Category: Running News
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
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
Amber Anning claimed Britain’s first ever women’s 400m world indoor title
Amber Anning claimed Britain’s first ever women’s 400m world indoor title at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. She suffered a setback in her victory after being involved in a push with American Alexis Holmes as she entered the second lap and lost her balance. However, the Briton eventually recovered to win
Olympic 800m medalists will renew their rivalry at the Eugene Diamond League
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, Olympic silver medalist Tsige Duguma and last year’s Diamond Trophy winner Mary Moraa will compete in the 800m at the Diamond League in Eugene on July 5. A year after they were on the podium at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the three will renew their rivalry on the track. British star
Mark English will miss the Nanjing World Athletics Indoor Championships due to illness
Mark English will miss the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, from March 21-23 due to illness. The Irish middle-distance runner won a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn earlier this month. “Unfortunately I will not be competing at the World Championships in Nanjing. I have been dealing with illness since
Neil Gourley will captain Team Britain at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing
Scottish middle-distance runner Neil Gourley will captain Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing (March 21-23). The 30-year-old athlete will start in the 1,500m. Last week he finished fourth at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, failing to defend his silver from the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Nadia Battocletti chases another European title at the European Road Championships in Belgium
Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Nadia Battocletti (Italy) has confirmed she will be chasing another European title on a different surface within ten months. She won gold medals in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the European Athletics Championships in Rome last June and added European cross-country gold in Antalya in December. The Italian will now try
Jimmy Gressier sets a new European record in 5km run
French track and field athlete Jimmy Gressier broke his own European record in the 5km run in Lille yesterday. Jimmy Gressier previously held the continental record with Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu of 13:12 min, but the 27-year-old French middle-distance runner is now the first European to run under 13 minutes in the road race. His 12:57