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WHAT A DRAMATIC FINISH 🫣

The last race of the day at the NB Indoor Grand Prix lives up to the hype, as 2024 Olympic 100m champ Noah Lyles battles 2025 World 400m silver medalist Jereem Richards over 300 meters, with Richards just outleaning Lyles 32.14 to 32.15.
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
🚨 WORLD INDOOR RECORD 🚨

Paced by his brother Jaxson, World Indoor champ Josh Hoey is now the world record holder in the 800m indoors, running a ridiculous 1:42.50 at the NB Indoor Grand Prix to break Wilson Kipketer’s 28-year-old 1:42.67.

Hoey’s 600m split would’ve also won the 600m today 😅
January 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM
She’s BA-A-ACK 😈

2024 World Indoor champ Elle St. Pierre returns to the track for the first time since giving birth to her second son in fantastic form, battling back and forth with Linden Hall over 3000m at the NB Indoor Grand Prix and coming out with the victory in 8:26.54.
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Making the race and making history 🚀

Grant Fisher full-sends a 2000m world record attempt at the NB Indoor Grand Prix, bettering Kenenisa Bekele’s 2007 mark with a huge 4:49.48 run but getting outkicked for the record in the final lap by Hobbs Kessler, good for #2 all-time indoors.
January 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM
HISTORY MADE 🔥🔥🔥

It’s not every day that you get to break a Kenenisa Bekele record… but that’s just what Hobbs Kessler did, using a phenomenal finishing kick to beat out Grant Fisher in the NB Indoor Grand Prix. Kessler runs 4:48.79 to set the new world indoor record.
January 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A busy day at the office for anyone else is light work for Anna 😅

World heptathlon champ Anna Hall opts for “only” two events at the NB Indoor Grand Prix, leaping 5.99m in the long jump and then doubling back to a 52.77 runner-up finish in the 400m.
January 24, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Ackeem 💗 60m

2024 World bronze medalist Ackeem Blake gets a season’s best (out of two races this year) and a big win in the 60m at the NB Indoor Grand Prix in 6.53, with the Jamaican taking down Puerto Rico’s Eloy Benitez (6.56) and American Jordan Anthony (6.57).
January 24, 2026 at 8:54 PM
New year; new Dina ✨

Brit Dina Asher-Smith, now training under Baylor coach Michael Ford, wins the NB Indoor Grand Prix 60m in 7.08 ahead of Jamaica’s Brianna Lyston, second in 7.11.
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Khaleb wins the battle for the rail— and the race 💪

Khaleb McRae wins the NB Indoor Grand Prix 400m in 45.38 over HS phenom Quincy Wilson, second in 45.96. McRae defended the inside line on the second lap the whole way around and was rewarded with a big victory.
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
The new shoes must fit pretty good 😁

In her racing debut for HOKA, Sinclaire Johnson lands at #4 on the U.S. indoor all-time list with a 4:01.30 1500m, finishing second behind Dorcus Ewoi at the NB Indoor Grand Prix.
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
She’s coming home!!! 🎟️

Klaudia Kazimierska clocks a 4:01.78 PB and Polish national record for third in the NB Indoor Grand Prix 1500m, securing a qualifier for this year’s World Indoor Championship hosted in her home nation.
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Racing with the big dawgs pays off 🤑

Marco Langon of Villanova chops it up with the pros in the NB Indoor Grand Prix 3000m and is rewarded with a big PB, running 7:34.56 for #4 NCAA all-time.
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 PM
BATTLE TO THE LINE 😱

Sinclaire Johnson makes Dorcus Ewoi fight for the win every step of the last lap of the NB Indoor Grand Prix 1500m, but Ewoi, the 2025 World silver medalist outdoors, holds off Johnson to the line 4:01.22 to 4:01.30.
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The lean is everything 😮‍💨

Trey Cunningham wins a tightly-contested 60m hurdles at the NB Indoor Grand Prix in 7.48, with just 0.1 seconds separating first from fourth. Texas A&M alum Connor Schulman is second in a new PB of 7.51.
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Tactics win out indoors 😏

In a hotly-anticipated 600m matchup at the NB Indoor Grand Prix, Irishman Cian McPhillips spoils the party for the Americans by getting to the front in the last lap and taking the win in 1:16.37.
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Caribbean 1-2!! 🇯🇲🇧🇸

Danielle Williams of Jamaica wins the 60m hurdles at the NB Indoor Grand Prix in 7.87, just ahead of world indoor record holder Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas in 7.92.
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Beating the pros at their own game ☝️

Wilma Nielsen of Oregon runs a NCAA leading 4:26.74 mile to win the pro race at the Dr. Sander Invitational as collegians go 1-3, with Rachel McArthur taking second in 4:26.98 and NC State’s Sadie Engelhardt third in 4:27.54.
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Bouncing back 🔁

Graham Blanks comes back from a grueling 10k on the grass to drop a 7:31.97 3000m indoors just two weeks later at the NB Indoor Grand Prix, pushing the pace from the front midrace and ending up third behind Australian Cam Myers and Irishman Andrew Coscoran.
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
AUSSIE RECORD AND THEN SOME 🇦🇺

19-year-old Cam Myers takes the win in the 3000m at the NB Indoor Grand Prix in a HUGE 7:27.57 run, bettering both the indoor and outdoor national records in the process.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Classic indoor track tactics 💨

Caleb Winders (IN) uses a perfectly-timed burst of speed off the final turn to take the win in the NB Indoor Grand Prix junior boys’ mile in 4:02.56 over Carter Smith’s 4:02.71.
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
No jet lag here!! ✈️

Corona Santiago’s Braelyn Combe makes the most of her cross-country trip from California, winning the junior international mile at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in 4:38.97 thanks to a 63-second final 400m.
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 PM
FIRST WORLD LEAD OF THE DAY 🌎

Roisin Willis opens up the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix with the fastest women’s 800m of 2026 to date, clocking an indoor lifetime best of 1:59.59 to start the meet and her season off on a high note.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Off to a good start!! 😅

Meghan Hunter kicks off her 2026 campaign with a decisive win in the Dr. Sander 800m, running 1:59.70 ahead of runner-up Olivia Baker.
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
PICKING UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF 👋

In his first big race of 2026, Cooper Lutkenhaus SHATTERS his own U.S. high school record in the 800m, running 1:45.23 to win the Dr. Sander Invitational by 2+ seconds over runner-up Shane Cohen.

Lutkenhaus knocks 1.6 seconds off his 1:46.86 mark from February 2025.
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
New York Road Runners announced Grant Fisher, the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist at 5000m and 10,000m, will make his half marathon debut at the United Airlines NYC Half on March 15th. It will also mark the first road race of his professional career.

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January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM