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Recap of best the best performances in the world last week.
Several meets took place in Europe last week where outstanding performances were recorded by athletes, with the highlight being the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, which lived up to the hype.
Top athletes produced impressive performances to kickstart their season, while others continued with the brilliant momentum with which they started the season.
Here are the five best male performers last week, based on their exceptional performances in various meets globally.
Armand Duplantis
The Pole Vault World Record (WR) holder in his season debut cleared a world-leading mark of 6.10m to win the event at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, Sweden.
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He had a WR attempt at 6.22m but failed to scale the height in all three attempts.
It is the highest season debut in history and Duplantis's best career opener, as his previous season debuts since 2017 were 5.61m, 5.83m, 5.51m, 6.00m, 6.01m, and 6.02m last year, which he went on to break his WR on several occasions in 2022.
Grant Holloway
The 60m Hurdles WR holder marked his season debut at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, first clocking a world-leading time of 6.39s, and lowered it to 6.38s to convincingly win the final.
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His victory in Boston is his 52nd consecutive career win in the 60mH, staying unbeaten since 2017.
Noah Lyles
The World 200m Champion stunned former World Indoor Champion Travon Brommel to win the 60m final at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.
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Lyles initially clocked a Season's Best (SB) of 6.56s in his qualifying heat before lowering it to a massive Personal Best (PB) of 6.51s in the final, holding off his US compatriot by just 0.002 with a performance that got him the PB he had always craved.
Fabrice Hugues Zango
At the Val-De-Ruil meet, Burkina Faso's Hugues Zango jumped a massive world lead of 17.48m to win the men's triple jump.
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The indoor WR and African Record (AR) holder in the event was far ahead of Cuban duo of Lazaro Martinez with 17.16m and Andy Diaz with 17.09m.
Karsten Warholm
World 400m Hurdles Record holder Karsten Warholm opened his indoor season with a strong 45.31s to win the 400m event at the Karsten Warholm Invitational in Ulsteinsvik, Norway.
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The Norwegian had an injury-plagued 2022 season, so his performance suggests he's back to his best.
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