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Ja&rsquo;Kobe Tharp confirmed his status as the new force in sprint hurdling with a stunning 12.85 (-0.4m/s) victory in the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles at the Istv&aacute;n Gyulai Memorial &ndash; the last World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of 2026 &ndash; in Budapest on Tuesday (14).
The US hurdler, who set a surprise world record of 12.75 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships last month, produced the fifth-fastest performance in history in the Hungarian capital and did so with a display that suggested there could be more to come.
Tharp won by 0.16, easing slightly to celebrate before the line and making some of the world&rsquo;s best hurdlers almost look ordinary. Jamal Britt, a regular sub-13 performer this season, was a distant second in 13.01, while world champion Cordell Tinch finished third in a season&rsquo;s best of 13.06.
The win also allowed Tharp to avenge his defeat to Britt at the Eugene Diamond League, where Britt won in 12.86 from Tharp&rsquo;s 12.91. Budapest marked Tharp&rsquo;s fourth consecutive race inside 13 seconds, a streak that began with his world record in the NCAA semifinals and continued with his NCAA final victory in 12.90.
<h2>Katzberg and Thomas among meeting record-breakers</h2>
Tharp&rsquo;s victory in the sprint hurdles was one of seven meeting records set at Budapest&rsquo;s Nemzeti Atl&eacute;tikai K&ouml;zpont, venue for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in two months&rsquo; time.
Ethan Katzberg produced another major mark in the men&rsquo;s hammer, winning with a world-leading meeting record of 83.64m.
The world and Olympic champion opened with 82.47m, a mark that would have been good enough to win, then improved to a world-leading 83.55m in the third round and 83.64m in round five. Germany&rsquo;s Merlin Hummel finished second with 81.74m and Bence Halasz third with 81.65m, replicating the podium from the 2025 World Championships.
Katzberg also avenged his defeat from last year&rsquo;s meeting, when Halasz won, and broke the Hungarian&rsquo;s meeting record of 83.18m for good measure.
Gabby Thomas overcame a relatively poor start to win the women&rsquo;s 200m in a meeting record of 21.83.
Kayla White was the early leader and slingshotted herself well into the home straight, but Olympic champion Thomas used her trademark finish to reel in her US compatriot. White was rewarded with a PB of 21.92 in second, her first sub-22 clocking.
The men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles produced one of the closest races of the evening. Matheus Lima came off the final bend and began to open up a slight lead, but was caught by the chasing trio in the lanes outside him.
Emil Agyekum timed his finish best, winning in a meeting record of 47.58, moving to within 0.10 of Harald Schmid&rsquo;s long-standing German record from 1982. Trevor Bassitt was second in 47.59, just ahead of US compatriot Caleb Dean, who ran 47.62, while Lima was fourth in 47.74. The top six finishers all went inside the previous meeting record of 48.35.
Eleanor Patterson equalled her season&rsquo;s best to win a high-quality women&rsquo;s high jump with 2.00m. The 2022 world champion beat fellow Australian Nicola Olyslagers, the world champion, who cleared 1.98m. The pair had been matched at every height up to and including 2.00m, which Patterson cleared on her first attempt.
On a great evening for Australian vertical jumpers, Olympic champion Nina Kennedy won the women's pole vault on countback from Eliza McCartney, both clearing a meeting record of 4.80m before opting not to continue vaulting.
There was another meeting record in the men&rsquo;s 1500m, where Phanuel Koech edged fellow Kenyan teenager Danson Kiplangat on the line. Koech, the world U20 record-holder, was contesting his first international race of 2026 and won in 3:31.09, just 0.01 ahead of Kiplangat.
<h2>Olympic champions take victories</h2>
Mondo Duplantis returned to the meeting where he set a world record of 6.29m last year and was made to work for victory in a high-quality men&rsquo;s pole vault.
Six men were still vaulting with the bar at 6.00m, three of them &ndash; Kurtis Marschall, Emmanouil Karalis and Sondre Guttormsen &ndash; having cleared 5.90m. Duplantis failed his first attempt at 6.00m, before Marschall became the first to clear it, doing so for the first time outdoors after twice achieving the height indoors. It was also the 300th six-metre vault in history.
Duplantis responded by clearing 6.00m on his second attempt to move into the lead, then consolidated his advantage with a first-time clearance at 6.07m. Marschall attempted that height but was unsuccessful, and with victory secured Duplantis raised the bar to 6.32m. It wasn&rsquo;t to be this time, but the Swedish world record-holder now has 136 clearances at 6.00m or higher.
Olympic champion Masai Russell won the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles in 12.33 (-0.4m/s), leading a US sweep from Rayniah Jones, who ran 12.47, and Alaysha Johnson, who clocked 12.49.
Julien Alfred powered to victory in the women&rsquo;s 100m, clocking 10.87 (-0.3m/s). The Olympic champion beat Jamaica&rsquo;s Tina Clayton, who ran 10.97, in their first clash since the 2025 World Championships, where Clayton took silver ahead of Alfred. Multiple Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah finished fourth in 11.04.
Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou improved throughout the men&rsquo;s long jump and landed a winning 8.31m leap in the final round to beat Anvar Anvarov, who jumped 8.12m.
<h2>Jones, Samukonga and Hssine among other winners</h2>
World silver medallist Jasmine Jones produced an assured run to win the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in 52.91, taking a second off her season&rsquo;s best and becoming the third woman this year to break 53 seconds. Rushell Clayton finished second in 53.34.
Zambia&rsquo;s Muzala Samukonga won the men&rsquo;s 400m in a season&rsquo;s best of 44.02, his fastest run since August 2024, the month in which he earned Olympic bronze. Attila Molnar was second in 44.51, just shy of the 44.47 Hungarian record he set in Monaco last week.
Yassine Hssine came through in the closing stages to win the men&rsquo;s 200m in 19.92, his fifth Moroccan record over the distance in 2026. The time was also an Arab record. Zimbabwe&rsquo;s Makanakaishe Charamba was second in 20.09, while Gary Card finished fifth in 20.28, making him the second-fastest Jamaican U20 athlete in history behind Usain Bolt.
Italy&rsquo;s two-time world medallist Leonardo Fabbri was the only man to throw beyond 22 metres in the shot put, winning with 22.04m.
Algeria&rsquo;s world silver medallist Djamel Sedjati emerged from the pack in the final 40 metres to win the men&rsquo;s 800m in 1:43.19 in his first race over the distance this year. Laban Chepkwony, who set the meeting record last year, was second this time in 1:43.54.
Elsewhere, Abbey Caldwell led an Australian one-two in the women&rsquo;s 1500m, winning in 4:01.79 from Claudia Hollingsworth, who ran 4:02.09. Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang won the men&rsquo;s 3000m in 7:31.90, while Cameroon&rsquo;s Emmanuel Eseme came through to take the men&rsquo;s 100m in 9.99 from Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, who clocked 10.01.
&bull; <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/calendar-results/7214030/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Ja’Kobe Tharp confirmed his status as the new force in sprint hurdling with a stunning 12.85 victory at the István Gyulai Memorial

Tharp backs up world record form with 12.85 in Budapest

Jahcario Wilson of The Bahamas became the fourth fastest U18 110m hurdler ever, while Jamaica&rsquo;s Lavanya Williams, Alana Reid and Bouwahjie Nkrumie produced world-class performances to highlight the North, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) U23 and U18 Championships, held at the Una Nueva Historia track in Apizaco, Mexico.
The city, located 2380m above sea level, was conducive to producing fast times and strong jumps, though excessive wind made many of the top performances ineligible for personal bests or championships records.
Thankfully for Wilson, the wind settled to a perfect 2.0m/s during the time of the boys&rsquo; U18 110m hurdles final. He stormed from the blocks and cruised to victory in 12.94, two tenths of a second faster than his previous best. The time places him fourth on the world U18 all-time list and is just 0.07 shy of Sasha Zhoya&rsquo;s world U18 best.
Born on the last day of 2009, Wilson has succeeded in both sprint and long hurdles, winning silver in the 110m and finishing fourth in the one-lap event at the CARIFTA Games in April.
Lavanya Williams, the third leg runner on Jamaica&rsquo;s victorious 4x100m team at this year&rsquo;s World Relays, earned her first international individual medals. She first dominated the 100m in a marginally wind-assisted 10.91 (2.1m/s) ahead of Olympic relay finalist and world U20 champion Alana Reid (11.05) and Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Frances Colon (11.23).
Two days later, Reid and Williams met again in the 200m final. Reid, who beat Williams for her first national senior title in June, took the upper hand again with 22.29 (3.0m/s). Williams (22.40) and Kelia Bentham (23.00) of Barbados followed her across the finish line.
Bouwahjie Nkrumie &ndash; who ran 9.99 as an U20 athlete in 2023 but then picked up an injury &ndash; returned to winning ways by taking the U23 men&rsquo;s 100m title on the opening day. Nkrumie, the 2022 world U20 100m silver medallist, stopped the clock at 9.92 (2.7m/s), also wind assisted.
Fellow Jamaican Damor Miller finished second (10.03). He and Nkrumie later teamed up to win the 4x100m in 39.30.
Teenagar Jayden Green of Barbados won a close 200m final in 20.17 (3.5m/s), finishing 0.02 ahead of Aaron Charles of Trinidad and Tobago. Green, the 2025 Carifta champion, had set a wind-legal PB of 20.42 in the semifinals, and he will now switch his focus to the World U20 Championships in Eugene later this summer.
The U18 sprinters benefitted from ideal wind conditions in their respective finals. Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s Mekhi Guischard-Yearwood won the boys&rsquo; 100m in 10.33, finishing 0.01 ahead of 15-year-old Kai Kelly of Jamaica.
At only 15 years old, Bahamian prodigy Jazae Johnson cruised to an 11.42 victory in the girls&rsquo; 100m. A long and triple jump champion at this year&rsquo;s Carifta Games, she added the long jump silver in Apizaco with a PB of 6.13m, finishing behind Jamaica&rsquo;s Zavien Bernard (6.21m). Bernard also won the U18 triple jump (12.73m).
Jamaica&rsquo;s Jason Pitter cruised to a 45.98-second victory in the U18 boys&rsquo; 400m, his second sub-46-second run this year. 16-year-old Shameika McLean made it a Jamaican U18 double, winning the girls&rsquo; final in 52.37 as 15-year-old Eden Chee Wah of Trinidad and Tobago set a big PB of 52.48 in second.
A day later, Chee Wah won the 200m title in 23.10, pushed by a strong 6.0m/s wind.
Jayden Walcott of Barbados improved his personal best by more than 70 centimetres to win the U18 boys&rsquo; shot with 21.82m, moving him to 14th on the world U18 all-time list. Mexico&rsquo;s Kendra Silvery Duany delighted the host nation by winning the U18 girls&rsquo; shot put (16.98m) and discus (48.02m).
Combining both age groups, hosts Mexico topped the medals table with 60 medals (22 gold, 16 silver and 22 bronze), followed by Jamaica and The Bahamas. 20 of the 26 participating nations won at least one medal.
Javier Clavelo Robinson for World Athletics

Jahcario Wilson of The Bahamas became the fourth fastest U18 110m hurdler ever

Wilson, Williams, Reid and Nkrumie highlight NACAC U23 and U18 Championships

Adrianna Sułek-Schubert improved her own Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial record to 6449 to win her fourth heptathlon title at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold meeting in Nakło nad Notecią on Saturday and Sunday (11-12).
The decathlon was closer, Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Yariel Soto setting a PB of&nbsp;8124 to take the title ahead of Lithuania&rsquo;s Edgaras Benkunskas (8080).
In the heptathlon,&nbsp;Sułek-Schubert displayed some of her best form since returning to competition after giving birth in 2024.
The Polish record-holder &ndash; who was formerly coached by the late Wiesław Czapiewski &ndash; got off to a strong start with a 13.09 clocking in the 100m hurdles, just 0.01 shy of the PB she set four years ago. Sweden&rsquo;s Lovisa Karlsson was fastest overall, though, setting a PB of 13.03 &ndash; the fastest time by a Swedish athlete since 2016 and taking 0.35 off Sułek-Schubert&rsquo;s meeting record.
The home favourite moved into the lead after the high jump, thanks to her 1.80m clearance. Karlsson&rsquo;s Swedish teammate Erika W&auml;rff impressed in the shot put, topping the field with 14.31m. Austrian duo Verena Mayr (14.24m) and Sarah Lagger (14.15m) also threw beyond 14 metres, as did Switzerland&rsquo;s Lucia Acklin (14.16m). Sułek-Schubert, meanwhile, managed 13.69m which was enough to maintain the overall lead.
Another meeting record fell in the 200m, this time to Czechia&rsquo;s Ad&eacute;la Tk&aacute;čov&aacute;. The 21-year-old sped to an impressive 23.27 &ndash; just 0.05 shy of the PB she set last month &ndash; to smash the meeting record by 0.73. Three other women &ndash; Vilma It&auml;linna (23.63), Sułek-Schubert (23.84) and Acklin (23.90) &ndash; were inside the previous meeting record.
Sułek-Schubert ended the first day with a tally of 3858, putting her 203 points ahead of Karlsson, with W&auml;rff a further 18 points in arrears.
Karlsson started strongest on day two, soaring 6.45m in the long jump for another meeting record and a mark just 10 centimetres off her PB. Sułek-Schubert managed a wind-aided 6.21m (4.4m/s) to retain the lead by 127 points.
They both achieved PBs in the javelin, Sułek-Schubert launching the implement 43.49m to improve on her previous best of 42.86m set as part of her European silver medal-winning performance in 2022 and Karlsson throwing 41.88m. W&auml;rff threw farthest, managing 47.74m from her final attempt to sit just 34 points behind Karlsson with one event to go. Sułek-Schubert looked clear at the top, on 5507.
Chasing her compatriot&nbsp;Edyta Bielska who clocked 2:08.55, Sułek-Schubert ran&nbsp;2:11.58 to finish second in the 800m and successfully defend her heptathlon title, taking her tally to a meeting record of 6449 &ndash; her highest score since her maternity break and the fourth-best score of her career.
Karlsson ran 2:16.67 and&nbsp;W&auml;rff set a PB of&nbsp;2:19.86 to hold on to second and third place, respectively.&nbsp;Karlsson improved her PB to&nbsp;6218, while&nbsp;W&auml;rff scored 6140. Lagger moved up through the field to finish fourth on&nbsp;5986 and&nbsp;It&auml;linna was fifth with a PB of&nbsp;5915.
By contrast, the decathlon was close throughout.
Switzerland&rsquo;s Nino Portmann, the World University Games bronze medallist, sped to a 10.70 clocking to win the 100m. Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Yariel Soto moved into the lead after soaring to a meeting record of 7.80m in the long jump. Switzerland&rsquo;s Finley Gaio, the former meeting record-holder in that discipline, also performed well, leaping a wind-assisted 7.65m while Portmann jumped 7.55m, also marginally wind assisted.
Lithuania&rsquo;s Edgaras Benkunskas climbed up the leader board after throwing a meeting record of 15.66m in the shot put. Soto&rsquo;s 13.45m meant he dropped down slightly, while Portmann threw a PB of 14.81m to remain in contention.
Adam Havl&iacute;ček was the last man standing in the high jump, clearing 2.03m. The Czech athlete had earlier set PBs of 11.07 in the 100m and 7.34m in the long jump. Benkunskas (2.00m), Portmann (1.94m, a PB) and Soto (1.91m) were all in the top half of the field in the high jump.
Gaio&rsquo;s 48.32 run in the 400m meant that five different athletes topped the five different disciplines on day one. Soto (48.69) and Portmann (48.72) also completed the lap within 49 seconds.
Portmann led at the end of the first day with 4278, 84 points ahead of Soto. Gaio, Vil&eacute;m Str&aacute;sk&yacute;, Havl&iacute;ček and Benkunskas were all close behind.
Gaio and&nbsp;Portmann led the 110m hurdles at the start of the second day, respectively clocking 14.00 and 14.25. Soto ran a wind-aided 14.90, moving him down a place behind&nbsp;Portmann and&nbsp;Gaio after six events.&nbsp;Str&aacute;sk&yacute; continued his consistency with 14.31 to put him just one point ahead of Benkunskas, who clocked the same time.&nbsp;Havl&iacute;ček did not finish the race.
Benkunskas moved up into third after the best discus throw of the day, 48.59m.&nbsp;Portmann held on to the lead with&nbsp;43.61m but Gaio's PB of 44.45m moved him closer to his rival, while Soto threw 45.08m and&nbsp;Str&aacute;sk&yacute; a PB of&nbsp;45.77m to complete the top five at that stage.
Soto's 4.80m in the pole vault made the difference as it launched him from fourth to first on 6673, 26 points ahead of&nbsp;Benkunskas who managed 4.60m.&nbsp;Maxime Moitie-Charnois of France had the best clearance &ndash; 5.00m.
Benkunskas fought back with the leading mark in the javelin &ndash; 65.12m to Soto's 55.04m to put him 125 points ahead with just the 1500m remaining, but with Soto the stronger runner. The 1500m went to the form book and so Soto secured the overall title in style, winning the final event in a PB of 4:23.61 as&nbsp;Benkunskas clocked&nbsp;4:50.04.&nbsp;Str&aacute;sk&yacute; ran&nbsp;4:24.31 to cross the line runner-up to Soto and clinch third place overall (8056) ahead of Portmann (7947) and Moitie-Charnois (7843).
Soto's winning score of 8124 added 92 points to his previous PB set in Arona last month &ndash; his score then of 8032 seeing him surpass 8000 points for the first time.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7236891?day=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Adrianna Sułek-Schubert improved her own Wiesław Czapiewski Memorial record to 6449 to win her fourth heptathlon title

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
European Athletics U18 Championships	Stadio	ITA	16 Jul 2026
37° Meeting Arcobaleno EAP AtleticaEuropa	Centro	ITA	16 Jul 2026
Nordic High Jump Challenge	Fana	NOR	16 Jul 2026
Estonian U20 Combined Events Championships	Staadion,	EST	15 Jul 2026
Estonian U18 Combined Events Championships	Staadion,	EST	15 Jul 2026

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