Genzebe Dibaba returned to winning ways in Madrid ©Getty Images

Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba claimed the gold medal in the women's 1,500 metres during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Indoor Tour event at the Gallur Municipal Sports Centre in Madrid.

After missing the second leg of the tour in Düsseldorf, world record holder Dibaba reclaimed the title that she won in Karlsruhe on the opening leg of the circuit in a time of 4min 2.43sec.

Germany's Konstanze Klosterhalfen was just over two seconds behind in a time of 4:04.72 with Britain's Eilish McColgan third with a time of 4:08.07.

The men's 1,500m event was also won by an African athlete as Ayanleh Souleiman, a gold medallist at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot, came home in a time of 3:38.47 for Djibouti.

Bahrain's Sadik Mikhou Brnbrn was just under a second behind in the silver medal position with a time of 3:39.40 with Kenya's Vincent Kibet completing the podium line-up, just 0.28 seconds behind Brnbrn.

The other men's middle-distance event saw two-time World Indoor medallist Adam Kszczot of Poland claim gold in the 800m with a time of 1:46.53.

Mostafa Smaili of Morocco was just 0.19 seconds behind in the silver medal position whilst Álvaro de Arriba of host nation Spain clinched bronze in 1:47.29.

The women's 800m was dominated by home athletes as Spain secured a podium clean sweep.

Esther Guerreo Puigdevall was on the top step thanks to a time of 2:02.64 whilst Natalia Romero and Irene Bonilla claimed silver and bronze in times of 2:05.80 and 2:07.15 respectively.

Esther Guerreo Puigdevall led a Spanish clean sweep in the women's 800m ©Getty Images
Esther Guerreo Puigdevall led a Spanish clean sweep in the women's 800m ©Getty Images

The shortest men's race today was the 60m, which was won by Michael Rodgers of the United States with a time of 6.63.

He finished a hair's breadth in front of Richard Kilty of Britain and Turkey's Emre Zafer Barnes, who were just 0.01 and 0.02 seconds behind respectively.

The shortest women's race was the 400m, in which Lithuania's Modesta Morauskaité came out on top thanks to a time of 53.21.

Britain's Anyika Onuora claimed silver in 53.33 with Spaniard Herminia Parra completing the podium line-up with her time of 54.58.

The men's 400m saw a Spanish one-two with Mark Ujakpor claiming gold thanks to a time of 47.44.

It had looked like Cuba's Yoandys Lescay was set for silver after posting a time of 47.72 in the first heat of the final.

However, Aleix Porras delighted the home crowd by pushing him down to the bronze medal position with his time of 47.63 in the second heat.

The longest race of the day was the women's 3,000m which was won by Sweden's Meraf Bahta, who represented Eritrea until 2008 when she was forced to flee the country.

Bahta's winning time was 8:42.46.

Ethiopia's Fantu Worku pushed her hard the entire race and finished just 0.23 seconds behind in the silver medal position.

Her compatriot Meskerem Mamo finished third in 8:43.56.

Tomáš Staněk secured gold in the men's shot put ©Getty Images
Tomáš Staněk secured gold in the men's shot put ©Getty Images

Czech Republic's Tomáš Staněk lived up to the hype of being the pre-competition favourite for the men's shot put title as he posted a score of 21.69 to clinch gold.

Poland's Michal Haratyk and Croatia's Stipe Žunić secured silver and bronze, respectively, with throws of 20.96 and 20.94.

Konstantinos Filippidis, the 2017 European Indoor silver medallist from Greece, claimed gold in the pole vault with a mark of 5.85.

Piotr Lisek and Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland completed the podium with distances of 5.80 and 5.65 respectively.

Almir Dos Santos of Brazil won the men's triple jump title with a mark of 17.35.

Portuguese duo Nelson Evora and Pedro Pichardo secured the final two spots on the podium with marks of 17.30 and 17.01 respectively.

Viktoriya Prokopenko, a neutral athlete from Russia, secured the women's triple jump title with a mark of 14.31.

Elene Panturoiu's mark of 14.21 was enough to secure Romania's only medal of the day whilst Dovilé Dzindzaletaité of Lituania clinched bronze with 14.13.

There was more success for Russian neutral athletes as two-time world champion Maria Lasitskene won high jump gold thanks to a clearance of 2.00.

Cuba's Yorgelis Rodriguez and Marie-Laurence Jungflish of Germany clinched silver and bronze respectively.

The next stop on the IAAF Indoor World Tour will see the athletes head to Boston in the United States.