Indoor worlds deliver records
Josh Kerr reclaimed the men’s 3,000m title in Toruń and Canada’s Christopher Morales Williams ran sub‑45 to set a championship record in the 400m — Keely Hodgkinson also controlled her 800m semi from the front and remains a title favorite. (bbc.com)(runningmagazine.ca)(britishathletics.org.uk)
Kerr stopped the clock at 7:35.56, edging Cole Hocker by 0.14 seconds (Hocker 7:35.70) with France’s Yann Schrub third in 7:35.71 in a photo‑tight top three. (watchathletics.com) World Athletics called the men’s 3,000m the second‑fastest winning time in World Indoor Championships history, underlining how quick the Toruń final was. (worldathletics.org) The Toruń victory completes Kerr’s trio of global golds — adding to his 2024 World Indoor success in Glasgow and his 2023 outdoor 1500m world title in Budapest. (scottishathletics.org.uk) (worldathletics.org) Canada’s Christopher Morales Williams ran 44.76 to win the men’s 400m, a new championship record and the first sub‑45 at a World Indoor Championships, beating Khaleb McRae (45.03) and Jereem Richards (45.39). (runningmagazine.ca) Morales Williams swept heat, semi and final in Toruń at age 21 and arrives at the global title after posting a 44.49 indoor time at the 2024 SEC meet — an indoor mark widely reported as the fastest on record. (runningmagazine.ca) (worldathletics.org) Keely Hodgkinson led her 800m semi from gun to tape in Toruń to qualify in 1:58.14, having entered the championships off a Liévin world short‑track indoor record of 1:54.87 on Feb. 19 and a 1:56.33 British indoor mark set on Feb. 14. (britishathletics.org.uk) (worldathletics.org 1) (worldathletics.org 2) The women’s 800m final — where Hodgkinson will run for the title — is scheduled for Sunday, 22 March 2026 in Toruń at the Day‑3 evening session on the official World Athletics timetable. (worldathletics.org)
