Keely Hodgkinson, Molly Caudery, Georgia Hunter Bell all win World Indoor Championships gold on 'really special' night for Great Britain
Updated 23/03/2026 at 12:16 GMT
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It was a night to remember for Great Britain at the 2026 World Indoor Championships as Keely Hodgkinson, Molly Caudery and Georgia Hunter Bell all won gold medals. Hunter Bell triumphed in the 1500m, Caudery won the pole vault and Hodgkinson stormed to victory in the 800m with a championship-record time. The results guaranteed a best-ever World Indoor Championships medal haul for Great Britain.
WATCH - Hodgkinson, Hunter Bell and Caudery cap historic day for GB at World Indoor Championships
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Great Britain celebrated a ‘Super Sunday’ at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland as Keely Hodgkinson, Molly Caudery and Georgia Hunter Bell all won gold medals in an incredible 29-minute spell.
Hunter Bell was the first to strike with victory in the 1500m, clocking a time of 3:58.53 to finish almost a second ahead of Australia’s Jessica Hull.
Caudery then reclaimed her world indoor pole vault title as she cleared 4.85m to secure gold.
Hodgkinson completed the hat-trick as she won her first world indoor 800m gold with a championship-record time of 1:55.30, taking 1.6 seconds off the previous record which had stood since 1999.
The gold rush was reminiscent of ‘Super Saturday’ from the London 2012 Olympics Games, when Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah all won gold on the same evening for Great Britain.
And with Josh Kerr having stormed to a thrilling victory in the 3000m the previous night, Great Britain are sealed their most successful ever World Indoor Championships, beating the three gold medals won in 1999.
Hunter Bell only returned to competitive racing three years ago but has now added to her 2024 Olympic bronze and 2025 World Championship silver with a first major gold.
”I knew the form was there, training has been going really well," she said.
"I really wanted to mentally have the pressure of being the favourite and get it done. I’ve failed at that before. I am just really happy how the race went start to finish. I was really inspired seeing Josh get it done yesterday, I was in the stadium to watch.”
Caudery was last seen on the international stage being taken off the track on a wheelchair after injuring her ankle in the warm-up at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.
She also failed to make it out of the qualifying round at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
But she returned to her best form to triumph ahead of Slovenia’s Tina Sutej as she was the only athlete to clear 4.85m.
”Six weeks ago, I couldn’t get off the ground and I was in a dark place,” said Caudery.
”Today to come here and do this means more than anyone knows, after Paris and after Tokyo and after last year, it’s just a relief.
”I’ve got a great team around me and that makes a huge difference. Coming back from Tokyo was hard not just physically but mentally. It felt so good. I haven’t enjoyed jumping so much in such a long time.
”I was just happy to be at 4.80 with Tina but it was great to get the outright win. I hope the next generation do feel inspired by the likes of me, Georgia and Keely and the girls watch us. It’s been really special getting to share it with them.”
Hodgkinson powered to victory in the 800m to win the first world title of her career - a month on from setting a new short track world record.
The 2024 Olympic champion took the lead early in the race and finished 1.34 seconds ahead of Audrey Werro.
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