Another impressive indoor performance by Nadia Power has seen her knock almost a second and a half off her own Irish 800 metres record with a hard-fought third place finish at the World Indoor Tour in Torún, Poland. From there the young Ethiopian Habitam Alemu kicked from the front and took the win in 1:58.19, also a personal best and a meeting record. Such is the quality of her 2:00.98 it will almost certainly see her qualify for the Tokyo Olympics on the ranking system. Power also clocked 2:03.84 when finishing second to Poland’s Joanna Jozwik in 2:02.97 in Lievin last week. Power will now focus on the European Indoor Athletics Championships which take place in the same venue from March 5-7th.

Source: The Irish Times February 17, 2021 18:56 UTC