2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
With 300 metres to go, Marcin Lewandowski, known more as an 800 metres runner, was at the back of the pack, but he too moved to the outside and started sprinting past the field, reaching Wightman at the bell. Wightman held Lewandowski to the outside of the penultimate turn but on the backstretch, he passed and set off after Tefera and Iguider. A 25.38 lap, 3:44.84 would have won the race most years, but they still had 100 metres to go. It came down to a final 50 metre sprint on the home stretch.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
Tefera passed Iguider and ran away to victory, with Lewandowski in full sprint behind him. A desperate Iguider began leaning five metres before the finish, but he couldn't hold off Lewandowski speeding past for silver. For Iguider, it was his second bronze medal in this event, to go along with the complete set of medals he had already collected between 2010 and 2014.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
The winning time of 3:58.19 would be a slow mile time in this era. Tefera had run significantly faster, setting the World Junior Record in the event at 3:36.05, just 36 days earlier. That was his first experience on an indoor track.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Summary
With more lane violations being called even as they would be less significant in a race of this distance, four were disqualified in the heats, most notably Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo, jostled into taking one step inside the rail.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Summary
The final began at a jog, with first Yassin Bouih stepping out to the lead, then Clemens Bleistein to lead the race through at 1:14.58 first 400. The three Ethiopian runners all went to the back of the pack. Davis Kiplangat moved to the front but didn't really push the pace. After another lap, Adel Mechaal took the point, the next 400 accomplished even slower in at 1:15.12. Mechaal took the field through another slightly faster 400 in 1:12.12 as the Ethiopians at the back began to get impatient.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Summary
Hagos Gebrhiwet began to move forward in the pack, then Yomif Kejelcha joined him. Towards the end of the next 400, Selemon Barega made a big move to sweep toward the front. With the acceleration, the Kenyans and ex-pat Shadrack Kipchirchir moved forward, Kejelcha taking over the lead. Mechaal came back to re-join the mix, then Barega made a big move to reach Kejelcha's shoulder, an Ethiopian wall at the front. Gebrhiwet then came forward on the outside, closing the box on the pursuers Kipchirchir and exchanging elbows with Mechaal. Gebrhiwet continued to move forward to second position.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Summary
The three Ethiopians continued to accelerate, their strategic box broken into a line at the front. Free to move, Bethwell Birgen ran past Barega at the bell while Kejelcha was breaking free off the front. Down the final backstretch Birgen passed the fading Gebrhiwet. As Kejelcha extended his lead on to victory, Barega passed Gebrhiwet on the final turn, then launched his final sprint past a struggling Birgen who barely held off a resurgent Gebrhiwet and Mechaal for bronze.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In the heats, the Dominican Republic rested their star, disqualified silver medalist Luguelín Santos. They didn't qualify and Santos did not get to run the final. Similarly, USA was able to rest their stars, Michael Cherry and Aldrich Bailey while successfully qualifying for the final. In the final, USA was out fast with Fred Kerley having a marginal edge at the break, but extending it by running an efficient tangent from lane 6, netting himself a 3-metre lead over Poland's Karol Zalewski. Zalewski kept that gap for most of the second lap, losing a little ground in the handoff.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Kerley's split 44.84. The Borlée brothers, represented by Dylan Borlée, representing Belgium were an equal gap back. With an efficient handoff to Michael Cherry, USA gained another 3 metres. Through the second leg, Rafał Omelko chipped away at Cherry's lead, by the time the handoff took place, the gap between USA and Poland was back to 3 metres. Behind them, Jereem Richards brought Trinidad and Tobago past Jonathan Borlée and approached passing Omelko before fading back. Cherry's split was 45.39.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
The third leg for USA was Aldrich Bailey, vs Poland's Łukasz Krawczuk, Bailey lost another meter as Poland, Trinidad and Tobago and Belgium gained. Bailey's split 46.10. After taking the baton, USA's Vernon Norwood accelerated to open another metre. Behind him, Poland's Jakub Krzewina led the pursuers, with TTO's Lalonde Gordon and Belgium's Kevin Borlée in close order. By the end of the first lap, Norwood had extended the lead to 5 metres, but down the final backstretch, the lead began to shrink. Coming off the final turn, Krzewina had a burst of speed, Norwood straightened up and tightened up, Krzewina went by. Five metres back Borlée was attempting a similar move on Gordon, without as much authority. In a tight battle for bronze, Borlée was able to outlearn Gordon.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Poland's winning time was a new world indoor record, beating USA's team from four years earlier. The final split was timed at 45.44 from when Norwood crossed the line, but considering he made up at least three metres, Krzewina's time was considerably faster. Behind them, Belgium and Trinidad and Tobago set national records.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
The Poland 4x400 meter relay team not only made themselves astonished by this unbelievable record, but they astonished everyone in attendance and the world. This world record was the first world record ever set for the IAAF World Indoor Championships. The four men on the relay team, were originally going for the European world record, and not only did they beat that record, but they also beat the indoor world record for the men's 4x400 meter relay.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
What makes this event even more astonishing, was the fact that the U.S.A. team had also beaten the previous world record for the men's indoor 4x400 meter relay, but were just shy of setting the record themselves after falling short to Poland's team. The previous record was previously held by the United States, and in an unbelievable fashion both teams managed to beat this record in a tight race, the previous time being 3:02.14 from 2014. This amazing accomplishment was not only the new IAAF World Indoor Championship record, but also the indoor world record, truly an astonishing accomplishment.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
For the first time ever in a World Championship, every runner in a single preliminary heat was disqualified. It was the third heat, where first returning silver medalist Abdalelah Haroun false started himself out of the heat. #5 runner of all time Bralon Taplin won the heat, but he and the other three remaining runners Austris Karpinskis, Alonzo Russell and Steven Gayle were then disqualified for lane violations.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
2012 Champion Nery Brenes also found himself disqualified after winning the fifth heat. With two place qualifiers missing, it opened the door for Juander Santos and Mikhail Litvin to take the extra time qualification positions in the semi-final round.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
In the final, Óscar Husillos from lane 6 was first to the break line and took the lead with a lap to go, holding the lead to cross the finish line first in a time of 44.92. However, Husillos and Luguelin Santos were disqualified for lane violations, giving Pavel Maslák his third consecutive championship, Michael Cherry the silver, and Deon Lendore the bronze.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Summary
Fifteen years after his first silver medal, remarkable 43-year-old Kim Collins returned to yet another World Championship, qualifying for the semi-final round, but he did not start. The favorite in the event was Christian Coleman, just two weeks after his second world record in this event this season. While two American athletes qualifying for the final is not uncommon, two Chinese athletes qualifying for the final might be the sign of a new trend.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Summary
In the final, Coleman was out fast, but next to him in the center of the track Su Bingtian was out with him. Ján Volko and Emre Zafer Barnes were also out fast, but faded quickly. Giving ground at the beginning, Ronnie Baker hit his top speed mid-race, about the same time as Coleman reached his. Coleman managed a little separation from Su, while Baker was making up lost ground. Su continued to press Coleman to the line, but Coleman finished strongly with a lean for a metre victory. Su barely held off the fast closing Baker to take the first global medal for a Chinese sprinter. Behind the medalists, Zhenye Xie gave China a 2-4 punch as he barely held off the last to fifth explosion by Hassan Taftian.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Summary
Coleman's winning time of 6.37 would have been the world record prior to his other efforts this season. Su improved upon his own Asian record, his third consecutive national record at the World Indoor Championships.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Summary
Andrew Pozzi led both qualifying rounds to prove he was a leading contender. Four the third championship in a row, France put two athletes into the final, one of them was returning silver medalist Pascal Martinot-Lagarde in his fourth straight final. Outdoor world record holder Aries Merritt also made the final, though expectations for him are not as lofty since his kidney transplant.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Summary
After setting his national record as the #2 qualifier in the semi-finals, Milan Trajkovic false started himself out of the finals. Pozzi was the first over the first hurdle, but only inches ahead of Jarret Eaton. Between hurdles, Eaton exploded to almost a foot (30 cm) advantage over the next hurdle, about the same advantage Pozzi held over Martinot-Lagarde. Both Pozzi and Martinot-Lagarde rattled the second hurdle, though Martinot-Lagarde lost more ground being knocked off balance. Eaton extended his lead, doubling it over the third hurdle, which he rattled.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Summary
Martinot-Lagarde slammed the third hurdle and was out of contention, replaced by his teammate Aurel Manga and Merritt another two feet behind Pozzi. Going over the fourth hurdle, Merritt looked to have a slight advantage over Manga but by the final barrier Manga had the advantage. Eaton slammed the final hurdle, losing some of his momentum, Pozzi caught him before the finish. Manga clearly beat Merritt to the line for bronze.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
Heats were held on the second day of competition to eliminate only four competitors, one of them turned out to be the world leader coming into these championships, American champion, Donavan Brazier. With lane violations being disqualified aggressively already at these championships, Brazier knew his fate and jogged the rest of his race. Led by Álvaro de Arriba, heat 1 turned out to be significantly faster than the final.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
The final started with Mostafa Smaili taking the advantage at the break, edging out Saúl Ordóñez. Ordóñez took up a position on Smaili's shoulder, the rest of the field lined up behind them until two laps to go. Ordóñez moved out to the lead, and 2014 silver medalist Adam Kszczot moved from the back to quickly to take up the second position with Drew Windle covering the move. For the next lap, Ordóñez kept looking over his shoulder while keeping Kszczot at bay.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
At the bell, Kszczot cruised into the lead, the rest of the field, led by Elliot Giles swarmed forward, leaving Windle out the back. Through the final lap, Kszczot just extended his lead to take a four-metre victory. Behind him, Windle squeezed past Álvaro de Arriba and Smaili on the inside, then slid to the outside on the home straightaway to pass Giles and with a lean at the line, Ordóñez to take silver.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
Following the race, Windle was disqualified for obstruction. The decision was later reversed on appeal, reinstating his silver medal.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
With the retirement of defending champion Ashton Eaton, the multi event world opened up. 2016 Olympic silver medalist Kévin Mayer assumed the top spot winning the 2017 World Championships. His pursuers included Olympic bronze medalist Damian Warner and world championship bronze medalist Kai Kazmirek.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
In the 60 metres, Warner ran the top time of 6.74, his personal best, but Mayer was only .11 behind, also running his personal best, putting Warner 41 points ahead. In the long jump, Kazmirek boomed a 7.68 m (25 ft 2 1⁄4 in) personal best to offset one of the poorer 60 metre times to move into a tight group fighting for third place. Oleksiy Kasyanov actually held an 8 point advantage in third, with Dominik Distelberger joining the other two within 13 points of each other.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
At the top of the leader board, Mayer had another personal best of 7.55m in the long jump to pull within two points of Warner. In the shot put, Mayer overpowered Warner, his 15.67 m (51 ft 4 3⁄4 in) more than 2 feet further than Warner, who threw his personal best 14.90m. Mayer had a 45 point lead. Kazmirek's personal best 14.55m shot put put him 16 points up for third place.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
As the last event of the first day, Mayer and Warner topped out at 2.02m, with Kazmirek gaining a little ground with a 2.05m. At that height, Maicel Uibo had barely warmed up. Uibo kept clearing heights all the way up to 2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄4 in), which also moved him into a solid third place, exactly 100 points behind Mayer.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
Warner began the second day with a 7.67 60 metres hurdles, .16 better than Mayer and enough to pull him back to 4 points behind. Both Kazmirek and Uibo ran personal bests, but Kazmirek was .24 better to give him a 45 point advantage. Kasyanov pushed over a hurdle to take himself out of the race. In the pole vault, Warner got over a personal best 4.90m to only lose 10 cm and another 30 points to Mayer.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Summary
Again on the vertical jump, Uibo excelled clearing a personal best of 5.30 m (17 ft 4 1⁄2 in), which was matched by Eelco Sintnicolaas who was still in sixth place, behind Zachery Ziemek. But Kazmirek had also jumped a personal best 5.20m, so Uibo was still 13 points behind. In order to win the championship, Warner needed to beat Mayer by about 3 seconds in the 1000 meters, and Uibo needed to beat Kazmirek by about 1.3 seconds. Both Warner 2:37.12 and Uibo 2:38.51 ran personal bests in first and second place. Mayer was able to stay about 2 and a half seconds behind Warner to take the championship by a scant 5 points. Uibo beat Kazmirek by over 3 and a half seconds to take the bronze. Warner was able to beat Mike Smith's 25 year old Canadian national record.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, 60 metres
The 60 metres was held on 2 March at 09:59.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, Long jump
The long jump was held on 2 March at 10:40.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, Shot put
The shot put was held on 2 March at 11:59.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, High jump
The high jump was held on 2 March at 19:44.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, 60 metres hurdles
The 60 metres hurdles was held on 3 March at 09:59.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon, Detailed results, 1000 metres
The 1000 metres was held on 3 March at 19:50.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The reigning outdoor world champion, Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, led the field of eleven entries that year with his jump of 2.38 m (7 ft 9 1⁄2 in), set while winning the Asian indoor title. The previous world indoor champion, Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, was not present to defend his title, though both minor medallists were present in Great Britain's Robert Grabarz and American Erik Kynard.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the men shared center stage with the women's high jump.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Summary
In a straight final format, the overall performance of the field was low, with six of the eleven athletes failing to clear more than the opening height of 2.20 m (7 ft 2 1⁄2 in) (Grabarz and former world champion Donald Thomas being the most prominent casualties). Poland's Sylwester Bednarek failed at the third height of 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in), leaving just Barshim, Kynard, Mateusz Przybylko and Danil Lysenko in contention. Lysenko and Barshim led with clean scorecards up to the height of 2.33 m (7 ft 7 1⁄2 in).


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump, Summary
Kynard and Przybylko both failed to achieve that height and the German athlete secured the bronze on countback – his first senior international medal. Lysenko and Barshim each failed their first two attempts at 2.36 m (7 ft 8 3⁄4 in) and after a third failure by Barshim, Lysenko cleared the height on his final attempt to become world champion. It was the first world title for the Russian, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete here, and reversed the positions the two had shared at the 2017 World Championships final the previous summer.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Summary
With only 15 entrants, the event went straight to the final. On the third jump of the competition, Radek Juška did a 7.99m. It turned out to be his best of the day. Only Juan Miguel Echevarría was able to do better in the first round, his 8.19m put him into the lead. In the second round, Ruswahl Samaai and defending champion Marquis Dendy both jumped 8.02m, with Samaai holding the tiebreaker.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Summary
Samaai solidified his position on his third attempt with an 8.05m. His teammate, reigning outdoor champion Luvo Manyonga was in jeopardy of not getting any more jumps with two fouls. His 8.33m took him from last to first. The fourth round got more serious;  Echevarría jumped 8.36m to take back the lead. Next on the runway, Manyonga bettered that with an African indoor record 8.44m. In the fifth round, Shi Yuhao's 8.12m pushed Samaai off the podium. The next jumper Dendy pushed Shi off with an 8.42m, putting himself in silver medal position. Jarrion Lawson improved to 8.14m on the next jump and two jumpers later, Echevarría hit the winner 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in). Nobody was able to improve their position in the final round.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump, Summary
In addition to being the 2018 world leader, Echevarría's jump made him the number seven indoor performer of all time. Manyonga's jump has him tied for number nine on that list, with Mike Powell and Larry Myricks. Dendy's jump ranks tied for number fifteen.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
Only 15 competitors meant only a final was held. Several notable names were eliminated early on;  2015 World Champion Shawnacy Barber; 2016 Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva;  world junior record holder Armand Duplantis;  2014 World Indoor Champion Konstantinos Filippidis; 2011 World Champion Paweł Wojciechowski; and 2013 World Champion Raphael Holzdeppe. Young newcomers Kurtis Marschall and Emmanouil Karalis cleared personal bests of 5.80m to be among the last contenders. The medalists were decided by a first attempt clearance at 5.85m, by Piotr Lisek, Sam Kendricks and Renaud Lavillenie.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
At that point, Lavillenie was still clean placing him in first place, Kendricks had one miss for second and Lisek had two misses for third. Six other vaulters had attempts left, many strategically passing to 5.90m after the clearances, but none were able to clear another height. In fact, only Lavillenie was able to get over 5.90 m (19 ft 4 1⁄4 in) on his second attempt, confirming his win. Kendricks took one attempt for the win at 5.95m but in the end the podium in 2018 was exactly the same as in 2016.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
Thomas Walsh came in as the defending champion. Five throws into the competition, he threw 22.13 m (72 ft 7 1⁄4 in) to improve upon his own Oceanian record set while winning the previous championships. Nobody would beat that mark in the competition, except Walsh himself, first equalling it in the third round then throwing 22.31 m (73 ft 2 1⁄4 in) as the final attempt of the day. Indoor marks now being acceptable, that mark moved him to the number 15# performer in the shot put of all time, displacing Ryan Whiting who was in the competition.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
The race for the other medals was much more competitive. On their first attempts, Whiting threw 20.96m, Darrell Hill threw 21.06m, David Storl threw 21.14m and Darlan Romani threw 21.23m. Romani and Storl held those positions until the fourth round when, Tomáš Staněk threw 21.44m to move into silver position. Two throws later, Storl matched that mark exactly. With a superior 2nd (and 3rd) best throw, Storl held the tiebreaker. In the final round, Romani couldn't get back on the podium with his 21.37m, a new South American indoor record, then Storl improved on his tie breaking position again.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Summary
The fifteen athletes went directly to final. Veteran Nelson Évora was the only one to jump beyond 17 metres in the first round, his 17.14m taking the lead. Alexis Copello took the lead temporarily in the second round with a 17.17, surpassed near the end of the round by Almir dos Santos' 17.22m. Defending champion, Dong Bin's 16.84m in the round barely got him into the finals, but it was his best of the day. Returning silver medalist Max Heß didn't make the finals, hie only mark at 16.47m in the third round.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump, Summary
At the end of that round, Évora improved upon his own ten year old national record with a 17.40m to take back the lead. After the preliminary rounds, two time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye found himself in fifth place. On his fourth attempt, he rectified that by jumping the 17.43 m (57 ft 2 in) winner. In the fifth round, dos Santos got off a 17.41m to squeeze ahead of Évora to take second position.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
The final saw the return of several lead combatants from the 3000 metres two days earlier. Their strategies changed here. At the gun, world record holder Genzebe Dibaba started more aggressively, showing her intent to mark the leader, who turned out to be Beatrice Chepkoech. Returning champion, Sifan Hassan went to her familiar position at the back of the pack. After a lap of easy jogging, Rababe Arafi moved out to a faster pace, immediately marked by Dibaba.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
The additional speed quickly brought Hassan into a marking position on Chepkoech behind Dibaba, then Laura Muir squeezed through the inside to run behind Dibaba. After another lap, Dibaba tired of the gamesmanship and took the lead. Hassan, Muir, Chepkoech, Arafi and Winny Chebet formed a chase pack that separated from the rest of the field. Over two faster laps, Chepkoech moved past Hassan to mark Dibaba as the three broke away from the other three, with Muir looking like she was struggling to hold on to the back of the second group.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
But with three laps to go, Muir sprinted around the group and quickly bridged the gap back to lead group. Chepkoech struggled and fell off the back leaving a three woman breakaway, with Dibaba leading Hassan then Muir with two laps to go. The medalists were decided as the two Kenyan women faded in the rearview mirror. The positions remained the same until the final backstretch when Muir sprinted past Hassan as Dibaba pulled away. Dibaba continued to pull away to the finish, Muir separating from Hassan.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 1 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Summary
In the first running event at these championships, world record holder Genzebe Dibaba was back to defend her title, while none of the women she vanquished returned, though Laura Muir, Sifan Hassan and Meraf Bahta had beaten Dibaba in her outdoor 1500 meltdown from the previous year.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Summary
The race took off at a leisurely pace, with Muir taking the pack through a 1:15.31 first lap, marked by 5000 world champion Hellen Obiri. Hassan and Dibaba chose to lead from behind, taking the back of the pack. The next 400 was even slower, 1:20.45. With that, Konstanze Klosterhalfen tired of the slow pace and took the lead. With the injection of pace, Dibaba decided to move forward on the next straightaway to mid pack, then with a big acceleration on the next straightaway.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Summary
As Dibaba passed, her teammate Fantu Worku popped out of the pack to tag along, both reaching a gap at the front behind Klosterhalfen. The third lap split was 1:12.23, but with the exchange in the lead it was considerably faster for Dibaba in particular. Obiri and Bahta wanted to tag along with Dibaba, pushing forward to her shoulder, while at the back Hassan moved up a few places as the field strung out. The next 400 was accomplished in 1:09.67. Just before 2000 meters, passed in 6:07.62 (a 1:08.96 split) Dibaba accelerated into the lead.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres, Summary
That triggered Hassan to move forward. Klosterhalfen, Muir, Bahta and Worku attempted to hold on, but the only one to stay with Dibaba was Obiri at first. As Hassan accelerated past, Klosterhalfen and Muir followed her to bridge the gap. Dibaba ran the next 400 in 1:07.56. The pace was too much for Obiri as she broke, going backward through the field as Hassan and Muir chased a new gap by Dibaba. The gap widened as Dibaba laid down a 1:02.43 split. Through the final lap, Hassan gained slightly on Dibaba, but could't make enough progress. Dibaba coasted across the finish line with the win. Behind her Hassan let off the gas, while Muir launched a final kick, almost catching Hassan at the line.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
USA, in lane 5 was led off by Quanera Hayes, opening up a slight lead from the gun, but going in to the second turn, Ukraine's Tetyana Melnyk accelerated and hit the break line ahead. Hayes was unable to get ahead of Melnyk, held to the outside of their penultimate turn. Down the backstretch, Hayes was able to ease into the lead, with Jamaica's Tovea Jenkins on her heels. Through the final turn Hayes and Jenkins put a gap on the next pursuer as Melnyk tied up and Poland's Justyna Święty-Ersetic had to make her way around the obstacle.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Hayes's split 51.56. With Jamaica now in second place, Janieve Russell squeezed inside of Ukraine's #2 runner Kateryna Klymiuk to take the handoff just behind USA's Georganne Moline, who, with help from the momentary chaos, opened up an additional 2 metres on Russell. Poland's Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz latched on to Russell as Moline expanded the gap to 5 metres after the first lap. There was more than 15 metres further gap back to the British team represented by Hannah Williams. On her second lap, Moline struggled, at one point losing her balance on the steeply banked turn.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Russell pulled in the gap, the two teams passing virtually at the same time, with Wyciszkiewicz just a metre back, the split 50.87. USA's Shakima Wimbley got to the turn first and held a 1 metre lead over Jamaica's Anastasia Le-Roy. Two metres back Aleksandra Gaworska kept Poland in the mix. Through her first lap, Wimbley opened up an additional metre on Le-Roy as the two separated from Gaworska. Wimbley's split 51.27.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
On the anchor, USA had the world champion Courtney Okolo, while Jamaica had their star Stephenie Ann McPherson untested from these championships, a victim of the lane violation disqualification epidemic. McPherson stayed locked to Okolo, more than a metre behind, with Poland's Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik another 7 metres back. Down the first backstretch, Okolo stretched the lead, but in the second turn McPherson reeled her back in. The second time down the backstretch Okolo extended the lead again and coming off the final turn McPherson took another run at her, closing the gap slightly but unable to make enough progress. USA crossed the line first, Jamaica second, Poland third and distantly, GBR, Ukraine and Italy.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
After the race, there was a flurry of disqualifications and appeals. After the dust settled, Jamaica was disqualified for Russell's maneuver at the handoff, advancing Poland to silver and the home team to bronze. Initially, Great Britain were disqualified for obstruction after a protest from the Ukrainian team. As a result, the originally fifth-placed Ukraine team was briefly boosted to bronze, but then an appeal by the British team against the disqualification was successful and the result reinstated.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
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2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Summary
The two Americans with the fastest times in the semi-final round, Shakima Wimbley and Courtney Okolo were given the outer two lanes in the final, 5 and 6 respectively. Wimbley started quickly, making up a little ground on Okolo's stagger, while Okolo took a more measured approach to her speed, putting on a burst just before the cones, then taking the tangent to lane 1 to take the lead unobstructed. Wimbley closed in much sooner, forcing Eilidh Doyle to squeeze inside to take second position with a lap to go.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Summary
Okolo just continued to extend her lead, seven metres by the finish for a clear win. Wimbley ran on Doyle's outside through most of the last lap, finally conceding to run the last part of the last turn behind Doyle. On the final straightaway, Wimbley took one more run at Doyle, passing her for the silver. Justyna Święty-Ersetic also closed quickly but could not catch Doyle for bronze.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Summary
Carolle Zahi led the opening heats with her personal best of 7.11. Murielle Ahouré showed her cards in the semi-final round, her 7.01 .06 faster than the top sprinter in the world the last couple of seasons, Elaine Thompson. 7.01 would have been fast enough to win the final.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Summary
In the final, Ahouré blasted out of the blocks. With short quick, strides she had opened up a metre lead over Zahi, 20 metres into the race. The rest of the contenders formed a line across the track, only Remona Burchell was beaten at this point. The first to run down Zahi was returning silver medalist Dafne Schippers as Zahi faded. Schippers also faded, the battle in the center of the track was between Mujinga Kambundji and Marie-Josée Ta Lou, with Thompson inches behind. With her pursuers in full flight, Ahouré's lead shrunk slightly, but was insurmountable. Ta Lou and Kambundji crossed the line together, Ta Lou getting the silver by .005 over Kambundji.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Summary
It was the first gold medal for the Ivory Coast, made more remarkable by the fact that it was a one-two sweep for the nation.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Summary
Kendra Harrison came into these championships as the favorite based on her outdoor world record, but so far world championship medals have evaded her. She dominated her way through the rounds.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Summary
In the final, Christina Manning got the best start along with Devynne Charlton, but Harrison quickly made up ground. By the second hurdle, she had a foot (30 cm) lead, over the two, with Charlton fading from contention after that, while Sharika Nelvis and Isabelle Pedersen were the next back by the third hurdle. Nadine Visser pulled even with Pedersen still 2 feet behind Nelvis. Out front, Harrison had a metre lead over Manning. On the run in, Harrison and Manning retained their positions, while Visser closed quickly to take bronze from Nelvis. Seventh over the last barrier, Cindy Roleder also closed quickly to almost catch Nelvis for fourth. Harrison's winning time of 7.70 was a new Championship record.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
In the heats, Olympic and returning bronze medalist Margaret Wambui was the victim of another disqualification.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
In the final, Ajeé Wilson sprinted the first turn to take the lead at the break. But then she relaxed into a more reasonable pace. Habitam Alemu took up the second position for a lap before, defending champion Francine Niyonsaba came forward at a faster pace. Wilson again sprinted to maintain position. After a 59.02 first 400m, Alemu accelerate on the backstretch, to try to pass Niyonsaba, who sprinted a few steps to rebuff that effort.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Summary
At the bell, Niyonsaba attacked again, but Wilson sprinted the penultimate turn to keep Niyonsaba on the outside, the two pulling away from the rest of the field. Well behind the battle for the lead, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke had been running in fifth place, began to move forward. On the final backstretch, Niyonsaba ran past Wilson, and pulled away on the homestretch, celebrating a 5-metre win to retain her championship. Wilson repeated her silver medal from 2016. Oskan-Clarke took Alemu coming off the final turn to take bronze.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 1 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
With the pits back to back in the center of the arena and no events on the track, the Women shared center stage with the Men's high jump.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Summary
Russian Mariya Lasitskene, competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete, led the field of thirteen women that year through her clearance of 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄4 in) at the Stalingrad Cup. She was the strong favourite, having gone unbeaten since 2016 and as the two-time reigning World Champion outdoors. American Vashti Cunningham returned to defend her title and 2017 World runner-up, Yuliya Levchenko of Ukraine, also entered the event.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Summary
The overall performance of the field was poor. Seven athletes were eliminated after clearing the opening height of 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄4 in) only. Levchenko and Mirela Demireva of Bulgaria were eliminated next, with three failures at 1.93 m (6 ft 3 3⁄4 in). Of the remaining four athletes only Lasitskene had achieved a clean scorecard after three heights. She then cleared the following height of 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in), which none of the other athletes managed to achieve, becoming world indoor champion for a second time.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump, Summary
The 20-year-old Cunningham took the silver medal by virtue of having only one failure before that height. Alessia Trost of Italy edged out Great Britain's Morgan Lake on countback to win the bronze medal – her first at senior world level. Lasitskene ended the competition on her own, clearing 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) before three failed attempts at a personal best and the championship record of Stefka Kostadinova (unbeaten since 1987).


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 4 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Summary
Brittney Reese entered the competition as defending champion and reigning world champion outdoors. She had won the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a jump of 6.88 m (22 ft 6 3⁄4 in), ranking third among jumpers before the event. Leading the world on distance was Serbia's Ivana Španović, with the European champion and 2016 World Indoor runner-up having cleared 6.93 m (22 ft 8 3⁄4 in). With just one centimetre less was emerging athlete Khaddi Sagnia, who had equalled the Swedish record in February. As winner of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, Germany's Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum received a wildcard entry.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump, Summary
Until the final jumper of the first round, Quanesha Burks's personal best 6.81m held the lead until Španović took the lead with a 6.89m. In the second round, Sosthene Moguenara moved into second place with a 6.85m which would be her best of the day. In the fourth round, the top two places were decided. First Reese moved into the lead by equalling Španović's 6.89m, also holding the better second best jump tiebreaker. Three jumpers later, Španović settled the matter with a 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in). The same top two medalist as in 2016, but in reverse order.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon, Summary
No podium athletes returned from the previous championships, nor the 2017 World Championships or Olympics. The top returnee was sixth place Kendell Williams, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Yorgelis Rodríguez just missed the medals at the World Championships less than six months earlier.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon, Summary
Williams and her American teammate Erica Bougard dominated the first event, running the 60 meters hurdles in 8.08 and 8.07, respectively. Johnson-Thompson and Rodríguez came forward in the high jump clearing 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) and 1.88m respectively. Johnson-Thompson took a 13 point lead over Bougard. Antoinette Nana Djimou had the best shot put by more than a metre over any of the leaders, 3 metres over Bougard, Williams and almost as much for Johnson-Thompson. Rodríguez took over the lead by 13 points over Johnson-Thompson, while Ivona Dadic moved into third just a point behind Johnson-Thompson.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon, Summary
Back to another Johnson-Thompson specialty event, she long jumped 6.50 m (21 ft 3 3⁄4 in) to put 10 cm on Dadic and 35 cm on Rodríguez. A 2 cm superior jump by Eliška Klučinová was enough to displace Bougard from fourth place, both more than 100 points out of second place, still almost 40 points behind Rodríguez in third. In the final event, the 800 meters, Johnson-Thompson left no doubt, winning the race outright. More than a second behind her, Rodríguez did beat Dadic, but only by .12, not nearly enough to make up the 65 point deficit.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
With only 12 entrants, no preliminary round was held. Six women cleared 4.70 m, with Anzhelika Sidorova remaining perfect, and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi using it as her opening height. Sidorova passed at 4.75 m, while Eliza McCartney then Sandi Morris cleared on their first attempts, Morris taking the lead on fewer misses. Stefanidi cleared on her second attempt to take over third place, so Katie Nageotte passed, while Alysha Newman took her three misses and exited. Sidorova retook the lead, clearing 4.80 m, while Morris and Stefanidi cleared it on their last attempts. McCartney and Nageotte exited.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
Morris and Stefanidi missed their first attempts then passed after Sidorova remained perfect over 4.85 m.  With only two attempts left, Morris cleared on her last attempt at 4.90 m to stay in the competition. Stefanidi missed and settled for the bronze. Sidorova cleared on her third attempt but relinquished the lead. At a championship record 4.95 m (16 ft 2+3⁄4 in), neither could get over on their first two attempts, but then Morris cleared on her final attempt, which turned into gold when Sidorova missed her third.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault, Summary
Still in the competition, Morris had the bar raised to a world record 5.04 m (16 ft 6+1⁄4 in). Surrounded by the drama of the men's 60 metres, Morris made two credible attempts at the record, the last more than 3 hours and 15 minutes after warming up at the beginning of the competition.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Summary
No qualifying round was needed, so all entrants were finalists. In the first round Danniel Thomas-Dodd took the lead with an 18.92m. Paulina Guba and Gao Yang held the next two positions. Thomas-Dodd improved slightly in the second round but was displaced by the next thrower, Gong Lijiao with an 18.98m. Gao also improved with her best of the day 18.77m. In a vulnerable fifth position after two rounds, Anita Márton saw no challenge to remaining in the competition, then let loose a 19.48m to leapfrog into the lead.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Summary
Thomas-Dodd wasn't able to answer that, but as the next to step into the ring, she did throw her best of the day 19.22m, good enough to improve her own Jamaican national record and her hold on silver. In the final round, Gong threw a 19.08m to solidify her bronze medal position, almost matched by Thomas-Dodd's final effort of 19.07m, but with gold in hand and the pressure off again, Márton threw a new Hungarian national record 19.62 m (64 ft 4 1⁄4 in) to cap off her day.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's shot put, Summary
Márton's gold medal was the first for Hungary in the World Championships. Thomas-Dodd's was the first medal for a Jamaican woman in the shot put.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Summary
With 17 finalists, a qualifying round was barely avoided. In the competition, defending champion Yulimar Rojas took the lead as the first jumper down the runway with a 14.24m. Near the end of the round, Keturah Orji jumped 14.13m to take over second.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump, Summary
Then two jumps later, Kimberly Williams took over the lead with a 14.37m. Williams improved upon that in her next two attempts taking the lead out to 14.48m. Rojas also improved to 14.36m. In the third round, Andreea Panturoiu moved past Orji with a 14.16m. At the end of the round Ana Peleteiro moved past Panturoiu with a 14.18m. In the fourth round, Panturoiu jumped her best of the day, 14.33m to move back into silver position only until Peleteiro jumped 14.40m on the next jump. On the next jump, Rojas displaced Panturoiu with a 14.36m. On her fifth attempt, Rojas finally settled the competition with the winner 14.63 m (47 ft 11 3⁄4 in) to repeat as champion.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour
The 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the third edition of the IAAF World Indoor Tour,  the highest series of international track and field indoor meetings. It was designed to create an IAAF Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field events, to raise the profile of indoor track and field athletics.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour
The Tour had six events for 2018, five in Europe and one in the United States, leading to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Winners of the Tour enjoyed similar privileges in relation to World Indoor Championships qualification as Diamond League winners do in relation to World Championships in Athletics. This was the first edition of the tour that featured the Madrid Indoor Meeting. The five 2017 meetings returned, although the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix once more, as in 2016, moved to Glasgow as part of a long term deal, accommodating the hosting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
At each meeting a minimum of 12 events were staged. Included in the 12 events will be a core group of five or six events split across the two-season cycle.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
Tour events for 2016 were the men’s 60m, 800m, 3000/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, plus the women’s 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
Points were allocated to the best four athletes in each event, with the winner getting 10 points, the runner up receiving seven points, the third-placed finisher getting five points and the athlete in fourth receiving three points.


2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, Scoring system
The individual overall winner of each event received US $20,000 in prize money and automatically qualified for the 2018 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a ‘wild card’ entry, provided the member federation of that World Indoor Tour winner agreed to enter the athlete.


2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
The 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships was the 28th edition of the global team racewalking competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations.


2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Overview
The programme remained unchanged, with senior men's races over 20 km and 50 km, a 20 km senior women's race, and junior category events for both sexes over 10 km. However, following the approval by the IAAF of the women's 50 km walk as an official event, for the first time women were permitted to enter the 50 km. A separate women's 50 km was not scheduled, but women were allowed to enter the men's event and were treated as equal competitors for team scoring.


2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships, Medal table, Overall
Overall of the 12 events senior and junior (men and women).


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships
The 2018 World U20 Championships in Athletics, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1999) which was held  at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10–15 July 2018. The championships were originally awarded to Tampere by the IAAF in March, 2016.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, Participation
The following is a list of participating nations with the number of qualified athletes in brackets. A country without any qualified athlete could enter either one male or one female. A total 156 countries (plus the teams from Authorized Neutral Athletes and Athlete Refugee team) and 1462 athletes are scheduled to compete.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s, Heat 5: -1.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Semifinal 1: +1.0 m/s, Semifinal 2: +1.4 m/s, Semifinal 3: +0.1 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +0.9 m/s, Heat 7: +1.1 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinal
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinal
Wind:Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships will be held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12, 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13, 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 14 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:25 and Group B starting at 10:48. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 60.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 11 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 12.20 and Group B starting at 13:40. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 74.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 12 July, in two groups, both starting at 19:44. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.17 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw  at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:30 and Group B starting at 10:45. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 72.00 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium in Tampere, Finland on 10 and 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 10 July, in two groups, both starting at 11:20. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 7.70 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 11 July, in two groups, both starting at 17:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 5.35 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:10 and Group B starting at 10:24. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 19.60 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, with both groups starting at 18:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 15.80 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 10,000 metres walk
The women's 10,000 metres walk at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: +0.2 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships will be held at Ratina Stadium on 13, 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.9 m/s, Heat 4: -0.7 m/s, Heat 5: -0.3 m/s, Heat 6: -1.1 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.7 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat ( Q ) and the 6 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualify for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships will be held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat ( Q ) plus the 2 fastest times ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10, 11 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11, 12 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10, 11 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's discus throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 10 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 16:45 and Group B starting at 18:09. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 53.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 14 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 12 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:40 and Group B starting at 10:55. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 62.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's high jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 13 July, in two groups, both starting at 11:40. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 1.84 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw (weigh 600 grams as senior level) at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 10 July, in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:00 and Group B starting at 10:20. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 53.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 13 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's long jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 12 July, in two groups, both starting at 10:18. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 6.25 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 and 12 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's pole vault, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 10 July, in two groups, both starting at 16:23. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 4.25 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's shot put, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:15 and Group B starting at 11:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 15.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.


2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's triple jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round took place on 14 July, in two groups, with both groups starting at 10:00. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 13.20 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.


2018 IBL Indonesia
The 2017–18 Indonesian Basketball League is the third season of the Starting5 as a promoter of the league. The second foreign player draft was held on October 2, 2017. The regular season will begin on December 8, 2017 and end on February 25, 2018. The All-Star break will be on January 7, 2018 and will be held in Jakarta.


2018 IBL Indonesia, Draft lottery
The 2017 IBL draft lottery was held on October 2.


2018 IBL Indonesia, Series Hosts, New Schedule
Due to delay in Jakarta series venue renovation, a new schedule has been released for the upcoming season.


2018 IBL Indonesia, Series Hosts, New Schedule
Series 2: Bandung// 15-17 December, 2017 - GOR C-Tra Arena


2018 IBL Indonesia, Series Hosts, New Schedule
Series 6: Yogyakarta// 26-28 January, 2018 - GOR UNY( Yogyakarta State University)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Series Hosts, New Schedule
Series 7: Cirebon// 2-4 February, 2018 - GMC Basketball Arena


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
MVP Player : Xaverius Prawiro (Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Most Foreign Player of the Year : David Seagers (Pacific Caesar Surabaya)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Most Inspiration Young Player of the Year : Henry Lakay (Satya Wacana Salatiga)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Rookie of the Year : Abraham Wenas (Hangtuah Sumatera Selatan)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Coach of the Year : Kencana Wukir (Pacific Caesar Surabaya)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Defensive Player of the Year : C. J. Giles (Pelita Jaya Energi Mega Persada)


2018 IBL Indonesia, Individual awards
Most Improve Player of the Year : Nuke Tri Saputra (Pacific Caesar Surabaya)


2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship
The 2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship is a blind football tournament and the seventh World Blind Football Championship. The competition was staged in Spain between 7 June and 17 June 2018, and involved sixteen teams of visually impaired players from around the world competing to be crowned world champion. It was won for the fifth time by Brazil, who defeated their fellow finalists, Argentina, 2-0 to take the title.


2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship, The tournament
The tournament got under way on 7 June with the opening match between Spain and Thailand. Brazil won the tournament after beating Argentina 2-0 in the final on 17 June. It was the fifth occasion on which Brazil have won the competition, and their team's striker, Ricardo Alves, was named Player of the tournament. China was awarded the fair play award.


2018 IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships
The 2018 IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships took place at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun in St.Moritz, Switzerland, from 25 to 28 January 2018.


2018 IBU Junior Open European Championships
The 3rd IBU Junior Open European Championships was held from 31 January to 4 February 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia.


2018 IBU Junior Open European Championships
There are a total of 8 competitions: Single Mixed Relay, Relay Mixed, Sprint Women, Sprint Men, Pursuit Women, Pursuit Men, Individual Women and Individual Men.


2018 IBU Open European Championships
The 25th IBU Open European Championships were held in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy from January 23 to January 28, 2018. It was also a stage of the 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup.


2018 IBU Open European Championships
There were a total of eight competitions held: Single Mixed Relay, Relay Mixed, Sprint Women, Sprint Men, Pursuit Women, Pursuit Men, Individual Women and Individual Men.


2018 IBU Open European Championships, Schedule of events
The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.


2018 ICC Awards
The 2018 ICC Awards were the fifteenth edition of ICC Awards. The voting panel took into account players' performance between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018. The announcement of the ICC World XI Teams, along with the winners of the men's individual ICC awards, was made on 22 January 2019. The women's awards were announced on 31 December 2018, with Smriti Mandhana winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award as the Women's Cricketer of the Year. Virat Kohli became the first cricketer in history to win all three major awards.


2018 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Test Team of the Year
Virat Kohli was selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year, with Rishabh Pant selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2018 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC ODI Team of the Year
Virat Kohli was also selected as the captain of the ODI Team of the Year, with Jos Buttler selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2018 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Women’s ODI Team of the Year
Suzie Bates was selected as the captain of the Women's ODI Team of the Year, with Alyssa Healy selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2018 ICC Awards, ICC World XI Teams, ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year
Harmanpreet Kaur was selected as the captain of the Women's T20I Team of the Year, with Alyssa Healy also selected as the wicket-keeper. Other players are:


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018, during the 2018–19 international cricket season. It was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, and the second hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition). The West Indies were the defending champions.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The tournament was awarded to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at the 2013 annual conference of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament's dates were confirmed at an ICC board meeting in January 2015. In February 2017, the ICC confirmed that this would be the first T20 tournament that uses the Umpire Decision Review System, with one review per side.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The qualifier tournament for the competition was held in July 2018 in the Netherlands. Both Bangladesh and Ireland won their respective semi final matches in the qualifier, to advance to the Women's World Twenty20 tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The first match scheduled to be played in Saint Lucia, between England and Sri Lanka, was abandoned due to rain. With further rain forecast in Saint Lucia, the ICC looked at a contingency plan of moving other group games to Antigua. The following day, the ICC confirmed that the Group A matches would remain in Saint Lucia. The ICC cited logistical issues and cost as the main factors for not moving the fixtures.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Australia in Group B qualified for the semi-finals, with their win against New Zealand, to give them three wins from three matches. India, also in Group B, qualified for the semi-finals, after they beat Ireland by 52 runs, with three wins from three matches. In Group A, tournament hosts the West Indies, along with England, progressed to the semi-finals, after wins in their penultimate group-stage fixtures. In the first semi-final, the West Indies faced Australia, with England and India playing each other in the second semi-final. Australia beat the West Indies by 71 runs and England beat India by 8 wickets to progress to the final.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Australia won their fourth title after beating England in the final by 8 wickets. Meg Lanning, captain of the Australian team said that the victory was "the most satisfying win I've been involved in" adding that "there will be some big celebrations". England's captain, Heather Knight, said that the team did not post a competitive total, but was "proud of the girls for reaching another world final". Australia's Alyssa Healy was named the player of the tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Teams
Eight teams qualified automatically and they were joined by two teams from the qualifier tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Squads
On 10 October 2018 the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Venues
In January 2018, the ICC announced that three venues would be hosting matches:


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Umpires
On 25 October 2018, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires, Richie Richardson and Graeme Labrooy were also named as the match referees.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Prize money
The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$750,000 for the tournament, an increase from the $400,000 for the 2016 event. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, Fixtures
The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed in June 2018. All times are given in Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04:00)


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final was a Women's Twenty20 International cricket match played between Australia and England on 24 November 2018 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda. It was the culmination of the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20, the sixth ICC Women's World Twenty20. Australia won the match by eight wickets, securing their fourth World Twenty20 title. It was the third time that the two teams had met at this stage of a World Twenty20 – Australia have won on both occasions, in 2012 and 2014.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final
After winning the toss, England captain Heather Knight opted to bat first. Her side were bowled out for 105 runs from 19.4 overs. Opening batter Danielle Wyatt was the highest scorer for England with 43 runs, and alongside her, only Knight reached double figures, scoring 25. Ashleigh Gardner took three wickets for Australia, while Georgia Wareham and Megan Schutt took two apiece. Alyssa Healy scored quickly for Australia to start their chase, but they lost early wickets to fall to 44 for two. Meg Lanning and Gardner then took over and propelled Australia to victory by eight wickets. For her all-round performance, Gardner was awarded the player of the match award.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Australia were drawn in Group B, along with India, Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan. They started their campaign against Pakistan; Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney shared a 72-run partnership for the first wicket, and each were eventually dismissed for 48 runs to help Australia to a score of 165 for five. Australia utilised their bowlers, described by ESPNcricinfo's Karthik Krishnaswamy as "a varied and accurate attack with three seam options and three different spin options," to restrict Pakistan to 113 runs, granting Australia a 52-run victory.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
In their second match, against Ireland, Australia took five wickets for sixteen runs after the completion of the powerplay to help limit their opponents to a score of 93 for six. In reply, Healy scored the fastest half-century in Women's World Twenty20 history, and the second-fastest in all women's Twenty20 Internationals, taking 21 balls to reach her fifty. Australia chased down their target with more than half of their overs remaining, to win by nine wickets.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
After an opening partnership of 71 in the third match of the group against New Zealand, Australia then struggled a little; Alex Malcolm of ESPNcricinfo described that New Zealand had managed to "expose some vulnerabilities in the powerful Australian line-up". Healy scored 53 runs from 38 balls, but Australia lost seven wickets, and needed a late innings score of 29 runs from Rachael Haynes to help them reach 153. In response, New Zealand lost their first three wickets cheaply, falling to 13 for three.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Suzie Bates scored 48 runs, but ultimately three wickets for Megan Schutt meant that New Zealand were bowled out for 120 runs, meaning Australia won by 33 runs. In their final group game, Australia faced India. Scores of 83 from Smriti Mandhana and 43 from Harmanpreet Kaur propelled India to a score of 167 for eight. Late in the India innings, Healy and Schutt collided, resulting in a mild concussion for Healy which meant that she was not able to bat during Australia's innings.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Elyse Villani opened the innings with Mooney, but against a spin dominated bowling attack, Australia struggled to score runs. Ellyse Perry top-scored with 39 runs, but economical bowling from Anuja Patil and Radha Yadav saw Australia bowled out for 119, their first loss of the competition. As a result, Australia finished second in the group, behind India, and faced the winner of Group A in the semi-finals.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
England were placed in Group A, alongside Bangladesh, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. They were due to open their campaign against Sri Lanka, but the match was abandoned without any play being possible due to heavy rain, so each team was awarded one point (compared to two points for a win). In their second match, against Bangladesh, England limited their opponents to 76 for nine, helped by Kirstie Gordon who took three wickets. In their reply, England lost both openers early, but runs from Amy Jones helped them reach 55 for three before the rain arrived. A lengthy delay ensued, but on the resumption of play England were set a revised target of 64. They scored the additional nine runs they needed from three balls to win by seven wickets.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
Against South Africa, England's bowlers provided the platform for victory. Natalie Sciver bowled twenty dot balls on the way to taking three wickets and only conceding four runs, while Anya Shrubsole took a hat-trick, while conceding 11 runs. South Africa were bowled out for 85 runs, which England chased in under fifteen overs, with runs from both openers, Danielle Wyatt (27) and Tammy Beaumont (24). The final match of the group stage, against the West Indies, determined which team would finish top of the group, and face Australia.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Group stage
England batted first but lost regular wickets as they tried to set a total. They were 50 for six when Sophia Dunkley was joined at the crease by Anya Shrubsole. The pair scored 58 runs together before Dunkley was dismissed for 35; Shrubsole finished with 29, to help England score 115 runs, described as "a meagre total" by ESPNcricinfo's Alan Gardner. In the West Indies reply, Deandra Dottin made 46, and Shemaine Campbelle 45 as the match went all the way to the last over; Shrubsole recorded bowling figures for three for ten for England, but she could not prevent the West Indies winning by four wickets with three balls remaining.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals
Australia faced the West Indies in the first of the semi-finals, which were played as a double-header. The West Indies won the toss and asked the Australians to bat first. They lost Mooney early on, but Healy scored 46 runs at more than a-run-a-ball and shared a fifty run partnership with Meg Lanning. Lanning batted patiently to score 31 runs, while a late flurry from Haynes pushed Australia to their total of 142 for five.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Route to the final, Semi-finals
In response, the West Indies "[crumbled] in the face of sustained pressure" and could only score 71 runs; Stafanie Taylor was the top-scorer with 16 runs, while Perry, Ashleigh Gardner and Delissa Kimmince each took two wickets for Australia. In the second semi-final, India batted first against England. Quick scoring from Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues helped India reach 89 for two, but they subsequently lost their remaining eight wickets for 23 runs. England's spin bowlers, Sophie Ecclestone, Heather Knight and Gordon did the damage, taking seven wickets between them, along with three run outs. In their chase, neither of England's openers made significant contributions, but a third-wicket partnership of 92 runs between Jones and Sciver propelled England to victory with 17 balls left.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Build up
Australia were widely considered the favourites coming into the tournament. Lisa Sthalekar, a former Australian captain, was more cautious, claiming that "you can’t say one country is the favourite", as there "are probably two or three teams that could potentially win the trophy." After similar routes to the final, Australia were still rated as favourites in the buildup to the match. Annesha Ghosh of ESPNcricinfo suggested that England suffered from "unpredictability as a fielding unit" and had suffered from "an overall lacklustre performance with the bat from the line-up through the tournament."


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Build up
At least one of Australia and England had been in each of the five previous Women's World Twenty 20 Finals; in the inaugural 2009 tournament, England were champions, but Australia won each of the next three competitions. In Australia's 2012 and 2014 victories, they beat England in the final. England were the reigning Women's Cricket World Cup champions, having won the 50-over tournament the previous year. Both teams chose unchanged teams from their semi-finals.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
The final was played under floodlights at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, in North Sound, Antigua, roughly a 15-minute drive north of the country's capital city, St. John's. The stadium had not been used during the group stage of the tournament, but hosted both semi-finals prior to the final. A crowd of over 9,000 attended the match, which began at 20:00 AST (UTC–4) with a scheduled break between the two innings from 21:30 to 21:50; play was due to finish by 23:20.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
Langton Rusere of Zimbabwe and the South African Shaun George were appointed at on-field umpires for the match, with Gregory Brathwaite as the TV umpire. Nitin Menon served as reserve umpire, while Sir Richie Richardson was the match referee. Rusere's appointment marked the first time that a Zimbabwean had stood in the final of a major international cricket tournament. George had previously umpired in three Women's Cricket World Cup finals, in each of 2005, 2013 and 2017.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
England's captain, Knight, won the toss and chose to bat first, suggesting that it looked a "better wicket than the semi-final. Not as slow as the last game." Former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar suggested that England should be targeting 140 runs on a pitch that the ground-staff had "scraped all the dead grass off," leaving a "nice sheen to the surface." Australia opened their bowling attack with the left-arm spin bowler, Sophie Molineux, but she was hit for a four and a six by Danielle Wyatt.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
As the pitch was not providing as much assistance to spin bowling, Australia switched to their pace bowlers to control the innings. Wyatt was dropped twice in short succession; first Haynes could only get her fingertips to the ball, and then wicket-keeper Healy could not hold onto a thick outside-edge. Ultimately, it was England's other opener, Beaumont, who fell for the first wicket, caught by Villani from the bowling of Schutt for four runs. Jones was run out the following over by a direct hit from Georgia Wareham at midwicket.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
At the end of the powerplay, England were 36 for two from their six overs. Perry took her 100th wicket in Twenty20 Internationals in the next over, trapping Sciver leg before wicket. Sciver reviewed the decision, but TV replays showed it to be correct, and she was out, having only scored one run. Wyatt was dropped for the third time in the eighth over; she struck the ball hard back to the bowler, but it went through Kimmince's hands. At the end of the tenth over, England had reached 57 for three; Wyatt was on 38, alongside Knight on 7.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
Wyatt added five more runs in the following over, taking her score to 43, before being caught by Lanning off the bowling of Gardner. Two overs later, Lanning opted to review an lbw decision against Winfield which had been given not out. Neither the bowler nor the wicket-keeper were convinced, but Australia's captain pressed on with the appeal, which revealed Winfield was out. The next ball, Wareham bowled Dunkley, reducing England to 74 for six.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
England's scoring was limited over the following four overs: they only added ten more runs and lost another wicket; Shrubsole edged the ball to Perry, having scored five runs. England's captain, Knight, remained at the crease, but after hitting her first six of the innings to long on, she was out the next ball, caught by Wareham at mid-off. England lost their final two wickets in the last over, and were bowled out for 105. Only Wyatt and Knight reached double figures for England.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
In their reply, Australia started quickly; in the second over, bowled by Shrubsole, Healy hit three boundaries. She continued to score quickly, but was bowled by Ecclestone in the fifth over for 22. Despite being her lowest total of the tournament, Healy had scored at quicker than a-run-a-ball and had contributed the majority of the 29-run opening partnership. Mooney added eight more runs to her own score before she was caught behind by Jones for 14 runs. Writing in The Guardian, Raf Nicholson suggested that "even at 44-2 ... Australia seemed largely in control of the situation."


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Match, Summary
Lanning initially out-scored her batting partner, scoring "two classy boundaries in the 10th over", but then Gardner took over. She struck three sixes in her innings of 33* from 26 deliveries to help Australia to victory by eight wickets with 29 balls remaining. Her all-round performance earned her the player of the match award.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Final, Aftermath
Five finalists were named in the team of the tournament; Jones, Shrubsole and Gordon from England along with Healy and Perry from Australia. Healy, who was the leading run-scorer in the competition, was also named as player of the tournament, and later the ICC Women's Twenty20 International Player of the Year.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held from 7 to 14 July 2018 in the Netherlands. It was the third edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and was the qualification tournament for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to Twenty20 women's matches played between member sides from 1 July 2018 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the qualifier tournament are played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Ahead of the final round of group-stage matches, all eight teams still had a chance to qualify for the final of the tournament, and therefore secure a place in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. After the conclusion of the last group-stage matches, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea from Group A, along with Ireland and Scotland from Group B, had all progressed to the semi finals. The other four teams, Netherlands, Thailand, Uganda and United Arab Emirates all progressed to the semi-final playoff matches, to determine their final ranking placements.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
In the first semi final, Ireland beat Papua New Guinea by 27 runs, therefore advancing to the final of the tournament and qualifying for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the process. In the second semi final, Bangladesh beat Scotland by 49 runs, to also qualify for the tournament final and the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. Bangladesh won the tournament, beating Ireland by 25 runs in the final. Ireland's Clare Shillington was named the player of the tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Squads
All the squads and match officials were confirmed by the ICC in June 2018.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Squads
Bangladesh also named Jannatul Ferdus, Lata Mondal, Murshida Khatun and Suraiya Azmin as players on standby for the series.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Fixtures
On 23 May 2018, the ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the qualifier tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads
The following squads were selected for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. On 10 October 2018 the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the squads for the tournament.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, Bangladesh
On 9 October 2018, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced its squad:


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, England
On 4 October 2018, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced its squad: Ahead of the tournament, Katherine Brunt was ruled out due to a back injury and was replaced by Fran Wilson.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, India
On 28 September 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced its squad: During the tournament, Pooja Vastrakar was injured and replaced by Devika Vaidya.


2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 squads, New Zealand
On 18 September 2018, New Zealand Cricket announced its squad: