Italy’s Andy Diaz has class to make strong defence of his title
Algeria’s in-form Yasser Triki seeking to go one better than 2024 world indoor silver
Andy Hechavarria emerges late as Cuban medal hope with 17.34m effort
Andy Diaz Hernandez will be a formidable defender of the men’s triple jump title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26.
The 30-year-old has had rich pickings in recent years, earning Olympic bronze in 2024 and European indoor and world indoor gold in 2025 before finishing three places off a medal at the World Championships Tokyo 25.
Diaz has not produced anything exceptional so far this season – his best of 16.90m has him placed 12th on this year’s world list. But given his recent record – and personal best of 17.80m – none of his rivals will be taking anything for granted in Toruń’s Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena.
That said, some of those rivals will be feeling pretty good about their prospects given their own recent performances.
This year’s world list is topped by Algeria’s Yasser Mohammed Triki, who recorded 17.35m in winning at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Liévin last month. Triki already knows what it takes to earn a global medal, having finished second at the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
One week before the World Indoors, Cuba’s Andy Hechavarria announced his status as a medal contender when he jumped 17.34m in Havana.
France’s Jonathan Seremes has also produced a late boost to his status thanks to the 17.25m he recorded in winning in Fayetteville on 14 March.
Below him on the list are Jordan Scott of the United States, who jumped 17.11m in finishing second to Triki in Liévin, and China’s Su Wen, who recorded the same distance in Xian on 4 March.
Another strong medal contender is lurking lower down the current listings in the form of Italy’s Andrea Dallavalle, who is ranked 10th with the distance of 16.99m that enabled him to beat Andy Diaz in Ancona earlier this month.
Dallavalle took bronze at last year’s European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn before producing a final-round personal best of 17.64m at the World Championships in Tokyo to take silver behind Portugal’s Pedro Pichardo, who will not be in Poland.
Also in the medal mix will be Hechavarria’s Cuban team-mate Lazaro Martinez, the 2022 world indoor champion and two-time world medallist outdoors, who has a best this year of 16.71m.
Others to look out for include the Brazilian pair of Elton Petronilho and 2018 world indoor silver medallist Almir Dos Santos, who have recorded 17.05m and 17.02m respectively this season.
Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics
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