GLASGOW — One anticipated victory and another surprise win gave Team USATF five medals on day two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Saturday at Emirates Arena, increasing the team's medal total to nine, four of them gold. The U.S. also has a commanding lead on the points table with 96, more than double the nearest nation. It was another day, another Grant Holloway win in the 60 hurdles. Undefeated in the event for 10 years, Holloway was not seriously challenged as he won his second straight World Indoor gold in 7.29, equaling the second-fastest time ever and matching the Championships record he set two years ago. Only his world record of 7.27 is faster on the all-time list. He is the third American to win at least two World Indoor titles, joining Allen Johnson and Terrence Trammell, and Team USATF now has 12 titles in the event. Powering out of the blocks as he almost always does, Holloway ran a clean race over the barriers and came away with a .14 margin of victory over Italy's Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli, who earned silver with a national record 7.43. Trey Cunningham was sixth in 7.53. Capping a remarkable return from giving birth last year, Elle St. Pierre smashed the American record and took gold in the women's 3000 with a masterful 8:20.87 Championships record. St. Pierre's son, Ivan, was born on March 4, 2023, and since then mom has run faster than ever. Hanging just off the leaders through the initial stages of the race, St. Pierre was in fourth through the first kilometer in 2:49.36, and she went by the halfway point in 4:12.76. World 5000 record holder Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia and world steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya were at the front with Australia's Jessica Hull, and at 2K the quartet had only a couple strides separating them as they went through in 5:36. St. Pierre was less than a half-second behind Tsegay at the bell and she sped through a final circuit in 29.76 to come away with a historic victory. The silver medalist at Belgrade two years ago, St. Pierre became the first American woman to win the World Indoor title, and she climbed to No. 3 on the all-time world indoor performer list with the fourth-fastest performance ever. Her time is also the fastest ever by an American woman indoors or outdoors, beating the 8:25.05 by Alicia Monson last year. Josette Andrews was 11th in a season best 8:41.93. In contrast to the rapid pace of the women's race, the men's 3000 final was a tactical affair. Selemon Barega of Ethiopia led through the first kilometer in 2:39.15 and his countryman, Getnet Wale, took them through the halfway mark in just 3:58.05. Olin Hacker and American record holder Yared Nuguse lurked just behind the leaders and as they went past 2K in 5:18 they were in fourth and fifth. With only two laps remaining there were still nine men within a second of each other as the Ethiopian duo continued to lead by a step over local favorite Josh Kerr. As the packed arena roared Kerr into the lead at the bell, the mad dash for hardware was on. Kerr rounded the final lap in 25.19 to snag the gold in 7:42.98, while Nuguse used a 25.24 final 200 to come through for silver in 7:43.59. Hacker ended up fifth in 7:45.40. Two-time defending champion Sandi Morris and reigning World Outdoor and Olympic champion Katie Moon were up against a very deep field in the women's pole vault. Morris cleared her first two heights on first attempts with a best of 4.65/15-3, while Moon was able to negotiate the next height, 4.75/15-7, as Morris missed thrice. Moon took three unsuccessful tries at 4.80/15-9 and ended up with bronze, and Morris placed fifth. In the wake of another world record from Femke Bol of the Netherlands, who clocked 49.17 for gold, Alexis Holmes grabbed the bronze in the women's 400 with a 50.24 that made her the No. 3 all-time U.S. indoor performer. Talitha Diggs was fifth in 51.23. Jarrion Lawson placed fifth in the men's long jump, missing out on fourth on the countback. Lawson had a best of 8.06/26-5.5, equaling the mark by Germany's Simon Batz, but Batz had the better second mark and claimed fourth. U.S. indoor champion Will Williams was seventh at 7.83/25-8.25. Mikiah Brisco was in medal contention early in the women's 60 final before taking fifth in 7.08. An injury on the runout of the second semifinal took Aleia Hobbs out of contention. Hobbs won that semi in 7.04 but landed awkwardly on the banked track and was unable to start the final. Celera Barnes was fourth in the first semi in 7.14 and did not advance. The men's triple jump saw Donald Scott notch a season best 16.88/55-4.75 in the fifth round to place sixth. Chris Benard had one legal attempt, a 16.14/52-11.5 in round three to take 12th. Running the seventh fastest indoor time in American history, Bryce Hoppel won his 800 semifinal in 1:45.08, edging Belgium's Eliott Crestan by .004 seconds for the victory. Isaiah Harris was fourth in his semi in 1:48.18 and missed advancing by .04 seconds. Heptathlete Harrison Williams tweaked his ankle on the incline at the end of the first event, the 60, and chose not to continue. His 6.95 was a season best and the sixth fastest time overall.