QUOTE OF THE DAY
Andy Díaz Hernández: “My plan was never to jump only once. I felt strong to set a new record, but it didn’t happen this time. There was a very long wait in between jumps, so I was quite inactive for too long and this led to the decision of skipping the following attempts. But, I feel strong, and this is indicative that good jumps could happen this summer. Jumping 18 metres us is a benchmark that all triple jumpers aspire and aim for – 18 metres and a bit further than that, of course. To be honest, when the competition is tighter your body reacts differently. There is a different feeling to it, a different type of emotion. There is no doubt that we were missing some of the global elite athletes – like Pedro [Pichardo] and Jordan [Díaz], but had they been here today, I would have still taken this world indoor title. That was what I came here for, but I am looking forward to competing against them in the summer.”
RESULT OF THE DAY
European Indoor champion Andy Díaz Hernández leaped to Italian national record and world lead of 17.80 in the triple jump first series and clearly won also the World Indoor title, with his only successful attempt (posting two fails and three skipped). He moved to tenth position in the European all-time lists.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
23-year-old Jamaican Raymond Richards won the bronze medal in the high jump, clearing 228 – his second best performance all-time, at his first ever global championships. He started the 2025 season with a lifetime best of 225 and improved to 230 earlier this month at an outdoor meet in Jamaica.
MEDALS (14 countries)
CAN, FIN, GBR, ITA, KOR 1-0-0
POINTS (24 countries)
USA 27; CHN 20; JAM 15; ITA 11
TITLE DEFENDERS
Yes (1): Mitton
No (2): Zango, Kerr
NC (2): Vidts, Coleman
TOP MARKS
WL (1): 17.80 A.Díaz
AR (1): 1 – South America
AGENTS (individual titles)
1 – Younghoon Chung, Caroline Feith, Eric Lilot, Hans Üürike
Vanninen has no agent
STATS
W Pen: Vanninen won her second medal at WI and with 1-1-0 moved to tied third behind Vidts and Dobrynska; 188 points is the biggest difference between 3-4; first title for FIN, first medal for IRL.
W SP: Mitton won her second WI title and moved behind three-time champions (Adams and Krivelyova), third medal for Jackson (0-1-2), and second for Schilder (0-1-1); CAN moved to 3rd with second gold (behind RUS and NZL).
M 60: 0.01sec. is the (tied) second lowest victory margin; fourth title for GBR (second behind USA), first medals for AUS and RSA.
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