2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour winners secure wildcards for Belgrade
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Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 14.03.22. | 14:31
Kenya has sent a contingent of ten athletes to the games.
After the fifth and final Gold level meeting of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour brought the series to a close for another year, 11 athletes have booked their place at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22.
It means several national teams for next year’s World Indoor Championships will be boosted by the success of their athletes on the World Indoor Tour.
World Under-20 800m bronze medallist Noah Kibet will fly the country’s flag in the men’s 800m at the @WorldAthletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
— BARNABA KORIR OFFICIAL (@KorirOfficial) March 14, 2022
The Kipkeino Classic winner will race alongside Collins Kipruto in his debut appearance at the Championships. pic.twitter.com/56IESLTaXz
Usually only two athletes per nation per discipline are allowed to enter the World Indoor Championships, but a wild card entry allows for a third athlete to compete. The final decision about entering an individual athlete for the World Indoor Championships, as always, rests with the athlete’s national federation.
Grab the 🍿#WorldIndoorChamps pic.twitter.com/DnXXHtK1fP
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 11, 2022
In addition, each of those 11 athletes receives a winner-takes-all US$10,000 bonus.
The individual event winners of this year’s World Athletics Indoor Tour are:
Women
60m – Javianne Oliver (USA)
800m – Habitam Alemu (ETH)
3000m – Lemlem Hailu (ETH)
Pole vault – Iryna Zhuk (BLR)
Triple jump – Liadagmis Povea (CUB)
Shot put – Auriol Dongmo (POR)
Men
400m – Pavel Maslak (CZE)
1500m – Selemon Barega (ETH)
60m hurdles – Grant Holloway (USA)
High jump – Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA)
Long jump – Juan Miguel Echevarria (CUB)
