TORUN, Poland, March 19, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Armand Duplantis and Keely Hodgkinson headline the world indoor athletics championships that kick off in Torun, Poland, on Friday. AFP Sport looks at five stand-out events from the March 20-22 champs:- Women's 800m -All eyes will be on Keely Hodgkinson after the Briton smashed the indoor 800m world record last month. - Men's pole vault -A fourth world indoor title -- to match Sergey Bubka -- beckons for Sweden's Armand Duplantis, fresh from setting a 15th world record, of 6.31m, last week. The 26-year-old, who set his first ever world record in Torun in 2020, has won the past three world indoor titles with the three highest vaults in world indoor history: 6.20m in 2022, 6.05m in 2024 and 6.15m in 2025. - Women's high jump -World record-holder and Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh will be aiming to regain the world indoor title she last won in Belgrade in 2022.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 19, 2026 04:01 UTC