Preview: Thrilling Showdowns Set for the 2025 Millrose Games

The 2025 Millrose Games, one of the most prestigious indoor track and field events in the world, is set to deliver another thrilling edition at the Armory in New York. Featuring world-class athletes across multiple disciplines, this year’s meet promises intense showdowns, record-breaking attempts, and the kind of electrifying performances that have made Millrose a staple of the indoor season. Headlining the event is the much-anticipated clash between Olympic silver and bronze medalists Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse in the men’s Wanamaker Mile, a rivalry that has captivated track fans with razor-thin finishes and historic performances. The competition extends beyond the men’s mile, with stacked fields in the women’s Wanamaker Mile, the 800m, the 3000m, and the sprints, including Olympic champions and record holders vying for dominance. With numerous stars ready to shine, the 2025 Millrose Games is set to be an unmissable showcase of speed, endurance, and tactical brilliance.

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Silver and bronze medalists from the Olympic Games, Yared Nuguse and Josh Kerr, are set to go head-to-head in the men’s Wanamaker Mile at the 2025 Millrose Games.

Nuguse aims to become the first athlete since Bernard Lagat to win three consecutive Wanamaker Mile titles. He debuted in this prestigious race in 2023, clocking 3:47.38—just 0.37 seconds shy of Yomif Kejelcha’s world record. The following year, he defended his title in 3:47.83, becoming the first athlete to break 3:48 twice indoors. Nuguse holds two of the three fastest indoor mile times in history.

The American middle-distance star had a strong 2024 season, securing Olympic bronze in Paris with 3:27.80, a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, and a victory at the Zurich Diamond League in 3:29.21, where Kerr finished fifth.

Yared Nuguse: “The experience of competing in the Wanamaker Mile was even bigger and better than I expected. If the indoor mile record is going to happen anywhere, it will be at Millrose.”

Kerr, the reigning world outdoor champion in the 1500m, stunned Jakob Ingebrigtsen to claim gold in Budapest 2023. He followed it up by winning the world indoor title in Glasgow and Olympic silver in Paris, setting a national record of 3:27.79—beating Nuguse by just 0.01 seconds. Kerr also broke the world indoor two-mile record at the 2024 Millrose Games with 8:00.67 and set the European indoor mile record (3:48.87) in 2022.

In their career head-to-head battles, Nuguse leads 3-2 in 1500m races, while Kerr holds a narrow 4-3 advantage across all distances. Notably, six of their seven races have been decided by less than a second.

Kerr on his 2024 season: “Winning a world title in my home country, breaking records, and running a personal best on the biggest stage—I can’t walk away disappointed.”

Their showdown at Millrose will include USA’s Hobbs Kessler, France’s Azzedine Habz, and Ireland’s Andrew Coscoran. Kessler finished second last year in 3:48.66, ranking fifth all-time. Coscoran recently won the 3000m in Boston in 7:30.75, beating Habz, who broke the French record with 7:31.50. Coscoran will be targeting Eamonn Coghlan’s Irish mile record (3:49.78), while Habz aims to break Mehdi Baala’s French indoor record (3:52.51).

Women’s Wanamaker Mile

Great Britain’s Georgia Bell headlines a stellar women’s field, facing world indoor silver medalist Nikki Hiltz, world leader Elise Cranny, Boston mile winner Heather MacLean, Kenyan indoor record-holder Susan Ejore Sanders, Australia’s Linden Hall, and Italy’s Sintayehu Vissa.

Bell had a breakout 2024, finishing fourth at the World Indoor Championships, winning 1500m silver at the European Championships, and claiming Olympic bronze in Paris with a British record of 3:52.61. Hiltz, a two-time US outdoor champion, won world indoor silver and placed seventh in the Olympic final (3:56.38).

Cranny set a world lead of 4:20.83 in the mile and ran 8:29.87 over 3000m in Boston. Ejore finished sixth in the Olympic final with 3:56.07 and holds Kenya’s indoor mile record (4:20.61). Hall placed sixth in Paris (3:59.01), while Vissa broke Gabriella Dorio’s Italian record in the 1500m Olympic semifinal with 3:58.11.

Women’s 3000 Metres

Australia’s Jessica Hull enters as the favorite, having set the Oceanian indoor record (8:24.39) at the 2024 World Indoor Championships. She also set Oceanian outdoor records in the 1500m (3:50.83) and 2000m (5:19.70) and won Olympic silver in the 1500m in Paris.

She faces Great Britain’s Melissa Courtney Bryant, who won the 3000m in Boston (8:28.69), Ethiopia’s Tsigie Gebrselama (8:24.40 PB), Olympic finalist Whittni Morgan (14:48.41 5000m world lead), and Karissa Schweizer, a former North American indoor record holder.

Men’s 800 Metres

Reigning world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel looks to extend his nine-race indoor win streak. He recently won in Boston (1:46.04) and placed fourth in the Olympic final, setting a North American record (1:41.67). He will face Josh Hoey, who broke the North American 1000m record (2:14.48) and has a 1500m PB of 3:33.66, along with NACAC champion Jonah Koech.

Women’s 800 Metres

World seasonal leader Shafiqa Maloney (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) leads the field, having finished fourth in the Olympic 800m (1:57.66) and setting a 600m world lead (1:24.60). She competes against Jamaica’s Natoya Goule-Toppin, two-time US champion Nia Akins, and rising star Abby Wiley (1:56.83 PB).

Women’s Pole Vault

Two-time world champion Katie Moon seeks to improve her world-leading mark set last week in Manhattan. A former Millrose champion (4.81m in 2023), Moon has consistently medaled at major championships, winning world outdoor gold (Budapest 2023) and Olympic bronze (Paris 2024).

Moon faces training partner Sandi Morris, who holds the Armory Track facility record (4.91m). Moon has set her sights on surpassing her 4.91m PB and breaking the elusive 5.00m indoor American record.

Women’s 60 Metres Hurdles

Defending Millrose champion Devynne Charlton returns to the track where she set her first world indoor record (7.67). She later lowered it to 7.65 en route to world indoor gold in Glasgow. Charlton will face Olympic champion Masai Russell and Olympic finalists Ackera Nugent, Denisha Cartwright, and Grace Stark.

Russell, the US Trials winner (12.25), won the Paris Olympic title (12.33) and placed fourth at Worlds (7.81). Nugent, a rising Jamaican star, clocked 12.24 in Rome, ranking fourth all-time.

Men’s 60 Metres

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs faces 2016 world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell. Jacobs, the 2021 Olympic gold medalist (9.80), ran a season-best 9.85 in Paris but finished fifth in the Olympic final. Bromell, a former world indoor champion (6.42 PB), has rejoined coach Michael Ford in Waco, Texas.

They will be challenged by PJai Austin, who placed third in Boston (6.60), and Japan’s Hakim Sani Brown (6.54 PB), a two-time world finalist.

Men’s 60 Metres Hurdles

Freddie Crittenden (fourth at the World Championships, sixth at the Olympics) headlines the men’s 60m hurdles alongside Dylan Beard (7.42 PB) and Cordell Tinch (13.03 110m hurdles PB).

Women’s 400 Metres

Olympic 4x400m champion Alexis Holmes (sixth in Paris, 49.77 PB) leads the women’s 400m field.

Men’s 600 Metres

Brandon Miller, a 2024 Olympian, will attempt to break Donovan Brazier’s 600m world record (1:13.77). He competes against Isaiah Jewett and 16-year-old Quincy Wilson, who set a world U20 400m record (44.20).