The final day of the World Indoor Championships featured 12 finals, providing a packed schedule of exciting action on both the track and field.
Here are some of the highlights of the middle distance events on Day 3 of Kujawi Pomeranian Voivodeship:
Men’s 1500 m
Spain Mariano Garcia In the men’s 1500m, he adopted a simple strategy: move to the front and stay there until the finish line. The 2022 world indoor 800m champion recently defeated Portugal’s I.watch Nader 3:39.36 to win, with Nader trailing in 3:40.06.
“This is the first year I’ve been training seriously for the 1500m, and what better way than to win the World Indoor Championships? I hope to stay at this level in the coming years, because I’m still new, they don’t really know me yet.
“No one was watching me in this race, but I think that from now on my competitors will watch me more closely. “I just wanted to sneak into the final and see if I could fight for a medal, but when I got into the lead, I said now I can fight for gold,” Garcia said.
of Australia Adam Spencer secured the third place with a time of 3:40.26.
Women 1500 m
of Ethiopia Birch Haylom tried a similar tactic, running forward, breaking away just after the gun. However, the pack turned on him during the penultimate lap.
of Great Britain Hunter Bell and Australia Jessica Hull led the chase and were rewarded for their persistence. Bell took gold in a world-leading 3:58.53, Hull took silver in a new Australian record 3:59.45 and the USA took silver. Nikki Hiltz won bronze with a personal best of 3:59.68.
Men’s 800 m
Seventeen years old Cooper Lutkenhaus The United States stunned the field in the men’s 800m, winning in 1:44.24 to become the world’s youngest man ever to secure an individual world medal at the world championships. His victory was not entirely unexpected as he had set the U18 world record of 1:42.27 in August last year.
Kristawho hoped to improve his silver medal from previous championships, had to settle for silver again in 1:44.38. “Of course, I’m happy with the medal, but right after the race I felt a little disappointed. But Cooper’s acceleration was very strong. he is an incredible talent winning at 17 years old. I think he could be the next David Rudisha,” he said after the race.
Spain Mohamed Ataoui He took home the bronze medal in 1:44.66.
Women’s 800 m
Keely HodgkinsonThe reigning Olympic champion and world record holder for the distance lived up to the hype in the women’s 800m, setting a new championship record of 1:55.30 and the second-fastest time ever in the short track 800m.
He led the band from the gun and the rest of the field fought after him and changed positions behind him.
Audrey Verreau Switzerland (1:56.64) and Addison Wiley The USA (1:58.36) benefited from the fast pace, setting PBs and finishing second and third respectively.
