2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship
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Jefferson-Wooden and Bednarek complete Ultimate Championship sprint doubles
Kenneth Bednarek won both the 100m and 200m at the Ultimate Championship, completing a sprint double.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the 200m at the Ultimate Championship in a world-leading time of 21.47s.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's 21.47s 200m time made her the third-fastest woman in 200m history.
Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen shine at World Athletics Ultimate Championship
Masai Russell won the women's 100-metre hurdles in 12.22 seconds, ahead of Nigeria's Tobi Amusan in 12.34 seconds.
Ingebrigtsen will also race the 1,500 metres at the championship.
The United States won the first title of the first night, the 4×100-metre mixed relay, in 39.64 seconds.
World Athletics Ultimate Championship opens with record $10m prize pot
All events at the Ultimate Championship are direct semifinals or finals rather than heats.
The $150,000 first prize is more than double the $70,000 given at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.
The Ultimate Championship excludes shot put, triple jump, women's hammer throw, and discus throw, as well as 3,000-metre steeplechase and 10,000-metre events.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins 5,000m at Ultimate Championships
World Athletics predicted Ingebrigtsen would finish 12th in the race.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the high jump at the Ultimate Championships with a clearance of 1.99m.
Jazmin Sawyers finished second in the women's jump with a final leap of 6.78m at the Ultimate Championships.