Habz 3:33.36, Hunter-Bell 4:00.04 WL, Mahuchikh 201 lead Karlsruhe Indoor Meeting (WIT Gold), January 8, 2026

Habz 3:33.36, Hunter-Bell 4:00.04 WL, Mahuchikh 201

KARLSRUHE (GER, Feb 8): Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 201 (and tried 204) and won the high jump from Yuliya Levchenko (196) at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe (WIT Gold).

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, UKR, clear 2.01 meters on February 8, 2026, photo by World Athletics

Larissa Iapichino leaped to 684 in the long jump ahead of Hilary Kpatcha (673) with Malaika Mihambo fourth (645). Azeddine Habz topped the 1500m in 3:33.36 ahead of Federico Riva (3:33.94 NRi), Jochem Vermeulen (3:35.48 PBi) and Mariano García (3:35.53 PB). Emmanuel Eseark topped the 60m hurdles in 7.86 ahead of Laeticia Bapté (7.95, 7.93 in heats) and Sacha Alessandrini (7.96 PB). Stefan Nillessen won the 3000m in 7:38.48 from Jacob Krop (7:38.64), Valentin Soca (7:38.90) and Pol Oriach (7:39.10 PB).

Larissa Iaphichino, ITA wins the long jump, photos by World Athletics

Georgia Hunter-Bell set an early world lead of 4:00.04 in the 1500m winning over Birke Haylom (4:00.88) and Agathe Guillemot (4:02.12 NRi), while Gabriela Debues-Stafford won the 3000m in 8:35.94 ahead of Elise Cranny (8:37.06) with Laura Muir fifth (8:40.44). Sondre Guttormsen was the best in the pole vault with 584 over Cole Walsh (578).

Bessant Hemia, EGY, wins the 400m in 51.97 at Karlsruhe WIT, photo by World Athletics

Other wins for Egypt’s Bassant Hemida in the 400m (51.97), Alexander Stepanov in the 800m (1:46.17), and Yasser Triki in the national triple jump (16.67).

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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