Hoey takes Kipketer 800 m record, Kessler from Kenenisa at 2026 NB Indoor Grand Prix!

Hoey takes Kipketer 800 m record, Kessler from Kenenisa

BOSTON (USA, Jan 24): The 31st edition of New Balance Indoor Grand Prix marked great opening of 11th World Indoor Tour Gold series with two all-time top marks. In men 800 m Josh Hoey with great solo race after help from his brother Jaxson, improved Wilson Kipketer´s legendary World short-track record 1:42.67 from Paris World Indoors 1997 to 1:42.50. Second Filip Ostrowski improved to 1:44.68 and third Ryan Clarke Dutch indoor record 1:44.72. Earlier in the 2000 m in the last lap Hobbs Kessler beat Grant Fisher 4:48.79 to 4:49.48. It was all-time top mark (in this event no official short track WR), improving 4:49.99 of Kenenisa Bekele from 2007. Third Pieter Sisk in 4:52.41 achieved European indoor all-time best (previously Sergio Sanchez 4:52.90 im 2010).

Josh Hoey breaks the 29 year old WR of Wilson Kipketer, January 24, 2026,

In the final event of the day, Jereem Richards beat Noah Lyles over 300 m by 0.01 (32.14 to 32.15). More distances World leads, in women 3000 m Elle St. Pierre 8:26.54 (in first track competition since giving birth to her son in May) over Linden Hall 8:27.03 overall PB and only third Jessica Hull 8:36.03, Roisin Willis 800 m WL 1:59.59 and Dorcus Ewoi 1500 m WL 4:01.22 (third Klaudia Kazimierska 4:01.78 NR for Poland) with Danielle Williams 7.87 60 m hurdles WL.

Cam Myers, new Australian record for 3000m, 7:27.57, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Track & Field meet
January 24, 2026
Boston, MA USA, photo by Kevin Morris

On the men side, Cameron Myers 7:27.57 in the 3000 m WL, MR and Oceanian short-track record, 10th best performer indoor ever as fourth Nick Griggs clocked European U23 indoor record 7:32.79. Trey Cunningham equaled the WL in the 60 m hurdles 7.48 when World champion Cordell Tinch was only 5th (7.62). Winners of 60 m races were guests, Dina Asher-Smith 7.08 and Ackeem Blake 6.53. Khaleb McRae missed MR in the 400 m only by 0.04 with 45.38 win, Ireland´s Cian McPhillips surprised favourites in the 600 m (Brazier, Hoppel) with 1:16.37 600 m win. Nicole Yeargin in final stages beat Anna Hall in the 400 m (52.63 to 52.77). Technical events winners were James Carter 16.33 triple and Monae Nichols 664 long jump.

600m upset by Cian McPhillips, New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Track & Field meet
January 24, 2026
Boston, MA USA, photo by Kevin Morris

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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