Talk about laying down the gauntlet ahead of the IAAF World Indoor Championships taking center stage in less than a month’s time in Birmingham! China’s Bingtian Su has definitely sent a note of warning to his competitors as he stormed to victory in the men’s 60m event at the second leg of the World Indoor Tour in Düsseldorf, Germany on Tuesday.
Just three days after he raced to victory in the tour season opener in Karlsruhe, Su had stiffer opponents to contend with in the event this time around, but the 29-year-old brushed them all aside as he won in a time of 6.43s, propelling him to 5th place on the all-time list and No.2 time in the world this year.
Yunier Perez and Mike Rodgers had to settle for 2nd and 3rd place respectively after they both posted a time of 6.52s. Surprisingly, veteran athlete, Kim Collins came through in 4th place in a time of 6.61s. The 41-year-old later confirmed that it would be his last time running at this meeting.
In the Women’s 60m Hurdles, the duo of Christina Manning and Sharika Nelvis gave us something to savour as they fought tooth and nail until the finish line, but it was Manning that had the last laugh as she pipped her US rival by three hundredths of a second. Manning posted a time of 7.77s, which is the current World Leading (WL) time.
In the women’s 60m Hurdles, the duo of Christina Manning and Sharika Nelvis gave us something to savour as they fought tooth and nail up until the finish line, but it was Manning that had the last laugh as she piped her US rival by three hundredths of a second. Manning posted a time of 7.77s-which is the current World Leading (WL) time.
Nelvis, who won in Karlsruhe, matched her Season’s Best (SB) of 7.80 in 2nd position, with Germany’s Pamela Dutkiewicz settling for 3rd place.
After placing 3rd a few days back in the women’s 1500m at the 1st leg of the World Indoor Tour in Karlsruhe, Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech came through the finish line unscathed as she claimed victory ahead of Angelika Cichocka of Poland, clocking a time of 4:04.21 which was a Meeting Record (MR), National Record (NR) and Personal Best (PB).
On the field, the Pole Vault event kept most viewers on the edge of their seat as five world indoor and outdoor champions competed against each other. In the end, it was the Pole, Piotr Lisek, who came out tops as he was the only one to clear the 5.86m. That left 2017 World Champion Sam Kendricks, and Greece’s Konstadinos Filippidis to settle for 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Tomas Stanek however, did not face such competition in the men’s Shot put as the Czech strongman threw a distance of 22.17m – the farthest indoor throw in nearly eight years, to emerge victorious.
Also, Ivana Spanovic came back stronger after settling for a 3rd place finish in Karlsruhe, to claim victory in the women’s Long Jump. Her winning jump stood at 6.77m (WL), which took her to the top of the Indoor World rankings in the event.
