Author: Svilen Petrov
Mattia Furlani won the long jump gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing
Mattia Furlani won his first major men’s title. After losing the European indoor long jump gold to Bozhidar Saraboyukov by one centimeter two weeks ago, the Italian now triumphed at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing with 8.30m. He registered his winning attempt in his second outing in the sector. The 20-year-old Mattia Furlani was
Jakob Ingebrigtsen made history by winning a 1,500m and 3,000m double in Nanjing
Jakob Ingebrigtsen made history by winning his second world indoor title in Nanjing. After yesterday’s triumph in the 3,000m, he also won the 1,500m gold in 3:38.79 min. He became only the second athlete in history to win a world indoor double in the 1,500m and 3,000m after the legendary Ethiopian athlete Haile Gebrselassie, who
World record holder in the 60m hurdles Devynne Charlton defended her world gold in Nanjing
World record holder in the 60m hurdles Devynne Charlton defended her world gold from Glasgow at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The Bahamian won in a highly contested final with a personal best of the season of 7.72 sec. European indoor champion from Apeldoorn 2025 Ditaji Kambundji won her first world
Tom Walsh won his third world indoor shot put title
Tom Walsh showed his champion spirit once again and won his third world indoor shot put title. The 33-year-old New Zealand’s athlete won the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, with a throw of 21.65m. Tom Walsh was the indoor champion in Portland in 2016 and Birmingham in 2018. He also has a
Team USA won the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays world indoor titles in Nanjing
The United States won the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays world titles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The men’s relay team of Elija Godwin, Brian Faust, Jacory Patterson and Christopher Bailey won the gold medal in 3:03.13 min. The Jamaican team, consisting of Rusheen McDonald—who secured the bronze medal in
Prudence Sekgodiso brought the first world title in South African history in the 800m indoor event
Prudence Sekgodiso became the first South African to win a gold medal in the 800m at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The 23-year-old athlete, who was a finalist at her Olympic debut in Paris last year, won the world indoor title in Nanjing in 1:58.40 min. The South African’s performance is
Gudaf Tsegay won the 1,500m world indoor gold with a new meeting record
Ethiopian long-distance runner Gudaf Tsegay made an outstanding solo run to win the women’s 1,500m title at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. Gudaf Tsegay won the gold medal in a new meeting record of 3:54.86 min. This was her second indoor 1,500m world title after Belgrade 2022. She also has a
Nicola Olyslagers: I knew I had to do things outside my comfort zone
Nicola Olyslagers defended her world indoor high jump title in Nanjing after taking gold with 1.97m, leaving behind her compatriot from Australia, Eleanor Patterson, and world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine). “This is the first time I’ve come from a gold medal position to try to defend something outside of Australia. I knew that if
Yaroslava Mahuchikh: We should respect every gold
The world record holder in the high jump and European indoor champion from Apeldoorn this winter, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, won a bronze medal at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing after clearing 1.95m. For the second year in a row, the world indoor title was won by Australian athlete Nicola Olyslagers with 1.97m. “I
Nicola Olyslagers defended her high jump world indoor title
Australian athlete Nicola Olyslagers won the high jump gold for the second year in a row at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. Nicola Olyslagers, a silver medalist at the last two Olympics in Tokyo and Paris, cleared 1.97m. She didn’t make a single foul until 1.99m, where she recorded her only three