World Indoor Tour expands as 61 meetings expected for 2025

World Indoor Tour expands as 61 meetings expected for 2025

Evans Ousuru 10:14 - 31.10.2024

Meetings spread across 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia

The World Athletics Indoor Tour has once again expanded with a packed 2025 calendar featuring more than 60 meetings across all levels as it approaches its 10th year.

With little more than two months to go until the first fixture of the season, meetings spread across 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia have been announced and the scoring disciplines confirmed.

The tour has grown from just seven meetings in 2020 to 61 competitions for 2025. The tour begins on January 2 in Tallinn, Estonia, and ends on March 13 in Uppsala, Sweden.

The series will feature nine Gold level meetings, more than any season in the past. It kicks off in Astana, Kazakhstan on January 25 and culminates in Madrid on February 28. The scoring disciplines on the World Athletics Indoor Tour rotate each year.

For 2025, the Gold level scoring disciplines  in the women category will be 60m, 800m, 3000m/5000m, pole vault, triple jump and shot put. In the men's cadre, it involves 400m, 1500m/mile, 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump.

Each athlete’s best three results will count towards their overall point score. The athlete with the most points in each scoring discipline at the end of the tour will be declared the winner and will be awarded a USD$10,000 bonus. They will also be offered a wild card entry for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, due to be held on 21-23 March 21-23.

2025 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold calendar 25 Jan: Astana Indoor Meet for Amin Tuyakov Prizes – Astana, Kazakhstan 29 Jan: Belgrade Indoor Meeting – Belgrade, Serbia 2 Feb: New Balance Indoor Grand Prix – Boston, USA 4 Feb: Czech Indoor Gala – Ostrava, Czechia 7 Feb: INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany 8 Feb: Millrose Games – New York, USA 13 Feb: Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophee EDF – Lievin, France 16 Feb: Copernicus Cup – Torun, Poland 28 Feb: World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid 2025 – Madrid, Spain

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