsquo;s 2km races.
The national cross-country championships were a warm-up to the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic &ndash; a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event &ndash; which takes place two weeks from today.
Michelle Katami for World Athletics
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (10km) 1 Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech 34:30 2 Maurine Jepkoech Chebor 34:33 3 Stacy Ndiwa 34:55 4 Joyceline Jepkosgei 35:02 5 Susy Chebet Chemaimak 35:17
Men (10km) 1 Daniel Ebenyo 30:48 2 Nickson Kogei 30:53 3 Simon Ngatha Mungai 30:56 4 Weldon Kipkurui Langat 30:59 5 Titus Kiprotich Kibet 30:59

World 10,000m and half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo and Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech claimed the senior titles at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships

Ebenyo and Kipkoech crowned Kenyan cross-country champions

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.
<div><img style="max-width: 900px; width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/675acdc4a95be3d655144fb2.jpeg" alt="Yaroslava Mahuchikh and World Athletics President Sebastian Coe" />
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

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