12th October, 2017
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced the scoring events listed for the 2018 World Indoor Tour, as well as their dates.
The world athletics ruling body listed 11 or 12 events altogether for 2018, with six or seven for the men and five for the women.
These are: 60m, 800m, 3000m/5000m, shot put, pole vault and triple jump for the men, and 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump for the women.
The 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour will consist of six meetings staged throughout the month of February, with the new addition of the Madrid Indoor Meeting.
It will begin with the Feb 3 meet in Karlsruhe, Germany where the men will compete in the 60m, 800m, 3000m and pole vault.
The women will also compete in the 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.
On Feb. 6 at Düsseldorf in Germany, the 60m, 800m, 3000m, pole vault and shot put will be competed for by the men.
On the other hand, the women will have the 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.
At Madrid in Spain on Feb. 8, the men will have the 60m, 800m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put, while the women will have 400m, 1500m and high jump.
Feb 10 at Boston in the U.S. will see the men competing in the 60m, 800m, 3000m or 5000m, triple jump and shot put.
The women competitors will be in the 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles and high jump.
In the Polish city of Torun on Feb 15, the men will be in the 60m, 800m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put.
The women events are the 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles and high jump, while the men will compete in the 60m, 800m and 3000m at Glasgow, Scotland on Feb. 25.
The women will also compete in Glasgow in the 400m, 1500m, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that each meeting has the option to add additional non-tour (non-scoring) disciplines to their programme.
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However, these will be announced in the next months.
NAN reports also that for each IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting, points are allocated to the top four athletes in each IAAF World Indoor Tour discipline.
According to a report on the IAAF website, the first position gains 10 points, with seven points for second position, five points for third position and three points for fourth position.
IAAF has also said any athlete who breaks a world record will be awarded three bonus points in addition to the points they will receive as a result of their finishing position.
“An athlete can participate in as many events as chosen within the meetings listed, but only the best three results count towards their ranking.
“The winner of the IAAF World Indoor Tour must have competed in at least two meetings,’’ the report showed.
NAN reports also that the individual overall winner of each event will receive 20,000 US dollars as prize money.
The winner will also automatically qualify for the IAAF World Indoor Championships at Birmingham in England in 2018 by wild card.
However, the Member Federation of the IAAF World Indoor Tour winner will have the ultimate authority to enter the athlete or not, based on its own criteria or qualification system.