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Init indoor meeting karlsruhe 2023: world-class athletics to kick off the world indoor tour gold.

National record and meeting record: Dina Asher-Smith sets highlight to kick off World Indoor Tour Gold / One meeting record, one national record and seven world best performances / Live broadcast in over 70 countries worldwide

The INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe 2023 could not have had a better ending. Because the last act at the opening of the World Indoor Tour Gold was the highlight of the 39 th edition of the Karlsruhe meeting in front of 3,000 spectators in a completely sold-out athletics arena in Messehalle 3. Karlsruhe, as an athletics location, thus once again provided a platform for further exciting competitions within the framework of the World Indoor Tour Gold, which still has stops in Boston (USA), Torun (Poland), New York (USA), Liévin (France), Madrid (Spain) and Birmingham (Great Britain).

It was the highlight of the evening and it belonged to the British Dina Asher-Smith . “I came to Karlsruhe to run fast and somehow I hoped it would end up being a British record,” she said after her race in the 60 metres. In the end, that was exactly what happened for the sprint queen from Great Britain. With a blazing time of 7.04 seconds, she not only set a British record, but also equalled Irina Privalova's 27-year-old meeting record, thus making Karlsruhe history. She relegated Poland's Ewa Swoboda (7.09 seconds) and Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji (7.11 seconds) to second and third place. “I love coming to Karlsruhe. I love running in Germany, and Karlsruhe is one of my favourite meetings,” the Englishwoman raved in advance at the press conference. In her fifth start in Karlsruhe, Asher-Smith won the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe for the third time following 2015 and 2021.

In the men’s pole vault, there was still a trio at 5.88 metres. But neither the American KC Lightfoot, Kurtis Marschall from Australia nor Emmanouil Karalis from Greece managed the 5.88 metres. Thanks to no misses up to 5.88 metres, the day’s victory went to the American KC Lightfoot . The men’s 60-metre hurdles were a thrilling event. In the Spanish duel, Enrique Llopis secured victory in 7.57 (.561) seconds, just two thousandths of a second faster than his compatriot and European champion Asier Martínez.

The decision in the women’s 800 metres was just as close. Anita Horvat from Slovenia and Freweyni Hailu from Ethiopia crossed the finish line almost exactly at the same time. Anita Horvat decided the duel in the end with a personal best of 2:00.44 minutes and was just two hundredths of a second faster than the Ethiopian Hailu, who also ran a personal best. This year, the men competed for points in the World Indoor Tour’s 400 metres. Benjamin Lobo Vedel from Denmark crossed the finish line in 46.45 seconds to win the two arena laps. The women’s triple jump at the INIT INDOOR MEETING 2023 advanced to become a Cuban affair. Liadagmis Povea increased her personal best by ten centimetres to 14.64 metres, relegating her fellow countrywoman Leyanis Perez-Hernandez to second place with a distance of 14.41 metres and thus celebrating her second meeting victory. Almost as expected, the women’s long jump was won by Ivana Vuleta , better known by her maiden name Španović. At her season debut in Karlsruhe, 6.76 metres was enough for the Serbian to win. “It was my first start this year and even from a shortened run-up,” Vuleta said after her competition. “I am very happy to be back in Karlsruhe after four years and thank everyone for the excellent atmosphere,” Vuleta continued.

As in previous years, the women’s 3,000 metres were dominated by Ethiopian athletes. The only 21-year-old reigning European indoor champion Hailu Lemlem secured victory in a final sprint of 8:37.55 minutes ahead of Werkuha Getachew (8:37.98 minutes) – also from Ethiopia. The men’s 3,000 metres were also on the programme. And in the men’s race, too, it was an Ethiopian athlete who secured the day's victory. Abdisa Fayisa , just 17, stormed to victory in 7:40.35 minutes, just 18 hundredths of a second ahead of Belgium’s Robin Hendrix (7:40.53 minutes), thanks to a strong final sprint down the home straight. The best German in the field was U23 European champion Mohamed Abdilaahi. In the men’s 1,500 metres, George Mills not only went on to win the day, but also improved his personal best indoors with his time of 3:35.88 minutes. In the women’s shot put, the old meeting winner from 2021 is also the new one. In the end, 18.90 metres stood at the top of the scoreboard for the European silver medallist from Munich and reigning world indoor champion Auriol Dongmo from Portugal. Second place went to Sarah Mitton from Canada (18.88 metres).

The organisers of the INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe could look back on a successful start of the World Indoor Tour Gold after the end of the competition. “We are back after two difficult years with Corona,” said sports director Alain Blondel. “A hall that has never been sold out so early, highly motivated athletes – what more could you want,” Blondel continued. And Martin Wacker, meeting director and managing director of the organising Karlsruhe Marketing und Event GmbH, was also very satisfied. “Karlsruhe celebrated a festival of athletics. We saw a super atmosphere with lots of emotions in the hall and the athletes paid us back with world-class performances.”

The World Indoor Tour Gold continues its journey across the pond next weekend. The athletes will then compete at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston before the overall winners of the tour are crowned in Birmingham after further stops in Torun, New York, Liévin and Madrid.

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27 January 2023

Kick-off of the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Karlsruhe

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2023 Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe results

• January 27, 2023
• Continental Tour , Main News

The following are the 2023 Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe – World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Germany on Friday (27). Dina Asher-Smith, Lemlem Hailu, and Auriol Dongmo were among the winners on the day as the busy weekend of track and field kicks off.

In the women’s 60m dash, Asher-Smith promised a delivered after the 2019 World 200m champion flashed to 7.04 seconds to break her own British record en route to picking up the victory, the second from as many indoor meetings this season. Her winning time also equaled the meeting record, clocked by Irina Privalova 27 years ago.

Elsewhere, World indoor champion Lemlem Hailu clocked 8:37.55 to win the women’s 3000m – edging world steeplechase silver medallist Werkuha Getachew, who too second place with a time of 8:37.98, to set a personal best.

In the field, Auriol Dongmo handed Chase Ealey a rare befeat after she snapped the American’s winning streak in the women’s shot put. Dongmo ended with the best mark of 18.90m to top the field over Canada’s Commonwealth champion Sarah Mitton, who did 18.88m and Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd (18.77m).

2023 Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe Results

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Women’s 60m indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 7.04 2 Ewa SWOBODA POL 7.09 3 Mujinga KAMBUNDJI SUI 7.11 4 Daryll NEITA GBR 7.16 5 Lisa MAYER GER 7.25 6 N’Ketia SEEDO NED 7.25 7 Géraldine FREY SUI 7.27 8 Alexandra BURGHARDT GER 7.32

Heat 1 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Ewa SWOBODA POL 7.09 2 Daryll NEITA GBR 7.21 3 N’Ketia SEEDO NED 7.25 4 Tristan EVELYN BAR 7.32 5 Marie-Josée TA LOU CIV 7.37 6 Malaika MIHAMBO GER 7.43 7 Viktoriya RATNIKOVA UKR 7.52 8 Shannon RAY USA 7.55

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Women’s 800m indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Anita HORVAT SLO 2:00.44 2 Freweyni HAILU ETH 2:00.46 3 Lore HOFFMANN SUI 2:01.40 4 Majtie KOLBERG GER 2:02.09 5 Jemma REEKIE GBR 2:02.10 6 Bianka KÉRI HUN 2:02.36 Aneta LEMIESZ POL DNF

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Women’s 3000m indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Lemlem HAILU ETH 8:37.55 2 Werkuha GETACHEW ETH 8:37.98 3 Dawit SEYAUM ETH 8:39.20 4 Mizan ALEM ETH 8:39.79 5 Zerfe WONDEMAGEGN ETH 8:42.90 6 Marta PÉREZ ESP 8:44.91 7 Marta GARCÍA ESP 8:45.51 8 Luiza GEGA ALB 8:50.94 Caterina GRANZ GER DNF Vera HOFFMANN LUX DNF

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Women’s Triple Jump indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Liadagmis POVEA CUB 14.64 2 Leyanis PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ CUB 14.45 3 Maryna BEKH-ROMANCHUK UKR 14.41 4 Tori FRANKLIN USA 14.39 5 Kristiina MÄKELÄ FIN 14.02 6 Ottavia CESTONARO ITA 13.77 7 Neja FILIPIČ SLO 13.35 8 Jessie MADUKA GER 13.09

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Women’s Shot Put indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Auriol DONGMO POR 18.9 2 Sarah MITTON CAN 18.88 3 Danniel THOMAS-DODD JAM 18.77 4 Jessica SCHILDER NED 18.76 5 Fanny ROOS SWE 18.66 6 Chase EALEY USA 18.61 7 Sara GAMBETTA GER 18.57 8 Julia RITTER GER 17.75

Heat 2 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 7.07 2 Mujinga KAMBUNDJI SUI 7.15 3 Lisa MAYER GER 7.22 4 Géraldine FREY SUI 7.24 5 Alexandra BURGHARDT GER 7.31 6 Maria Isabel PÉREZ ESP 7.36 7 Jamile SAMUEL NED 7.46 Asha PHILIP GBR DQ

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Men’s 400m indoor Final 1 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Alexander DOOM BEL 46.68 2 Marvin SCHLEGEL GER 46.79 3 Tony VAN DIEPEN NED 47.15 4 Alex HAYDOCK-WILSON GBR 47.23

Final 2 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Benjamin Lobo VEDEL DEN 46.45 2 Óscar HUSILLOS ESP 46.63 3 Christian IGUACEL BEL 46.86 4 Liemarvin BONEVACIA NED 47.46

Indoor Meeting – A Men’s 3000m indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Abdisa FAYISA ETH 7:40.35 2 Robin HENDRIX BEL 7:40.53 3 Adisu GIRMA ETH 7:41.53 4 Mohamed ABDILAAHI GER 7:41.88 5 Elzan BIBIĆ SRB 7:42.03 6 Ossama MESLEK ITA 7:45.15 7 Bram ANDERIESSEN NED 8:04.74 Lukas ABELE GER DNF Andreas LINDGREEN DEN DNF Eduardo MENACHO ESP DNF Youssef TAOUSSI ESP DNF

Indoor Meeting – A Men’s Pole Vault indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 KC LIGHTFOOT USA 5.83 2 Kurtis MARSCHALL AUS 5.83 3 Emmanouil KARALIS GRE 5.83 4 Torben BLECH GER 5.72 5 Bo Kanda LITA BAEHRE GER 5.72 6 Menno VLOON NED 5.66 7 Thiago BRAZ BRA 5.66 8 Matt LUDWIG USA 5.6 9 Valentin LAVILLENIE FRA 5.5

Indoor Meeting – A Women’s Long Jump indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Ivana VULETA SRB 6.76 2 Agate DE SOUSA STP 6.66 3 Maryse LUZOLO GER 6.62 4 Mikaelle ASSANI GER 6.53 5 Milica GARDAŠEVIĆ SRB 6.51 6 Alina ROTARU-KOTTMANN ROU 6.39 7 Evelise VEIGA POR 6.35 8 Inna SYDORENKO UKR 5.51

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Men’s 1500m indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 George MILLS GBR 3:35.88 2 Isaac NADER POR 3:37.29 3 Federico RIVA ITA 3:37.36 4 Jesús GÓMEZ ESP 3:37.44 5 Adel MECHAAL ESP 3:38.85 6 Teddese LEMI ETH 3:39.34 7 Christoph KESSLER GER 3:46.07 Mounir AKBACHE FRA DNF Ignacio FONTES ESP DNF Erik SOWINSKI USA DNF

World Athletics Indoor Tour – A Men’s 60mH indoor Final PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Enrique LLOPIS ESP 7.57 2 Asier MARTÍNEZ ESP 7.57 3 Jakub SZYMAŃSKI POL 7.6 4 Eric EDWARDS USA 7.63 5 Just KWAOU-MATHEY FRA 7.65 6 Petr SVOBODA CZE 7.66 7 Jason JOSEPH SUI 7.71 8 Pascal MARTINOT-LAGARDE FRA 7.72

Heat 1 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Just KWAOU-MATHEY FRA 7.57 2 Eric EDWARDS USA 7.59 3 Asier MARTÍNEZ ESP 7.61 4 Petr SVOBODA CZE 7.64 5 Jason JOSEPH SUI 7.67 6 Tim EIKERMANN GER 7.8 7 Aurel MANGA FRA 7.82 8 Yannick SPISSINGER GER 7.90

Heat 2 PLACE NAME NAT. MARK 1 Jakub SZYMAŃSKI POL 7.57 2 Enrique LLOPIS ESP 7.66 3 Pascal MARTINOT-LAGARDE FRA 7.72 4 Lorenzo Ndele SIMONELLI ITA 7.75 5 Martin VOGEL GER 7.88 6 Eduardo RODRIGUES BRA 7.90

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How to follow and watch the world athletics indoor tour gold meeting in birmingham.

Keely Hodgkinson competes at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Birmingham (© Dan Vernon)

The 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series comes to a crescendo in Birmingham on Saturday (25).

Gudaf Tsegay and Laura Muir will attempt to make history in the 3000m and 1000m, respectively, while Keely Hodgkinson targets another fast time in the 800m, Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts go head-to-head in the hurdles, and Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Shericka Jackson star in a 60m showdown.

As the final event in this season's World Indoor Tour Gold, there are  overall tour titles and wild cards to fight for .

Here’s how you can follow the action in Birmingham.

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A two-hour live stream of the meeting, on Saturday 25 February, will be available in a number of territories via the World Athletics YouTube channel . The live stream will start at 14:00 local time (15:00 GMT).

The YouTube stream will be geoblocked in the following territories: Albania, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

Coverage of the meeting will be available in the territories listed below. Be sure to check local listings - some broadcasts may be live while others will consist of highlights.

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