More than 130 nations have represented at the World Indoors last weekend which the event held in refurbished Emirates Arena. In Glasgow, some athletes wrote their names in the athletics history as “first to be” for their countries. Here we compiled for first-timers at the World Indoors past which comprising almost last 40 years.
THE FIRST…
> Gold medal
Burkina Faso – Hugues Fabrice Zango
Dominica – Thea LaFond
St. Lucia – Julien Alfred
> Gold medal since…
2012 – Australia (Nicola Olyslagers)
> Any kind of medal
Benin – Noelie Yarigo (bronze)
> Any kind of medal since…
1991 – Algeria (Yasser Triki)
1995 – Finland (Saga Vanninen)
> 1-2 medal double for:
Netherlands (400m, women)
> 1-2 double since…
2012 – United States (LJ, women)
2001 – United States (60m, men)
> 400m/Relay double for men’s:
Alexander Doom, Belgium
> Title defence for:
Pentathlon – Noor Vidts, Belgium
> Title defence since:
2004 – Grant Holloway (60H, men)
> Finalist (Top 8)
Luxembourg – Patricia Van den Weken (60m, women)
Benin – Noelie Yerigo (800m, women)
> Finalist since…
2006 – Cameroon (Emanuel Eseme, 60m, men)
2006 – Algeria (Yasser Triki, TJ, men)
1999 – Japan (Shuhei Tada, 60m & Nozomi Tanaka, 3000m)
