2006: XI WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Moscow (RUS)

Moscow hosted the last edition of the World indoor championships held so far. 561 athletes gathered at the "Olimpiskiy" stadium representing 129 countries between 10-12 March 2006. The competition didn't offer any world records but two athletes confiWRed their respective hegemony in Moscow as Maria Mutola snatched an impressive seventh World indoor 800m title at the age of 33 while Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, ten years younger than Mutola, completed his fabulous tally of gold medals by adding a 3000m indoor top spot (7:39.32) to those already won at cross country and outdoors. Another main focus was the undisputed number one in the women's Pole Vault, Yelena Isinbayeva, back in action only a few months after her historic clearance over the 5.00 barrier. The 23-year-old Russian was an unchallenged winner thanks to a 4.80 clearance but then failed to set a new world indoor record.    The host nation Russia took honours in the medal table with 18 podium places (8/5/5) followed by the USA with 13 (7/4/2) while Ethiopia and Ukraine shared third place with two gold medals each. Gold Medallists Event Men Women 60m Leonard Scott (USA) 6.50 Me'Lisa Barber (USA) 7.01 400m Alleyne Francique (GRN) 45.54 Olesya Krasnomovets (RUS) 50.04 800m Wilfred Bungei (KEN) 1:47.15 María Lourdes Mutola (MOZ) 1:58.90 1.500m Ivan Heshko (UKR) 3:42.08 Yuliya Chizhenko (RUS) 4:04.70 3.000m Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 7:42.58 Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:38.80 60m hurdles Terrence Trammell (USA) 7.43 Derval O'Rourke (IRL) 7.84 High jump Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2.37 Yelena Slesarenko (RUS) 2.02 Pole vault Brad Walker (USA) 5.80 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.80 Long jump Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) 8.30 Tatyana Kotova (RUS) 7.00 Triple jump Walter David (USA) 17.73 Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 14.95 Shot put Christian Cantwell (USA) 22.11 Natalia Khoroneko (BLR) 19.84 Heptathlon André Niklaus (GER) 6.192 - Pentathlon - Lyudmila Blonska (UKR) 4.685 4x400m Estados Unidos 3:03.24 Rusia 3:24.91

800m: Yuliya Chizenko(RUS) 1.500m: Ivan Heshko (UKR)

A general view of the Moscow's Olimpiysky Sport Palace on the right Russian Olga Krasnomovets,
who proclaimed world champion in 400m.

Official Website - Moscú'2006