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All right, it is Monday, 23rd of March,

and I'm Pritma Jethia coming to you here

from Torren, Poland, after the last day of the World Indoor

Championships, Kajawi, Pomorja.

Apologies, this one is delayed until the morning.

I had more or less lost my voice last night,

and you can probably still hear that I'm a little horse,

so I thought I would at least,

I had to wait till this morning to do this one.

But what a night of athletics,

absolutely fabulous finish to these championships,

and I promise I didn't lose my voice

from screaming all the GB medals.

It was because of all that time in the mix zone,

grinding away with interviews.

But let's get into it.

I mean, the morning session was a bit of a quieter one,

mostly the pentathlon, but the two finals

in the morning session, which were the women's long jump,

which was won by Agata de Souza,

a head of university at Kino,

kind of went to the form book,

Agata de Souza's world leader coming in,

only a person over six, 90 this year,

and she did that again here to win the gold medal,

and Kino very consistently in the six 80s,

and again, and does the job to win the silver.

And obviously, she is the daughter of Fiona May,

who is a world champion in the long jump from the 90s,

so it's always been a bit of pressure for her, perhaps.

And so it was great for her to finally get

that global medal under her belt.

In the men's shopper,

which was the other morning final, Tom Walsh,

absolute, you know, he is four times world indoor champion now,

and this is his meet, you know,

he's someone who seems to turn up every year

and perform, do what he needs to do.

He did it again here, the Americans,

Jordan Geist with 2064,

and he's a registered 2149 take silver and bronze.

I'm sure Polythroes will give you a more detailed recap

of the shopper competition on the Polythroes podcast,

so I will leave it there,

but only other points to make,

Leonardo Fabri and Italy worldly are coming in yet again,

struggles at a major championships,

and we'd really love to see him sort of find his rhythm,

and a very credible fourth place by Scott Lincoln of GB

with 2113 as well.

The only other thing from the morning really,

the four by four relay in the men,

there was a little bit of squeaky bomb time for Team USA,

the men, they came third in their heat,

there were two heats of four,

and so had to wait to qualify on time,

they were fortunate that the second heat was

a touch slower, and so they squeaked into the final.

I think you're only allowed to change two athletes,

which means that then into the evening,

they brought in, you know, the two finalists

from the individual 400, which is Kalamakre and Chris Robinson,

and with that, you know, they're really at class,

I feel, to be honest, in the final of the men's four by four

and put that to bed,

and we were, you know, Belgium,

who had a really quality team,

their World in or Champions from Glasgow two years ago,

but they weren't really able to live with Team USA,

but they grabbed a silver,

and Team Jamaica, obviously after their DQ in the mix,

all by four, kind of a bit of a bit between their teeth

to overall the Netherlands for the bronze medal,

whilst in the women's four by four,

I suppose, I'm actually gonna save the women's four by four,

because it's sort of ties in stuff later in the day,

so let me go to the evening session,

and women's, sorry, let's start with the men's 1500,

so men's 1500s, this was a fascinating race,

won by Mariano Garcia, who is the 2022 800 metre

World in or Champion, but he's been experimenting

with the 1500 over the last few years,

and he kind of got to the front pretty early,

it's a couple hundred metres into the race,

and led it wire to wire,

and he had a really impressive cut down,

I think we've posted the splits on our social media,

I think he was literally every 100 metres,

he was getting quicker and quicker,

and Isaac Nader was well positioned in seconds,

but really just wasn't able to close him down

as that cut down happened,

and he kind of said afterwards,

that he hadn't quite got his tactics, right?

Well, Garcia said, look, this is what Jacob does,

and it's not necessarily what he does in a global outdoor final,

but to win his World in or titles, European in or titles,

this is the kind of thing he does,

he goes to the front after 400, 600,

and then cuts it down,

and I think, you know, when you let a guy,

who is an 800 metre form world champion, do that,

he's gonna be dangerous,

and he's, I mean, he has been trying this for a couple of years,

and it hasn't clicked, and today it really did, frankly,

I mean, there was a 3.39 race in the end,

but it was that cut down that really took

the rest of the guys out of the running, frankly,

Adam Spencer of Australia did really well,

he was in a little group of three or four guys battling

for that bronze medal,

and he managed to come through on the inside

and take that bronze,

and very, very impressive, I think he said,

you look, plan was to stay on the rail,

just stay relaxed, stay comfortable,

and, you know, he was never third

until that moment when he needed to be at the,

right at the end of the race,

so impressive run, tactical one from him,

Nathan Greene, sixth place for him,

you know, he was, he was reasonably happy with his,

his first ever global championships,

but, but again, obviously, experience gained,

and, you know, hungry for the next one.

And then we had the, let's pick up a couple of the other

answers first, so the men's long jump quickly,

Gerson Balda of Portugal,

so Portugal sweep the long jump in the men's

and the women's 846 world lead to win,

and, you know, I think it was,

it was pretty crazy, that was on the sixth attempt,

you know, it was pretty, like until that point,

Philani was leading with 831,

and, sorry, sorry, Sarah Beacoff,

was it on Sarah Beacoff, who was the world leader coming in,

was leading with 831, fifth round,

Philani jumps 839, and then sixth round,

Gerson Balda jumps 846 to take the win,

so a great competition,

and yeah, Gerson Balda is a new name to watch,

and unfortunately, Livo Maniunga,

who we have mentioned before,

form a world champion, who's, you know,

had his struggles with, with sort of,

recreational drugs over the years,

makes a comeback to the global stage,

and unfortunately, he no marked with his three attempts,

but, yeah, obviously fabulous to see him back

on that global stage, and then,

let's round off the pentathlon,

so this was really interesting from the get-go,

because it was a lot tighter, you know,

everyone was probably expecting coming in,

that Anna Hall would run away with this one,

and I think the hurdles, she was fastest in the hurdles,

but not by very much,

and she was, you know, but then came the hijab,

which is the second event,

and it was at this point where, you know,

she only was able to jump 184,

Sophie Doctor of the Netherlands jumped 187,

and it was a little disrupted,

because the women's long jump was going on simultaneously,

her mark was behind the women's long jump runway,

so she had to wait whilst the long jump was going on

to take her jumps,

but, yeah, only 184, obviously,

she's capable of, well, over 190,

and that meant that Sophie Doctor was leading

after two events, going into the shop put,

which was a third event,

and, again, she's three reasonably well, 1423,

but nothing close to what she threw out to her last season,

Kate O'Connor of Ireland,

obviously, well, silver medalist from last year,

three 1470, and then moved her way up the standings,

and Sophie Doctor with a solid throw as well, a 1392,

and that set us up really well.

There was also Adriana Suleik Schubert,

who was going really well,

so the four women really in with a shot of a medal,

to be honest, going into the evening session,

into the long jump,

where unfortunately, Adriana Suleik Schubert,

only jumped 598,

and so it wasn't, you know,

it was no longer in the mix of the medals,

but then Anna Hall 621,

and she has struggled with the long jump,

ever since she got injured off the long jump take-off board

in 2023, and I think, you know,

that is obviously more mental than physical there,

but, you know, 621 is what she got,

and, you know, Sophie Doctor 652, Kate O'Connor 638,

it meant that Sophie Doctor had a significant advantage

going into the 800 meters in Kate O'Connor,

also had a bit of an advantage.

So, Anna Hall, by far and away,

the best 800 meter runner in that field,

but, yeah, she, you know,

needed about seven seconds, seven and a half seconds,

of a win over Sophie Doctor,

and Kate O'Connor,

she went for it,

and, you know, she ran 206,

and, you know, it was very, very close,

so it was a fantastic 800 meter climax to the pentathlon,

that Sophie Doctor managed to run T12,

which is about six seconds behind,

and just managed to do enough,

but, that's made Anna Hall hungry,

she knew that, you know,

I think in Tokyo, she said, look,

she felt bulletproof going into Tokyo,

she felt good coming in here,

but, she didn't feel bulletproof and so it proved,

and, you know, it exposes, you know,

that anything can happen in a multi-events,

and, yeah, well, it's like, see what happens,

she's obviously getting married in a few weeks' time,

and then we'll see again, competing in Gutsis at the end of May,

so we look forward to see what she can do there,

but, yeah, let's get into,

and then let's take the women's 60 meter hurdles final,

so they're all the sort of big players made for final,

Devin Charlton of Bahamas,

Wild Record Holder, Nadine Visor,

Pierschrasovskir, World Outdoor Champion,

the Targaryen Campongi, Megan Simmons,

formerly Megan Tapper, from Jamaica,

earlier Armstrong of the USA,

performed really well through the day to make it into this final,

and really things kind of shook out, you know,

I think the expectation was those top four women,

Charlton, Visor, Schraschrasovskir,

and Kamenji would be fighting it out for the medals,

and, as ever, in hurdles, it was pretty close,

but Devin Charlton, Staptor Authority,

equaled her Wild Record of 765 in the 60 hurdles,

very, very impressive from her to just get it done,

and then Nadine Visor, Outleaned,

teammate, you know, training mate, Pierschrasovskir,

by 0.05, you know, 0.5, 1,000th of a second, 773,

to claim the silver medal, and Schraschrasovskir,

obviously, popular home result.

Also, 773, the Targaryen Campongi, 775,

and was locked out of the medals, the World Outdoor Champions.

So, yeah, absolutely brilliant sort of race there,

as the women's hurdles always gives this.

So maybe, yeah, let's go to,

I suppose, the men's 800 now,

and that is, well, incredible performance

by Kupelukkenhaus to take the win in 144-24,

and this was mind-boggling.

It looked easy, you know, Crestan,

as Elliot Crestan of Belgium, as sort of we anticipated,

took out the race, he's been unbeaten this season,

he's, you know, been going to the front of Enrami races,

controlling it, he's won 143 indoors, a couple of times,

you know, he's a world leader coming in,

you know, he was the biggest threat,

and Kupelukkenhaus basically just sat on him,

and with 300 to go, goes to the front, goes for it,

and all the way to the line really takes it,

and wins in impressive style.

It looked really easy, it looked very controlled.

144-24, really impressive time as well for indoors,

and yeah, he really did, you know,

youngest ever world indoor champion at 17 years,

and 93 days, really, really, really impressive,

and I mean, we could only think, you know,

how impressive it is that he has, you know,

he's done this so, you know, so early in his career,

and I think, you know, it makes you think, you know,

what is next for him, and the manner of his victory,

it wasn't one of those kind of KGN or 800 races

where anyone can win, and we maybe don't see them form outdoors,

I think this was genuinely, you know, a dominant win,

which is what makes it all the more impressive.

I mean, and I think he did point out, you know,

Team USA, Josh Howey was a 2025 world indoor champion,

Bryce Hoppele was a 2024 world indoor champion,

it really shows, you know, three different US guys,

you know, winning that world indoor title,

you know, shows the depth of Team USA in the 800,

and yeah, very, very, very impressive.

Muhammad Attawi did his usual strategy

of starting at the back and kicking his way up,

and Moses get the bronze ahead of Australia's Peter Ball.

So, yeah, first global medal for the OAC Europe team,

which they were pretty excited about.

But, yeah, let's move on now to the women's 1500 final,

and they're Georgia Hunt about heavy favorite coming in,

and, well, not a heavy favorite,

but probably the favorite coming in,

even ahead of Jess Hall, I think,

based on the form over the season,

and Nikki Holtz, there's a legitimate threat,

and obviously Agnes Gamer, France,

Berkey Haylam, OV Ethiopia,

were really the kind of contenders that we were expecting.

Highlam, sort of, pretty early on,

goes to the front, and heaps go in,

and, you know, goes well under, like, four minute pace,

absolutely, herring round,

creates a big 2030 meter gap ahead of Jess Hall,

who's leading out second group,

and I think, you know, about 600 meters in,

Georgia Hunt about sitting on the shoulder of Jess Hall,

hoping Jess is gonna take it, and she doesn't.

So, Georgia Hunt about, goes to the front, controls it,

still steady, not really closing on Highlam,

but not falling any further behind,

and then gradually just wheels are in,

and does it in really controlled style,

and then accelerates away over the bell lap

as they overtake Highlam,

and Jess Hall goes with her, Nikki,

and Agnes Gamer, just a fraction behind,

and I think that meant that Nikki and Agnes

were really kicking the bronze,

rather than necessarily challenging that top two,

but ultimately, it was a dominant performance,

and ended up being, as a result,

really fast rate, it's 358, 53 for the win,

so very fast for an indoor race.

Georgia Hunt about, takes the British record,

so yeah, and Jess Hall, 359, 45 for silver,

and Nikki Holtz gets the bronze medal,

and I think all three of them were pretty happy

with that podium, and it was lovely to see,

as always, the photo is a camaraderie,

that we always get in the 1500,

Gracie Morris comes in seventh,

as a second team, you say, athlete in this final,

Claudia Kazmusk, six for Team Poland,

but under Jerry Schemecker over in Eugene,

but yeah, this was the start of a crazy half an hour,

as that was a gold for Team GB,

and then maybe a few minutes later,

Molly Cordray secured the gold medal in the pole vault,

reclaimed her title,

that she won in Glasgow in 2024,

with a clearance of 485,

the only woman to go clear that height.

I think, go about five women clear, first time at 470,

and then Tina Shute and Molly were the only ones

to clear for 80, and yeah,

the, and then Molly, the only one to clear for 85,

but Molly, we'd heard she was shits,

she was sick earlier in the day,

we saw her parents out in a coffee,

and yeah, so a bit worried,

she hasn't looked fully 100% this season yet,

she's been on short approach,

but yeah, she did it when it mattered,

and I think that's been one of the things

that's been a challenge over the last couple of years for her,

so it's really good to see her back,

she's always been performing well on the circuit,

but we're really good to see her back,

winning,

winning at a championship,

so that was really, really great to see,

but second medal for team, goal medal for team GV,

and then time came for the women's 800 meter final,

and obviously here, Keely Hodgkinson,

heavy, heavy, heavy favourites,

she, as expected, took it out,

essentially left the other day of the dust, went through in 57,

and then went away from there,

and niggas get to Audrey Wehrrow and Andy Wiley,

we're kind of together through about 400, 500,

and then Audrey Wehrrow,

moves away from that group,

and then Andy Wiley moves away from niggas get to shoot,

but Audrey Wehrrow puts a good one and a half seconds on Andy Wiley,

but Andy Wiley still also runs impressively well,

took to kind of move away from get to shoot,

and so Keely for the gold in 155.3,

championship record for the world, indoors, as you might expect,

it's, I think, the second fastest time in history,

behind only her world record of 154, 87,

set a few weeks ago, so very, very impressive,

and Audrey Wehrrow, 156, 64,

a first global medal for her.

Again, we know she's a huge talent,

can she improve to kind of challenge, Keely?

We'll have to see, but that's one of the battles we'll look for

to over the summer, and Andy Wiley, you know,

great, great to see her, you know, stepping up

and being successful at championship,

obviously she had a pretty rough experience,

I have first world indoors a couple of years ago

in Glasgow bouncing out in the heats,

and yeah, this was, this was a good result for her.

So yeah, three GB medals, gold medals in space of half an hour,

bringing back memories of Super Saturday in 2012

when Mo Farrer, Jess Ennis Hill, and Greg Rutherford's,

where the gold medalists, I think, on the broadcast,

they had Jess, and Greg, and as the pundits for the BBC in the UK,

so it was a great sort of throwback moment,

they're calling it sensational Sunday, after Super Saturday,

so, you know, really great,

Super Saturday, so, you know, really exciting,

but the excitement didn't end there for Keeley Hodgkinson,

who, you know, moments after Hegel medal,

there was what?

44 minutes between the start of the women's 800

and the women's four by four relay final,

but we got the start lists, and we were confused,

because Keeley Hodgkinson was on the team GB four by four,

start list, along with Deena Racheus Smith,

so, really a bit of a play from medal there by team GB,

so yeah, we went into the women's four by four, and she,

you know, and there, you know,

team GB, we had a bit of a sort of debut team,

a debut team, and I think you could only change two athletes,

so, you know, the other two athletes did well,

but I think they were coming back off another run in the morning,

and, you know, probably didn't quite have the experience

to manage that, as well as you'd like,

but credit to them, they did their best,

but I think there was just a bit too much work for Deena and Keeley to do,

Deena with a 51, 29 split, Keeley, with the fast to split,

of the relay, 50.10 for the ankle leg,

very, very impressive,

and, yeah, crazy 45 minutes for Keeley,

and we had an amazing interview,

thanks to the Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys podcast,

to go check them out, really appreciate their help with that interview,

because Keeley didn't really stop for anyone,

because she had to run around, get to the medal ceremony, all of that,

and so they got an interview and kindly allowed me to tag in,

as well, and tag along, and she gave them some, you know,

fabulous quotes, but you will see, like,

absolute brilliant quote was, you know, I told them to give me the effing button,

and I'd give them a 50 points, and they did.

So there we are, we'll probably see her.

I did check the LA28 timetable, and,

yeah, she is, it is possible, because the women's eight hundred finishes kind of day four,

and the relay's sort of day nine, day 10, so, yeah, I'm sure we may,

may well see Keeley in, in the relay's in LA,

but obviously, just Keeley didn't that all,

and I've just spent a while talking about the team Keeley in the women's four wattle,

United States, get the job done, Bayley Lear, Rosie Effion,

Paris people should be a little, Bayley Lear, Rosie Effion had a better

point to prove, after not kind of making the final in the individual four hundred,

and yeah, the lady's got the job done, so, very, very impressive run from then,

I think, pretty comfortable, to be honest, ahead of the Netherlands,

who take silver and Spain, who take bronze,

unfortunately, Poland just missed out, just seen a sweetie us a titch, had a little bit too

much to do on the final leg, to haul in the Spanish team, and they miss out on a medal by

point one through a second, but nonetheless, one absolutely fabulous evening of Athletics,

absolute loads of interviews on the CitySman YouTube channel, please do go check them out,

and I'm sure we will be back with a more detailed recap of all of these events,

later in the week, but thank you all for listening.

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