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TORUN 2026 DAY 2:
MEDIUMS OF THE DAY
“For now I am speechless because my dream came true. I really wanted to improve my European record here, but it was hard to imagine that I could also set a world record. On my third attempt, it was not easy to clear 5.10m, 5.20m and 5.30m. But after the pole vault, I realized that 2:43 should have been patient. On the phone with him (Ashton Eaton) It was incredible. Simon Ehammer after winning the heptathlon title and setting a new WR.
“I didn’t expect this result and this form, I surprised myself, especially since I recently finished my exams, so it was a difficult time for me. Will probably do 5k outdoors, 10k and longer distances. I’ll be running the 5k at the Golden Gala in Rome, that’s the focus, and of course the European Championships. Nadia Battocletti said after winning the 3000 m title.
“There are no words to describe my feelings at this moment. Making my World Indoors debut as a senior and finishing with gold is something I can’t even dream of. After two races yesterday I was very tired. morning heat and evening semi-final. It was unusual for me. I felt like I wasn’t fully recovered.” Lourdes Gloria Manuel after winning the 400m title.
“My goal was the national record because I thought it would take 7.35-7.37 to win, but major championship finals are something else. I predicted Cunningham would have problems. The only surprise was the Spaniard who finished ahead of him. win at any time, but to win gold is just special.” Jakub Szymanski said after winning the 60m hurdles title.
Jakub SZYMAŃSKI, men’s 60m hurdles, POL
Trey Cunningham, Men’s 60m Hurdles, USA
Wilhelm BELOCHIAN, Men’s 60m Hurdles, FRA
Enrique LOPEZ, Men’s 60m Hurdles, ESP, Photo: World Athletics
RESULT OF THE DAY
Simon Ehammer Set the first world championships record with 6,670 points, surpassing Ashton Eaton’s record of 6,645 points set at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Lourdes Gloria Manuel becomes the youngest winner of the women’s 400m final in World Indoor Championships history at 20 years/252 days.
Eric Portillo he becomes the third Mexican to win a medal in the history of the World Indoor Championships, and the first this century.
MEDALS (25 countries)
ATA 3-0-0; USA 2-5-3; UKR 2-1-0; POL 1-1-1; RULE 1-1-0; SWE 1-0-1.
UNITS (42 countries)
US 90; JAM 36; POL 30; ITA 27; DOWN, UKR 23; SWE 22; FROM THE 21ST OF THE MONTH; NO 20.
TITLE HOLDERS
Yes (3). A. Diaz, Duplantis, Perez-Hernandez
No (5): Ollislagers, Miton, Azu, Wu, Hailu
NC (6): Bailey, Scottheim, Ingebrigtsen, Anning, Holloway, Kambundji
TOP MARKS
WR (1). Hep 6670 Ehammer
WB (2): Hep60mH 7.52 Ehammer, mix4x400m 3:15.60 Belgium
CR (3): 400m 44.76 Morales Williams, PV 625 Duplantis, medley 4x400m 3:15.60 Belgium (inauguration)
WL (4+1): 60 m 6.42 Bromel, 6.41 Anthony, TJ 17.47 A. Diaz, medley 4×400 m 3:15.60 Belgium; TJ 14.95 Perez-Hernandez (tied)
AR: Africa (1) – 60mH 7.50 Le Roux, South America (1) – 400m 45.71 Lima
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
2 – Ayvar Karotamm, Marcello Magnani; 1 – Jorge Luis Aguilera, Alphonse Juke, Eric Lillot, John Regis, Marcin Rosengarten, Robert Wagner, Daniel Weisfeldt, Mark Wetmore, Bradley Yower; Ehamer’s agent is not known
TORUN NEWS:
TORUN (POL): The fastest times from the 4x400m medley final were 50.94 by Justina Sweety-Ersetic and 45.87 by Toni Van Diepen (45.87).
TORUN (POL): Dylan Byrd is medically out of the men’s 60m hurdles final, according to USATF. Franco Le Roux entered the final instead of him.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka met at the Kujawy Pomorze 26 Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland on Saturday (21) to discuss the importance of unity and further cooperation in the global anti-doping system and the Unity Anti-Doping System. to go beyond compliance and invest more money in new research and further research.
TORUN STATS (by Ken Nakamura and VA)
W-60. After winning bronze and silver in the last two 60m finals, Dosso becomes the first Italian woman to win a world sprint title; best marks for 3rd, 7th and 8th at World Indoors; Hunt’s 7.10 is tied for the fastest unseeded finisher in the finals.
W-400. Manuel becomes the first Czech woman to win the world title since 2001; The winning margin of 0.07 is the third smallest; 0.26 is the smallest between 1 and 3, and 0.05 is the second smallest between 3 and 4; first title for Czech Republic, first medal for POL.
W-800. Coiro’s 1:59.33 was the fastest non-finalist time (previously 2:00.06 by Lore Hoffman in 2024); Hodgkinson’s 1:58.53 is the fastest semifinal time at the World Indoors, bettering Jolanda Čeplak’s 1.59.26 (2004).
W-3000. Battocletti becomes the first Italian winner of this title and the first European winner since Olga Yegorova in 2001.
W-TJ. Perez Hernandez (CUB) becomes the fifth triple jumper to win multiple world triple jump titles; she is now tied for second (2-1-0) with Tatiana Lebedeva and Ashia Hansen behind Rojas (3-1-0); VEN (3-1-0) tied with GBR, 3 behind RUS and CUB (3-3-1).
M-400. Morales-Williams’ winning time of 44.76 was not only a championship record, but also the first under-45 second 400m outside the United States; he also ran the fastest heat (45.51) and semifinal (45.35) at the World Indoors; second title for CAN.
M-800. Lutkenhaus’ 1:44.29 in the semifinals was the third-fastest 800m time in 1997. Wyderka’s 1:44.59 was the fastest non-finalist time (previously 1:45.45 by El Guesse from 2024).
M-3000. Kerr’s winning time of 7:35.56 was the second-fastest winning time at the World Indoors behind Haile Gebrselassie’s 1997 championship record of 7:34.71; Top 6 all-time WI appearances from 2nd to 7th; The winning margin of 0.14 was the second smallest, and 0.15 was the smallest between 1 and 3; best scores for WI places 2-8; 2nd title tied for 3rd for Kerr behind Bernard Lagat and Haile Gebrselassie; USA (2-5-1) tied for 2nd with ETH.
M-60H. Szymanski won Poland’s first gold medal at the World Indoors since the men’s 4x400m title in 2018; best scores for 4th in WI (best overall score) – 8; first medal/title for POL; Le Roux tied for the fastest draw in the final with a time of 7.55, but ended up making the final as Dylan Baird canceled.
M-HJ. Doroshchuk becomes first Ukrainian to win men’s high jump title at World Indoors; Portillo becomes the third Mexican to win a medal and the first this century. 2.30m is the lowest height to win gold; the fifth time the top 2 cleared the same height; Wu confirmed his third-place finish (2-0-2) behind Javier Sotomayor and Stefan Holm.
M-PV. Duplantis equals Sergey Bubka for his fourth world indoor title, he remains unbeaten in nine world championships this decade; For only the second time in history, three jumpers cleared 6.00m or more; tied best score for 2nd place and best scores for 3rd-7th place.
M-HEP. Ehammer becomes just the fourth man to win multiple world titles after Roman Sebrle, Brian Clay and Ashton Eaton; 333 points is the second largest win and 425 points is the second largest difference between 1st and 3rd place; second title for SUI, behind 3 3 from USA and Czech Republic; Ehammer broke the world heptathlon record (Ashton Eaton – 7.60) and the championship heptathlon record (Damian Warner – 7.61) in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.52; 2:32.49 by Jeff Tesselaar is the second fastest WI 1000m heptathlon.
X-4×400. BEL’s winning time of 3:15.60 was the fastest time ever recorded in the indoor 4x400m, replacing the Netherlands’ winning time of 3:15.63 from the 2025 European Indoor Championships. However, the time was some way short of the world record target time (3:12.44) and just outside the European record target time (3:15.50).
