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How to Watch 2026 World Indoor Championships: Olympic Medalist Cole Hocker & More

Catch the action live on Peacock this weekend.

By Trent Moore
Cole Hocker raises his arms at the podium with gold at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

If you’re feeling a need for speed, Peacock has it covered this weekend with live coverage of the 2026 World Indoor Championships — which will feature plenty of familiar track & field faces from Team USA and the Olympics.

How to Watch

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The event runs from Friday through Sunday, with plenty of the action set to air on Peacock, live from Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland. The event will be headlined by world-class athletes Cole Hocker, Anna Hall, and Mondo Duplantis. Competition categories (women and men) include the 60m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 60m hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put and 4x400m relay. There is also a women's pentathlon and men's heptathlon.

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How to watch the 2026 World Indoor Championships live on Peacock?

Cole Hocker Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse stand on the podium at the 2024 Olympics

Competition from the 2026 World Indoor Championships will stream live on Peacock starting on Friday, March 20 and running through Sunday, March 22. The action is broken up into morning and evening slots, check out the start times and schedule below.

Friday, March 20

  • Day 1 AM: 5 a.m. ET
  • Day 1 PM: 1:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 21

  • Day 2 AM: 5 a.m. ET
  • Day 2 PM: 1:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 22

  • Day 3 AM: 5 a.m. ET
  • Day 3 PM: 12:30 p.m. ET

Team USA will be led by Paris Olympic 1500m gold medalist and reigning 5,000m world champion Cole Hocker, who is hoping to add to his 3000m silver medal from the 2024 World Indoor Championships. If he finds success this weekend, Hocker could become only the second American to ever win global titles at 1500m, 3000m, and 5,000m.

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Reigning heptathlon world champion Anna Hall, Paris Olympic long jump/triple jump bronze medalist Jasmine Moore, Paris Olympic 1500m bronze medalist Yared Nuguse, and 17-year-old phenom Cooper Lutkenhaus, who became the youngest American to ever compete at the outdoor World Championships last year, are also slated to compete.

Along with Americans, some of the most accomplished athletes from across the globe will also be represented at the event, including two-time reigning Olympic pole vault gold medalist and world record holder Mondo Duplantis (Sweden); Paris Olympic 100m gold medalist Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia); Paris Olympic 100m silver medalist Kishane Thompson (Jamaica); Paris Olympic 800m gold medalist and indoor 800m world record holder Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain); and Paris Olympic 1500m silver medalist Jessica Hull (Australia).

2026 World Indoor Championships broadcast team on Peacock

NBC Sports' Paul Swangard will call the action, joined by four-time Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and 2012 London Olympic decathlon silver medalist Trey Hardee. 

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