Just days after notching up victory at the Czech Indoor Gala, in Ostrava, Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom triumphed again in the middle-distance events in Madrid on Thursday night.
In the women’s 1500m, Haylom tracked the pacemakers for most of the way. She was briefly overtaken by world and Olympic medallist Nadia Battocletti with about 320m to go, but Haylom regained the lead and went on to win comfortably in 4:02.37.
Battocletti held on for second, equalling Marta Zenoni’s Italian record of 4:03.59, while Ethiopia’s Saron Berhe was third (4:04.39).