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Grant Holloway, Gudaf Tsegay and Ryan Crouser
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
That has certainly been the case for athletics in recent months with the desire for top-level indoor competition being met thanks to the efforts from adaptable and inventive meeting organisers.
It meant that the
World Athletics Indoor Tour was able to go ahead with 25 competitions taking place safely in 11 different countries across Europe and North America. In all, 1353 athletes from 84 countries participated in the wider series of Gold, Silver and Bronze level meetings with all six continental areas represented.
At the end of the five Gold-level meetings, 11 series winners – representing seven countries and three continental areas – were confirmed, each earning wildcard entries to the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade22:
Nadia Power continues to impress with third-place finish at the final World Indoor Tour
The performance was the Dubliner’s second fastest time ever over the distance indoors and her third fastest overall. By Paul Fennessy Wednesday 24 Feb 2021, 7:29 PM Feb 24th 2021, 7:29 PM 4,939 Views 1 Comment
Nadia Power (file pic).
Image: Anto Magzan
NADIA POWER continued the impressive form that recently saw her twice break the Irish indoor record, with a third-place finish at the final World Indoor Tour in Madrid today.
The 23-year-old star produced a time of 2:01.55 in the 800m, which saw her finish behind the winner, Habitam Alemu of Ethiopia (1.58.94) and the runner-up, Esther Guerrero Puigdevall of Spain (2:01.13).
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Feb 18, 2021
19-year-old Lemlem Hailu showed her Lievin victory wasn’t a fluke and sprinted away from steeplechase world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech on the final lap of the 2021 World Indoor Tour Torun Meeting in a 2021 world leading 8:31.24 3,000m.
Video: 19-Year-Old Lemlem Hailu Beats World Champion In Fastest 3K of 2021
Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu wins the 3,000m race at the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour in Torun, Poland, on Thursday, February 18, 2021. (FloTrack)
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