After two years, Madrid will once again host the final of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, the highest category of the global indoor rally circuit. On Friday, February 23, 2024 at Gallur Municipal Sports Centre The best athletes on the international scene will compete to win the ultimate title of World Indoor Tourwhich guarantees classification for World Indoor Track Championships and a financial prize of $10,000.
Madrid It now hosts the final of World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold in three consecutive seasons, 2020, 2021 and 2022 – in the first twoYulimar Rojas and Grant Holloway They broke world records for the triple jump (15.43 m) and 60 m hurdles (7.29).
After filling the CDM Gallur in 2023 with a spectacular rally that crowned a very exciting men’s 1500 m, in 2024, Madrid will have the following events:
Male: 800 m, 3000 m, pole vault, weight and 60 m hurdles (excluding World Indoor Tour 2024 event).
Woman: 1500 m, 60 m hurdles, high, long and triple (excluding World Indoor Tour 2024 event).
The World Indoor Tour continues to grow in 2024
For the first time in history, the World Athletics Indoor Tour will have a Gold category rally in Asia, within a compressed calendar that includes more than 50 meetings between its four divisions.
In the remaining three months before the start of the action in the Gold category, rallies have been announced in 20 countries in Europe, North America and Asia, and World Athletics have confirmed the tests that will be scored in this edition. They are as follows:
Men: 60 m, 800 m, 3000/5000 m, pole vault, triple and weight.
Women: 400 m, 1500 m, 60 m hurdles, height and length.
In this ninth season of the World Indoor Tour, the circuit will start on December 29 in Pamplona, the Navarra Indoor Athletics Challenger categorythe first of three Spanish rallies in addition to the aforementioned Gold final in Madrid and the Meeting Catalunya on January 27, Challenger level too.
The complete World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold schedule
January 27 – Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes (Astana, Kazakhstan)
January 30 – Czech Indoor Gala (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
February 4 – New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (Boston, United States)
February 6 – ORLEN Copernicus Cup (Torun, Poland)
February 10 – Meeting in the Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais ‘Trophée EDF’ (Liévin, France)
February 11 – Millrose Games (New York, United States)
February 23 – World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid 2024 (Madrid, Spain)
The Gold category starts on 27th January at Astana, Kazakhstanthe first top-category rally in World Indoor Tour history.
In anticipation of the final classification, where Madrid will be decisive, each athlete will score their three best results on the circuit, and the overall classification winner in each event will win $10,000 and a wildcard for Indoor World Championshipsto be held in Glasgow from February 1 to 3, 2024.
In addition, each Gold category rally will offer a financial prize of at least $7,000 for each event on its program, including $3,000 for the winner. Silver meetings will allocate at least $30,000 in prizes (at least 4,000 per event and respecting gender equality), and Bronze meetings will give their winners at least 12,000 dollars (not less than 2,500 per event, and also maintaining gender equality) .).
Source: La Verdad
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