The INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe is the first of seven Gold-level meetings in the 2023 World Athletics Indoor tour, a series of 54 meetings that has just begun.
Some exciting events, including a great series of Women’s 60-meter dashes featuring Dina Asher-Smith, Mujinga Kambundji, and Ewa Swoboda were fantastic. Ethiopia’s Abdisa Fayisa, in his first indoor meeting, at age of 17, ran a WL at 3,000 meters and the women’s 800m lead got off to a great start with Anita Hvorath.
The complete results come from World Athletics.
RunBlogRun visited the Indoor meeting in Karlsruhe in 2019 and loved the meet, the crowd, and the presentation.
The Karlsruhe Meeting seats about 4,000 fans and the fans are knowledgeable. They loved seeing German athletes but were very supportive of European and American athletes when I visited. I loved the entertainment feel of the meet and the enthusiasm of the crowd. The presser was good as well, and that helped build up the enthusiasm of the meeting.
The Messhalle, or meeting hall tradition dates back over a thousand years. It is a multi-use facility, much like Expo space in North America, for all kinds of events. The local running club and LOC that puts on this meet did a great job, and the World Athletics Gold level is a huge part of the respect for the event series.
We hope to visit the meeting again in the not-so-distant future.
So close
Anita Horvat overtakes Freweyni Hailu on the finish line as she wins the women’s 800m in a world-leading 2:00.44 #WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/tPnt4e679y
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) January 27, 2023
INIT INDOOR MEETING Karlsruhe
Messehalle, Karlsruhe (GER), 27 JAN 2023
Men’s 400m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final 1
1 Alexander DOOM BEL 46.68 5
2 Marvin SCHLEGEL GER 46.79 3
3 Tony VAN DIEPEN NED 47.15
4 Alex HAYDOCK-WILSON GBR 47.23
Men’s 400m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final 2
1 Benjamin Lobo VEDEL DEN 46.45 10
2 Óscar HUSILLOS ESP 46.63 7
3 Christian IGUACEL BEL 46.86
4 Liemarvin BONEVACIA NED 47.46
Men’s 1500m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 George MILLS GBR 3:35.88 10
2 Isaac NADER POR 3:37.29 7
3 Federico RIVA ITA 3:37.36 5
4 Jesús GÓMEZ ESP 3:37.44 3
5 Adel MECHAAL ESP 3:38.85
6 Teddese LEMI ETH 3:39.34
7 Christoph KESSLER GER 3:46.07
Erik SOWINSKI USA DNF
Ignacio FONTES ESP DNF
Mounir AKBACHE FRA DNF
Men’s 3000m indoor – Indoor Meeting
Final
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
Youssef TAOUSSI ESP DNF
Eduardo MENACHO ESP DNF
Andreas LINDGREEN DEN DNF
Men’s 60mH indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Enrique LLOPIS ESP 7.57 10
2 Asier MARTÍNEZ ESP 7.57 7
3 Jakub SZYMAŃSKI POL 7.60 5
4 Eric EDWARDS USA 7.63 3
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
Men’s 60mH indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Heat 1
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 7.80
7 Aurel MANGA FRA 7.82
8 Yannick SPISSINGER GER 7.90
Men’s 60mH indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Heat 2
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
Men’s Pole Vault indoor – Indoor Meeting
Final
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 5.60
9 Valentin LAVILLENIE FRA 5.50
Women’s 60m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 7.04 10
2 Ewa SWOBODA POL 7.09 7
3 Mujinga KAMBUNDJI SUI 7.11 5
4 Daryll NEITA GBR 7.16 3
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
Women’s 60m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Heat 1
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
Women’s 60m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Heat 2
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
Women’s 800m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Anita HORVAT SLO 2:00.44 10
2 Freweyni HAILU ETH 2:00.46 7
3 Lore HOFFMANN SUI 2:01.40 5
4 Majtie KOLBERG GER 2:02.09 3
5 Jemma REEKIE GBR 2:02.10
6 Bianka KÉRI HUN 2:02.36
Aneta LEMIESZ POL DNF
Women’s 3000m indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Lemlem HAILU ETH 8:37.55 10
2 Werkuha GETACHEW ETH 8:37.98 7
3 Dawit SEYAUM ETH 8:39.20 5
4 Mizan ALEM ETH 8:39.79 3
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
Vera HOFFMANN LUX DNF
Caterina GRANZ GER DNF
Women’s Long Jump indoor – Indoor Meeting
Final
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
Women’s Triple Jump indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Liadagmis POVEA CUB 14.64 10
2 Leyanis PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ CUB 14.45 7
3 Maryna BEKH-ROMANCHUK UKR 14.41 5
4 Tori FRANKLIN USA 14.39 3
5 Kristiina MÄKELÄ FIN 14.02
6 Ottavia CESTONARO ITA 13.77
7 Neja FILIPIČ SLO 13.35
8 Jessie MADUKA GER 13.09
Women’s Shot Put indoor – World Athletics Indoor Tour
Final
1 Auriol DONGMO POR 18.90 10
2 Sarah MITTON CAN 18.88 7
3 Danniel THOMAS-DODD JAM 18.77 5
4 Jessica SCHILDER NED 18.76 3
5 Fanny ROOS SWE 18.66
6 Chase EALEY USA 18.61
7 Sara GAMBETTA GER 18.57
8 Julia RITTER GER 17.75
