The final event of the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour was in Madrid on 21 February. The schedule was tight, and the events were exciting. Justyna Swiety Ersetic took the 400m in 51.93. Gudaf Tsegay won the 1,500m in a tight race, winning 4:04.66. The best event of the night was the 60m hurdles, as Christina Clemons won in 7.82. Nia Ali was second in 7.88. Tereresa Errandonea of Spain took third in 8.00.
The big event of the nght was triple jump. Yulimar Rojas set a new WR in 15.43m! Rojas had a short indoor season, having leaped 15.41m just a week before.
The small, but boisterous crowd at the International Meeting de Madrid enjoyed the meet, and we hope to be there in 2021.
Special thanks to Mike Deering on his production of the podcast.
Adel Mechaal, photo by WiT Madrid
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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