100-meter Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs from Italy is now also 60-meter world champion in the hall.
Jacobs won the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade in 6.41 seconds ahead of defending champion and 100-meter world champion Christian Coleman from the USA. The American at the same time was only a hair’s breadth behind Jacobs. Marvin Bracy from the USA ran in third place in 6.44 seconds.
Coleman was banned for a year and a half for doping control violations and missed the Tokyo Olympics last year. Therefore, the duel with Jacobs was awaited with great excitement.
The German sprinter Aleksandar Askovic did not make it to the final. Askovic, who is starting for Munich, finished fourth in his hometown of Belgrade in 6.62 seconds in his semifinals. As a result, he missed the final of the top eight runners, both in terms of placement and time.
Shot put Olympic champion Ryan Crouser suffered a surprising defeat. With 22.44 meters, the American was only second behind the Brazilian Darlan Romani. The World Championship and Olympic fourth won with 22.53 meters. Bronze went to Olympic bronze medalist and defending champion Tomas Walsh from New Zealand with 22.31 meters.
Decathlon Olympic champion Damian Warner secured the title in the indoor heptathlon, the Canadian won with 6489 points.