World Athletics continental tour restarts with Prague meeting

PRAGUE: World Athletics recently saw its Continental Tour resume with the Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague, Czech Republic.

The tournament, which features 11 events, started on Monday with the women's pole vault and finished with the men's 200m, reports Xinhua news agency.

Local star Pavel Maslak won the men's 200m in 20.82 seconds, Jan Veleba edged European indoor 60m champion Jan Volko of Slovakia to take the men's 100m title in 10.21 seconds.

2018 European silver medallist Nikola Ogrodnikova was in a class of her own in the javelin event to win with a distance of 64.22m. IANS 

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