TORUN 2026 DAY 3:
POSTS OF THE DAY
“When I saw Molly come out and do her lap of honor, I thought I should get a third gold. I am so proud of the girls. I think women in sport in the UK are great now and I’m delighted to be a part of it. I’ve felt really good with the form I’m in, I’ve had a clean winter with no breaks and if someone wants you don’t want to finish the job. finally to reach as much of a favorite and finish at the top, because I haven’t done that since Paris and my first world title.” Keeley Hodgkinson.
“I didn’t have the best start. I slipped a bit but tried to fix it as fast as possible. I knew I had set the world record. I knew I had it when I crossed the finish line. I know I could have run a bit faster too, but not having the best start, I’ll take it. Devin Charlton.
Megan Simmonds, Women’s 60m Hurdles, JAM
Devin CHARLTON, Women’s 60m Hurdles, BAH
Pia SKRZYSZOWSKA, Women’s 60m Hurdles, POL, photo by World Athletics
RESULT OF THE DAY
Devin Charlton equaled his world record of 7.65, set at the 2024 World Indoor Championships. In addition, Keely Hodgkinson won the 800m in 1:55.30, and in less than an hour the fastest time was 50.10.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Gerson Balde improved his lifetime best by 14cm in the final series to 846, overcame strong competition and won his first ever international title (and medal).
Gold: Gerson Balde (POR) – 8.46m
Silver: Mattia Furlani (ITA) – 8.39m
Bronze: Bozhidar Saraboykov (Bulgaria) – 8.31m, photo: World Athletics
Leonardo Fabbri, who posted a 22.50 (outdoor) this season, managed only 20.92 to finish seventh.
World champions Anna Hall’s surprise losses to Sophie Doctor and Isaac Nader’s Mariano Garcia.
MEDALS (32 countries)
USA 5-7-6; GBR 4-0-0; ATA 3-2-0; VERB, UKRAINE 2-1-0; ESP 1-2-2; NED 1-2-1; BELL 1-2-0; POL 1-1-2.
UNITS (50 countries)
United States 164; DOWN 54; POL 53; JAM 52; GBR 49; ITA 47; AUS 43; ESP 39; SWE 36; From the 31st.
TITLE HOLDERS
Yes (6). A. Diaz, Duplantis, Perez-Hernandez, Walsh, Charlton, USA (2).
Number 7: Ollislagers, Miton, Azu, Wu, Hailu, Bonnin, Furlani.
Subs (11): Bailey, Scotheim, Ingebrigtsen (2), Anning, Holloway, M. Kambundji, Bryant, Tsegai, Hoy, Congratulations.
TOP MARKS
WR (1+1). Hep 6670 Ehammer; 60mH 7.65 Charlton (aligned).
WB (2): Hep60mH 7.52 Ehammer, mix4x400m 3:15.60 Belgium, Pen800m 2:06.32 Hall.
CR (6+1): 400m 44.76 Morales Williams, Hep 6670 Ehammer, PV 625 Duplantis, 800m 1:55.30 Hodgkinson; mix4x400m 3:15.60 Belgium (initial), M4x400m 3:01.52 USA; 60mH 7.65 Charlton (aligned).
WL (10+2): 60m 6.42 Bromell, 6.41 Anthony, TJ 17.47 A. Diaz, medley 4x400m 3:15.60 Belgium, Hep 6670 Ehammer, 1500m 3:58.53 Hunter Bell 3:58.53 Hunter Bell, LJ. Skrzyszowska, 7.74 Charlton and 7.65 Charlton; TJ 14.95 Pérez-Hernández (aligned), 60mH 7.76 Kambundji (aligned).
AR: Africa (1) – 60mH 7.50 Le Roux; Europe (1) – Hep 6670 Ehammer; NACAC (1) – 60mH 7.65 Charlton (aligned); Oceania (2) – 1500 m 3:59.45 Hull, 800 m 1:45.14 Ball; South America (1) – 400 m 45.71 Lima.
NR: Total 46
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
2 – Aivar Karotamm, Marcello Magnani, Bradl Yever; 1 – Jorge Luis Aguilera, Luke Allen, Paul Doyle, Caroline Faith, Alphonse Juke, Fabien Kaiser, Merhavi Keflezighi, Eric Lillot, Miguel Mostaza, Juan Pineda, John Regis, Henry Rolle, Marcin Rosengarten, Robert Wagner, Daniel Mark West. no official AR for Dokter and Ehammer.
TORUN NEWS:
TORUN (POL). World Athletics President Sebastian Coe accepted the historic donations on behalf of the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) from six world champions at a special ceremony at the Toruń Plaza shopping center. Six iconic athletes, Nelly Koeman, Nuredin Morseli, Daniel Komen, Adam Kszczot, Pawel Wojciechowski and Sebastian Czmara took to the stage to personally present the objects of their career competitions to Kou. The ceremony had a stunning turn with the posthumous awarding of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque to Janusz Kusoczynski in the “Legend” category.
TORUN (POL). Fastest splits in the men’s 4x400m, 44.65 by Khaleb McRae, 45.16 by Chris Robinson and 45.38 by Julien Watrin.
TORUN (POL): Fastest splits in women’s 4x400m, 50.10 by Keeley Hodgkinson, 50.46 by Emma Zapletalova (heats) and 50.83 by Rosie Effiong.
TORUN STATS (by Ken Nakamura and VA)
W-800. Hodgkinson runs the second fastest indoor 800m in history in 1:55.30, just behind her own WR, and becomes the first British winner of the women’s 800m in WI; both Hodgkinson and Vero tied the record of 1:56.90 set by Ludmila Formanova in 1999. 3.06 is the largest 1-3 margin; first medal for SUI.
W-1500. Hunter Bell’s winning time of 3:58.53 is the third fastest in World Indoor Championships history behind Goodaf Tsega 2 times and became the first Briton, male or female, to win the World Indoor 1500m title; Hal is the only athlete who won two individual medals in Torun. Guillemot becomes the first athlete to break the 4:00 barrier at the World Indoor Championships but not win a medal; best scores for 2nd-8th places; first medal for AUS.
W-60H. Charlton equaled her world record of 7.65 to become the first triple winner of the women’s 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Championships; best scores for 2nd place (tied) – 3 (best overall tied); BAH (3-0-1) dropped second place to USA (7-5-3); Taylor’s 7.91 is the fastest non-qualifier for the final, replacing Sally Pearson’s 7.92 from 2018.
W-PV. Cowdrey becomes the third woman to win multiple indoor vault world titles after Elena Isinbayeva and Sandi Morris; Sutei (SLO), who is the oldest individual athlete in Toruń, won her third world medal in indoor silver at 37 years/135 days; best scores for 6th places (tied) – 9; GBR (2-0-1) finished third behind Russia and USA.
W-LJ. POR’s second indoor world title after Naide Gomez, who won the long jump world title in 2008; First medal in WI COL.
W-4×400. The United States won the women’s 4x400m title for the sixth time at the World Indoor Championships and are now (6-5-5) behind Russia; Spain wins first medal in women’s 4x400m; best score for 3rd-5th places; 0.23 is the second lowest 1-3 margin.
W-PEN. Docter becomes the second Dutch winner of this title after Nadine Broersen in 2014, her 4888 points was the fifth highest in WI history, her 28 points win was the third smallest and the 1–3 margin was the second smallest by 49 points, while her 3–4 score of 270 is the largest. Hall closed with a championship best of 2:06.32 in the 800m, surpassing Istanbul’s Jessica Ennis-Hill’s previous best of 2:08.09 in 2012.
M-800. At 17, Lutkenhaus becomes the youngest world indoor gold medalist and medalist of any color, replacing Mohamed Aman, who won in 2012 at age 18/61; his winning time of 1:44.24 is the second fastest winning time in WI history behind Wilson Kipketer who won gold in 1997 with a time of 1:42.67; best scores for 2nd-6th places; with third consecutive medal (0-2-1), Crestan becomes only the third triple medalist after Wilson Kipketer and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi; USA’s third straight title cemented their lead (5-1-3).
M-1500. García becomes the first athlete in the history of the World Indoor Championships to win both the 800m and 1500m titles, and the first Spaniard to win the 1500m.
M-LJ. Balde becomes the first Portuguese winner of the men’s long jump title at the World Indoor Championships and completes a Portuguese double by winning the women’s event with de Souza, his winning jump of 8.46m was equal fifth longest in WI history and the longest ever recorded on Polish soil; best mark for 6th place; first medal for BUL.
M-SP. Walsh becomes the most decorated male athlete in World Indoor Championship history with his fourth gold and seventh overall (4-1-2), passing Javier Sotomayor (4-1-1) and Chris Brown (1-2-3); The US now has 9-11-4.
M-4×400. The United States won gold in a championship record of 3:01.52, just 0.01 off the world record of 3:01.51 set in 2019 (the fastest time ever set indoors was 3:00.77 from 2018, but not certified); This was the 12th gold medal for the United States out of 19 championships. 0.06 is the second smallest 3-4 margin; JAM confirmed their second place (2-3-3) while BEL moved to third (2-2-1), tied with POL.
