2026 World Indoor Championships Stories by Stuart Weir

Stuart Weir is our Senior European and UK Writer for RunBlogRun.com. Stewart has written over a million words for RunBlogRun and averages 150 columns a year. Stuart has been very busy during our Torun coverage. Stewart covered the World Indoors remotely and did so with great style and commentary. We’ve been lucky to have Stuart Weir writing for us since 2013.

Based on extensive coverage by Stuart Weir RunBlogRun:Here’s a compilation of his stories from 2026 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland.

🏆 Features and recaps

• Super Sunday. special forty-five minutes in Toruń.

  A celebratory round-up of British Athletics’ historic evening, with partners in training Georgia Hunter-Bell, Keeley Hodgkinsonand: Molly Cooder all secured gold medals within 45 minutes.

• Seven dinners from the first day in Torun

  Stewart breaks open on opening day, including retirement Chase Jackson (shooting) and presentation of the mascot of the event, Goose.

• The Mixed Relay-Mixed Reactions

  A look at the chaotic and exciting medley relay that featured Belgium’s victory and disqualification drama involving Jamaica and the USA.

  

• Five great moments from Torun Day 2: A comprehensive summary that presents Simon Ehamer heptathlon world record (6670 points), Mondo Duplantis setting a championship record 6.25 mand: By Zeinab Dosso dominant victory in the 60 m.

🥇 Spotlight on individual athletes

Men’s events

• Luvo Manyonga. Three fouls and out. Coverage of the men’s long jump drama, focusing on Manyonga’s challenging performance.

• Josh Kerr wins the 3000m, his second world indoor title. Not just another victory… In this report, Weir highlights Carr’s performance on Day 2 of the 3000m, where he won 7:35.56second fastest time in championship history. Weir describes the race as a “lesson in control” as Kerr beat Cole Hawker and Ian Shrubb in the high-stakes final stage.

  

Women’s events

📋 Previews and interviews