Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson produced the standout moment of the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Troph\u00e9e EDF, taking almost a second off the world short track 800m record with 1:54.87 at the\u00a0World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold\u00a0meeting in Li\u00e9vin on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Briton followed the pacemaker through 200m in 26.47 and 400m in 55.56, and she was out alone by herself soon after. Switzerland\u2019s Audrey Werro tried to go with her, but Hodgkinson continued to extend her lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 600m, reached in 1:25.06, she was away and clear. She stretched away on the final lap and crossed the line in 1:54.87, a 0.95-second improvement on the previous world short track record set by Slovenia\u2019a Jolanda Ceplak on 3 March 2002 \u2013 the day Hodgkinson was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThank you for the amazing crowd,\u201d said the 23-year-old, who opened her season last weekend with a 1:56.33 run at the UK Indoor Championships. \u201cI could hear you all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Werro finished second in 1:58.38 and Olympic silver medallist Tsige Duguma was third (1:58.83).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hodgkinson’s performance tonight is just 0.26 shy of her outdoor PB. It’s the 15th fastest 800m run in history in any conditions, indoors or out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hodgkinson\u2019s performance was one of five world-leading marks and two meeting records set at the Arena Stade Couvert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
World and Olympic medallist Emmanouil Karalis maintained his winning streak in the pole vault and produced the first six-metre vault of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greek vaulter had first-time clearances at every height up to and including his winning mark. He went on to have some solid attempts at 6.07m, while Norway\u2019s Sondre Guttormsen finished ahead of USA\u2019s Zachery Bradford on countback, both clearing 5.90m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time world indoor champion Freweyni Hailu got her 2026 campaign off to a strong start by winning a high-quality 3000m. She followed the pacemaker through the first 1000m in 2:48.57, then maintained that pace until the end, winning in a world-leading 8:24.59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fellow Ethiopian Aleshign Baweke was second in 8:26.29, while world and Olympic medallist Nadia Battocletti clocked an Italian record of 8:26.44, just 0.03 shy of the European short track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia\u2019s Jessica Hull was a clear winner of the women\u2019s 2000m \u2013 the distance for which she holds the world best outdoors. The world and Olympic medallist produced the second-fastest indoor clocking in history, 5:26.68 \u2013 three seconds shy of the world short track best \u2013 to win from Portugal\u2019s Salom\u00e9 Afonso (5:30.31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other world-leading mark of the night came from Algeria\u2019s Yasser Triki, who bounded out to 17.35m to win the men\u2019s triple jump. The 2024 world indoor silver medallist took an early lead with a second-round leap of 17.12m, then extended his winning margin in the final round. Jamaica\u2019s Jordan Scott finished second with 17.11m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two weeks after breaking his own Belgian short track 800m record, Eliott Crestan almost revised it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two-time world indoor medallist passed through half-way in 50.49 ahead of Poland\u2019s Maciej Wyderka. Just 0.18 separated them with one lap to go, Crestan having passed 600m in 1:17.36, but he kicked clear on the final lap to win in 1:43.91, smashing Adam Kszczot\u2019s meeting record from 2012 and coming just 0.08 shy of the indoor best he clocked in Ostrava earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As was the case in Ostrava, Wyderka once again finished second (1:44.64), just ahead of Algerian duo Slimane Moula (1:44.80) and Mohamed Al Gouaned (1:44.92).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two-time world indoor champion Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas notched up her first victory of the season, winning the women\u2019s 60m hurdles in a season\u2019s best of 7.79. The world record-holder defeated a quality field that included Poland\u2019s Pia Skrzyszowska (7.83) and world champion Ditaji Kambundji (7.84).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men\u2019s event was even closer with home favourite Just Kwao-Mathey of France crossing the line level with Spain\u2019s Enrique Llopis \u2013 the latter equalling his own national record \u2013 in 7.45, finishing ahead of USA\u2019s Johnny Brackins (7.50).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two hours before her training partner made history in the women\u2019s 800m, world and Olympic medallist Georgia Hunter Bell won the women\u2019s 1500m. The Briton finished in 4:00.21, just 0.17 shy of the season\u2019s best she set when winning in Karlsruhe earlier this month, but this time her winning margin over Ethiopia\u2019s Birke Haylom (4:01.17) was even bigger. Ethiopian youngster Saron Berhe was third in 4:01.51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World champion Isaac Nader was similarly convincing in winning the men\u2019s 1500m. He crossed the line in 3:32.44, a slight improvement on his own Portuguese indoor record. Italy\u2019s Federico Riva (3:33.04) and Ireland\u2019s Andrew Coscoran (3:33.09) also set national records in second and third, moving inside the top 20 on the world short-track all-time list. It was just the second time in history that six men have broken 3:34 in the same indoor 1500m race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a moment it looked as though the crowd would be treated to a home victory in the men\u2019s 3000m. Azeddine Habz, the 2025 world leader over 1500m, surged to the front with 700m to go and opened a 15-metre gap with two laps remaining. But Ethiopia\u2019s Addisu Yihune responded on the final lap, moving into the lead with 100m to go and winning in 7:33.58 from Kenya\u2019s Jacob Krop (7:34.68) as Habz faded to fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, two-time world medallist Leonardo Fabbri won the men\u2019s shot put with 21.82m ahead of USA\u2019s Joe Kovacs (21.40m), while Slovenia\u2019s Tina Sutej cleared 4.70m to win the women\u2019s pole vault on countback from New Zealand\u2019s Imogen Ayris and USA\u2019s world champion Katie Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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