The world's best athletes are in their best shape as the 2023 indoor season gets more competitive. Here are the best five male performers in the world last week.
The best male performers in the world last week, have been selected based on their brilliance and where their performance ranks in the history books.
1 - Trayvon Bromell
In just his second meet of the season, Bromell clocked two world-leading times and sixth fastest 60m time in world history at the Tiger Paw Invitational on Friday.
The 2016 world indoor champion was a comfortable winner of his heat in 6.54s, then he won the semifinals in 6.46s, taking 0.01 off the PB he set when winning the world indoor title seven years ago.
Undisturbed in the final, he stormed to an exceptional 6.42s, which improved his semifinal world-leading mark, and propelled him to sixth all-time in world history and fifth on the all-time American list.
2 - Armand Duplantis
In his second meet of the year, the WR holder in the men's pole vault cleared 6.06m at the ISTAF Berlin - a new meeting record.
The 23-year-old cleared 5.82m, and 5.91m on his first attempts. He had the competition won at that point and had the bar raised to 6.06m, which he also managed on his first try to improve the meeting record he set last year by 3cm.
Duplantis has now taken his career total of six meter-plus clearances to 57 and achieved a mark in Berlin that only four other athletes have ever managed, indoors or outdoors.
3 - Yared Nuguse
Nuguse ran the second-fastest indoor mile in history in a thrilling men’s Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games on Saturday.
The event culminated the meeting, which he won in a world-leading 3:47.38 to claim his second American record of the season to go along with the 3000m.
His time is a world lead and second fastest in history.
4 - Ryan Crouser
The World Record (WR) holder in the men's shot put threw an impressive 22.58m in his season's debut to take victory at the Millrose Games on Saturday.
It was his second-farthest throw in an indoor season opener.
5 - Noah Kibet
Still an U20 athlete, Kibet raced to a world-leading time of 1:44.98 to win the men's 800m event at the Millrose Games.
The time is U20 Kenyan record and made him the first runner under 1:45 this year.