QUOTE OF THE DAY
Andy Díaz Hernández: “My plan was by no means to leap solely as soon as. I felt robust to set a brand new file, nevertheless it didn’t occur this time. There was a really lengthy wait in between jumps, so I used to be fairly inactive for too lengthy and this led to the choice of skipping the next makes an attempt. However, I really feel robust, and that is indicative that good jumps might occur this summer time. Leaping 18 metres us is a benchmark that each one triple jumpers aspire and purpose for – 18 metres and a bit additional than that, after all. To be sincere, when the competitors is tighter your physique reacts in a different way. There’s a totally different feeling to it, a unique kind of emotion. There is no such thing as a doubt that we had been lacking among the world elite athletes – like Pedro [Pichardo] and Jordan [Díaz], however had they been right here at this time, I’d have nonetheless taken this world indoor title. That was what I got here right here for, however I’m trying ahead to competing in opposition to them in the summertime.”
RESULT OF THE DAY
European Indoor champion Andy Díaz Hernández leaped to Italian nationwide file and world lead of 17.80 within the triple leap first collection and clearly received additionally the World Indoor title, together with his solely profitable try (posting two fails and three skipped). He moved to tenth place within the European all-time lists.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
23-year-old Jamaican Raymond Richards received the bronze medal within the excessive leap, clearing 228 – his second finest efficiency all-time, at his first ever world championships. He began the 2025 season with a lifetime better of 225 and improved to 230 earlier this month at an outside meet in Jamaica.
MEDALS (14 nations)
CAN, FIN, GBR, ITA, KOR 1-0-0
POINTS (24 nations)
USA 27; CHN 20; JAM 15; ITA 11
TITLE DEFENDERS
Sure (1): Mitton
No (2): Zango, Kerr
NC (2): Vidts, Coleman
TOP MARKS
WL (1): 17.80 A.Díaz
AR (1): 1 – South America
AGENTS (particular person titles)
1 – Younghoon Chung, Caroline Feith, Eric Lilot, Hans Üürike
Vanninen has no agent
STATS
W Pen: Vanninen received her second medal at WI and with 1-1-0 moved to tied third behind Vidts and Dobrynska; 188 factors is the most important distinction between 3-4; first title for FIN, first medal for IRL.
W SP: Mitton received her second WI title and moved behind three-time champions (Adams and Krivelyova), third medal for Jackson (0-1-2), and second for Schilder (0-1-1); CAN moved to third with second gold (behind RUS and NZL).
M 60: 0.01sec. is the (tied) second lowest victory margin; fourth title for GBR (second behind USA), first medals for AUS and RSA.
M HJ: 231 by Woo Sanghyeok is the bottom profitable peak at WI; third medal for Woo (2-0-1) and Kerr (1-1-1).
M TJ: Andy Díaz’s 17.80 is the third finest efficiency at WI; 47cm is the most important victory margin, additionally 65cm is the second greatest distinction between 1-3; second medal for Zango (1-0-1).
M 1500: 3:36.60 by Neil Gourley is the quickest 1st spherical time at WI, 3:37.94 by Ruben Verheyden is the quickest non-qualifier for the ultimate.
M 400: 45.70 by Christopher Bailey is the quickest 1st spherical time at WI.
NANJING NEWS
NANJING (CHN): There have been uncommon medals on the World Athletics Indoor Championships for each Finland and Eire within the pentathlon. Saga Vanninen grew to become simply the second Finnish gold medallist in championship historical past whereas Kate O’Connor, who received silver, picked up Eire’s first medal of any color since Derval O’Rourke in Moscow 2006.
NANJING (CHN): Finland’s Saga Vanninen (pentathlon), Nice Britain’s Jeremiah Azu (60m) and Italy’s Andy Diaz (triple leap) all accomplished European Indoor Championships and World Indoor Championships doubles of their respective occasions.
NANJING (CHN): At 35, Raphael Pallitsch made the 1500m remaining on the World Athletics Indoor Championships. In doing so, he turns into the primary Austrian to make a worldwide males’s 1500m remaining because the 1900 Olympics.
NANJING (CHN): South Africa’s Akani Simbine has lastly received a worldwide medal, after making it to seven 100m finals on the 2013-2024 Olympics and World Championships. Xie Zhenye of China completed fourth within the males’s 60m on the World Indoor Championships for the third time, after 2016 and 2018.
NANJING (CHN): For the primary time within the historical past of any championships it was determined after the competitors that an athlete won’t get a medal resulting from a shoe scenario. The spikes of Brazilian triple jumper Alison dos Santos (initially third 17.22) weren’t in response to the foundations and he was subsequently disqualified.
NANJING (CHN): The athletics observe for the World Indoor Championships is provided with Mondo’s Sportflex Tremendous X 720 K39, a sport floor with a protracted and well-established popularity. Mondo has additionally produced and customised the high-competition gear that shall be used in the course of the Nanjing 25. The in depth checklist of apparatus contains hurdles, uprights, touchdown areas for jumps, carts, indicators, and relay batons.
The spectacular vary of World Athletics-Mondo gear may also be showcased within the pole vault and excessive leap uprights (each geared up with LED expertise that synchronizes with the occasion proceedings), beginning blocks, weight carts, and chalk containers. All Mondo gear is personalised with the branding of the championship.
NANJING (CHN): For first time at World Indoors new competitors regulation for lengthy leap, triple leap and shot put. After three rounds, the highest ten athletes will advance. After 4 rounds high 8 and after 5 rounds high 6 for the ultimate spherical. One other change is for the 4×400 m relay, the line-up for 2nd, third and 4th leg by the judges shall be primarily based on place of the runners after the primary lap of every leg.
NANJING (CHN): Some nationwide data achieved in the course of the first day. BRA (400m, Lima 45.79, additionally AR), CHI (400m, 51.67 Weil), IRI (1500m, 3:43.37 Zamanpour), ITA (TJ, 17.80 Díaz), PUR (60m, Benitez 6.49), SGP (60m, Louis 6.68, equaled).
