First-placed Damian Warner of Canada poses after the men's heptathlon 1000m event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
BELGRADE, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Another ten gold medalists, including Olympic champion Damian Warner and world champion Sandi Morris, emerged at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade on Saturday.
After a decisive 1,000m race, Canada's Warner won the men's heptathlon by collecting 6,489 points, ahead of young Simon Ehammer from Switzerland (6,363 points) and Australian Ashley Moloney (6,344).
Morris from the United States confirmed her status in pole vault by reaching 4.8 meters, topping her compatriot Katie Nageotte (4.75m) and Slovenian Tina Sutej (4.75m). Xu Huiqin, China's only competitor at the tournament, ended seventh with 4.45m.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo from Bahamas won the women's 400m final in 50.31 seconds ahead of Dutch Femke Bol (50.57), while Jamaican Stephanie Ann McPherson finished third in 50.79.
Jereem Richards from Trinidad and Tobago won the men's 400m race in 45 seconds, in front of Trevor Bassit from the United States (45.05) and Carl Bengtstrom from Sweden (45.33).
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay convincingly triumphed in the women's 1,500m race with three minutes 57.19 seconds, beating two compatriots - Axumawit Embaye and Hirut Meshesha.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs from Italy clocked 6.41 seconds in the men's 60m race and topped two American competitors.
Mariano Garcia from Spain won the men's 800m final with 1:46.20, ahead of Noah Kibet (1:46.35), while Bryce Hoppel ran through the finish line third in 1:46.51.
Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the women's high jump final with 2.02 meters, topping Eleanor Patterson from Australia (2.00m) and Nadezhda Dubovitskaya from Kazakhstan (1.98m)
France's Cyrena Samba-Mayela won the women's 60m hurdles race in 7.78 seconds, in front of Devynne Charlton (7.81) from Bahamas and Gabriele Cunningham (7.87) of the United States.
Darlan Romani from Brazil triumphed in the men's shot put with 22.53 meters, outperforming American Ryan Crouser (22.44m) and Tomas Walsh from New Zealand (22.31m).
The World Athletics Indoor Championships gets underway in Belgrade from March 18 to 20 featuring around 700 athletes. ■
First-placed Damian Warner (C) of Canada, second-placed Simon Ehammer (L) of Switzerland and third-placed Ashley Moloney of Australia pose after the men's heptathlon 1000m event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
First-placed Sandi Morris of the United States celebrates during the awarding ceremony for the women's pole vault event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Second-placed Katie Nageotte (L) of the United States, first-placed Sandi Morris (C) of the United States and third-placed Tina Sutej of Slovenia celebrate during the awarding ceremony for the women's pole vault event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Gold medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo (C) of Bahamas, silver medalist Femke Bol (R) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Stephenie Ann McPherson of Jamaica, pose after the women's 400m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago poses with timeboard after the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Jereem Richards (C) of Trinidad and Tobago crosses the finishing line during the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia poses with champion record board after winning the women's 1500m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
First-placed Gudaf Tsegay (C), second-placed Axumawit Embaye (L) and third-placed Hirut Meshesha of Ethiopia pose during the awarding ceremony for the women's 1500m event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy celebrates after the men's 60m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Gold medalist Lamont Marcell Jacobs (C) of Italy, silver medalist Christian Coleman (R) of the United States and bronze medalist Marvin Bracy of the United States, pose after the men's 60m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Spain's Mariano Garcia celebrates after winning the men's 800m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
First-placed Spain's Mariano Garcia (C), second-placed Kenya's Noah Kibet (L) and third-placed Bryce Hoppel of the United States pose during the awarding ceremony for the men's 800m event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
First-placed Cyrena Samba-Mayela of France celebrates after winning the women's 60m hurdles final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Shi Zhongyu)
Darlan Romani of Brazil celebrates after winning the men's shot put final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
First-placed Darlan Romani (C) of Brazil, second-placed Ryan Crouser (L) of the United States and third-placed Tomas Walsh of New Zealand pose during the awarding ceremony for the men's shot put event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 in Stark Arena, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
