GB’s indoor sprint of golds
Great Britain stunned at the World Indoor Championships in Torun with three golds in just 28 minutes — a historic burst that reshaped the medal table over the weekend. The result is being hailed as one of the most concentrated gold hauls in recent meet history. (bbc.com) (nbcsports.com)
Keely Hodgkinson claimed the women’s 800m title in Toruń in 1:55.30, a new championship record and the second-fastest indoor 800m ever behind her own 1:54.87 world record set last month. (worldathletics.org) Georgia Hunter‑Bell won the women’s 1500m in 3:58.53, a world‑leading time for 2026 that delivered her first global title after podium finishes in the previous two years. (watchathletics.com) Molly Caudery regained the world indoor pole‑vault crown by clearing 4.85m to outlast Slovenia’s Tina Šutej and secure her second world indoor gold. (worldathletics.org) Josh Kerr had opened the British gold run the night before, reclaiming the men’s 3,000m in Toruń in a tactical 7:35‑range victory to give GB an early championship lead. (worldathletics.org) Those individual wins pushed Great Britain to second on the final medal table with four golds and four medals in total, while the United States finished top of the standings. (the-sports.org) Britain’s four golds surpass the nation’s previous best World Indoor haul and follow a long gap since matching three golds at a single world indoors back in 1999. (telegraph.co.uk)
