Boston, Massachusetts (January 13, 2026) – Cordell Tinch and: Anna HallThe reigning world champions in the men’s 110m hurdles and women’s heptathlon respectively have been confirmed to compete in 2026.ew Balance Indoor Grand Prixthe organizers announced today.
Event tickets at: TRACK in the new balance On Saturday, January 24, 2026, which is part of World Athletics Indoor Tour Goldnow on sale at www.nbindoorgrandprix.com or by calling 1-877-849-8722.
Aiming to get his first win New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Cordell Tinch leads the men’s 60m hurdles. Tinch is coming off a fantastic 2025 season that saw him win Wanda Diamond League meets in Silesia, Lausanne and Zurich and, most importantly, the 110m hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Tinch finished the year as the clear world number one, with three of the five sub-13.00 performances recorded in 2025, including a personal best of 12.87, making him the fourth-fastest man in history.
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Cutting his day’s work down to just two events, Anna Hall, will make him the 2025 world heptathlon champion New Balance Indoor Grand Prix debut, competing in both long jump and 400 m. Hall has been among the world’s best athletes for several years, with bronze and silver medals in the heptathlon at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships respectively, and a personal best that ranks her second on the all-time list behind world record holder Jackie Joyner-Kersey. In the long jump, Hall will find stiff competition in the form of the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Jasmine Moore and reigning World Indoor Champion Claire Bryant.
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In an exciting clash of middle distance giants, Donavan Brazier2019 World Champion 800m, and Bryce HoppelThe 2024 world indoor 800m champion will run over 600m here in Boston. Brazier is making a historic comeback from injuries that cost him the entire 2023 and 2024 seasons before roaring back to top form to win the 800m at last year’s US Championships in a new lifetime best of 1:42.16. Hoppel, who broke Brazier’s national record with her fourth-place time of 1:41.67 in the 2024 Olympic finals, has been a model of consistency, winning seven national championships and two world medals in recent years. Both Americans will have a hard time Sian McPhillipswho broke Ireland’s national record of 1:42.15 to finish fourth in last year’s 800m final at the World Athletics Championships, and Spain. Mohamed Ataouififth place over 800 m at both the 2024 Olympics and the 2025 World Championships in Athletics.
Those competitors join previously announced top athletes Noah Lyles, Jake Whiteman, Grant Fisher, El St. Pierre, Josh Hoy, Graham Blanks, Andrew Koskoranand: Jessica Hull.
2026 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix will be broadcast live on NBC from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST* on Saturday, January 24th and is a founding member of the organization. World Indoor Athletics Tour. The world’s premier track and field indoor event awards overall tour winners $10,000 and a guaranteed spot in 2026. World Indoor Championships in Athletics In Kujawi Pomerania, Poland.
Now in its 31st year New Balance Indoor Grand Prix hosted nine world and 16 American records.
For media app New Balance Indoor Grand Prix is now open. It is available via nbindoorgrandprix.com/media-form/ and will be closed by EOP on January 13, 2026.
*Please note that the broadcast window has been revised since previously published.
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