2023 Indoors

[RunUnlimited]

Aleia Hobbs comes closer than any other female sprinter in the last 30 years to dethroning Irina Privalova as the fastest ever over 60m. At the US Indoor Championships on the final night of action and the closing event of it, Hobbs scorched down the track and crossed the lane in 6.94 seconds. It's a new American national record that replaces the one set by Gail Devers at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Canada.

[Occasional Hope]

Yet another WR for the phenomenal Ryan Crouser. 23.38.

[RunUnlimited]

European silver medallist, Adrianna Sulek, jumps an outright long jump PB in the Polish Indoor Championships of 6.56m as part of the pentathlon event. She'd opened with a 8.33 PB in the 60m hurdles and an =PB in the high jump of 1.89m.

Sulek wins the Pentathlon with a new PB score of 4860, marginally improving her own NR by 9 points.

[LuckySpikes]

As if to emphasise my point above ...

Nicla Mosetti wins a loaded W 60 Hurdles final in 8.04 PB (prior to today her PB was 8.22 !) from Elisa Maria di Lazzaro, also 8.04 PB. All 8 finalists broke 8.30.

[LuckySpikes]

I'm enjoying the Italian Indoor Championships. All their best and their big names who've been competing this winter are there and competing in their favoured events. As a result, there's a number of really good domestic fields. What a novel concept ! I don't know whether they're forced to compete there by the Italian federation if they want to be selected for the European Championships or whether it's just a different mentality that their athletes have, perhaps still valuing a shot at a national title?

Ludovica Cavalli, 22yo rising star, has just won the Women's 1500 in 4:08.00 from Vissa, 4:08.20, & Del Buono. That follows up her 8:44 over 3000 in Metz last weekend.

[RunUnlimited]

European silver medallist, Adrianna Sulek, jumps an outright long jump PB in the Polish Indoor Championships of 6.56m as part of the pentathlon event. She'd opened with a 8.33 PB in the 60m hurdles and an =PB in the high jump of 1.89m.

[philipo]

Anna Hall scored an astonishingly good pentathlon in the US championships: 5004, second best all time (just ahead of KJT's 5000). She's still only 21.

If Hall hadn't been a little off her LJ best a new World indoor Record .It will be a great tussle for the womens hep in Budapest.

[RunUnlimited]

Anna Hall scored an astonishingly good pentathlon in the US championships: 5004, second best all time (just ahead of KJT's 5000). She's still only 21.

Also from the US Indoors yesterday:

Tara Davis Woodhall, former World U18, NCCA and Pan-Am U20 Games long jump champion, twice improved the WL and her indoor PB, to win the national indoor title. She initially set the world lead with her opening effort, going out to 6.94m, a PB indoors. Then in round 3, Davis improved that with a 6.99m jump that sealed the competition.

Deanna Price set a new WR in the women's weight throw, going out to 26.02m in the 5th round.

Vashti Cunningham equalled her outright high jump PB of 2.00m to win her 7th national indoor title, and move into 2nd in the 2023 world indoor list.

[MysteryBrick]

That's crazy good. The next great global Hep star, surely.

[Occasional Hope]

Anna Hall scored an astonishingly good pentathlon in the US championships: 5004, second best all time (just ahead of KJT's 5000). She's still only 21.

[LuckySpikes]

Great meeting in LIevin!

Brilliant WR by Lamecha Girma and it was a great race too with Mo Katir. Also good to see a World Record breaker in the distances look suitably knackered after the race!

I've lost count of the number of times that Gudaf Tsegay has scuppered her chances of a WR by going out way too fast. Presumably, it's she who is asking the pacemakers for the pace.

Keely's shot at her British Record was, I think, also damaged by a silly early pace (sub-27 for the first 200 !)

[Grassmarket]

Girma gets Daniel Komen’s 3000m WR. 7:23.81. Katir also got it. But just an AR for him.

Nothing better than a head-to-head WR chase.

[Occasional Hope]

3.32.38 WL for Ingebrigsten in, I think, his season debut.

[MysteryBrick]

I say well done to him! Like Sean Safo-Antwi moving to Ghana, gives him an International Vest when he was never likely to be top tier in the UK.

[DerbyCountyinNZ]

An Oceania indoor HJ record and absolute NZ record for Hamish Kerr at 2.34.