Jamaica's Raymond Richards clears the bar in the Men's High Jump final during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
March 21, 2026
Jamaica’s Richards repeats as world indoors high jump bronze medallist
Raymond Richards has won back-to-back World Athletics Indoor Championships bronze medals in the men’s high jump.
He shared third place with Korea’s Sanghyeok Woo, both clearing a season’s best 2.26m on Saturday’s second day of this year’s indoor championships at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Toruń, Poland.
Richards, who was a surprise medallist last year in Nanjing, had first time clearances at 2.17m, 2.22m and 2.26m, the same as Woo, the winner in China, before both failed at 2.30m.
The other Jamaican, Romaine Beckford, finished ninth after clearing 2.22m, failing at 2.26m.
Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine won the gold while Mexico’s Erick Portillo took the silver, both clearing 2.30m.
-Paul A Reid
