Jamaica's Natoya Goule-Toppin (R) competes ahead of Kenya's Gladys Chepngetich (2L), Norway's Pernille Karlsen Antonsen (hidden R), Spain's Rocio Arroyo (L) and New Zealand's Alison Andrews-Paul (back C) in the women's 800 metres heat 2 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
March 20, 2026
Goule-Toppin into semis of women’s 800m at World Athletics Indoor Championships
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Jamaica’s veteran Natoya Goule-Toppin made safe progress to the semi-finals of the women’s 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships on Friday, after she placed second in her first round heat in 2:01.32 at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Toruń, Poland.
Goule-Toppin, a finalist in 2022 in Serbia, led most of the race before she was passed by Norway’s Pernille Karlsen Antonsen, who ran a national record 2:00.77.
Kelly-Ann Beckford failed to advance, however, after she placed fifth in her heat, running 2:04.09.
-Paul A Reid
