Gudaf Tsegay

World Indoor Championships are officially behind us so we have lots to unpack. Overall, the meet lacked in star power but was still able to produce some memorable moments. Three days. 516 athletes, one championship record, three world leads, 32 national records.

We had drama. We had dominance.We had Jakob Ingebrigtsen running off with two gold medals and made it look like a tempo run. We had Gudaf Tsegay breaking a championship record and redefined what a full send means. We had Grant Holloway and Mondo Duplantis pulling off three-peats to cement their greatness.

And then there’s Josh Hoey — who went from “Is he actually good?” to world indoor 800m champion all within the past 12 months. A personal highlight was Claire Bryant shocked the field in the long jump. Surprise global medals all around — the kind that make the sport so damn fun.

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Chris Chavez and Anderson Emerole unpack the first big weekend in track and field as the Diamond League and Continental Tour kicked off.

In this week's round-up of performances, they discuss:

Xiamen Diamond League

– Mondo Duplantis’ 6.24m world record and what it could mean for the rest of the season

– Gudaf Tsegay nearly breaks the 1500m world record with a 3:50.30; Did the women’s 1500m suddenly get more interesting?

– Torrie Lewis beats Sha’Carri Richardson in the 200m; Is there reason to be concerned?

– Marco Arop vs. Emmanuel Wanyonyi needs to be a thing to bring back the men's 800m to prominence

– Is the U.S. having a moment in the men’s high jump? Shelby McEwen wins in Xiamen, JuVaughn Harrison jumps a world lead at LSU

– Paulino wins 400m and says this may be the year to break the 400m World record

– Christian Coleman wins the 100m in only 10.13s ahead of Fred Kerley; another slow year for the 100m?

Results from around the world

– Courtney Lindsey beat Letsile Tebogo in a 200m at the Kip Keino Classic

– Gabby Thomas ran 50.37 at LSU

– Christine Mboma, competing for the first time since August 2022, runs 12.32 and finishes last in the women's 100 at the Kip Keino Classic

– Mary Moraa opened up her 2024 800m campaign with a 1:57.96 at the Kip Keino Classic

– 17-year-old Christian Miller drops a 9.93 for 100m at a small meet in Clermont, Florida to take the world lead and break the U.S. U20 record.

London Marathon

– Peres Jepchirchir breaks the women’s-only marathon record In 2:16:16

– Alexander Mutiso Munyao wins his first Major in 2:04:01

– Kenenisa Bekele smashes his own Masters record In 2:04:15

– So who is the Kenyan Olympic marathon team?

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CITIUS MAG's Anderson Emerole reports from Glasgow, Scotland with a recap of Day 2 of the World Indoor Championships.

– Elle St. Pierre became the first U.S. woman to win the World Indoor 3000m title as she kicked down 10,000m world champion Gudaf Tsegay to claim gold. The win comes just 364 days after giving birth last March.

– 1500m world champion Josh Kerr got the 3000m world title on home soil – just .61 ahead of Yared Nuguse, who earned his first global championship medal.

– Femke Bol lowered her own indoor 400m world record to 49.17!

– Grant Holloway extended his nine-year winning streak in the 60m hurdles to claim his second World Indoor Title

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📰 You can read our full preview of all the sprints, distance and field event action here: https://citiusmag.com/articles/world-athletics-indoor-championships-preview-athletes-storylines-matchups-to-watch

📆 All the action concludes Sunday, March 3. Most finals will be between 2 pm and 5 pm E.T. ⁠⁠A full timetable of events can be found here⁠⁠.

💻 The whole championships is streaming live on Peacock (subscription required). The only live TV window will be Sunday, 2-5 pm E.T., on CNBC. You can find a ⁠⁠full streaming/TV schedule here⁠⁠.

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CITIUS MAG contributor Anderson Emerole is in Glasgow to bring you tons of interviews, updates and insights from the 2024 World Indoor Championships taking place from March 1-3.

He breaks down:

Men's 60m: Noah Lyles vs. Christian Coleman

Men's 3000m: Getnet Wale vs. Selemon Barega vs. Josh Kerr vs. Yared Nuguse

Women's 3000m: Gudaf Tsegay vs. Lemlem Hailu vs. Laura Muir vs. Elle St. Pierre vs. Jessica Hull

Women's 60m: Aleia Hobbs vs. Julien Alfred

Men's 400m: Karsten Warholm's odds

Women's 400m: Can anyone stop Femke Bol?

Men's 60m hurdles: Will Grant Holloway's undefeated streak continue?

Women's 60m hurdles: Can world record holder Devynne Charlton continue her hot streak for her first global championship medal?

Men's pole vault: How high will Mondo Duplantis go?

Men's Shot Put: Can Ryan Crouser get the elusive world indoor title?

📰 You can read our full preview of all the sprints, distance and field event action here: https://citiusmag.com/articles/world-athletics-indoor-championships-preview-athletes-storylines-matchups-to-watch

📆 All the action kicks off on Friday, March 1st and wraps up Sunday, March 3rd. American fans better get used to waking up early, as the first events each day kick off at 5 am E.T., but most of the finals are relatively easy to watch as the afternoon sessions each day are between 2 pm and 5 pm E.T. A full timetable of events can be found here.

💻 The whole championships is streaming live on Peacock (subscription required), but unfortunately, the only live TV window will be Sunday, 2-5 pm E.T., on CNBC. You can find a full streaming/TV schedule here.

🔜 We'll be sharing Anderson's daily recaps and dispatches from Scotland on the CITIUS MAG Podcast feed and YouTube channel.

Keep tabs on the CITIUS MAG YouTube channel as he'll be uploading tons of interviews from the mixed zone there. We'll be sharing live updates on Twitter/X; Instagram and Threads all throughout the weekend.

In the penultimate episode of Champs Chats from the World Athletics, we recap another epic night of racing that included Gudaf Tsegay winning the gold medal in the women's 5000m + a fan running onto the field shortly thereafter with a Tigray flay. Team USA's women upset the Jamaicans in the 4x100m relay. The United States men made up for the long streak of 4x100m relay woes by earning a silver medal behind Canada. Plus: Much more including Emmanuel Korir's gold medal performance in the 800m.

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Jason and Kevin discuss Gudaf Tsegay breaking the indoor 1500m world record, Grant Holloway running the second-fastest 60m hurdles in history, Sifan Hassan’s getting upset in the 3000m, Jakob...



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