Excellent meeting in Madrid, final of the World Indoor Tour 2025, which we were able to witness today at the Gallur Municipal Sports Centre in Madrid. With the stands packed with spectators, who have thrilled and enjoyed a great night of athletics, the great star of the night has been the Valencian Enrique Llopis, who has equalled the Spanish record for 60 metres hurdles twice. These are the details of the events at today's meeting.
Men's 60m Hurdles
The men's 60m hurdles was, a priori, the big event of the meeting. And so it was. The Valencian Enrique Llopis was wonderful in it. Toni Puig's disciple was the star of the night, winning the 60m hurdles in a resounding way. Quique Llopis seems to be a fan of 7.48. And we say this because until now his best time was 7.48, a Spanish record shared with Orlando Ortega. Today he has run that 7.48 twice, in the semi-final and in the final, equalling the national record twice. In that final he beat the Frenchman Wilhelm Belocian, in a very exciting way and to the delight of the public that filled the stands at Gallur. Belocian was three hundredths of a second behind the Valencian. The performance of the Navarrese Asier Martínez was great, who made up for the Spanish championship with a magnificent third place and an excellent time of 7.53, which brings us back to the best Asier. He had already run 7.60 in the semi-finals.
American Dylan Beard, who arrived as leader of the World Indoor Tour, finished fourth and had to give up first place in the WIT to Wilhelm Belocian, the event's eventual winner. Madrid's Abel Alejandro Jordán, who qualified for the final with 7.68, did not start the final, although he is not injured. Let us mention three Spaniards who were in the semi-finals: Ángel Díaz (7.72), Hugo Chapado (7.89) and Daniel Cisneros (7.89).
Women's 60 meters
Luxembourg's Patrizia van der Weken had an excellent victory with a time of 7.09. She was the clear winner over Britain's Bianca Williams, who finished in 7.16, and Portugal's Lorène Dorcas Bazolo, who beat the Portuguese national record with 7.17. Fourth place went to Hungary's Boglarka Takacs, with 7.20. Van der Weken won the semi-finals with 7.15 and Bazolo with 7.21. The Spanish women ran the following times: 7.36 for Ona Rossell, 7.49 for Alba Borrero and 7.51 for Laura Martínez; Esther Navero was injured in the second semi-final. Luxembourg's Patrizia van der Weken was the winner of the World Indoor Tour.
Men's triple jump
The triple jump was not a qualifying event for the World Indoor Tour. The clear winner was the Cuban Lázaro Martínez, who was the only one to exceed 17 meters. Remember that Martínez was the world indoor champion in 2022. His best jump was 17.21, in his fourth attempt. Burkinabe Hughes Fabrice Zango, the man who has ever jumped the furthest indoors, was second in his debut of the year with 16.55, and third place went to Portuguese Tiago Pereira, with 16.35. Basque Eneko Carrascal was fifth with 15.93.
Men's 400 meters
American Brian Faust not only took the win in the 400 metres tonight, but was also proclaimed winner of the World Indoor Tour. There was much expectation to see the performance of the Spaniards, Iñaki Cañal, Óscar Husillos and Manuel Guijarro. Faust took the lead at the sound of the bell; it seemed at times that the Asturian Cañal, who was behind him, could overtake him. But the American was unstoppable. He won with a great time, 45.74. In the final stretch, Husillos from Palencia, in a great final rush, was second, beating Cañal. 46.31 for Husillos, his best time of the year, and 46.35 for Cañal, champion of Spain last week. Manuel Guijarro from La Mancha was fourth with 46.47. In the B final, Bernat Erta from Lleida won brilliantly, overtaking the Swiss Ricky Petrucciani and Lionel Spitz in the final stretch. Erta's time was 46.58. Gerson Pozo from Madrid was fifth with 47.16.
Men's 800 meters
A splendid triumph for Galician Adrián Ben in the A final, in his first 1 m of the year and with a huge time of 45.39:400, a personal best and the fourth Spaniard on the list of all time. The race was launched by an always efficient pacesetter, Guillermo Rojo. He passed the 51.25m in 1 and when he retired, Adrián Ben took the lead, setting a very strong pace that was unreachable by all his rivals. To the delight of the public, who carried him on their shoulders, he triumphantly crossed the finish line in the aforementioned 45.39:1, with the American Johan Koech behind him in 45.78:1 and with the British Callum Dodds in third place with 45.86:1. The Salamanca native Álvaro de Arriba let himself go at the end and finished in 49.48:XNUMX. The race was not a World Indoor Tour event.
A very good and beautiful victory for Pablo Sánchez-Valladares from Madrid, with 1:47.78, in the B final. Good work as a pacemaker by Alejandro José Matienzo; when he retired, Sánchez-Valladares took the lead, which he did not let go of, making useless the efforts of Abdessalem Ayouni, from Tunisia, with 1:48.12, and the Spaniards David Barroso (1:48.32) and Marco Rufo (1:48.39).
Women's 800 meters
Daniela Fra from Madrid had a very effective hare performance, passing the 400m in 57.57. After her withdrawal there were several alternatives and various races, with a great triumph by the Slovenian Anita Horvat, who won in 2:00.35, a personal best for her. Her rivals all came close together, with second place for the Ethiopian Worknesh Mesele, with 2:00.65, and third place for the French Agathe Guillemot. Lorea Ibarzabal from Madrid was always in the race and fighting for the top positions, but had to settle for fourth place and a time of 2:01.20, which is the best Spanish time of the year. The winner of the World Indoor Tour was the Ethiopian Tsige Duguma, who was not present in Madrid today.
The Mallorcan Daniela García performed very well in the B final, finishing second just one hundredth behind the British Grace Vans Agnew. Daniela ran in 2:02.21, a personal best and the best Spanish time of the year at that time. Note that Daniela García has placed herself today as the 8th Spanish athlete of all time. Behind her, Lucía Juan was fourth with 2:05.06, a personal best, and Valme Prado fifth with 2:06.75. The La Mancha native Herminia Parra was an excellent pacemaker.
Men's 1.500 meters
Great victory for the Ethiopian Melese Nberet, who took the lead at the bell and went irremediably towards the finish line, winning with 3:38.22. The performance of the Spaniards was good, in a race well launched by the pacemaker, with the Granadan Ignacio Fontes always behind him and with the Aragonese Pol Oriach in the front positions. The last lap, with Nberet ahead, was frenetic, with many athletes together and with Oriach emerging in the final stretch to obtain a great second place with 3:39.03, a personal best, he had 3:39.64. Behind the Aragonese was the Luxembourger Charles Grethe, with 3:39.32, and with Ignacio Fontes in fourth position, with 3:39.45. Up to eight men in total went under 3:40. The Alicante native Javier Mirón was tenth with 3:41.41. Sweden's Samuel Pihlstrom, who finished seventh today, was the winner of the World Indoor Tour.
Women's pole vaulter
A splendid triumph for the British Molly Caudery, with a jump of 4.85, in her third attempt, after an immaculate competition. This 4.85 is the best European mark of the year. The Slovenian Tina Sutej was her great rival, but she stopped at 4.70, not being able to beat the 4.75. Third place went to the New Zealander Imogen Ayris, with 4.65. Let us also mention the Italian Elisa Molinarolo, fourth with 4.55. The Spanish Clara Fernández and Naiara Pérez occupied the 7th and 8th places, both with 4.05. The British Molly Caudery has been proclaimed winner of the World Indoor Tour.
Female shot put
The shot put event did not go beyond 20 metres, with a clear victory for the American Chase Jackson, who in her fourth attempt reached 19.48, with a final throw of 19.44 to confirm her victory. Canadian Sarah Mitton was her great rival and was second with 19.37. Third place went to the Portuguese Jessica Inchude, with 18.88, with the Swedish Fanny Roos in fourth place with 18.80. The Galician Belén Toimil took sixth place, with 17.59, plus another throw of 17.58. Chase Jackson has been proclaimed winner of the World Indoor Tour.
Women's triple
Cuban Leyanis Perez was the clear winner of the women's triple jump. She started with 14.42 on her first attempt and did not improve; she made 14.26 on the second and gave up on her last three jumps. Second place went to Finland's Senni Salminen, with 13.99, and third place to Slovenian Neja Filipic, with 13.87. Turkey's Tugba Danismaz was fourth with 13.71. Catalonia's Elda Romeva was seventh and had the reward of a personal best of 13.26. Today's winner, Cuban Leyanis Perez, was the winner of the World Indoor Tour.
Women's 3.000 meters
Undisputed victory for Ethiopian Birke Haylom, under-20 and world record holder in the category, with a time of 8:38.45. Her compatriot Lomi Muleta took second place with 8.50.78:9. Behind her there were various alternatives and withdrawals, with Palencian Carla Gallardo emerging from less to more, who was third with 04.87:9, very close to her personal best. Madrid's Marta Serrano was ambitious but suffered a lot in the final stretch, to finish fifth with 04.87:XNUMX. Manchegan Rosalía Tárraga was forced to withdraw. Also Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu, not present today in Gallur, was the winner of the World Indoor Tour.
60 meters inclusive
At the start of the meeting, two inclusive races, one for men and one for women, of 60 metres, were held, which were greatly applauded by the public that had already filled the stands at Gallur, and which were won by Nagore Folgado, with 7.83, and Joan Sirera, with 7.06.
Finally, we should mention that the MVA (Most Valuable Athlete) were the Galician Adrián Ben and the Luxembourger Patrizia van der Weken, thanks to their times of 1:45.39 and 7.09 in 800 metres and 60 metres, respectively.