- Written by Harry Poole
- BBC Sport in Glasgow
2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships |
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date: March 1-3 venue: emirates arena, glasgow |
coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer and online. Listen to commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sport Extra and BBC Sounds. You can watch live text and video highlights on his website and app on BBC Sport. |
Josh Kerr, Laura Muir and Gemma Leakey will aim to win gold in front of their home crowd at this weekend's World Athletics Indoor Championships.
The Scotsman will be part of a 25-man squad for Great Britain at the Emirates Arena, where 20 current world champions and seven Tokyo Olympic gold medalists will compete for 26 titles.
You can watch the match live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra from 1st to 3rd March.
“London 2012 had a huge impact on the sport and inspired the next generation. Now it's Scotland's turn to get it,” said Kerr, the 1500m world champion.
“I hope that in five or 10 years' time, the generation will be saying, 'This championship started my love for this sport.'”
“We have great players. It's a slightly smaller group than in previous years, but we're strong. They're all medal contenders.”
Who are Britain's medal contenders?
Kerr and Olympic 1500m silver medalist Muir will run in the much-anticipated 3000m race during Saturday night's session.
Kerr, who has made no secret of his ambitions for gold at this summer's Paris Olympics, will face a team that includes Ethiopia's defending champion Selemon Barega, while Muir will face Ethiopia's 1500m champion Gudav Tsegay.
Leakey competed in the 800m on the final day, setting a winning record at the British Indoor Championships in Birmingham two weeks ago.
New British pole vault champion Molly Caudalie He jumped 4.86 meters, a world record this year, and will compete on Saturday night.
morgan lake (high jump), Laviai Nielsen (400 meters), Cindy Cember (60 meter hurdles), and amy hunt (60 meters) are other British people of note.
Which world stars does Glasgow have?
World 100m and 200m champion Noah LylesCompeting in his first Indoor World Championships, competing against fellow American world record holder christian coleman in the 60 meters on Friday.
Lyles, 26, said he wants to win “all the Olympic medals” in 2024 after winning three world gold medals in Budapest last year, and could add the 4x400m relay to his goals in Paris. suggested that.
Karsten Warholm A Dutch athlete who holds the world record for the 400m hurdles will compete in the 400m. Femke Bol and an american grant hollowayBoth athletes, who set indoor world records in February, will compete in the 400-meter hurdles and 60-meter hurdles, respectively.
World record holders will be active in field events armand duplantis Swede (pole vault) and American ryan closer (shot put).
ukrainian Yaroslava Makhuchik Aims to defend women's high jump title while being American Olympic and world pole vault champion katie moon He hopes to improve on the world indoor silver medal he won in 2022.
World Athletics President Lord Coe said: “Everywhere you look at the programme, there is something to be excited about.
“The sport is in good shape because we have world record holders, world champions and Olympic champions.”
BBC coverage and major events
Always in GMT and subject to change.
Friday, March 1st
Morning session: 09:30-14:15 – BBC Two
Lyles and Coleman will start in the 60-meter dash, and the women's shot put will be the first of 26 titles to be decided.
Evening session: 18:45-22:00 – BBC Two (not available on BBC Two Wales). 21:00-22:00 – BBC Radio 5 Live
Gold medals will be won in the men's 60m and shot put, and the women's high jump and pentathlon.
Lyles is the favorite to win the 60m gold medal after setting a personal best and world time of 6.43 seconds to beat Coleman at the U.S. trials.
Analysis: 21:55-22:30 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app
Saturday, March 2nd
Morning session: 09:30-13:15 – BBC Two
Highlights include the men's long jump final, men's and women's 800m semi-finals, and the first three events of the men's heptathlon.
Evening session: 18:40-22:15 – BBC Two; 20:15-22:00 – BBC Radio 5 Sport Extra
Muir and Kerr would win eight gold medals in the 3000m final in 20 minutes 15 seconds and 20 minutes 40 seconds respectively.
The other finals will include the women's pole vault, and the men's and women's 400m finals will feature Warholm and Bol.
Analysis: 22:10-22:30 – BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app
Sunday March 3rd
Morning session: 09:30-12:15 – BBC Two; 12:10-13:45 – BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button
World champions were crowned in the men's high jump and women's triple jump. The morning event will also include heats for the men's and women's 4×400 meter relay.
Evening session: 18:30-22:15 – BBC Two; 20:00 – Latest updates on major events on BBC Radio 5
Ten more gold medals will be awarded in the final session. Olympic pole vault champion Duplantis will attempt to defend her title before the men's and women's 800m and 1500m races are concluded, with Great Britain's Georgia Bell aiming for a medal in the women's 1500m.
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