British sprinter Andy Robertson clocked 6.59 over 60m at the Aarhus Sprint’n’Jump World Indoor Tour Bronze meet on 20 January.
This was the 35-year-old’s fourth race over the distance this indoor season after racing three rounds at a regional championships earlier this month.
Robertson has been performing consistently for years, having ran under 6.65 over 60m every year since 2016 and winning a bronze medal behind teammate Jeremiah Azu at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn.
His performance also qualifies him for the Kujawy Pomorze 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, which if he gets selected, it would be his fourth World Indoor Championships.
Robertson’s tie of 6.59 also ranks him second in Europe so far this year, with fellow Brit Jody Smith the only European to have ran faster with a time of 6.57.
Third on the 2026 European list is Portuguese 20-year-old David Landim who ran a PB of 6.62, also at the the Aarhus Sprint’n’Jump meet, taking one-tenth seconds off his previous best time.
The young star could have his eyes on the Portuguese 60m record, which stands at 6.53 set by Francis Obikwelu in 2011, if his progression continues as he transitions into the senior category.
His teammate and Portuguese joint record holder, Arialis Gandulla, won the women’s 60m in a time of 7.27 in her fourth race of the season.
Meanwhile, Cuban teenager Kendry Menendez won the 60m hurdles in 7.61, qualifying him for Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in his first season over the senior height.
In second behind the Cuban, was Czechia’s Jonas Kolomaznik who clocked 7.73 in his third race of the season.
Ida Beiter Bomme won the women’s 60m hurdles in front of her home crowd with a time of 8.01 in the final and a faster 7.99 in the heats, coming just 0.01 seconds short of her PB but qualifying her for Kujawy Pomorze 2026.
Her time from the heats also marks her fastest season opener and equals the time she ran in the final at the same event last year.
Sweden showed dominance in the jumps with Thobias Montler and Khaddi Sagnia winning the long jump competitions with 7.97m and 6.58m and Emilia Sjostrand winning the triple jump with 13.63m.
Sagnia’s jump was her best season opener since 2023, when she jumped the same distance, as she targets a return to the World Indoor Championships.
While Montler’s jump wasn’t over his usual eight metres, he did put out a consistent performance with all valid attempts over 7.85m.
Sjostrand’s series, however, was very different as the Swede only measured two valid attempts and her best came in the first round, which is also her best season opener.
Long jump star, Ivana Spanovic, placed narrowly behind in third with a jump of 13.54m as the Serbian continues to explore her potential in the other horizontal jump.