TORUŃ, POLAND, March 20–22 — Devynne Charlton almost fell out of her blocks in the 60 hurdles final but took just two strides to get back into her running before stunning everyone by equaling her own 7.65 WR.
Into the bargain, the Bahamian made it a threepeat following on from her ‘24 and ‘25 WIC triumphs.
Behind her, in a 60H race of unprecedented quality and depth, which saw all the finalists clock 7.90 or quicker, the Netherlands’ Nadine Visser and Poland’s Pia Skrzyszowska took the silver and bronze with the same time of 7.73. Just 0.005 separated the pair.
“I didn’t have the best start, I stumbled a bit but I tried to fix it as fast as I could,” said Charlton. “This is one of the things we train for. I knew I had run the World Record, I knew I had it when I crossed the finish line. I know I could have run a bit faster too but, not having the best start, I will take it. Since Glasgow [the ’24 WIC in which she set the current WR], I have been improving a lot and today I am really proud to win my third world indoor title in a row.
Former WR-holder indoors and out Colin Jackson, working in Toruń for British broadcasters the BBC, was unequivocal about the impact of Charlton’s poor start and what could have been.
“The stumble out of the blocks going into the first hurdle cost her more than 5-hundredths. Potentially, she could have run in the region of 7.58 or 7.59. That’s just outrageously fast,” gasped the hurdling icon.
The one other women’s meet record in Toruń fell to Keely Hodgkinson as part of a golden half-hour which saw three British women win in barely 30 minutes.
Inspired by Georgia Hunter Bell and Molly Caudery’s earlier victories in the 1500 and pole vault, the newly minted 800 WR-holder took the lead at the break and sped through the first furlong in 27.26 and then 400 in 56.95.
Hodgkinson maintained her momentum on the often difficult third lap, covering that circuit in 29.51, before coming home in 1:55.30.
The run improved by more 1.5 seconds Ludmila Formanová’s previous meet record of 1:56.90 which had stood since 1999 and has only been bettered indoors by Hodgkinson’s own 1:54.87 WR last month.
The British gold rush was started off in the 1500 by Hodgkinson’s friend and training partner Hunter Bell who hit the front at the bell, as Ethiopia’s long-time leader Birke Haylom started to fade, and won in a world-leading 3:58.53.
Nikki Hiltz took a well-earned bronze in a 3:59.68 PR, battling with France’s Agathe Guillemot down the home straight before just edging in front with their last stride.
Following Chase Jackson’s shot put win on the first day, Team US took a second women’s gold in the very last event, the 4 × 400. Bailey Lear, Rosey Effiong, Paris Peoples and Shamier Little combined to win in 3:25.81.
The opening pair got some redemption for poor runs in the individual 400 from which Lear exited at the semis and Effiong in the heats.
Italy’s Zaynab Dosso completed her climb up the World Indoor podium when she took the 60 in 7.00. Having taken bronze in Glasgow then silver 12 months ago in Nanjing, Dosso settled into her blocks in the final very much the favorite after running 7.00 in her semi. She didn’t disappoint.
Behind her, USATF indoor winner Jacious Sears was just 0.01 off her PR as she took silver in 7.03. St. Lucia’s ’24 Olympic 100 champion Julien Alfred was given the same time in 3rd, just 0.003 slower.
Lurdes Gloria Manuel of Czechia has been noted as a prodigious talent for a few years after winning European and World U20 400 titles. Now 20, she got her first global title as a senior when she won the second of two 400 final sections in 50.76.
Notably, there were no Americans in the finals, only the third time it’s happened, although former South Carolina Gamecock and ’19 NCAA champion Wadeline Venlogh — part of the U.S. ’19 WC and ’21 OG 4 x 400 gold medal-winning quartets — is now representing Haiti and finished 4th in a 51.07 NR.
Italy’s Nadia Battocletti showed all her rivals a clean pair of heels over the final lap of an untidy 3000. She moved to the front just after the bell before coming home in home in 8:57.64.
Emily Mackay, the World Indoor 1500 bronze medalist in 2024 found another gear off the final bend to go past Australia’s Jess Hull, clocking 8:58.12 to Hull’s 8:58.18.
Ethiopia’s ’25 WIC winner Freweyni Hailu was looking to retain her title but was unfortunately pushed to the ground on the seventh lap. After being trampled by several women in a congested 15-runner field, she got back on her feet and soon after was back with the main pack but never a factor once the pace cranked up with 2 laps to go.
WOMEN’S 60 RESULTS
(March 21)
1. Zaynab Dosso (Ita) 7.00
2. Jacious Sears (US) 7.03
3. Julien Alfred (StL) 7.03
4. Brianna Lyston (Jam) 7.05
5. Jonielle Smith (Jam) 7.06
6. Ewa Swoboda (Pol) 7.07
7. Dina Asher-Smith (GB) 7.07
8. Patrizia van der Weken (Lux) 7.10
(lanes: 1. Lyston; 2. Sears; 3. Asher-Smith; 4. Dosso; 5. Alfred; 6. Smith; 7. van der Weken; 8. Swoboda)
(reaction times: 0.153 Asher-Smith, 0.154 Sears & Smith, 0.155 Swoboda, 0.158 Lyston, 0.162 van der Weken, 0.169 Dosso, 0.171 Alfred)
HEATS (March 21)
I–1. Dosso 7.07; 2. Audrey Leduc (Can) 7.20 =PR; 3. Léonie Pointet (Swi) 7.21; 4. Jaslyn Gardner (US) 7.27; 5. Magdalena Lindner (Aut) 7.35; 6. Jessica Laurance (Phi) 7.37 PR; 7. Ema Bendová (Svk) 7.51.
II–1. van der Weken 7.14; 2. Tatjana Pinto (Por) 7.17 =NR; 3. Minke Bisschops (Neth) 7.22; 4. Lauren Roy (Ire) 7.25; 5. Ajla Del Ponte (Swi) 7.25; 6. Viktória Korbová (Svk) 7.41; 7. Zion Corrales-Nelson (Phi) 7.44.
III–1. Smith 7.13; 2. Jael Bestue (Spa) 7.18 =PR; 3. Karolína Maňasová (CzR) 7.19; 4. Zala Istenič (Slo) 7.27; 5. Rafailía Spanoudáki-Hatziríga (Gre) 7.36; 6. Alessandra Gasparelli (SMa) 7.51; 7. Christina Alba Marcus Hafliðadóttir (Ice) 7.55, Saran Hadja Kouyate (Gui).
IV–1. Alfred 7.06; 2. Sade McCreath (Can) 7.16; 3. Kelly Ann Maevane Doualla Edimo (Ita) 7.27; 4. Magdalena Stefanowicz (Pol) 7.30; 5. Gabriela Mourão (Bra) 7.31; 6. Beatriz Castelhano (Por) 7.37; 7. María Ignacia Montt (Chl) 7.45.
V–1. Asher-Smith 7.07; 2. Ana Carolina Azevedo (Bra) 7.17; 3. Zoe Hobbs (NZ) 7.21; 4. Ciara Neville (Ire) 7.31; 5. Gladymar Torres (PR) 7.33; 6. Yan-Chun Liao (Tai) 7.34 NR; 7. Natacha Ngoye (Con) 7.46; 8. Lamiya Valiyeva (Aze) 7.65.
VI–1. Lyston 7.06; 2. Sears 7.07; 3. Lotta Kemppinen (Fin) 7.16 =NR =PR; 4. Philina Schwartz (Ger) 7.18; 5. Claudie Njarsoa (Mol) 7.30 PR; 6. Glanyernis Guerra (Ven) 7.42; 7. Im Lan Loi (MAC) 7.45.
VII–1. Swoboda 7.08; 2. Amy Hunt (GB) 7.15; 3. Liranyi Alonso (DR) 7.19 NR; 4. Leah Bertrand (Tri) 7.22; 5. Isabel Posch (Aut) 7.27; 6. Lucija Potnik (Slo) 7.42; 7. Soniya Jones (Ant) 7.56; 8. Estelle Short (COK) 7.93 PR.
SEMIS (March 21)
I–1. Alfred 7.04; 2. Sears 7.04; 3. Lyston 7.05; 4. Hunt 7.10; 5. Alonso 7.19 =NR; 6. Leduc 7.21; 7. Bisschops 7.25; 8. Edimo 7.36.
II–1. Dosso 7.00; 2. Asher-Smith 7.03 =NR =PR; 3. Maňasová 7.14; 4. Azevedo 7.15; 5. McCreath 7.15; 6. Kemppinen 7.19; 7. Schwartz 7.20; 8. Bertrand 7.25.
III–1. Smith 7.03 PR; 2. van der Weken 7.05; 3. Swoboda 7.08; 4. Hobbs 7.12; 5. Pinto 7.20; 6. Roy 7.23; 7. Pointet 7.27; 8. Bestue 7.27.
WOMEN’S 400 RESULTS
(March 21)
1. Lurdes Gloria Manuel (CzR)
2. Natalia Bukowiecka (Pol)
3. Lieke Klaver (Neth)
4. Wadeline Venlogh (Hai)
5. Mercy Oketch (Ken)
6. Blanca Hervas (Spa)
7. Henriette Jæger (Nor)
8. Zoe Sherar (Can)
Sections
I–1. Bukowiecka 50.83 =NR; 2. Klaver 51.02; 3. Hervas 51.43 PR; 4. Sherar 51.74.
(lanes: 3. Sherar; 4. Hervas; 5. Bukowiecka; 6. Klaver)
(reaction times: 0.157 Sherar, 0.163 Bukowiecka, 0.194 Klaver, 0.200 Hervas)
II–1. Manuel 50.76 PR; 2. Venlogh 51.07 NR; 3. Oketch 51.25 NR; 4. Jæger 51.50.
(lanes: 3. Venlogh; 4. Oketch; 5. Manuel; 6. Jaeger)
(reaction times: 0.168 Jaeger, 0.186 Venlogh, 0.193 Manuel, 0.218 Oketch)
HEATS (March 20)
I–1. Klaver 51.48; 2. Bassant Hemida (Egy) 52.13; 3. Alessandra Bonora (Ita) 52.20 PR; 4. Yemi Mary John (GB) 52.28.
II–1. Sofia Lavreshina (Por) 51.87 NR; 2. Myrte Van Der Schoot (Neth) 51.97; 3. Rosey Effiong (US) 52.13; 4. Annalies Kalma (NZ) 53.03.
III–1. Hervas 52.15; 2. Sherar 52.16; 3. Lada Vondrová (CzR) 52.16; 4. Louisa Stoney (GB) 52.24.
IV–1. Bukowiecka 51.60; 2. Paula Sevilla (Spa) 51.86; 3. Bailey Lear (US) 51.87; 4. Veronika Drljačić (Cro) 52.53.
V–1. Mette Baas (Fin) 51.42 NR; 2. Emma Zapletalová (Svk) 51.70; 3. Venlogh 51.80; 4. Emma Cannan (Can) 52.57; 5. Rita Ferreira (Bra) 55.50 PR.
VI–1. Manuel 51.08; 2. Oketch 51.57; 3. Justyna Święty-Ersetic (Pol) 52.15; 4. Daniela Ledecká (Svk) 53.13.
VII–1. Jæger 52.29; 2. Amandine Brossier (Fra) 52.30; 3. Helena Ponette (Bel) 52.34; 4. Caitlyn Bobb (Ber) 54.15; 5. Julia Aparecida Ribeiro (Bra) 54.35 PR.
SEMIS (March 20)
I–1. Manuel 50.96 PR; 2. Oketch 51.90; 3. Lear 52.07;… dnc—Zapletalová.
II–1. Bukowiecka 51.41; 2. Sherar 51.61; 3. Van Der Schoot 52.15; 4. Lavreshina 52.20.
III–1. Klaver 51.23; 2. Hervas 51.58; 3. Brossier 52.71; 4. Hemida 53.14.
IV–1. Jæger 50.95; 2. Venlogh 52.04; 3. Sevilla 52.19; 4. Baas 52.36.
WOMEN’S 800 RESULTS
(March 22)
1. Keely Hodgkinson (GB) 1:55.30
(27.26, 29.69 [56.95], 29.51 [1:26.46], 28.84) (56.95/58.35) (14.65);
2. Audrey Werro (Swi) 1:56.64 NR
(27.30, 30.17 [57.47], 29.93 [1:27.40], 29.24) (57.47/59.17) (14.44);
3. Addy Wiley (US) 1:58.36 PR (AL) (3, 3 A)
(27.63, 30.00 [57.63], 30.01 [1:27.64], 30.72) (57.63/60.73) (15.69);
4. Nigist Getachew (Eth) 1:59.73
(27.31, 29.90 [57.21], 30.14 [1:27.35], 32.38) (57.21/62.52) (16.94);
5. Hayley Kitching (Aus) 2:00.50
(28.39, 30.52 [58.91], 31.23 [1:30.14], 30.36) (58.91/61.59) (15.01);
6. Clara Liberman (Fra) 2:03.30
(28.02, 30.36 [58.38], 31.98 [1:30.36], 32.94) (58.38/64.92) (16.58).
SEMIS (March 21)
I–1. Kitching 2:00.06; 2. Liberman 2:00.28; 3. Valentina Rosamilia (Swi) 2:00.67; 4. Isabelle Boffey (GB) 2:01.12; 5. Pernille Karlsen Antonsen (Nor) 2:01.67; 6. Maeve O’Neill (Ire) 2:02.46.
II–1. Hodgkinson 1:58.53;
2. Wiley 1:58.75 PR (AL) (6, 7 A);
3. Eloisa Coiro (Ita) 1:59.33 PR; 4. Anna Wielgosz (Pol) 2:00.48; 5. Rocío Arroyo (Spa) 2:01.14; 6. Alison Andrews-Paul (NZ) 2:01.38.
III–1. Werro 1:59.27; 2. Getachew 1:59.46; 3. Gabriela Gajanová (Svk) 2:00.49; 4. Natoya Goule (Jam) 2:00.69; 5. Lorea Ibarzabal (Spa) 2:00.74; 6. Charlotte Dumas (Fra) 2:02.23.
WOMEN’S 1500 RESULTS
(March 22)
1. Georgia Hunter Bell (GB) 3:58.53 NR (WL)
(63.49, 65.12 [2:08.61], 64.96 [3:13.57], 44.96) (14.43, 29.34)(14.43, 29.34, 60.68, 2:06.32);
2. Jessica Hull (Aus) 3:59.45 NR
(63.29, 65.54 [2:08.83], 64.90 [3:13.73], 45.72) (15.16, 30.09, 61.48, 2:07.08);
3. Nikki Hiltz (US) 3:59.68 PR (AL) (2, 2 A)
(63.91, 65.42 [2:09.33], 64.97 [3:14.30], 45.38) (14.75, 29.96, 61.23, 2:06.87);
4. Agathe Guillemot (Fra) 3:59.71 NR
(14.99, 30.01, 61.61, 2:07.19);
5. Birke Haylom (Eth) 4:01.34
(62.32, 62.98 [2:05.30], fell 66.88 [3:12.18], 49.16) (16.47, 32.41, 65.69, 2:12.10);
6. Klaudia Kazimierska (Pol) 4:02.80;
7. Gracie Morris (US) 4:03.75
(16.28, 32.49, 65.02, 2:10.70);
8. Susan Ejore-Sanders (Ken) 4:04.05;
9. Ludovica Cavalli (Ita) 4:10.10.
HEATS (March 20)
I–1. Guillemot 4:16.25; 2. Hiltz 4:16.32; 3. Cavalli 4:16.45; 4. Gabija Galvydytė (Lit) 4:17.28; 5. Wilma Nielsen (Swe) 4:17.48; 6. Nele Weßel (Ger) 4:19.92; 7. Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann (Lux) 4:21.90; 8. Aníta Hinriksdóttir (Ice) 4:23.17.
II–1. Haylom 4:10.66; 2. Kazimierska 4:11.33; 3. Ejore-Sanders 4:11.41; 4. Jemma Reekie (GB) 4:11.61; 5. Lucia Stafford (Can) 4:12.81; 6. Delia Sclabas (Swi) 4:14.27; 7. Adele Gay (Fra) 4:15.26; 8. Greza Bakraqi (KOS) 4:29.64.
III–1. Hunter Bell 4:12.09; 2. Hull 4:12.45; 3. Morris 4:12.57; 4. Joceline Wind (Swi) 4:12.96; 5. Marta Zenoni (Ita) 4:13.17; 6. Salomé Afonso (Por) 4:13.26; 7. Anne Gine Løvnes (Nor) 4:16.89; 8. Gina McNamara (Mlt) 4:30.19.
WOMEN’S 3000 RESULTS
(March 21)
1. Nadia Battocletti (Ita) 8:57.64
(37.89, 38.30 [76.19], 40.38 [1:56.57], 39.25 [2:35.82], 39.24 [3:15.06], 41.29 [3:56.35], 34.80 [4:31.15], 34.60 [5:05.75], 35.88 [5:41.63], 35.18 [6:16.81], 35.15 [6:51.96], 34.14 [7:26.10], 33.11 [7:59.21], 29.89 [8:29.10], 28.54) (14.51, 28.54, 58.43, 2:05.68, 2:40.83);
2. Emily Mackay (US) 8:58.12
(14.72, 28.78, 58.59, 2:06.27, 2:41.42);
3. Jessica Hull (Aus) 8:58.18
(14.78, 29.29, 58.91, 2:06.21, 2:41.60);
4. Aleshign Baweke (Eth) 9:00.26;
5. Şilan Ayyıldız (Tur) 9:02.11;
6. Freweyni Hailu (Eth) 9:02.41;
7. Vera Sjöberg (Swe) 9:03.57;
8. Katie Snowden (GB) 9:03.79; 9. Hannah Nuttall (GB) 9:04.20; 10. Norah Jeruto (Kaz) 9:04.22; 11. Micol Majori (Ita) 9:04.39; 12. Linden Hall (Aus) 9:04.83; 13. Nozomi Tanaka (Jpn) 9:07.77; 14. Margot Appleton (US) 9:12.57;… dq—Marta García (Spa).
WOMEN’S 60 HURDLES RESULTS
(March 22)
1. Devynne Charlton (Bah) 7.65 =WR (=WR Charlton ‘24);
2. Nadine Visser (Neth) 7.73;
3. Pia Skrzyszowska (Pol) 7.73 NR;
4. Ditaji Kambundji (Swi) 7.75;
5. Megan Simmonds (Jam) 7.82 =PR;
6. Alia Armstrong (US) 7.85;
=7. Denisha Cartwright (Bah) 7.90;
=7. Marlene Meier (Ger) 7.90.
(lanes: 1. Cartwright; 2. Armstrong; 3. Visser; 4. Kambundji; 5. Skrzyszowska; 6. Charlton; 7. Simminds; 8. Meier)
(reaction times: 0.136 Cartwright, 0.144 Kambundji, 0.147 Charlton, 0.149 Visser, 0.155 Skrzyszowska, 0.165 Armstrong, 0.166 Meier, 0.186 Simmonds)
SEMIS (March 22)
I–1. Visser 7.82; 2. Simmonds 7.82 PR; 3. Meier 7.91 PR; 4. Charisma Taylor (Bah) 7.91 =PR; 5. Martine Kolbeinshavn Hjørnevik (Nor) 7.97; 6. Sacha Alessandrini (Fra) 7.98; 7. Luca Kozák (Hun) 8.01; 8. Sienna Macdonald (Can) 8.05.
II–1. Pia Skrzyszowska (Pol) 7.76 (WL); 2. Ditaji Kambundji (Swi) 7.76 (=WL);
3. Cartwright 7.90; 4. Danae Dyer (US) 7.92; 5. Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck (Bel) 7.99; 6. Kreete Verlin (Est) 8.01; 7. Lovise Skarbøvik Andresen (Nor) 8.04; 8. Mariam Abdul-Rashid (Can) 8.35.
III–1. Charlton 7.74 (WL);
2. Armstrong 7.84; 3. Ida Beiter Bomme (Den) 7.97; 4. María Fernanda Murillo (Col) 7.97; 5. Laeticia Bapte (Fra) 7.97; 6. Michelle Jenneke (Aus) 8.02; 7. tie, Nika Glojnarič (Slo) & Mako Fukube (Jpn) 8.06.
WOMEN’S 4 x 400 RESULTS
(March 22)
1. United States 3:25.81 (AL)
(Bailey Lear 51.47, Rosey Effiong 50.83, Paris Peoples 52.02, Shamier Little 51.49);
2. Netherlands 3:26.00
(Lieke Klaver 51.16, Myrte Van Der Schoot 51.76, Nina Franke 51.61, Eveline Saalberg 51.47);
3. Spain 3:26.04
(Paula Sevilla 51.72, Ana Prieto 51.72, Rocío Arroyo 51.24, Blanca Hervas 51.36);
4. Poland 3:26.17
(Natalia Bukowiecka 51.25, Anna Maria Gryc 51.60, Anastazja Kuś 51.79, Justyna Święty-Ersetic 51.53);
5. Great Britain 3:28.09
(Tess McHugh 53.74, Dina Asher-Smith 51.29, Louisa Stoney 52.96, Keely Hodgkinson 50.10);
6. Slovakia 3:32.77
(Daniela Ledecká 54.10, Viktória Korbová 53.80, Martina Segečová 53.59, Emma Zapletalová 51.28).
(lanes: 1. Slovakia; 2. Spain; 3. Great Britain; 4. Netherlands; 5. United States; 6. Poland)
(reaction times: 0.160 Poland, 0.168 Slovakia, 0.193 Great Britain, 0.196 Netherlands, 0.199 United States, 0.274 Spain)
HEATS (March 22)
I–1. Poland 3:28.06 (Marika Popowicz-Drapała 52.94, Gryc 52.20, Kuś 51.94, Święty-Ersetic 50.98); 2. Netherlands 3:28.11 (Klaver 51.31, Madelief Van Leur 52.84, Elisabeth Paulina 52.56, Saalberg 51.40); 3. Slovakia 3:29.87 NR (Ledecká 53.01, Korbová 53.60, Segečová 52.80, Zapletalová 50.46);… dq—Czechia.
II–1. United States 3:28.36 (Peoples 52.25, Brianna White 52.31, Abbey Glynn 52.13, Little 51.67); 2. Great Britain 3:29.31 (Stoney 52.68, Jazmine Moss 52.70, Poppy Malik 52.39, McHugh 51.54); 3. Spain 3:29.98 (Prieto 52.43, Carmen Avilés 52.37, Arroyo 52.12, Daniela Fra 53.06); 4. Portugal 3:31.37 NR (Sofia Lavreshina 52.12, Fatoumata Diallo 52.35, Clara Martinha 53.77, Carina Vanessa Pereira 53.13).
