Stuttgart and Donetsk were Nr.1 - USA dominates in Top-100 competitions

At the beginning of the indoor season All-Athletics.com summarizes some interesting facts of the 2009 indoor season based on the All-Athletics.com Competition Rankings:

Top-3 Indoor competitions in the World in 2009:
Stuttgart Sparkassen-Cup (Germany)
Torino European Indoor Championships (Italy)
Birmingham Aviva Indoor Grand Prix
Nr.1 Indoor special competition in the World in 2009: Donetsk Zepter Pole Vault Stars(Ukraine)
Top-3 National Indoor Championships in 2009:
Boston US Indoor Championships
Moskva Russian Indoor Championships
Liévin French Indoor Championships
Nr.1 Indoor competition in the USA in 2009: Boston Reebok Indoor Games
Total number of World Top-100-ranked indoor competitions per country (special comp. not incl.):
43 United States
6 Germany
6 France
6 Russia

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