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Britain’s Molly Caudery claimed the overall World Indoor Tour Gold title with victory at the final meeting of the series in Madrid.<\/p>\n
Reigning world indoor pole vault champion Caudery, 24, cleared a season’s best 4.85m as she took maximum points and beat Slovenia’s Tina Sutej to the title.<\/p>\n
Sutej, who had led the standings going into the final, was the only other athlete to clear 4.70m but she had no response to Caudery’s first-time vault over 4.75m.<\/p>\n
It meant England’s Caudery, who added to her win in Karlsruhe and second place in Lievin, accumulated 27 points with her best three series performances – three points ahead of Sutej.<\/p>\n
However, Caudery later announced she would skip the European Indoor Athletics Championships, which start on Thursday in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands, to focus on defending her global title in Nanjing, China from 21-23 March. <\/p>\n
“My team and I have made the tough decision not to compete in Apeldoorn, choosing instead to fully focus on the World Championships,” she posted on Instagram., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “I’m managing a small calf injury and after careful consideration, we believe this is the best way to ensure I can be 100% healthy for Worlds.”<\/p>\n One of those due to be in action in Apeldoorn, fellow Briton Bianca Williams, ran a personal best of 7.16 seconds in the women’s 60m to place second on the night in Madrid.<\/p>\n That performance came one week after Williams lowered her best to 7.19 secs when winning the British indoor title for the first time.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n