Madrid WIT (Holloway 7.32 =AR heat; 7.29 WR, AR)

[gh]

final WIT meet of year is up and running

https://rfeamanager.es/Results/Sched...DPC21&LANG=ENG

[Atticus]

The live stream seems to start around noon ET.

There's seems to have been a mini-exodus of top-shelf names in the past few days, tarnishing the 'Gold' designation, so we're left with the following hi-lites (IMO):

mLJ Eche
w800 Alemu
m60 Cisse
wTJ (event of the meet?) Povea, Skvartsava, Peleteiro, Franklin
m60H (best mark?) GHolloway, Pozzi
w3000 Hailu
m1500 Barega, Lewandowski

[ATK]

Gudaf Tsegay is also in the 3000m

Full entry list: https://www.madridindoorathletics.es...critos2021.pdf

[Tuariki]

Gudaf Tsegay is also in the 3000m

Full entry list: https://www.madridindoorathletics.es...critos2021.pdf

8:15?

[LuckySpikes]

8:15?

Nah, 6.33pm local time.

There was some talk of her going for the WR but at 700m altitude that's going to be tough to achieve!

[Atticus]

In an interesting counter-programming note, Mondo is listed as jumping in a 'Bronze' meet in Belgrade at the same time.

[gm]

Holloway =AR 7.32 in heats

[donley2]

Alemu 1:58.94

[ATK]

Visser personal best of 7.81 in the 60mh =WL

[gm]

WORLD RECORD 7.29!

[ATK]

Holloway 7.29???

[Atticus]

So we already knew he was unbeatable thru 60; the question is - is he learning to manage his (too much) speed over the last few? If so, not only the gold is his - easily - but the110H WR is now squarely in his sites.

Congrats for this WR! Here's to the next. And then the 400H WR!

[gh]

pretty good dominance of the ATL:

7.29............... Grant Holloway (US)................. 2/24/21
7.30............... Colin Jackson (Great Britain)....... 3/06/94
7.32............... ————Holloway........................ 2/09/21
7.32............... ————Holloway........................ 2/24/21
7.33............... Dayron Robles (Cuba)................ 2/08/08
7.34............... ————Robles.......................... 3/14/10
7.35............... ————Holloway........................ 3/09/19
7.35............... ————Holloway........................ 1/24/21

[ATK]

Merritt took the 110mH record down ALOT when he broke it in 2012. I think Holloway can do the same damage to Merritt's mark. I'm still curious what Daniel Roberts can do though. He looked like a clear medal threat in Doha despite the DQ.

[gm]

14.22 AL for Tori Franklin