World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 - Day 3 morning session: Yulimar Rojas sets new World record to win third straight triple jump title
Day 3 of the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade on Sunday: Olympic champions Yulimar Rojas in women's triple jump and Gianmarco Tamberi in men's high jump, headline Sunday's morning session.
Yulimar Rojas jumps World Record to win third straight triple jump title!
Olympic champ Yulimar Rojas jumped 15.74 to set a new outright world record!
On her sixth and final jump Rojas followed 15.19 and 15.36 marks with a WR attempt, getting the crowd behind her and wheeling away in delight when she soared out to 15.74.
Rojas also became the first to win three straight triple jump titles at the Indoor World Championships: 2016, 2018, and now 2022.
The previous world record of 15.67 also belonged to Rojas from 2021 while her indoor personal best was 15.43.
Ukranian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk sailed out to 14.74 on her final jump to seal silver.
That pushed Jamaica's Kimberly Williams into third with a 14.59 best mark and Thea Lafond from Dominica fourth on 14.53.
Woo Sanghyeok tops Olympic champ Gianmarco Tamberi in men's high jump
Korea's Woo Sangyeok has claimed the men's high jump title with a 2.34 clearance ahead of Swiss jumper Loic Gasch who cleared 2.31.
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Tamberi also topped out at 2.31 with New Zealand jumper Hamish Kerr, those two shared the bronze medal position.
Sharing a medal isn't alien to Tamberi who split gold with Mutaz Barshim at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and after a last-minute decision to take part in Belgrade a podium finish is a good result for the Italian Olympic champ.
For Woo, 25, it's a big moment - his first World title indoor or outdoor, and winning it against one of the Olympic champs will make it taste all the sweeter.
Olympic 10k champ Selemon Barega wins 3000m final
Ethiopia's middle and long distance star Selemon Barega led an Ethiopian one-two in the 3,000 metre final on Sunday morning.
Barega clocked 7:41.38 to claim gold ahead of compatriot Lamecha Girma (7:41.63) who won silver in the Tokyo 3000m steeplechase.
Great Britain's Marc Scott made a late charge to the podium and grabbed bronze clocking 7:42.02 ahead of strong Kenyan challengers Daniel Ebenyo and Jacob Krop.
Belgium qualify for men's 4x400 relay, USA are out
There was bad luck for the USA men's team in their 4x400 relay heat when Isaiah Harris felt his hamstring go on the final lap.
The U.S. were right in the race until that moment and while Harris fought to the finish, their 3:09.11 time wasn't enough to make the final.
There was no such heartbreak for Belgium who clocked 3:07.43 to guarantee their spot in the final this evening.
Grant Holloway cruises through 60m hurdles heat
The men's 60m hurdles heats happened this morning with the finals coming later in the evening session.
Olympic 110m silver medallist and world record holder Grant Holloway came through his heat on top clocking 7.40, comfortably ahead of Great Britain's defending champ Andrew Pozzi (7.60).
Elsewhere 2021 European indoor champ Wilhelm Belocian from France clocked 7.55 to top his heat with Belgian Michael Obasuyi behind him (7.66).
USA hurdlers Jarret Eaton and Aaron Mallett also made it through.
Holloway lost out to Jamaica's Hansle Parchment in Tokyo.
Belgrade 2022 Indoors Preview
Day 3 is the final day of the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships on Sunday morning (20 March) in Belgrade and there's so much to look forward to.
Ten finals will take place today and three of them happen in the morning session.
We'll see triple jump Olympic champion Yulimar Rojas in action in the women's final, she's two-time defending indoor and outdoor champ and will be the big favourite this morning.
Jamaica's Kimberly Williams and Thea Lafond from Dominica will be eyeing up the podium too.
Gianmarco Tamberi vying for first indoor Worlds title since 2016
Remember when the two high jumpers shared gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim shared gold and one of the greatest Stronger Together moments of the Games.
But while Barshim isn't here in Belgrade, Tamberi is and the Italian is after the indoor title he won back in 2016.
His main opponents will be Korean Woo Sanghyeok and New Zealand jumper Hamish Kerr.
Tamberi is fresh from the NBA Celebrity All Star Game in Cleveland.
Sunday morning event schedule at World Indoors 2022
DAY 3 - Sunday, Morning, 20 March
- 10:05 60m H M R1
- 10:45 High Jump M F
- 11:00 Triple Jump W F
- 11:10 4 x 400m Relay W R1
- 11:35 4 x 400m Relay M R1
- 12:05 3000m M F
- 12:50 60m H W MC
- 12:56 60m M MC
- 13:02 3000m M MC
- 13:08 High Jump M MC