Simon Ehammer and Annik Kalin officially won the prestigious 2026 World Athletics World Tour

Swiss track and field athletes Simon Ehammer and Annik Kalin have been officially declared winners of the prestigious 2026 World Athletics World Tour, achieving a historic double for their country.

Both athletes finished second in the 2022 World Tour, but until now, a Swiss athlete had never topped the men’s or women’s overall standings – either in the current format or in its predecessor, which began in 1998. Simon Ehammer and Annik Kalin have now triumphed, recording the second-highest winning results in the history of their respective disciplines.

The Tour regulations take into account each athlete’s three best performances during the season on the tour and major championships, with indoor and outdoor achievements converted into points on the World Athletics comparative tables. The two Swiss will each receive cash prizes of US$30,000 for their final success.

Simon Ehammer made a brilliant start to the year by winning the world indoor heptathlon title in Toruń with a world record of 6,670 points. He then won the decathlon at the prestigious Götzis tournament with a new national record of 8,778 points, also recording the highest score for a first competition day in the history of the discipline.

Leo Neugebauer finished second in Götzis with 8,730 points, but then took victory in Ratingen with 8,573 points. The German capped off his season by winning his first European title in Birmingham with a total of 8,611 points, ahead of his compatriot Niklas Kaul. American McMorris improved his personal best with a victory at the Mount SAC relay (8,420 points), then raised it to 8,599 points in Talence to take third place in the tour.

In the women’s event, Annik Kalin won the race in Götzis with a Swiss record of 6,726 points, and later improved her own personal best with 6,819 points to take first place in Ratingen. Her final total of 3,653 points is only behind Anna Hall-Slayton’s 2025 achievement (3,781 points).

Polish record holder Adrianna Sulek-Schubert showed excellent form after returning to the track after giving birth and took her fourth victory at the Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial with a tournament record of 6,449 points. The two-time world champion in the Nor Widts Hall earned third place in the overall standings after a solid performance throughout the year, supported by 6,310 points in Götzis and 6,329 points in Talence.