Issues that struck me on day 2 at Nanjing 2025

Issues that struck me on day 2

1 Grant Holloway gained  60m Hurdles. I imply, he doesn’t all the time win, I perceive that he misplaced a race indoors in 2014.

Grant Holloway, March 22, 2025, takes gold within the three peat! picture by Dan Vernon for World Athletics

2 It’s official Jakob Ingebrigtsen had enjoyable at the moment. He stated so after successful the 3000m. He additionally stated that he doesn’t just like the 3000m as a result of it’s too lengthy. Apparently he’s additionally working the 1500m so he will need to have an out of doors likelihood of successful that one.

Jakob Ingebrigtson< NOR and Berihu Aregawi, ETH, battle for gold in 3000m, picture by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics

3 The ladies’s 400 was an absolute cracker with Amber Anning beating Alexis Holmes by 0.03. There was contact between the 2 as they broke from the stagger on the finish of the primary lap. It was an excellent comfort for Anning who ran fantastically on the European indoors solely to be DQed for a lane violation.

Amber Anning, GBR, takes gold in a tricky 400 meters, picture by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics

4 Congratulations to Emmanouil Karalis of Greece on his nationwide document 6:05. Sadly for him Mr Duplantis cleared. 6.15. Mondo doesn’t all the time clear 6 meters, this was solely the a centesimal time he has finished it.

Emmanueil Karolis and Mondo Duplantis, after their epic pole vault last, picture by Dan Vernon for World Athletics

5 The ladies’s pole vault was thrilling – and would have been much more thrilling had the mechanism for elevating the bar not damaged and brought an hour to restore.

Angelica Moser, pole vault last, picture by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics

6 The ladies’s triple leap was gained by Leyanis PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ. The boys’s winner was Andy DÍAZ HERNÁNDEZ. RunBlogRun is at present checking the World Athletics guidelines to see if it’s important to be known as HERNÁNDEZ to win it.

Andy Diaz Hernandez, Italy, takes gold in TJ, picture by Getty Pictures for World Athletics

 

7  America took all three medals within the males’s 400m – Bailey, Faust and Patterson. Staff USA will need to have an opportunity within the 4 by 400 relay.

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Chris Bailey, Brian Faust and Jacory Patterson, sweep the 400m for USA! picture by Dan Vernon for World Athletics

8 The final time there was a 1-2-3 on the World Indoors was the 1500m in 2022 when Ethiopia took all of the medals with Gudaf Tsegay, Axumawit Embaye and Hirut Meshesha.  This 12 months Ethiopia needed to accept one medal – gold – for Freweyni.

Frewenyi Halu, ETH, takes gold in 3000m, picture by Sona Maleterova for WA

  • Since 2015, Stuart Weir has written for RunBlogRun. He attends about 20 occasions a 12 months together with all most world championships and Diamond Leagues. He enjoys discovering the quirky and obscure story.

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