New Zealand&rsquo;s Geordie Beamish produced an extraordinary finish to win the men&rsquo;s 1500m title from lane three, having entered the home straight in fifth place as the two top US runners appeared to be contesting the gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24.
Beamish, who had theoretically moved up to the 3000m steeplechase after feeling as if he lacked the pace to make an impact at a shorter distance, crossed the finish line with a look of amazement on his face before clutching his head in his hands.
The 27-year-old US-based runner had come from nowhere to win a first global medal in a personal best 3:36.54. Maybe time for a spot of career re-evaluation?
It added a second gold to the New Zealand cause following the morning&rsquo;s victory in the men&rsquo;s high jump by Hamish Kerr.
Until that startling final flourish from the man in black it seemed as if the title was to be decided by a private battle between the runners who had finished respectively first and second in the US Indoor Championships: Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler.
It looked as though Hocker had timed his final move perfectly as he moved past his domestic rival over the final 20 metres &ndash; only to see Beamish charge through on his right-hand side.
Hocker took silver in a personal best of 3:36.69, with Kessler claiming bronze in 3:36.72 to go with his world road mile gold.
Isaac Nader of Portugal finished fourth in 3:36.97, with Norway&rsquo;s world bronze medallist Narve Gilje Nordas, who had hung back early in the race before making a bid to come round the outside that was smartly blocked by his US rivals, taking fifth place in a personal best of 3:37.03.
Ethiopia&rsquo;s Samuel Tefera, who had arrived seeking a third consecutive title, had not looked in the form of former years, and eventually settled for seventh place in 3:38.10.
&ldquo;I think it was the best ever World Championships for New Zealand before I stepped on to the track,&rdquo; Beamish said. &ldquo;The last couple of days have been a huge performance by the team. Tom (Walsh with silver in the men's shot put), Eliza McCartney (with silver in the women's pole vault) and Hamish (Kerr with gold in the high jump) are leaders on the team, both on and off the track, and they showed what it means to wear the black jersey.
&ldquo;And it is incredible to add to that. It was first thing in the morning (on Monday in New Zealand when the race was run) and I hope a lot of people were watching. I hope that brought a lot of joy. I seem to always have that last lap.
&ldquo;I was fortunate it wasn't a 3:29 race. I don't think that would have been on the cards for me then. But I feel like I can run people down in that last lap. It's incredible.&rdquo;
Hocker commented: &ldquo;I just kept waiting for some gap to take advantage of, and at some point, you just have to go, so that's what I did. I can't lie, I came here for the gold but it's my first global medal, so I can't turn my nose up at it.&rdquo;
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics 
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Geordie Beamish 🇳🇿 NZL</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">3:36.54 PB</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Cole Hocker 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">3:36.69 PB</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Hobbs Kessler 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">3:36.72</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/1500-metres/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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World Athletics Indoor Championships

New Zealand’s Geordie Beamish produced an extraordinary finish to win the men’s 1500m title from lane three

Beamish doubles New Zealand delight as late run earns him 1500m gold

Mondo Duplantis made a successful defence of his pole vault title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, clearing a world-leading 6.05m before having a good go at setting his sixth world record at a height of 6.24m.
So much for the statistics &ndash; but the truth was that this was far from an easy night for the world and Olympic champion, who seemed at one point to be about to make a shock exit after failing twice to clear at 5.85.
&ldquo;This was the hardest I have ever worked,&rdquo; he said.
At that point in the competition there were only three others involved, but one of them, his old nemesis Sam Kendricks of the United States, the 2017 and 2019 world champion, was competing like a man inspired on his return to this level of competition after illness and injury.
The 31-year-old produced five successive first-time clearances up to and including 5.90m but was unable to do any more as his 24-year-old opponent demonstrated once again what an extraordinary competitor he is.
Having skipped at 5.75m, Duplantis returned to the fray after a period of almost 20 minutes and he seemed to have lost his focus as he attempted to resume at 5.85m.
He found the way to progress, however.
A first failure at 5.95m created another pressure point for him to negotiate &ndash; but he responded like the champion he is to go over with his second effort, marking the clearance with a surge of energy as he bashed his chest before stepping away with a thoughtful expression.
That was the decisive vault. Kendricks took an honourable silver, one place ahead of Greece&rsquo;s Emmanouil Karalis, third on 5.85m and claiming his first major medal.
Chris Nilsen of the United States, Olympic silver medallist, finished fourth with a best of 5.75m, on countback from the Australian with whom he shared world bronze last summer, Kurtis Marschall.
Duplantis, naturally, had come into these championships atop the world rankings, although with a relatively conservative height of 6.02m, in contrast to the 6.10m with which he kicked off last year.
He had professed himself to be &ldquo;excited&rdquo; at returning to the arena where, in 2020, he had set the second of his five world records by clearing 6.18m. But on this tricky day the operative word was relief.
An emotion doubtless resonating in his parents &ndash; and coaches &ndash; Greg and Helena as they sat in the Glasgow Arena stands.
Reflecting on the toughness of the competition, Duplantis added: &ldquo;It seems to be that way when I am against Sam. He's such a tough competitor, he brings out the best in me.
&ldquo;I had my back against the wall quite a few times today and I'm glad I was able to pull it out on the third attempts. I was never negative about the fouls. It is always pressure on the last attempt because you are on the line but I always look at it positively. If I have one attempt left then I have a chance.
&ldquo;I try not to overthink it and learn from the mistake I made on the first two and put it all together. I was able to pull it out of the bag today. I gave my mom too many scares tonight than she would have liked.
&ldquo;I think she got quite nervous watching me there. I knew I had it under control. I'll have to say sorry about that. I'm glad I could pull out the win for her. She is my inspiration. Thanks mum.&rdquo;
Kendricks commented: &ldquo;After I jumped 5.90m and the bar was going to 95, I was like: Mondo, will you play the game with me today? Or will you just pass it to the 6.10m or the world record &ndash; somewhere where I cannot go right now.
&ldquo;And it is our responsibility as competitors to challenge him every day. He was challenged, he was breathless and he did not jump the world record I think because we challenged him today.&rdquo;
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics 
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪 SWE</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">6.05m WL</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Sam Kendricks 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">5.90m</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 GRE</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">5.85m SB</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/pole-vault/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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Mondo Duplantis made a successful defence of his pole vault title in Glasgow, clearing a world-leading 6.05m

‘Hardest ever’ work for Duplantis as he retains pole vault title in Glasgow

Someone once wrote something about keeping your head while all about are losing theirs. Bryce Hoppel has clearly read it. And taken note.
While all about the US runner, the fancied contenders in the men&rsquo;s 800m final were losing their heads on the closing night of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, he made sure his remained intact.
The reward for the shrewd 26-year-old from Texas came within sight of the finish line.
Only then did Hoppel, the bronze medallist in Belgrade two years ago, show his hand.
Rounding the final turn, the 26-year-old moved level with Elliot Crestan before pulling smoothly clear of the Belgian in the final 10m to claim the gold medal in a world-leading 1:44.92.
Crestan, third in the European indoor final in Istanbul a year ago, was so crestfallen he faded to another bronze. Swede Andreas Kramer came through for silver in 1:45.27, with Crestan 0.05 behind &ndash; followed by Italy&rsquo;s Catalin Tecuceanu, fifth in 1:46.39.
The big favourite, defending champion Mariano Garcia, finished a deflated fifth in 1:48.77.
The Spaniard performed his customary motorbike revving action on the start line but ran out of gas after busting a gut to overtake the robust Benjamin Robert, who barged past him at 100m.
The Frenchman was subsequently disqualified and, while Garcia led through halfway in 51.39, he got stuck in reverse after losing pole position to Crestan and then fleetingly overtaking him.
Crestan, a world U20 bronze medallist in Tampere back in 2018, used too much of his own gas too early, striving to pull decisively clear from the bell.
Hoppel bided his time and got his reward in gold: a third for the US in the world indoor men&rsquo;s 800m, following the surprise successes of David Krummenacker in Birmingham in 2003 and Boris Berian in Portland in 2016
&ldquo;Being finally able to grab that moment is incredible,&rdquo; said Hoppel. &ldquo;I think everything going on at this time is giving me a new level of confidence.
&ldquo;Getting out there, I just feel amazing. I just feel self-control. I&rsquo;ve been able to make that race go exactly how I wanted.
&ldquo;It feels so unreal to be the world champion. It's so special to have that moment.
&ldquo;I'm just happy to bring it back to the people who have been around me and made me listen to them.&rdquo;
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics 
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Bryce Hoppel 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">1:44.92</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Andreas Kramer 🇸🇪 SWE</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">1:45.27</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Elliot Crestan 🇧🇪 BEL</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">1:45.32</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/800-metres/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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USA's Bryce Hoppel kept a cool head to win the men's 800m in Glasgow

Hoppel keeps his composure to take 800m gold in Glasgow

The women&rsquo;s 800m uncovered a new star at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 as Tsige Duguma became Ethiopia&rsquo;s first women&rsquo;s world indoor champion in the discipline, and her nation&rsquo;s first gold medallist of the championships.
During a race for which the volume at the Glasgow Arena went up another notch, the 23-year-old held off the challenge from home favourite Jemma Reekie to announce herself to the world.
Duguma stepped up to 800m for the first time in 2023, making her indoor debut just this year. But she raced in a way that belied her experience to get gold in 2:01.90, almost a second ahead of Scottish star Reekie, racing on her home track.
The early stages of Duguma&rsquo;s career were focused on the sprints and she won the African U20 200m title in 2017. She graduated from 400m bronze at the Ethiopian Championships in 2019 to silver in 2021 and gold in 2022.
But she ran a 1:59.40 800m in Belgium last July and found her forte. That mark remained her PB until she improved to 1:58.35 to win her semifinal in Glasgow.&nbsp;
In what proved to be a tactical final,&nbsp;Duguma went straight to the fore &ndash; leading through 200m in 29.38 with Reekie right on her shoulder. Duguma and Reekie remained in control, and running side by side they hit half way in 1:03.39.
Duguma then had a narrow lead at the bell, with her compatriot Habitam Alemu &ndash; this year's world leader &ndash; joining them at the front, the teammates running either side of Reekie.&nbsp;
As the crowd&rsquo;s roars grew louder, Olympic fourth-placer Reekie couldn't respond when Duguma kicked and that move carried her to victory.
Reekie secured silver &ndash; her first global medal &ndash; in 2:02.72 and they were followed over the finish line by an elated Noelie Yarigo, whose bronze was also a first global medal for the 38-year-old.
&ldquo;This race was really amazing and it is hard for me to find proper words,&rdquo; said Duguma. &ldquo;The tactic I used was to push it forward and that is why I was able to get first place.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It is true that the home crowd was pushing their athlete. I was confident coming into this race because I know how hard I was training, so I was ready to fight for the gold. Now, the focus is on the Olympics, and there is no doubt that I want to bring this medal home.&rdquo;
Reekie said: &ldquo;I knew those girls were going to throw something at me and they were just better than me today. I made some mistakes, but I've learned some lessons. It's always going to be unpredictable and it's what's going to happen if all these girls are running so fast, but it's my first senior medal so I'm not too disappointed.&rdquo;
Yarigo spent a few years better known as a pacemaker on the international circuit but she has kicked on in her own elite career and now has a global medal to show for her efforts.
After her bronze medal-winning run, she laid down on the track with her hands over her face in disbelief.
She became Benin&rsquo;s first ever global medallist in athletics.
&ldquo;There are so few people in my tiny country and they are with me, I am crying with happiness that I could win a medal for them,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I am 38 but age is just a number for me. You just need to work very hard and believe in it.&rdquo;
Jess Whittington for World Athletics 
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<td style="background-color: #fd5249; text-align: center;" colspan="3">WOMEN'S 800m MEDALLISTS</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Tsige Duguma 🇪🇹 ETH</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">2:01.90</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Jemma Reekie 🇬🇧 GBR</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">2:02.72</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Noelie Yarigo 🇧🇯 BEN</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">2:03.15</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/women/800-metres/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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The women’s 800m uncovered a new star at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24

Duguma pips Reekie and strides into 800m spotlight in Glasgow

Ethiopia waited until the closing stages of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 to win their first gold medal of the weekend. But then, like waiting for a bus, two came along at once.
Hot on the heels of Tsige Duguma&rsquo;s surprise win in the women&rsquo;s 800m, Freweyni Hailu produced a more expected victory in the women&rsquo;s 1500m, the closing event of the championships.
It was something of an unusual race, though, with the pace and lead changing hands several times.
Hailu darted into an early lead, closely followed by her compatriot, world road mile champion Diribe Welteji. Birke Haylom soon made it an Ethiopian trio out in front, and they had a lead of about six metres on the chase pack.
The pace settled after three laps and the pack began to bunch up. Hailu spent a brief moment in the middle of the pack while Welteji led the pack through 800m.
One lap later, USA&rsquo;s Nikki Hiltz had moved up into second place. Emily Mackay, Hiltz&rsquo;s teammate, then darted into the lead with two laps to go, bidding to make a long run for home.
At this point, there were two US runners, two Ethiopian athletes and two British runners &ndash; Georgia Bell and Revee Walcott-Nolan &ndash; in contention for the medals.
Mackay held on to the lead until the final bend, when Hailu and Hiltz eventually charged past. Hailu kicked ahead to win in 4:01.46 with Hiltz taking silver in a PB of 4:02.32 and Mackay earning bronze in 4:02.69.
Bell, who recently returned to the sport after focusing on duathlon for several years, crossed the line in fourth in 4:03.47, 0.35 ahead of Welteji.
&ldquo;This result is very good for me,&rdquo; said Hailu, who took world indoor silver over 800m two years ago. &ldquo;The key to this result is that we help each other in our team and in our training group. The harder we work, the better we get on the track. For summer, we&rsquo;ll train even harder, because the main focus is the Olympics.&rdquo;
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics 
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Freweyni Hailu 🇪🇹 ETH</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">4:01.46</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Nikki Hiltz 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">4:02.32</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Emily Mackay 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">4:02.69</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/women/1500-metres/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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Freweyni Hailu produced an expected victory in the women’s 1500m, the closing event of the championships

Hailu delivers in 1500m to give Ethiopia golden finish in Glasgow

Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas produced the second world record of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 as she lowered her 60m hurdles mark to 7.65 in securing her first global title.
There might have been a third world record as Mondo Duplantis, having successfully defended his pole vault title despite a few wobbles with a clearance of 6.05m, had two out of three decent attempts at increasing his world record to 6.24m.
Femke Bol followed her world 400m record of the night before by anchoring the Netherlands to gold in the women&rsquo;s 4x400m.
Alexander Doom, the other individual 400m champion, completed the same double by anchoring Belgium to gold in the men&rsquo;s 4x400m, stealing the spotlight from world 100m and 200m champion Noah Lyles, who ran the third leg for the USA.
A new star emerged in the women&rsquo;s 800m in the form of Ethiopia&rsquo;s Tsige Duguma, who powered ahead of home favourite Jemma Reekie in the closing stages.
Meanwhile New Zealand were celebrating two golds as Geordie Beamish shocked everyone including himself to move from fifth to first in the final 20 metres of the men&rsquo;s 1500m final, adding to the high jump title secured in the morning session by his compatriot Hamish Kerr.
That elevated New Zealand to third in the final medals table behind the United States, top with six golds, and Belgium with three.
Charlton, who had spoken of the need to &ldquo;fix her start&rdquo; after qualifying only seventh in the morning heats in 7.93, got away superbly in the 60m hurdles final and was never seriously threatened as she finished clear of the French athlete who had beaten her to this title two years earlier in Belgrade, Cyrena Samba-Mayela.
Samba-Mayela took silver in 7.74, with a delighted Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland claiming bronze in 7.79.
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Duplantis made relatively hard work of winning in the arena where, four years earlier, he had set the second of his five world records by clearing 6.18m. With Sam Kendricks of the United States in dashing form after two years in the wilderness, the defending champion teetered on the brink of an exit after two failures at 5.85m, but cleared at the third attempt before getting 5.95m second time round.
Kendricks, who had cleared first-time up to and including 5.90m, could go no further, claiming a comeback silver, with bronze going to Greece&rsquo;s Emmanouil Karalis of Greece on 5.85m.
In the men&rsquo;s 4x400m, Lyles took over the lead from Matthew Boling and handed it on to last leg runner Christopher Bailey after running a respectable split of 45.68.
Bailey, however, was unable to hold off the late challenge of Belgium&rsquo;s individual 400m champion Doom, who did to him what he had to Karsten Warholm the day before to complete a successful defence of the title in 3:02.54.
So it was a second silver for Lyles in Glasgow as the United States clocked 3:02.60, with the Netherlands taking bronze in a national record of 3:04.25.
Bol lived up to expectation as she anchored the Netherlands home in the women&rsquo;s 4x400m final, although she finished under severe pressure from Alexis Holmes, the US runner who anchored USA to victory after Bol collapsed at the close of the mixed 4x400m at the World Championships in Budapest.
There was no such lapse this time round by the athlete who had set a third consecutive individual world record the previous evening as she crossed the line in 3:25.07, with the United States taking silver in 3:25.34 and Britain, anchored by Jessie Knight, finishing third in a national record of 3:26.36.
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The women&rsquo;s 800m final produced another medal for the host nation, although it was not quite the colour Reekie, who finished fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, had in mind.
A race which saw the field dawdling along proved too slow for Reekie&rsquo;s purposes, and while she went for broke at the end, she could not match the finishing speed of Ethiopia&rsquo;s latest middle distance arrival, Tsige Duguma, who charged ahead at the end to win by almost a full second in 2:01.90.
Bryce Hoppel floated like a butterfly through a boisterous, barging men&rsquo;s 800m final before stinging like a bee to secure gold as he outsprinted the labouring Belgian, Eliott Crestan, to cross in a world-leading 1:44.92.
Crestan, who had been involved in some bumping with the defending champion, Mariano Garcia of Spain, before taking the lead, faded to third as Sweden&rsquo;s Andreas Kramer caught him on the line for silver in 1:45.27. Crestan clocked 1:45.32.
Simon Ehammer of Switzerland, whose efforts to win the European indoor heptathlon title in Istanbul last year ended when he failed to record a long jump distance &ndash; despite having won world long jump bronze the year before &ndash; did everything possible to make up for that disappointment in Glasgow.
And in the end he was able to take his first global title &ndash; by the slim margin of 11 points &ndash; as he did just enough in the concluding 1000m.
Ehammer had reached the final discipline with a 140-point lead over Ken Mullings of The Bahamas, who was likely to find the 1000m a challenge.
The danger man for him was Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim, and the latter did everything he could with victory in a four-second personal best of 2:33.23. Ehammer managed his own final surge to earn a personal best of 2:46.03 before collapsing exhausted on the track near the already prone figure of his rival.
Skotheim crawled over to his Swiss rival as they awaited the final adjudication &ndash; and it was the man in the red vest who was soon waving his arms in the air as he was confirmed the gold medallist with a world-leading national record of 6418.
The Norwegian earned silver with a national record of 6407, ahead of Estonia&rsquo;s Johannes Erm, who took bronze with a personal best of 6340.
Mullings blew out his cheeks at the realisation that he had must missed a medal with a total of 6242.
The women&rsquo;s long jump title marked a huge breakthrough for Tara Davis-Woodhall of the United States as she earned her first global title to go with the world outdoor silver she earned last summer with a fourth-round best of 7.07m.
She also produced three other jumps that were farther than that of the silver medallist, her compatriot Monae Nichols, who recorded 6.75m, with bronze going to Spain&rsquo;s Fatima Diame on 6.78m.
In the final event of the championships, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Freweyni Hailu secured the women&rsquo;s 1500m title in 4:01.46 from the US pair of Nikki Hiltz, who clocked a personal best of 4:02.32, and Emily Mackay, who took bronze in 4:02.69, also a personal best, with Britain&rsquo;s Georgia Bell fourth in 4:03.47.
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics

Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas produced the second world record of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24

Final session in Glasgow sees world record by Charlton, Doom and Bol at the double, and shock win for Beamish

The ebullient Tara Davis-Woodhall made a grand entrance into the arena for the women&rsquo;s long jump final on the closing night at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, resplendent in now-trademark Stetson.
The world silver medallist likes to put on a show and, in swapping her hat for a first senior global crown, the 24-year-old US jumper duly obliged.
With a fourth round leap of 7.07m, she pulled decisively clear of the field, landing a 7.03m jump in the final round for good measure.
Only Davis-Woodhall, the world leader with 7.18m, has ventured beyond the magic seven-metre mark in 2024.
In the first three rounds, though, the woman based at the University of Texas in Austin was gripped in a see-saw battle with her US teammate Monae&rsquo; Nichols, a member of the Texas Tech University track team in Lubbock.
In the Scottish city that produced the band Texas, Nichols snatched the lead in the opening round, her 6.75m bettering Davis-Woodhall&rsquo;s first attempt by 2cm.
In round two, the favourite took the lead with 6.79m. Nichols proceeded to nudge back in front courtesy of a 6.83m jump in the third round.
Only twice in 14 previous head to heads had Nichols got the better of the former world U18 champion. She improved to 6.83m in round four but then Davis-Woodhall uncorked her 7.07m.
And that was that. Nichols was unable to respond, following up with 6.68m and a foul.
In a dramatic fifth round, Spaniard Fatima Diame &ndash; sixth in last year&rsquo;s world outdoor final &ndash; jumped 6.78m to edge the bronze by 1cm from Germany&rsquo;s 2021 European U18 bronze medallist Mikaelle Assani.
Fifth place went to European heptathlon bronze medallist Annik Kalin. Her best, 6.75m, also came in the penultimate round.&nbsp;
Just 1cm down in sixth was Serb Milica Gardasevic. European indoor silver medallist Larissa Iapichino of Italy &ndash; daughter of 1997 world indoor champion Fiona May &ndash; finished seventh with 6.69m from that productive round five.&nbsp;
The gold and the glory, however, belonged to Davis-Woodhall, the fourth US winner of the event after Dawn Burrell, Tianna Madison and Brittney Reese.
&ldquo;Every time someone says I'm a world champion, it really hits me,&rdquo; she reflected. &ldquo;I really did this. I am so happy, so grateful.
&ldquo;This medal is for my all-time hero, my grandmother. She has come a long, long way to get to the top.&nbsp;
&ldquo;She had her own business and now she is retired and happily enjoying my success. She will love this medal, so it's for her.&rdquo;
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics 
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Tara Davis-Woodhall 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">7.07m</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Monae' Nichols 🇺🇸 USA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">6.85m</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Fatima Diame 🇪🇸 ESP</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">6.78m</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/women/long-jump/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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&nbsp;

The ebullient Tara Davis-Woodhall made a grand entrance into the arena for the women’s long jump final

Davis-Woodhall secures world indoor long jump crown in style

The biggest turning points across the two days of heptathlon action at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 came in the jumping events.
For Ken Mullings, who came into the championships as the world leader, the pole vault proved his downfall and ultimately cost him a medal.
But for Simon Ehammer, one giant leap in the long jump &ndash; something of a bittersweet event for him in recent years &ndash; signalled the potential dawning of a new era for the Swiss all-rounder, who went on to claim gold in a national indoor record of 6418.
It was much more than just a two-man contest, though. In fact, going into the final discipline, four or five men had potential shots of challenging for a medal.
Ehammer took an early lead by winning the 60m in 6.73, but Mullings was close behind with an equal PB of 6.83. Estonia&rsquo;s Johannes Erm also started well, clocking a PB of 6.90. In the earlier heat, Norwegian duo Sander Skotheim (7.06) and Markus Rooth (7.08) crossed the line almost in unison behind USA&rsquo;s Harrison Williams (6.95), who later withdrew with an ankle sprain. Belgium&rsquo;s Jente Hauttekeete also ran well, clocking 7.06.
All eyes were on Ehammer in the long jump. It&rsquo;s an event in which he holds a personal best of 8.45m and a world bronze medal from 2022. But it&rsquo;s also the discipline that, within combined events copetition, signalled his early exit from the Hypo Meeting in 2021 and 2023 and the European Indoors in 2023, recording three fouls on all of those occasions.
So no one was more relieved than Ehammer when he nailed his first jump in Glasgow with 8.03m &ndash; even though it was just 1.4cm away from the take-off line &ndash; and he backed it up with an 8.00m effort on his third attempt, increasing his overall lead.
Sven Jansons of the Netherlands held on to second place overall thanks to a 7.79m PB. Mullings (7.69m) and Rooth (7.68m) also set PBs, while Erm (7.71m) and Skotheim (7.75m) performed well.
As expected, Makenson Gletty of France excelled in the shot put, launching it out to 16.95m to propel himself from eighth to fourth overall. Ehammer was further down the standings in the shot put (14.39m) but it was just enough to hold on to the lead from Erm, who threw a PB of 15.72m. Mullings maintained third place, thanks to a throw of 14.49m.
But Ehammer lost his lead at the end of the first day when Mullings cleared 2.16m in the high jump, elevating the Bahamian to the top of the leaderboard. Ehammer&rsquo;s 1.95m clearance was enough to keep him in second place, but Erm (2.01m) and Skotheim (2.13m) were just a few points behind.
Ehammer started the second day as he had done the first: with a victory. He was fastest of the field in the 60m hurdles, clocking 7.62, but Mullings&rsquo; strong run of 7.76 kept the Bahamian on top at the end of that discipline.
Skotheim (8.05) and Erm (8.21) switched places in the overall standings after the 60m hurdles with the Norwegian moving ahead of the tall Estonian. Gletty also had a good run in the sprint hurdles, his 7.82 run moving him up to fifth overall, just ahead of Rooth.
The pole vault &ndash; as is often the case in combined events &ndash; had a significant impact on the competition. Ehammer seized the opportunity to bank big points, soaring over 5.20m to once again top the field for the fourth discipline in the competition.
It meant that going into the 1000m, Ehammer had a comfortable 140-point lead over the field.
Mullings was 43cm off his recent PB in the pole vault, making do with a 4.60m clearance. Skotheim and Erm both cleared 5.10m to narrow the gap on Mullings and consolidate their positions in third and fourth respectively. Their superiority at 1000m meant that Mullings&rsquo; medal hopes were essentially over.
If anything, they still had hopes of gaining enough distance on Ehammer in the final event to challenge for gold.
The pole vault marked the end of the competition for Rooth, who picked up an injury in that discipline.
His teammate Skotheim took out the running in the 1000m with Erm close behind. The duo soon built up a significant lead over the rest of the field before Skotheim kicked ahead to win in 2:33.23. Erm crossed the line second in 2:36.15, and further behind Ehammer did his best to ensure the lead duo weren&rsquo;t too far ahead, finishing in a PB of 2:46.03.
Thankfully for Ehammer, that proved to be enough. He was rewarded with the gold medal and a national indoor record of 6418, moving him to ninth on the world indoor all-time list.
Skotheim also set a national record in second place, scoring 6407, while Erm took bronze in a PB of 6340. Mullings, who clocked a PB of 2:49.35 in the 1000m, eventually finished fourth overall &ndash; the highest ever finish by a Bahamian athlete in a global championships combined events competition.
Gletty finished fifth in 6187, while Vilem Strasky (6080) and Jansons (6076) recorded PBs for sixth and seventh.
&ldquo;It feels amazing and unbelievable,&rdquo; said Ehammer. &ldquo;It was a tough, tough competition. I pushed and pushed and pushed (in the 1000m) because I so wanted to win this gold. Yes, I do the long jump as well, but this proves I am a multi-eventer. This is where I belong. It's the perfect start to the season for 2024.&rdquo;
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics 
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<td style="background-color: #fd5249; text-align: center;" colspan="3">MEN'S HEPTATHLON MEDALLISTS</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Simon Ehammer 🇨🇭 SUI</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">6418 WL, NR</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Sander Skotheim 🇳🇴 NOR</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">6407 NR</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Johannes Erm 🇪🇪 EST</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">6340 PB</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/heptathlon/1000-metres/points" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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&nbsp;

The biggest turning points across the two days of heptathlon action at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 came in the jumping events.

Ehammer banishes demons to take heptathlon gold in Glasgow

For a few fleeting moments, as the two leading runners on the anchor leg of the women&rsquo;s 4x400m rounded into the home straight, a repeat of last year&rsquo;s World Athletics Championships mixed relay final looked to be a possibility.
Alexis Holmes had closed around the bend and was within striking distance of Femke Bol. In the Budapest contest the woman from the US snatched gold as her despairing Dutch rival crashed to the track just short of the line.
On this occasion, however, Bol was playing it safe.&nbsp;
The world 400m hurdles champion had smashed her own world indoor record en route to victory in the flat 400m final the previous day at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24, and &ndash; with team gold in mind &ndash; she was determined to remain in control.
Only in the final 10 metres did Bol shift into top gear, putting 0.27 between herself and Holmes.&nbsp;
The Dutch runner took world indoor gold in 3:25.07, a world lead, matching the women&rsquo;s 4x400m gold they claimed with a stunning anchor leg by Bol a week after the mixed relay despair in Budapest.
They led from start to finish on Sunday (3).
Lieke Klaver, silver medallist behind Bol&rsquo;s blistering 49.17 in the individual 400m final, built a seven metre lead on the opening leg, and Cathelijn Peeters and Lisanne De Witte made sure the Netherlands remained in pole position.
Klaver&rsquo;s split of 50.26 was the fastest. Bol could afford to be marginally slower than Holmes on the final leg.
&ldquo;I feel so tired,&rdquo; confessed the double Dutch world indoor gold medallist, &ldquo;but the championships are like this.&nbsp;
&ldquo;These girls give me so much energy to run, especially if they give me the baton in first place. It&rsquo;s such great team. You cannot let them down.&rdquo;
Holmes and her US teammates &ndash; Quanera Hayes, Talitha Diggs and Bailey Lear &ndash; took silver in 3:25.34.&nbsp;
The British quartet, with twins Laivai and Lina Nielsen on the first two legs, backed up by Ama Pipi and Jessie Knight, claimed bronze in 3:26.36, a national record.
Then came Belgium &ndash; Naomi van den Broek, Helena Ponette, Camille Laus and Cynthia Bolingo &ndash; in 3:28.05, their second national record of the day.&nbsp;
Ireland were the only other finishers, fifth in 3:28.05. Jamaica, winners ahead of the Dutch in Belgrade two years ago, were in the medal hunt until Charokee Young lost hold of the baton on the third leg.
There was an Irish record of 3:28.45 in the morning&rsquo;s semifinals, courtesy of Phil Healy, Sophie Becker, Roisin Harrison and Sharlene Mawdsley.
Portugal bowed out with a national record 3:31.93, their quartet featuring Fatoumata Binta Diallo, Carina Vanessa, Catia Azevedo and Vera Barbosa.
Simon Turnbull for World Athletics 
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<td style="background-color: #fd5249; text-align: center;" colspan="3">WOMEN'S 4x400M MEDALLISTS</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Netherlands 🇳🇱</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">3:25.07 WL</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">United States 🇺🇸</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">3:25.34</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Great Britain &amp; Northern Ireland 🇬🇧</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">3:26.36 NR</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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</table>
&nbsp;

For a few fleeting moments, as the two leading runners on the anchor leg of the women’s 4x400m rounded into the home straight, a repeat of last year’s World Athletics Championships mixed relay final looked to be a possibility

Bol anchors Netherlands to 4x400m glory in Glasgow

Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas lowered the 60m hurdles world record of 7.67 she shared with Tia Jones of the United States to 7.65* as she secured her first global title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24.
Charlton, who had spoken of the need to &ldquo;fix her start&rdquo; after qualifying only seventh in the morning heats in 7.93, got away superbly and was never seriously threatened as she finished clear of the French athlete who had beaten her to this title two years earlier in Belgrade, Cyrena Samba-Mayela.
Samba-Mayela took silver in 7.74, with a delighted Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland claiming bronze in 7.79.
&ldquo;This means a whole lot because I have set myself goals,&rdquo; Charlton said. &ldquo;I have not changed my technique much &ndash; just a few tweaks &ndash; but I have been working hard off the track, making sure my mental health is good and working with a sports psychologist.
&ldquo;Just taking care of myself. Indoors really plays well to my skillset too.&rdquo;
Masai Russell of the United States was fourth in 7.81, with fifth place going to Ireland&rsquo;s Sarah Lavin, who clocked 7.91 having twice equalled her personal best of 7.90 in heats and semi-finals.
Unlike the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles, where the dynamic was essentially about how fast Grant Holloway was going to run and who was going to follow him home, this event appeared more open after Charlton&rsquo;s muted opening effort.
But her semi-final victory in 7.72 demonstrated that that task of &ldquo;fixing the start&rdquo; had been accomplished as she got out of her blocks smartly and never looked seriously threatened, with Skrzysowska second in 7.78, equalling her personal best.
Victory in the next heat by Samba-Mayela demonstrated that this was a title that would not be given up easily as she won in a national record of 7.73 after a superb start.
But when it came to the final, she had no answer to the power and precision of her Bahamian rival.
Misfortune had arrived for one of the main contenders in the last semi-final, as Nadine Visser of the Netherlands, twice European indoor champion, smashed into the first hurdle and never recovered.
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics 
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
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<td style="background-color: #fd5249; text-align: center;" colspan="3">WOMEN'S 60M HURDLES MEDALLISTS</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968;">Devynne Charlton 🇧🇸 BAH</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968;">7.65 WR</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9;">Cyrena Samba-Mayela 🇫🇷 FRA</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9;">7.74</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e;">Pia Skrzyszowska 🇵🇱 POL</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e;">7.79</td>
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<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/women/60-metres-hurdles/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
&nbsp;

Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas lowered the 60m hurdles world record to 7.65 as she secured her first global title

Charlton lowers world 60m hurdles record to 7.65 for global gold in Glasgow

Relays powerhouse USA played a bold strategy by drafting in multiple world champion Noah Lyles for the men&rsquo;s 4x400m in a bid to regain gold in a discipline they haven&rsquo;t won since 2016, but ultimately it wasn&rsquo;t enough to hold off the challenge of individual 400m champion Alexander Doom.
The Belgian used the same tactics he adopted in yesterday&rsquo;s 400m final, sitting on the shoulder of the leader &ndash; on this occasion US anchor runner Christopher Bailey &ndash; and then striking off the final bend to stride to victory in a world-leading 3:02.54, successfully defending Belgium&rsquo;s title.
In doing so, Doom became the first man to win gold in the 400m and 4x400m at the same World Indoor Championships.
USA held on for silver, finishing just 0.06 behind, while the Netherlands took bronze, replicating their finish from Belgrade two years ago.
The USA set out with clear intent with Jacory Patterson taking an early lead, holding off Liemarvin Bonevacia of the Netherlands. By the time Patterson approached the changeover, Jonathan Sacoor of Belgium had moved past Bonevacia into second place.
The positions remained the same between those three nations for the next few laps, with Matthew Boling of the USA keeping Belgium&rsquo;s Dylan Borlee and Ramsey Angela of the Netherlands at bay on leg two.
It was then down to Lyles to maintain USA&rsquo;s lead. Lyles, the 60m silver medallist on Friday night, has only contested two 4x400m races as a senior athlete, but he ran a smart leg and ensured he handed over the baton still with a lead over Belgium&rsquo;s Christian Iguacel and Terrence Agard of the Netherlands.
USA&rsquo;s Christopher Bailey took up the running for USA on the anchor leg, but the imposing Doom was close behind with Tony van Diepen of the Netherlands also in contention in third.
Bailey held his lead for most of his leg, but the longer Doom stayed on the US runner&rsquo;s shoulder, the more inevitable the outcome seemed. Sure enough, Doom came through in the closing stages to charge through the line in 3:02.54 &ndash; just 0.03 shy of their national indoor record.
USA took silver in 3:02.60, while the Netherlands claimed bronze in a Dutch indoor record of 3:04.25.
Kenya placed fourth in 3:06.71, improving on the African indoor record they set earlier today. Poland placed fifth in 3:08.00 while Portugal crossed the line in sixth place but was later disqualified.
&ldquo;The guys put me in the perfect position,&rdquo; said Doom, who clocked the fastest split of the race (44.88). &ldquo;I knew there was something possible at the end. I felt a little bit tired after the last few days. But I had a strong kick at the end, so I am really happy.&rdquo;
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics 
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<td style="background-color: #fd5249; text-align: center; height: 22px;" colspan="3">MEN'S 4x400M MEDALLISTS</td>
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<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #e9c968; text-align: center; height: 22px;">🥇</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #e9c968; height: 22px;">Belgium 🇧🇪</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #e9c968; height: 22px;">3:02.54 WL</td>
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<tr style="height: 22px;">
<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #ced4d9; text-align: center; height: 22px;">🥈</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #ced4d9; height: 22px;">United States 🇺🇸</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #ced4d9; height: 22px;">3:02.60</td>
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<tr style="height: 22px;">
<td style="width: 10%; background-color: #bd895e; text-align: center; height: 22px;">🥉</td>
<td style="width: 60%; background-color: #bd895e; height: 22px;">Netherlands 🇳🇱</td>
<td style="width: 30%; background-color: #bd895e; height: 22px;">3:04.25 NR</td>
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<tr style="height: 22px;">
<td style="background-color: #34495e; text-align: left; height: 22px;" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Full results</a></td>
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&nbsp;

USA's bold strategy wasn't enough to hold off the challenge of individual 400m champion Alexander Doom

Doom delivers again to anchor Belgium to 4x400m gold in Glasgow

A day after Julien Alfred became the first global medallist, and champion, from St Lucia in the women&rsquo;s 60m, Thea LaFond also made athletics history at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 as she achieved exactly the same feat for the Caribbean island of Dominica in the women&rsquo;s triple jump.
And there was another historic flourish at the other end of the last day&rsquo;s morning session as New Zealand&rsquo;s Hamish Kerr took the men&rsquo;s high jump title to round off an Oceania double following the success of Nicola Olyslagers of Australia in the women&rsquo;s high jump.
After winning with a clearance of 2.31m, Kerr &ndash; Commonwealth champion and a world indoor bronze medallist two years ago in Belgrade &ndash; added two centimetres to his personal best in clearing a world-leading 2.36m, much to the appreciation of a Glasgow Arena audience that had stayed seated for this final and the heptathlon pole vault.
LaFond&rsquo;s landmark achievement came thanks to a second-round effort of 15.01m, comfortably the best recorded in the world so far this year and making her the first winner of this title since 2014 who was not Yulimar Rojas.
The absence of the three-times winner from Venezuela offered the chance for another triple jumper to take centre stage and LaFond stepped up to claim a first global title for the Caribbean island of her birth, indoors or out, and the first global medal in a women&rsquo;s event.
The 29-year-old from Roseau also deserved a medal for composure &ndash; were it a championship event &ndash; as she sat out the next three rounds following an effort that improved her personal best by 11cm and watched the rest of the field strive, fruitlessly, to better it.
Cuba&rsquo;s Leyanis Perez Hernandez came closest, jumping a season&rsquo;s best of 14.90m her silver, two centimetres better than the world lead she had established before these championships. Spain&rsquo;s Ana Peleteiro-Compaore claimed bronze with a season&rsquo;s best of 14.75m.
Thus two of the smallest nations in the world by population (Dominica: 74,412 and St Lucia: 179,651) have won gold medals at these championships.
Kerr had looked as cool as Lafond throughout his high jump contest as he earned the title with five successive first-time clearances.
Shelby McEwen of the United States, who had arrived for these championships as joint leader of the season&rsquo;s world list on 2.33m with defending champion Woo Sanghyeok, claimed a first global medal as he took silver ahead of the South Korean on countback after both had cleared a best of 2.28m.
In celebration of his achievement, the 27-year-old from Mississippi treated his appreciative audience to an accomplished backflip on the landing mat.
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Hamish Kerr in the high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24 (&copy; Getty Images)
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Simon Ehammer of Switzerland, whose efforts to win the European indoor heptathlon title in Istanbul last year ended when he failed to record a long jump distance &ndash; despite having won world long jump bronze the year before &ndash; is doing everything possible to make up for that disappointment in Glasgow.
Trailing the overnight leader Ken Mullings by 79 points, he lived up to expectations in the opening event of the second day, the 60m hurdles, producing the fastest time of 7.62 &ndash; close to his PB of 7.55.
That narrowed the gap, but perhaps not as much as he anticipated as Mullings produced his fourth personal best of this competition, equalling his previous fastest time of 7.76, which meant the gap remained 42 points going into the vertical marathon that is the combined events men&rsquo;s pole vault.
Once again, however, Ehammer rose to the occasion, winning the event with a clearance of 5.20m, one centimetre below his personal best, as Mullings, with a best of 5.03m, went out on 4.60m.
Meanwhile the best vaulter on paper, Norway&rsquo;s Sander Skotheim, with a best of 5.35m, finished second on 5.10m.
Ehammer, not a super strong runner, goes through to tonight&rsquo;s concluding 1000m with a lead over Mullings, who is also likely to find the finale a challenge.
Skotheim is a strong runner, but the Swiss athlete currently holds a lead over him of 153 points. It is going to make compelling watching&hellip;
Poland&rsquo;s European champion Pia Skrzyszowska looked ready to challenge for a global medal after qualifying fastest with 7.80 for tonight&rsquo;s 60m hurdles semi-finals.
Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas, co-owner of the world indoor record of 7.67, eased through her heat in 7.93, seventh fastest overall.
France&rsquo;s defending champion Cyrena Samba-Mayela also looked in good shape as she clocked the second fastest time of 7.81, with Nadine Visser of the Netherlands qualifying third fastest in 7.85.
Masai Russell of the United States and Britain&rsquo;s Cindy Sember, equalling her personal best, clocked 7.89, while Sarah Lavin went through as sixth fastest in a personal best of 7.90, with European indoor champion Reeta Hurske a step behind her in a season&rsquo;s best of 7.97.
The timely last-leg intervention of the previous night&rsquo;s world record breaker, Femke Bol, assured the Netherlands of victory in their women&rsquo;s 4x400m heat in a time of 3:27.70. They will be able to include the individual silver medallist, Lieke Klaver, for tonight&rsquo;s final.
But the fastest qualifying time came from a jubilant home quartet of Lina Nielsen &ndash; whose sister Laviai, the British team captain, missed an individual medal by one place last night &ndash; Ama Pipi, Hannah Kelly and Jessie Knight as they set a national indoor record of 3:26.40.
Jamaica were second in 3:27.35, and the Czech Republic third in 3:28.57.
Ireland earned the sixth and final qualifying place with a national record of 3:28.45, with Sharlene Mawdsley clocking the fastest overall split from either heat of 50.48.
The United States, seeking to win a first men&rsquo;s 4x400m world indoor gold since 2016, qualified fastest for tonight&rsquo;s final in 3:05.56 ahead of Belgium, who clocked 3:06.27, and the Netherlands, who won their semi-final in 3:06.47.
There was some doubt about the latter result, as an accidental collision shortly after the last changeover saw the baton fly out of the hand of the Czech Republic&rsquo;s Matej Krsek after contact from the Dutch last leg runner Ramsey Angela. But it stood.
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics

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