World Indoor Championships
Team USA's Grant Holloway soared to his third straight indoor men's 60m hurdles title with a 7.42 performance in Nanjing, China. (Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
Track and Field

Through the Lens: Day 2 at the World Indoor Championships

March 22, 2025
The second day of competition at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday in Nanjing, China pushed the intensity even high than the first day of action, with several past winner retaining their titles — as other challengers rose to the occasion.

Grant Holloway and Mondo Dupantis both became winning of three straight titles, while Christopher Bailey and Amber Anning shifted the narrative in their favor with big wins. Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Freweyni Hailu dominated once again as Mujinga Kambundji proved that even a slim margin could produce a win.

Day two in Nanjing in photos tells the story below and with one day left in the global indoor season, the tone shifts to tomorrow's closing act.

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Competitors in the men’s heptathlon bolt from the start blocks during an exciting second day of action. (Photo by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics)
World Indoor Championships
Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu surged to victory in the women’s 3000m final in 8:37.21. (Photo by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics)
World Indoor Championships
With one more day of indoor action remaining, the track and field world will shift to outdoor season — and brand new leagues — in April (Photo by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics)
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Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis continues to push himself even higher and took gold in the men’s pole vault as he cleared 6.15m. (Photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
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Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji won the women’s 60m final in 7.04, edging out Italy’s Zaynab Dosso (7.06) Luxembourg’s Patrizia Van Der Weken (7.07). (Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
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Spain’s Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré flew down the line and finished third in the women’s triple jump (14.29m). Cuba’s Leyanis Perez Hernandez was first with 14.93m, while teammate Liadagmis Povea took second (14.57). (Photo by Sona Maleterova for World Athletics)
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Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen lightly criticized his middle distance rivals for not appearing in Nanjing en route winning the men’s 3000m final in 7:46.09. (Photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
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Great Britain’s Amber Anning (50.60) slipped past Team USA’s Alexis Holmes (50.63) to take the women’s 400m title. (Photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
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Norway’s Sander Skotheim kept his heptathlon hopes alive after his 2.13m high jump was the lead height in his group on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics)
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Team USA’s Christopher Bailey cruised to a 45.08 win in the men’s 400m final and held off teammates Brian Faust (45.47) and Jacory Patterson (45.54) for an American sweep in the event. (Photo by Dan Vernon for World Athletics)

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