Written on 01 March 2024 .
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On the eve of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe celebrated the athletes who are preparing to put on a show at the Glasgow Arena from 1-3 March and looked forward to a packed year of global athletics action.This weekend's competition in the Scottish city is the first of five World Athletics Series events taking place in 2024, a year that features the Olympic Games in Paris in August.Speaking at the official pre-event press conference on Thursday (29), Coe also highlighted calendar changes confirmed...
Written on 03 March 2024 .
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Bol and Holloway deliver on a thrilling evening in Glasgow
The second evening session at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 provided one of the great indoor athletics sessions, featuring home golds for Molly Caudery in the pole vault and Josh Kerr in the 3000m, a third women's 400m world record from Femke Bol of the Netherlands and a historic women's 60m victory for St Lucia's Julien Alfred.
Add to that another peerless 60m hurdles victory for Grant Holloway in a championship record of 7.29, extending his unbeaten indoor run to 76 races back to...
Written on 04 March 2024 .
Final session in Glasgow sees world record by Charlton, Doom and Bol at the double, and shock win for Beamish
Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas produced the second world record of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 as she lowered her 60m hurdles mark to 7.65 in securing her first global title.
There might have been a third world record as Mondo Duplantis, having successfully defended his pole vault title despite a few wobbles with a clearance of 6.05m, had two out of three decent attempts at increasing his world record to 6.24m.
Femke Bol followed her world...
Written on 06 March 2024 .
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The World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 concluded on Sunday (3) after three days of thrilling action that kicked off a busy year of top-level competition in the sport.The event in the Scottish city was the first of five World Athletics Series events taking place in 2024, a year that features the Olympic Games in Paris in August.A total of 586 athletes from 128 countries across all six continental areas competed in Glasgow, watched by more than 22,000 ticketed spectators from 37 countries, and produced two world records, five championship records, 10 area...