Claire Bryant won the long jump gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing

American long jump athlete Claire Bryant won the gold at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. The 23-year-old athlete, who is making her debut in a tournament of this level, blew away the competition and won the long jump gold with a personal best of 6.96m. She achieved this result on her fifth attempt, having previously also led the competition with 6.90m from her third jump.

The silver went to Annik Kalin (Switzerland) with 6.83m, and the bronze went to Spain’s Fatima Diame with a performance of 6.72m.

“If someone had told me that I would walk away from Nanjing with the title, I would thank them for that vote of confidence. I didn’t come in with expectations, I just wanted to enjoy the moment. Every part of this is so cool”, said Claire Bryant.

Claire Bryant commenced the competition with a jump of 6.76m in the first round, marking the second-best performance of her career, just shy of her personal best of 6.88m, which she achieved to secure third place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2023.

Fatima Diame ascended to second place following her next jump, recording a distance of 6.72m. Monae’ Nichols from the USA, who claimed silver ahead of Fatima Diame at the world indoor final in Glasgow last year, started with a jump of 6.49m, which turned out to be her only valid attempt in the event. Claire Bryant followed her initial jump with a 6.72m leap in the second round, while Fatima Diame fouled her attempt. Annik Kalin, who finished fourth in the heptathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, managed a jump of 6.63m.

In the subsequent round, Bulgaria’s Plamena Mitkova equaled Kalin’s mark, but Kalin retained third place based on her superior second-best jump of 6.59m.

Claire Bryant further solidified her lead with a remarkable third jump of 6.90m, surpassing her personal best by two centimeters. Fatima Diame responded with a jump of 6.50m, maintaining their positions in the top two.

The standings among the top three remained unchanged in the fourth round, but Bryant continued to impress, improving her performance in the fifth round with a jump of 6.96m. Fatima Diame concluded her attempts with jumps of 6.46m and 6.41m, while Kalin saved her best for last, achieving a jump of 6.83m in the final round, which elevated her on the podium. Although Kalin finished on a positive note, Plamena Mitkova experienced an injury scare, clutching her right leg after her final attempt and leaving the track in a wheelchair. Her jump of 6.63m from the third round secured her a fourth-place finish, ahead of Romania’s Alina Rotaru-Kottmann, who recorded 6.59m.