Toruń day-one breakout
Jordan Anthony won gold in the men’s 60m and Chase Jackson took the women’s shot put on opening day at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń — a signal of USA depth in sprints and throws (flotrack.org). Defending 60m champion Jeremiah Azu narrowly missed the podium, Ukraine’s Oleh Doroshchuk grabbed the men’s high jump title, Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women’s high jump, and Cooper Lutkenhaus advanced to his first world final after a 1:44.29 800m semifinal ( ).
Jordan Anthony posted a world‑leading 6.41 seconds in the men’s 60m final, a time World Athletics lists as the fastest in 2026 and equal‑fourth on the all‑time indoor list. (worldathletics.org) Jeremiah Azu clocked 6.46 in the same final and placed fourth, missing the bronze by one hundredth of a second behind the pair who ran 6.45. (world-track.org) Chase Jackson’s best legal mark in the women’s shot put was 20.14 metres in round four, the only throw over 20.00m in the final according to World Athletics. (worldathletics.org) Sarah Mitton recorded 19.78m for silver and Axelina Johansson improved to a Swedish record of 19.75m for bronze in the shot put podium mix. (worldathletics.org) Oleh Doroshchuk cleared 2.30m on his first attempt to take the men’s high jump top mark, with Mexico’s Erick Portillo also clearing 2.30m but taking silver on countback; Woo Sanghyeok and Raymond Richards shared bronze. (worldathletics.org) Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 2.01m to reclaim the women’s high jump title, a mark World Athletics records as her fourth global championship gold. (worldathletics.org) Seventeen‑year‑old Cooper Lutkenhaus advanced to the men’s 800m final after a 1:44.29 semifinal, just off his 1:44.03 personal best, and World Athletics lists his birthdate as 19 December 2008. (letsrun.com)
