Nicola Olyslagers, Kurtis Marschall and Jessica Hull are among the six global medallists on Australia’s team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 taking place in Toruń on 20-22 March.
Olyslagers will target a third consecutive world indoor high jump title after winning gold in Glasgow in 2024 and Nanjing in 2025 before clinching the outdoor title in Tokyo in September.
She will be joined by Eleanor Patterson, the 2022 world champion who secured world indoor high jump silver behind Olyslagers in 2025, repeating her feat from Belgrade in 2022.
Fresh off joining the six-metre club, Marschall will want to add a third global medal to his CV after getting world pole vault bronze in both Budapest and Tokyo.
“There’s already been six guys over six metres this year, which is the most in history,” he said. “It might even be the case that you jump six metres and miss out on a medal this year.”
Olympic 1500m silver medallist Hull got world indoor 3000m bronze in Nanjing and followed that with a 1500m medal of the same colour in Tokyo. She is entered for both the 1500m and 3000m in Toruń, joined by her world cross-country gold medal-winning relay teammate Linden Hall in the longer event.
Liam Adcock will also return to World Indoor Championships action after getting long jump bronze in Nanjing.
Australian team for Kujawy Pomorze
WOMEN
800m: Hayley Kitching
1500m: Jessica Hull
3000m: Linden Hall, Jessica Hull
60m hurdles: Michelle Jenneke
High jump: Nicola Olyslagers, Eleanor Patterson
MEN
800m: Bob Abdelrahim, Peter Bol
1500m: Adam Spencer
Long jump: Liam Adcock
Pole vault: Kurtis Marschall