Eleven particular person defending champions and 20 medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games are among the many entries for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 happening on 21-23 March.
The ultimate entry lists verify that 576 athletes from 127 international locations have been entered for the worldwide occasion in China.
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The 576 entries comprise 264 ladies and 312 males.
Champions from the final version of the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow who shall be defending their titles in Nanjing embrace world record-holders Mondo Duplantis (pole vault), Devynne Charlton (60m hurdles) and Grant Holloway (60m hurdles), plus Molly Caudery (pole vault), Tsige Duguma (800m), Hamish Kerr (excessive bounce), Thea Lafond (triple bounce), Sarah Mitton (shot put), Nicola Olyslagers (excessive bounce), Miltiadis Tentoglou (lengthy bounce) and Hugues Fabrice Zango (triple bounce).
Duplantis, Holloway, Kerr, Lafond and Tentoglou adopted their glory in Glasgow by changing into Olympic champions in Paris final yr and they are going to be joined in Nanjing by their fellow Olympic gold medallists Yaroslava Mahuchikh (excessive bounce) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1500m and 3000m), who’re additionally among the many world record-holders in motion.
House stars among the many entries embrace Olympic and two-time world shot put gold medallist Gong Lijiao and two-time international triple bounce medallist Zhu Yaming.
Occasion-by-event previews shall be revealed on the World Athletics web site within the coming days. Sprints, hurdles and relays shall be previewed on Monday 17 March, whereas we look forward to distance and mixed occasions motion on Tuesday 18 March. The sector occasions shall be previewed on Wednesday 19 March.
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