Lots of action this weekend…
USA
The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the second meet in the VISA Championship Series, will be on Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. It’s already a sellout!
Live results
TV Coverage will be next-day tape on ESPN2, February 5, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Flotrack coverage
AP: Centrowitz follows in father’s footsteps on track
USA Today: Middle-distance women give U.S. shot at Olympic medal
Canada
The 47th Annual Knights of Columbus Saskatchewan Indoor Games will be on Friday at the Saskatoon Fieldhouse, with the action getting started at 5:00 PM Eastern time. Most of the top Canadian sprinters and hurdlers will be competing, and Olympic long jump gold medal favorite Brittney Reese will run the short sprint.
The StarPhoenix: Top-ranked long jumper in Saskatoon
The Vancouver Sun Jerome Indoor Classic will be on Saturday at Vancouver’s Richmond Olympic Oval.
Down Under
The International Track Meet will be held on Saturday at Christ College’s Upper Fields in Christchurch, New Zealand. Action gets started at 4 PM local time, which is 10 PM Friday in the Eastern time zone.
The meet is a double celebration: the 50th anniversary of Peter Snell’s world 800m/880y records at Lancaster Park in 1962, and a year’s rebuilding and healing since the devastating Christchurch earthquake of last February 22. With the QEII stadium not yet ready for competition, the meet is going old-school and will be held on a grass track. The shot put will be an open even matching up Jacko Gill and Valerie Vili.
New Zealand Herald: Adams and Gill ready for clash of champions
Stuff.co.nz: Nick Willis says grass race will be ‘fantastic’
The Briggs Athletics Classic, part of Australia’s National Athletics Series, will be on Saturday at the Domain Athletics Centre in the Tasmanian city of Hobart. The main action begins at 5:45 pm local time, which is 1:45 AM in the Eastern time zone.
Live webcast
Tasmania Mercury: A hop, skip, jump to Games
Europe
The Russian Winter, an IAAF Indoor Permit meet, will be on Sunday in Moscow’s Vladimir Kutz Arena. From a US point of view, the most interesting race might be Lolo Jones v. Danielle Carruthers in the 60 hurdles.
IAAF: Hot afternoon in store in Moscow’s mid-winter chill
The Indoor Combined Events Tallinn 2012, an EAA Indoor Permit meet, will be on Friday and Saturday in the Estonian capitol.
EAA: The Netherlands’ Sintnicolaas and local star Raja top the bill in Tallinn
The 36th Hochsprung mit Musik (High Jump with Music) will be on Saturday in Arnstadt. The fields are loaded and include the top American stars, Jesse Williams and Chaunte Howard-Lowe.
Ostthüringer Zeitung: Weltklasse bei Hochsprung mit Musik in Arnstadt am Start
The 24th Cross Internacional Ciudad de Valladolid will be on Sunday in the Spanish city. Local hero Marta Dominguez is slated to run.
Europa Press: Marta Domínguez afronta el Cross Ciudad de Valladolid como una prueba “importante”
Far East
The 61st Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, will be on Sunday in Japanese city of Oita.
IAAF: Focus on Falil and debutant Jarso at Beppu-Oita Marathon
Japan Running News: Watch the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon Live Online – 2012 Preview
The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, will be on Sunday.
IAAF: Rotich and Maisei ready for Hong Kong rematch
The Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, will be on Sunday in the Japanese city.
IAAF: Kisorio versus Mogusu – Preview of Marugame Half Marathon