Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh broke a 37-year-old world record at Diamond League Paris in the women's high jump with her leap of 2.10 meters.

The Swiss' 6670-point heptathlon mark and Italy's three-gold haul defined the first two days of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland. Other highlights included Armand Duplantis' 6.25m ...

Mahuchikh, the Olympic champion who won a first world indoor title in Belgrade in 2022, cleared a best of 2.01 metres.

Here’s the headline: Every single world jumping record, every one, is at least 20 years old. The most famous of the records, Mike Powell’s 8.95-meter long jump (roughly 29 feet, 4 inches) will turn 25 ...