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One year on from breaking long-standing meeting records at the Czech Indoor Gala, Belgian 800m runner Eliot Crestan and Hungarian 400m sprinter Attila Molnar returned to the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava on Tuesday (3) and revised the marks in their respective disciplines.
Crestan catapulted himself up to fourth on the world short track all-time list with his 800m victory of 1:43.83, while Molnar improved the European short track 400m record with 45.01.
They were just two of the six athletes who achieved back-to-back wins and contributed to a strong sense of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu at Ostrava&rsquo;s Atletick&aacute; Hala; other repeat winners included world champions Isaac Nader and Mattia Furlani in the men&rsquo;s 3000m and long jump, as well as Dutch 400m runner Lieke Klaver and Slovenian pole vaulter Tina Sutej.
But on a day when meeting records were broken in nine events, it was Crestan and Molnar who stole the show.
The men&rsquo;s 800m was perfectly paced from the outset and &ndash; unusually for this discipline &ndash; was devoid of any bumping and barging. The pacemaker led through half way in 51.04 with the field already in single file. Poland&rsquo;s Maciej Wyderka led into the final lap, but Crestan &ndash; who has earned silver and bronze medals at the past two editions of both the World Indoors and the European Indoors &ndash; timed his finish to perfection.
The Belgian breezed into the lead and charged through the finish line in 1:43.83, smashing his own meeting record by almost a second and producing his fifth consecutive sub-1:45 indoor 800m final. Wyderka held on for second place in 1:44.07, taking half a second off Adam Kszczot&rsquo;s Polish indoor record and moving to sixth on the world all-time list. In third, Mark English once again revised the Irish record with 1:44.23, finishing ahead of European indoor champion Samuel Chapple (1:44.75).
In what proved to be the fastest indoor race in history, best marks-for-place were set in second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth.
What the men&rsquo;s 400m lacked in drama, it made up for with speed. Molnar, the European indoor champion, led through half way in 21.45. Jonas Phijffers of the Netherlands put up a strong challenge throughout, but Molnar judged his effort to perfection and crossed the line in 45.01, breaking the European short track record that had been shared by East Germany&rsquo;s Thomas Schonlebe and Norway&rsquo;s Karsten Warholm (45.05), and taking 0.07 off his own meeting record.
Phijffers was rewarded with a PB of 45.48 in second place, equalling the Dutch short track record.
<h2>Polish double in hurdles, Ethiopian double in women&rsquo;s middle distance</h2>
Poland dominated the 60m hurdles, producing meeting records in both contests.
In the women&rsquo;s event, Pia Skrzyszowska set the tone early by storming to a world lead and meeting record of 7.78 in the heats. She came close to matching that mark in the final, taking victory in 7.80 ahead of USA&rsquo;s Alaysha Johnson, who clocked 7.88.
Half an hour earlier, compatriot Jakub Szymański delivered another standout performance in the men&rsquo;s race. After trailing slightly out of the blocks behind Eric Edwards, Szymański powered through the closing stages to win in 7.48, breaking the long-standing meeting record set by Dayron Robles back in 2014. Edwards held on for second in a PB of 7.53.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Birke Haylom produced one of the performances of the night in the 1500m, holding off compatriot Saron Berhe to win in a world-leading and meeting record 4:00.62. Berhe followed closely in 4:01.23 which, pending ratification, would be an improvement on the official world U20 short track record of 4:01.57.
The women&rsquo;s 800m also went to Ethiopia as world indoor silver medallist Nigist Getachew led from the gun and never relinquished control, winning in 1:59.98 ahead of Slovakia&rsquo;s Gabriela Gajanov&aacute; (2:00.45).
Getachew&rsquo;s time was an improvement on the meeting record that had been set in the &lsquo;B&rsquo; race earlier in the programme. Sixteen-year-old Slovenian Živa Remic won that race in 2:00.73, setting a European U18 short track best and moving to second on the world U18 all-time list.
World 1500m champion Isaac Nader, contesting his first indoor 3000m in four years, claimed his third successive Ostrava victory after previous wins over 1500m and the mile. He bided his time behind the pacemakers during the first half, then took command in the closing stages, holding off a late surge from South Africa&rsquo;s Tshepo Tshite.
Nader won in a meeting record of 7:38.05, breaking a Portuguese short track record that had stood since 2000. Tshite, racing over 3000m for the first time, was also rewarded with a national record in second place (7:38.17).
In the men&rsquo;s long jump &ndash; possibly the most competitive event of the day &ndash; world champion Mattia Furlani soared to a meeting record of 8.30m. Bulgaria&rsquo;s Bozhidar Saraboyukov took an early lead with 8.21m in round three, which was matched by Furlani in that same round. Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou then took the lead in round four with 8.23m, but Furlani produced the winning leap in round five.
Jordan Geist was another athlete to produce a world-leading meeting record. The US athlete dominated the men&rsquo;s shot put, winning with 22.04m.
On the track, Lieke Klaver continued her affinity with Ostrava by winning the women&rsquo;s 400m in a world-leading 51.00. Home talent Lurdes Gloria Manuel, racing for the first time since May last year, clocked a PB of 51.12 in second, while Slovakia&rsquo;s hurdles specialist Emma Zapletov&aacute; set a national record of 51.24 in third.
Elsewhere in the sprints, European indoor champion Zaynab Dosso took the women&rsquo;s 60m in 7.09 ahead of Patrizia van der Weken (7.14). World 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt and Czech record-holder Karol&iacute;na Maňasov&aacute; were tied for third in 7.17.
Slovenia&rsquo;s Tina &Scaron;utej was another repeat winner from last year. The world bronze medallist won the women&rsquo;s pole vault with 4.70m.

Belgium's Eliot Crestan and Hungary's Attila Molnar returned to the Czech Indoor Gala to revise their own meeting records

History repeats as Crestan and Molnar headline record spree in Ostrava

Cameron Myers and Nikki Hiltz clinched the Wanamaker Mile trophies while Cole Hocker won a much-anticipated two-mile clash at the Millrose Games &ndash; the second World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the season &ndash; on Sunday (1).
Rivalries were renewed in New York, just one week on from the World Indoor Tour Gold season opener in Boston.
Australia&rsquo;s 19-year-old Myers set an Oceanian record to win the 3000m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix and he proved unbeatable in the mile in New York, too. Clocking a world-leading 3:47.57 for the third-fastest mile of his career so far &ndash; behind the 3:47.48 world U20 record he ran when finishing third in a race won by Yared Nuguse in New York last year &ndash; Myers won clear with the ninth-fastest short track mile time in history. His 1500m split was also a world lead of 3:32.78.
He denied Nuguse a fourth consecutive Wanamaker Mile victory, one year on from Nuguse&rsquo;s then world short track record of 3:46.63 on the same track. Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Nuguse was runner-up this time in 3:48.31 and Hobbs Kessler, who set a world 2000m short track best in Boston, was third in 3:48.68.
Like Myers, Hiltz also judged their race to perfection to get a maiden Wanamaker Mile win. Sinclaire Johnson took over as the pacemaker stepped aside and Australia&rsquo;s Olympic 1500m silver medallist Jessica Hull and Linden Hall, who recently teamed up to win the mixed relay at the World Cross Country Championships, followed. Hiltz then moved into third and kicked at the bell, in a battle with Hull. But Hiltz moved away in the closing stages and won in a world-leading PB of 4:19.64 to Hull&rsquo;s 4:20.11. Klaudia Kazimierska came through for third place in a Polish record of 4:21.36.
USA&rsquo;s Hocker clocked 8:07.31 in the two miles to deny Josh Kerr in a clash of global gold medallists.
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Hocker, the Olympic 1500m and world 5000m champion, had kept enough back to stride past Parker Wolfe, who was running determined on the final lap. Kerr gave chase and while he also passed Wolfe down the home straight, the British 2023 world 1500m champion couldn&rsquo;t catch Hocker and had to settle for second place, two years on from setting the world best of 8:00.67 at the same meeting.
Kerr clocked 8:07.68 this time, while Wolfe was third in 8:07.83 and world indoor 3000m bronze medallist Ky Robinson was fourth in an Australian short track best of 8:08.40.
After running a US U20 800m record of 1:45.23 one week earlier in New York, 17-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus moved to fifth on the world 600m short track all-time list, winning the three-lap clash in a world U20 best of 1:14.15.
Jenoah McKiver led at 400m, reached in 47.89, and then Lutkenhaus attacked. His rivals had no response and he finished clear, McKiver securing second in a PB of 1:14.77. Isaiah Jewett was third in 1:15.48.
Another world lead was set in the field as Jamaica&rsquo;s Olympic bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell threw 21.77m to win the shot put in style. After an opening throw of 20.96m and then three fouls, Campbell&rsquo;s best came in the fifth round. USA&rsquo;s two-time world shot put gold medallist Joe Kovacs moved closer with 21.21m with his penultimate throw but he couldn&rsquo;t improve and so secured second place. Chuk Enekwechi was third with 20.63m.
Colin Sahlman took some big scalps to win the 800m in an almost three-second short track PB of 1:44.70. He surged off the final bend to catch Spain&rsquo;s Olympic and world fifth-place finisher Mohamed Attaoui, who had to settle for second in 1:44.98. Britain&rsquo;s 2023 world bronze medallist Ben Pattison was third in a short track PB of 1:45.53, while 2019 world champion Donavan Brazier finished fourth and 2024 world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel finished fifth.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s 2024 world indoor 800m champion Tsige Duguma opened her season with a win, holding on to take the 1000m in 2:35.50 ahead of USA&rsquo;s Addy Wiley in a PB of 2:35.77.
Duguma moved up from fourth to first during the penultimate lap and kicked at the bell. Wiley and Maggi Congdon wouldn&rsquo;t let her get away, but Duguma remained strong through the line to clinch victory. Congdon was third in 2:35.91.
Kenya&rsquo;s world 3000m steeplechase fifth-place finisher Doris Lemngole used a well-timed kick to win a tactical 3000m. She was happy to sit within a breakaway group of five and was third as Jane Hedengren&nbsp;kicked past leader Nozomi Tanaka with two laps remaining.
Lemngole waited until the bell to make her move and she eased away, improving her PB by 10 seconds to 8:31.39. Great Britain&rsquo;s Hannah Nuttall also finished strongly to finish second in a PB of 8:32.94 and Hedengren held on to third in 8:34.98.
After setting a North American short track 800m record of 1:57.97 in Boston on Friday, USA&rsquo;s Roisin Willis won the 600m in New York in a PB of 1:24.87. Juliette Whittaker was second in 1:25.64 and Olivia Baker third in a PB of 1:25.91 in a US top three.
The top three in the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles was a repeat of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. As she did in Boston, Jamaica&rsquo;s Danielle Williams had the edge &ndash; this time surging ahead in the closing stages after a storming finish. The two-time world 100m hurdles gold medallist ran 7.90 this time to again pip two-time world indoor 60m hurdles champion Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas, who ran the first of her two world records in New York two years ago. Christina Clemons was third, 0.01 behind Charlton &ndash; 7.96 to 7.97.
In the men&rsquo;s event, USA&rsquo;s world 110m hurdles champion Cordell Tinch rebounded after finishing fifth in Boston to get his first victory of the year in 7.52. Connor Schulman repeated his second-place finish from that Boston race, clocking 7.57, while Olympic silver medallist Daniel Roberts was third in 7.61.
Great Britain&rsquo;s 2019 world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith denied USA&rsquo;s world 4x100m gold medallist Jacious Sears a second consecutive Millrose Games 60m win as she clinched back-to-back World Indoor Tour Gold victories. After winning in Boston in 7.08, Asher-Smith caught the fast-starting Sears and passed her in the closing stages &ndash; 7.10 to 7.12.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Ackeem Blake was also a back-to-back winner in another repeat of the top three from Boston last weekend. He won in 6.55 ahead of Eloy Benitez (6.60) and Jordan Anthony (6.64).
USA&rsquo;s 2024 NCAA champion Chloe Timberg won the pole vault with a 4.60m clearance.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7229596/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Cameron Myers and Nikki Hiltz clinched the Wanamaker Mile trophies while Cole Hocker won a much-anticipated two-mile clash at the Millrose Games

Myers, Hocker and Hiltz win track clashes in New York

Sixteen-year-old Sam Ruthe of New Zealand and Britain&rsquo;s Isabelle Boffey produced eye-catching performances at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, held at Boston University on Friday (30) and Saturday (31).
Ruthe, competing indoors for the first time in his career, clocked an outright world U18 best of 3:48.88. Not only does that performance make him the third-fastest U20 athlete of all time &ndash; despite having almost three more years in that age group &ndash; it also places him 11th on the senior world short track all-time list, just 0.01 behind 2023 world champion Josh Kerr.
He also smashed the national short track record of 3:51.06, which had been held by Nick Willis since 2016, and the outright national record of 3:49.08, set outdoors back in 1982 by John Walker, the 1976 Olympic 1500m champion.
"I flew out here three days ago from New Zealand, travelling for 50 hours," said Ruthe, who earlier this month ran 1:45.86 for 800m and 3:53.83 for an outdoor mile back in his home country. "My legs were feeling a bit heavy before this, so I think I can run even faster, but I was super stoked with that."
Boffey, meanwhile, took two-and-a-half seconds off her short track PB to win the women&rsquo;s 800m in 1:57.43, elevating her to eight on the world short track all-time list.
Ruthe ran an incredibly well-judged and even-paced race, tracking Belgium&rsquo;s Pieter Sisk for most of the way. Sisk led by half a second at the half-way point and remained just ahead of the New Zealand teenager at the bell, but he was unable to maintain that pace on the final lap. Ruthe, meanwhile, hit the front and closed with a 28.38-second circuit to cross the finish line in 3:48.88.
Sisk held on for second place in a Belgian short track record of 3:50.31 while Davis Bove took third place in 3:51.08.
Just 24 hours prior, Boffey had adopted a similarly effective last-lap move to charge to victory in the women&rsquo;s 800m.
USA&rsquo;s Roisin Willis led through 200m (27.74) and 400m (56.95) with Boffey in third place behind Gladys Chepngetich. Boffey moved up into second place at the bell, with Roisin still holding the lead (1:27.65), but the Briton strode to the front and kicked away to win in 1:57.43.
Boffey&rsquo;s winning time took almost two seconds off her outright PB of 1:59.30, set outdoors in 2023. She now sits just two places behind compatriot Keely Hodgkinson, the Olympic champion, on the world short track all-time list.
Willis held on for second place in 1:57.97, breaking Ajee Wilson&rsquo;s North American short track record. Chepngetich finished third in 1:58.81, taking 0.02 off Pamela Jelimo&rsquo;s Kenyan short track record.
Elsewhere in Boston, Annika Reiss won the women&rsquo;s mile in 4:24.38. Katie Snowden took the women&rsquo;s 3000m in 8:39.89 while Ireland&rsquo;s Darragh McElhinney won the men&rsquo;s event in 7:38.96.
<h2>World leads for&nbsp;Cunningham and&nbsp;Bair in&nbsp;Fayetteville</h2>
Trey Cunningham improved the 60m hurdles world lead to 7.42 to secure his second win of the season at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville on Saturday (31).
After equalling the world lead of 7.48 when winning at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston last weekend, the 2022 world silver medallist went 0.06 quicker to set a meeting record in Fayetteville. Malachi Snow was second in 7.56.
Christopher Morales Williams moved to second on the season top list for the 400m, clocking 44.87 to win ahead of 19-year-old Jonathan Simms who set a world-leading 44.62 in Clemson earlier this month and followed that with 45.04 in Fayetteville.
NCAA decathlon and heptathlon champion Peyton Bair set indoor PBs in six of the seven events to win the heptathlon with a world-leading lifetime best of 6371 points. His marks included 6.71 in the 60m, 7.62m in the long jump, 2.04m in the high jump and 5.05m in the pole vault.&nbsp;
World U20 champion Adaejah Hodge equalled the meeting record by running 22.53 to win the 200m on Friday and then set a PB of 7.16 in the 60m semifinals, while Shenese Walker ran a PB of 7.09 in the 60m. NCAA 200m champion JaMeesia Ford was another meeting record-breaker as she won the 300m in 36.12.
Over at the Washington Invitational in Seattle, NCAA champion and 2022 world U20 gold medallist Hana Moll set a PB and world lead of 4.88m in the pole vault.
The miles were won by world road mile bronze medallist Sam Prakel in 3:51.86 and Rosemary Longisa in 4:24.59.
<h2>Werro and Perez Hernandez win in Val-de-Reuil</h2>
Audrey Werro and Leyanis Perez Hernandez set world leads to win at the Meeting de L'Eure, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver event, in Val-de-Reuil on Sunday (1).
Diamond League champion Werro ran a 1:57.49 Swiss short track 800m record ahead of Clara Liberman of France in a PB of 2:00.42, while Cuba's world champion Perez Hernandez leapt 14.65m to win the triple jump ahead of Saly Sarr (14.22m).
Agathe Guillemot was another national record-breaker as she set a French short track mark of 4:23.27 in the mile, also improving the meeting record.
World shot put champion Jessica Schilder won on her season opener, throwing 19.78m.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7229841/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Sixteen-year-old Sam Ruthe of New Zealand and Britain’s Isabelle Boffey produced eye-catching performances at the John Thomas Terrier Classic

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
ÖLV-Nachwuchsmeeting	Sport	AUT	05 Feb 2026
Udin Jump Development	Palaindoor	ITA	04 Feb 2026
IFAM Louvain-La-Neuve Indoor	Complexe	BEL	04 Feb 2026
Meeting Val de marne intercomité	Salle	FRA	04 Feb 2026
5. halová středa	Atletická	CZE	04 Feb 2026

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