A great evening dedicated to the World Indoor Tour was staged in Madrid (Spain) of athletics (gold level). Appointment of passage towards the Indoor World Championships, scheduled for the weekend of 18-20 March in Belgrade (Serbia). Below are all the results of the last appointment of the maximum traveling international circuit. At home Italy, Larissa Iapichino redeemed herself after the nullity of Ancona; Zane Weir and Nick Ponzio stood out in the shot put; Gaia Sabbatini signed the personal on the 1500 meters.
RESULTS WORLD INDOOR ATHLETICS TOUR IN MADRID
TRIPLE JUMP (FEMALE) – Yulimar Rojas pushes himself within two centimeters of his world record! The Venezuelan flies to 15.41 meters on the occasion of the fifth attempt e touches the record of 15.43 which he had stamped two years ago in Madrid. The Olympic and World Champion, who also holds the outdoor world record (15.67), reiterated her enormous technical caliber. Behind her the Cuban Liadagmis Povea (14.08) and our Ottavia Cestonaro (13.63).
HIGH JUMP (FEMALE) – Eleanor Patterson lights up the scene once again and hoists herself up to 1.96 meters with a wonderful clear path. The Australian then gives the assault to 2 meters, trying to improve her already seasonal world record by one centimeter, but she runs into three voids. Behind her the Finnish Ella Junnila (1.90) and the Montenegrin Marija Vukovic (1.87).
Athletics, Zane Weir thunders 21.40 in Madrid: 3rd in the World Indoor Tour, beaten Nick Ponzio. Revenge of the Italian Championships
800 METERS (MEN) – The British Elliot Giles reaffirms his international caliber and triumphs in 1: 45.43, stopping three tenths from the seasonal world record of the Spaniard Mariano Garciatoday second in 1: 45.82 ahead of compatriot Alvaro De Ariba (1: 45.97).
60 METERS (MEN) – The Americans do not fly: Elijah Hall wins in 6.57, Michael Rodgers stops at 6.60. There will be other Americans who will challenge Marcell Jacobs at the World Cup. The French Jimmy Vicaut closes in third position (6.62).
60 OBSTACLES (MALE) – Shoulder to shoulder all Spanish, Asier Martinez wins over Enrique Llopis at the photo-finisch (7.56 for both). Third place for the British David King (7.57).
3000 METERS (MALE) – Particularly exciting challenge among the Ethiopians Selemon Barega (7: 34.03) and Lamecha Girma (7: 34.09), third the Spanish quoted Adel Mechaal (7: 35.26).
400 METERS (FEMALE) – Nice seal for the Polish Justyna Swiety-Ersetic, who wins in 51.21 leaving behind the Lithuanian Modesta Juste Morauskaite (51.63) and the Irish Phil Healy (51.66).
800 METERS (FEMALE) – Solo by the Australian Catriona Bisset (2: 00.10), far behind the British Adelle Tracey (2: 01.89) and the German Christina Hering (2: 01.99).
60 OBSTACLES (FEMALE) – Nice thrust by the Dutch Zoe Sedney (7.95), able to regulate the Finnish Reetta Hurske (8.00) and the Irish Sarah Kate Lavin (8.14).
TRIPLE JUMP (MEN) – The Cuban Lazaro Martinez wins with an easy 17.12 meters, behind him the German Max Hess (16.85) and the French Jean-Marc Pontvianne (16.67).
WEIGHT JET (MALE) – Click here for the report.
LONG JUMP (FEMALE) – Click here for the report.
1500 METERS (FEMALE) – Click here for the report.
Photo: Lapresse
