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Ingebrigtsen takes second title, Del Ponte sizzles 7.03 and Duplantis tops 6.05m to cap European Indoor Championships Jakob Ingebrigtsen takes the 3000m title in Torun (© Getty Images) Impressive wins by Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Ajla Del Ponte and Mondo Duplantis capped the final day of the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, on Sunday (7). Ingebrigtsen, who won the 1500m title on Friday, became the only double individual winner at these championships after his convincing 3000m victory, adding to the 1500m and 5000m double triumph at the 2018 championships outdoors that signalled...

Saturday, 6 March 2021 Spain’s Oscar Husillos earned European indoor 400 metres gold in Poland tonight - three years after he had seen victory in a European indoor record of 44.92sec disappear through disqualification for lane infringement at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. Husillos just managed to hold off a strong Dutch challenge from Tony Van Diepen and Liemarvin Bonevacia in a season’s best of 46.22, his expression swiftly changing from agonised effort to relieved joy in the spectator-free Torun Arena. But if Dutch ambitions were thwarted in the men’s 400m there was n...

Kevin Mayer and Ivona Dadic   As this extraordinary year draws to a close, we look back at the key moments of 2020 in each area of the sport. The series begins today with a review of combined events and relays. It will be followed over the coming days by reviews of all the other event groups. Decathlon In this extraordinary 2020 season, we actually had to wait until the last weekend before Christmas for the best results in the men’s decathlon. The season – understandably – didn’t get off to a quick start either. The first 8000-point score was set in July when Estonia’s Taavi Tšern...