Bahamian hurdles star Devynne Charlton matched her own world record to become the first three-time winner of the women\u2019s world indoor 60m hurdles title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 , while USA\u2019s men\u2019s 4x400m quartet and Keely Hodgkinson both set championship records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A world record and two championship records on the final evening ensured that the World Athletics Indoor Championships ended in superb style on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World short track record-holder Hodgkinson\u2019s performance in the 800m came as part of a gold medal rush for Great Britain, with three crowns claimed in just over half an hour \u2013 Georgia Hunter Bell winning the 1500m and Molly Caudery the pole vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cooper Lutkenhaus became the youngest ever individual world indoor medallist by winning the 800m, while Mariano Garcia added 1500m gold to his 800m title from four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sofie Dokter secured the pentathlon title with a world-leading PB score of 4888, while Gerson Bald\u00e9 upset the favourites to win another long jump gold for Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was one final victory for USA in the women\u2019s 4x400m \u2013 that title consolidating the nation\u2019s position at the top of the medal table after three days of thrilling competition in Toru\u0144.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bahamian hurdles star Devynne Charlton equalled her own world record* to secure her third successive world indoor 60m hurdles title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clocking 7.65, she matched the mark she achieved to win her first gold in Glasgow in 2024 \u2013 becoming the first three-time winner of this title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadine Visser of the Netherlands secured silver in 7.73, while Pia Skrzyszowska delighted home fans by matching that time for a Polish record and the bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The semifinals had given a signal of things to come. Skrzyszowska and Ditaji Kambundji had run a joint world lead of 7.76 but Charlton went even quicker in the next race, clocking 7.74 despite easing slightly as she reached the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World short track record-holder Keely Hodgkinson won her first world title with a dominant display in the 800m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Olympic champion took an early lead and passed through 200m in 27.26, then 400m in 56.96. Ethiopia\u2019s Nigist Getachew tried to go with the Briton but ultimately paid the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hodgkinson led through 600m (1:26.46), by which point Audrey Werro and Addison Wiley had almost caught up with Getachew. There was no catching the double world medallist, though, who powered around the final circuit to win in 1:55.30 \u2013 the second-fastest indoor performance in history behind her own world record of 1:54.87, set last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Werro finished second in 1:56.64, elevating the Swiss athlete to fifth on the world all-time list. Wiley took bronze in a PB of 1:58.36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty-four hours after missing out on the individual 400m title in a race where the championship record fell, Khaleb McRae gained redemption by anchoring USA to victory in the men\u2019s 4x400m in a championship record of 3:01.52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belgium took an early lead thanks to Jonathan Sacoor\u2019s 45.83 opening leg, but Chris Robinson put USA in the lead at half way thanks to a 45.16 split. Demarius Smith held USA\u2019s lead ahead of Belgium and Jamaica, then McRae anchored the US home with a swift 44.65 clocking, crossing the line in 3:01.52 \u2013 just 0.01 shy of the world short track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belgium took silver in 3:03.29 and Jamaica claimed bronze in 3:05.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USA\u2019s Cooper Lutkenhaus stormed to the 800m title to become the youngest individual medallist in World Indoor Championships history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the age of 17 years and 93 days, Lutkenhaus also became the youngest man to win a senior individual world medal, indoors or outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He surged into the lead with 300 metres to go and could not be caught, striding over the finish line in 1:44.24. Belgium\u2019s Eliott Crestan followed him for silver in 1:44.38 and Spain\u2019s Mohamed Attaoui finished fast to bag bronze in 1:44.66 ahead of Australia\u2019s Peter Bol in an Oceanian short track record of 1:45.14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four years after winning the 800m at the World Indoor Championships, Mariano Garcia triumphed at almost double the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Spaniard controlled the pace for most of the way in the 1500m final, leading through 400m in a pedestrian 1:04.80 and 800m in a comfortable 2:05.58. By 1000m, reached in 2:33.12, Portugal\u2019s world champion Isaac Nader had moved up to second place, just behind Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nader remained tucked behind Garcia at the bell, but Garcia held on to the lead and crossed the line to win in 3:39.63. Nader placed second (3:40.06), just ahead of a fast-finishing Adam Spencer of Australia (3:40.26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After finishing just shy of the medals in 2024 and then making it on to the podium in 2025, Georgia Hunter Bell graduated to the top of the podium in the women\u2019s 1500m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Briton kept her cool in a race where Birke Haylom ran away from the field in the first half, building up a 3.3-second leading margin at 800m. But Hunter Bell and Australia\u2019s Jessica Hull reeled in the Ethiopian throughout the second half and ran past her just after the bell sounded for the final lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunter Bell held off Hull\u2019s challenge, crossing the line in a world-leading 3:58.53. Hull, who had earned bronze in the 3000m 24 hours prior, bagged silver with an Oceanian indoor record of 3:59.45 and USA\u2019s Nikki Hiltz took bronze in an indoor PB of 3:59.68, catching European indoor champion Agathe Guillemot just before the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sofie Dokter produced the series of her life to win the pentathlon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dutch combined eventer, who earned bronze in this event at the 2024 World Indoors, tallied a world-leading 4888 to take gold ahead of world champion Anna Hall and world silver medallist Kate O’Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dokter got off to a strong start, clocking 8.19 to Hall’s 8.18 in the 60m hurdles. She then took the lead after clearing 1.87m and held on to pole position to the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She threw 13.92m in the shot put and produced the best mark of the day in the long jump, 6.52m, giving her a 78-point lead over O’Connor going into the final discipline, the 800m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hall needed to finish more than seven seconds ahead of her Dutch rival, but she came up just short of her target, clocking 2:06.32 to Dokter’s 2:12.27. It meant Dokter held on to gold with a PB score (4888) while Hall earned silver (4860). O’Connor took bronze with an Irish record of 4839.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two years after taking gold on home soil, Molly Caudery repeated her feat by winning the women\u2019s pole vault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caudery and Slovenia\u2019s Tina \u0160utej matched one another at their opening heights, both clearing 4.35m, 4.55m, and 4.70m. They were among nine women to clear 4.70m \u2013 record depth for an indoor competition, and a standard only previously achieved at the 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bar moved to 4.80m and \u0160utej and Caudery once again got over it on their first attempts. The seven other women who remained in the contest at that height were unsuccessful in their attempts to clear it, and it meant that bronze was shared by Switzerland\u2019s Angelica Moser, Czechia\u2019s Am\u00e1lie \u0160v\u00e1b\u00edkov\u00e1 and New Zealand\u2019s Imogen Ayris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With just \u0160utej and Caudery left in the competition, the bar moved to 4.85m. Both women failed their first attempts, but Caudery cleared it on her second try. \u0160utej was unsuccessful with her remaining jumps, meaning Caudery was confirmed the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gerson Bald\u00e9 achieved the performance of his career so far to complete a Portuguese long jump double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 26-year-old soared a world-leading PB of 8.46m in the final round to leap into top spot, ahead of Italy\u2019s world champion Mattia Furlani on 8.39m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bulgaria\u2019s Bozhidar Sar\u00e2boyukov \u2013 who started the contest as the world leader \u2013 was in third place at that point on 8.31m but he couldn\u2019t respond when Bald\u00e9 replaced him at the top of the season list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nor could Furlani, who like Sar\u00e2boyukov closed his campaign with a foul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That left Bald\u00e9 \u2013 fourth at last year\u2019s European Indoor Championships and eighth at the last edition of the World Indoors \u2013 to celebrate his first major medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The curtain came down on the championships with USA winning the women\u2019s 4x400m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was close between the leading four teams throughout as USA battled with Netherlands, Spain and Poland. But the defending champions ultimately retained their title in 3:25.81 ahead of 2024 champions Netherlands (3:26.00). Spain took bronze in 3:26.04, keeping hosts Poland off the podium (3:26.17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Britain & NI placed fifth in 3:28.09 with a team that included 60m finalist Dina Asher-Smith and 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, who produced the fastest split of the race (50.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Zealand\u2019s Tom Walsh earned a record-breaking seventh world indoor medal when winning gold in the men\u2019s shot put.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 34-year-old \u2013 who also won world indoor titles in 2016, 2018 and 2025 \u2013 now owns more world indoor medals than any male athlete in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
USA\u2019s Jordan Geist took an early lead with his opening effort of 21.64m. He followed it with several big throws, some close to 22 metres, but they were fouls. Walsh, meanwhile, improved steadily throughout the competition, opening with 20.59m before improving to 21.21m in round two and 21.28m in round four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The defending champion took the lead in round five with his effort of 21.66m. USA\u2019s Roger Steen produced his best mark in the final round, consolidating his third place with 21.49m, then Geist rounded out his series with 21.38m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the title secured, Walsh saved his best for last and hurled his shot out to a season\u2019s best of 21.82m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Portugal\u2019s Agate De Sousa won an exciting long jump final to ensure her first global medal was a gold one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By jumping 6.92m in the fifth round, the European bronze medallist took the title ahead of Italy\u2019s Larissa Iapichino and Colombia\u2019s Natalia Linares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iapichino saved her best for last, jumping 6.87m in the final round to secure silver for her first global medal, while Linares added world indoor bronze with a leap of 6.80m to the medal of the same colour she claimed in Tokyo last year \u2013 a first ever world indoor medal for Colombia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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