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YouTube video by World Athletics Attila Molnár smashes area record with 45.01 in 400m | World Indoor Tour 26

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Some fantastic 400m running at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava yesterday with Attila Molnár setting a new European record of 45.01 on the short track.

Cracking stuff from the European Indoor Champion!

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YouTube video by World Athletics Attila Molnár smashes area record with 45.01 in 400m | World Indoor Tour 26

🏆EUROPEAN RECORD🏆

Some fantastic 400m running at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava yesterday with Attila Molnár setting a new European record of 45.01 on the short track.

Cracking stuff from the European Indoor Champion!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxa2...

Weekly Athletics Guide: 29 January – 4 February 2026 Short track action from the Millrose Games / Indoor events from France, Poland and the Czech Republic / Multi-event meet from Tallinn / XC from Spain / Road running from Dubai and Japan

If you're into Running or Track & Field but find it hard to follow the pro circuit, then I've got just the newsletter for you! ⤵️

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Weekly Watch Guide: 22 – 28 January 2026 Indoor action from meets in the US, Sweden, Germany and Poland / World Athletics Gold Label Cross-Country from Belgium and Italy / Women's marathon running from Osaka.

🏃‍♂️ Men’s pole vault - Sam Kendricks / Piotr Lisek / Ernest Obiena

🏃‍♀️ Women’s high jump - Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Olympic champion and WR holder) / Christina Honsel / Yuliya Levchenko

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What’s on in global athletics today, Wednesday, the 28th of January…

🏃 International Jump-Meeting Cottbus

🗓️ Wednesday, 28th of January 2026

⏰ From 6 pm (CET) / 5 pm (GMT). A full schedule is available here: www.springer-meeting-cottbus.de/en/zeitplan.

📍 Cottbus, Germany

Flying Furlani soared to 8.33m at the Meeting de Paris Indoor on Sunday. A very bright start to the 2026 campaign for the long jump World Champ.

He's next competing at the Czech Indoor Gala on 3rd Feb, where he'll be up against Olympic Champ Miltiadis Tentoglou 👑

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While Hoey's 800m WR was the most significant result of the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday, it wasn't the only WR to fall!

Equally impressive was Hobbs Kessler's 2000m WR - knocking 1 second off of a Kenenisa Bekele record is no mean feat!

Top shelf stuff!

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YouTube video by World Athletics Josh Hoey breaks the 800m world record with 1:42.50 ‼️ | World Indoor Tour 26

The 2026 season is rocking! Josh Hoey blitzed the 800m at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix yesterday to set a new World Record. And best of all, he was paced by his brother 🏃‍♂️

And this wasn't just any record, this was legend Wilson Kipketer's record from 1997. Magic!

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YouTube video by European Athletics 1500m WORLD LEAD | Moe Berg's 🇳🇴 SENSATONAL senior race debut | BAUHAUS-Galan Indoor

Another highlight of yesterday's BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm was Håkon Moe Berg's very sharp 1500m (3:34:32). At just 19, he is already widely tipped to be Jakob Ingebrigtsen's Norwegian successor in the coming years!

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Weekly Athletics Guide: 22 – 28 January 2026 Indoor action from meets in the US, Sweden, Germany and Poland / World Athletics Gold Label Cross-Country from Belgium and Italy / Women's marathon running from Osaka.

My weekly athletics guide is out covering everything happening in Track & Field, Road Running and Cross-Country, including how you can tune in 📺

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YouTube video by European Athletics 60m SHOCK WIN! Kishane Thompson v GB's Azu and Glave | Men's 60m final - Stockholm

Superb night of athletics last night at the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm. The night culminated in Romell Grave causing a bit of an upset in the men’s 60 metres ahead of Kishane Thompson and Jeremiah Azu!

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🏃‍♀️ Leading women - Lotta Kemppinen (60m - 7.16 PB) / Eliana Bandeira (Shot Put - 18.49m PB) / Asia Tavernini (High Jump - 1.92m PB).

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What’s on in global athletics today, Wednesday, the 21st of January…

🏃 Tampere Indoor Meeting

⏰ From 6 pm (EET) / 4 pm (GMT).

📍 Tampere, Finland

🏃‍♂️ Leading men - Cameron Crump (Long Jump - 8.39m PB) / Travis Williams (60m - 6.52 PB) / Manuel Lando (High Jump - 2.26m PB)

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A corny but enjoyable back and forth between Noah Lyles and Vernon Norwood ahead of their 300m showdown at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix this Saturday (24/01). I'm backing Noah to bring the smoke!

Olympic high jump champ and WR holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh opened her season by clearing 2.03m in Lviv on Saturday (17/01).

She’ll next be jumping at the International Jump-Meeting Cottbus on the 28/01, which will be streamed live on the European Athletics YT channel.

Long Jump – Jasmine Moore / Claire Bryant / Monae’ Nichols / Anna Hall

1500m – Dorcus Ewoi / Sinclaire Johnson / Gracie Morris

Tasty!

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2000m – Jake Wightman / Grant Fisher / Hobbs Kessler

800m – Josh Hoey (aiming for the 800m indoor world record)

60mH – Cordell Tinch / Daniel Roberts / Trey Cunningham

⚔️ Women’s match-ups:

3000m – Jessica Hull / Elle St. Pierre

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Just taken a peak at the start lists for next week’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (24/01) and we are in for a ripper!

⚔️ Men’s match-ups:

300m – Noah Lyles / Jere Richards / Trayvon Bromell / Vernon Norwood

600m – Donovan Brazier / Bryce Hoppel / Cian McPhillips

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Tia Clayton clocked a 7.02 (60 metres) season opener in Jamaica on Saturday. Kishane Thompson also ran a blistering 6.52.

Both athletes looking razor sharp for the indoor season.

Clayton (+ sister Tina) and Thompson will be next running at the BAUHAUS-galan meet in Stockholm on 22nd of January!

Weekly Athletics Guide: 15 – 21 January 2026 Elite indoor action from meets in Reno, Luxembourg and Tampere / Marathons in Doha, Mumbai and Hong Kong / Cross-country in the fields of Elgoibar.

🌟 Weekly Athletics Guide: 15 – 21 January 2026 🌟

1. Indoor action from Reno, Luxembourg and Tampere.
2. Marathons in Doha, Mumbai and Hong Kong.
3. Cross-country from Elgoibar.

All of this week's events and how you can watch them:

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Weekly Athletics Guide: 8 – 14 January 2026 From the World XC Championships and Marathons in Houston and Xiamen to the fast-paced streets of Valencia!

What's on in Cross-Country, Road Running and Track & Field this week.

From the World XC Championships and marathons in Houston and Xiamen to the fast-paced streets of Valencia!

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Olympic marathon gold for Sifan Hassan🥇

YouTube video by Olympics From 4th to 1st in one lap, Femke Bol's incredible comeback!

FEMKE BOL'S 400MH PROGRESSION

2019 55.32 (18yrs old)
2020 53.79 (19yrs old)
2021 52.03 (20yrs old)
2022 52.27 (21yrs old)
2022 52.27 (22yrs old)
2023 51.45 (23yrs old)
2024 50.95 (24yrs old)

With Femke always being benchmarked against Sydney, it can be easy to forget just how elite she is.

Ingen gjør det bedre! Long live Kingebrigtsen!

Another European XC gold to add to the collection this morning. Unmatched when it comes to churning through the gears/mud 🏅

👍Great reminder, he'd have cruised it in '96!

Yeh, they've said each event will be broadcast in a made-for- television 3 hour window. Will feel glacial 🧊

In Gout Gout we trust!

YouTube video by Lachlan Shanks Gout Gout National record 20.04 (+1.5) at Australian all schools 2024

More madness from Gout Gout... 20.04 in the 200m 🫠🫠🫠🫠

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Yeh, she was my number 2. Can't tell if I'm just biased being British though!