World indoors

The World Athletics Indoor Championships: The World Athletics Indoor Championships 2026, which ended with a record-breaking final day, delivered the highest-quality edition in the history of the championships, underlining the event's status as a key milestone in a packed global athletics calendar.

The United States topped the medals table with five gold, seven silver, and six bronze medals, extending its all-time tally at the World Indoors to 324 medals.

With a competition performance score of 49,516, the three-day event, which concluded on Sunday (22), set a new benchmark for the World Indoor Championships, surpassing the previous best of 49,348 achieved in Belgrade in 2022, the World Athletics, the sport's world governing body, said in a report on its official website.