{"id":9827,"date":"2026-02-25T07:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:44:51","slug":"eleven-athletes-secure-wild-cards-to-world-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/eleven-athletes-secure-wild-cards-to-world-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven athletes secure wild cards to World Indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 as winners of the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour following the final Gold level meeting of the series in Toru\u0144 last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That meeting \u2013 the Orlen Copernicus Cup \u2013 was held in the same Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toru\u0144 that will host the World Indoor Championships from 20-22 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result of the wild cards, some national teams for Kujawy Pomorze will be strengthened by having a third team member in certain disciplines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, team selection for the World Indoor Championships is capped at two athletes per nation per discipline, but these wild card places allow for a third athlete to compete. As always, the final decision on entering any individual athlete for the World Indoor Championships rests with the athlete\u2019s national federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the 2026 World Indoor Tour series winners also receives a US$10,000 bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scoring disciplines on the World Indoor Tour rotate each year. The individual event winners of the 2026 World Indoor Tour are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women<\/strong>
400m \u2013 Lieke Klaver (NED)
1500m \u2013 Birke Haylom (ETH)
60m hurdles \u2013 Devynne Charlton (BAH)
High jump \u2013 Maria \u017bodzik (POL)
Long jump \u2013 Larissa Iapichino (ITA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men<\/strong>
60m \u2013 Ackeem Blake (JAM)
800m \u2013 Eliott Crestan (BEL)
3000m \u2013 Tshepo Tshite (RSA)
Pole vault \u2013 Sondre Guttormsen (NOR)
Triple jump \u2013 Yasser Mohammed Triki (ALG)
Shot put \u2013 Jordan Geist (USA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleven athletes have secured wild card places for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 as winners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-9827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-athletics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t