Iceland's Hinriksdottir Breaks European Junior Indoor 800m Record - 2:01.77

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

The 19-year-old Iceland's running sensation, Anita Hinriksdottir, broke her own European 800m indoor record at the national championships on Sunday, february8.

The European Junior and World Youth Champion,Hinriksdottir, ran an impressive time of 2:01.77 to improve her previous mark by 0.4 seconds. Hinriksdottir is now ranked #5 indoor in the world and # 4 in European indoor rankings.

The Icelander is planning to contest at the next month's European Indoor championships in Prague.

World Top 10 Women 800m in 2015 (Source Tilastopja.org)

1	1:59.21		Jenny Meadows	GBR	17 Apr 81	Wien	31 Jan
2	2:00.01		Joanna Jóźwik	POL	30 Jan 91	Toruń	3 Feb
3	2:01.63		Ajee' Wilson	USA	8 May 94	New York NY	31 Jan
4	2:01.71		Ayvika Malanova	RUS	28 Nov 92	Moskva	28 Jan
5	2:01.77	NR NUR AJR	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	ISL	13 Jan 96	Hafnarfjördur	8 Feb
6	2:01.79		Treniere Moser	USA	27 Oct 81	New York NY	31 Jan
7	2:01.87		Selina Büchel	SUI	26 Jul 91	Düsseldorf	29 Jan
8	2:01.97		Renelle Lamote	FRA	26 Dec 93	Glasgow	24 Jan
9	2:02.11		Yekaterina Poistogova	RUS	1 Mar 91	Moskva	1 Feb
10	2:02.20		Charlene Lipsey	USA	16 Jul 91	New York NY	31 Jan

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