Two big favorites for the title secured the top two spots in the women's 60m final. World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24.
Eva Swoboda set the fastest times in the heats and semi-finals, but Julian Alfred shined when it mattered most, setting a season-best 6.98 to equal Swoboda's world lead in the semi-finals.
However, there was some disappointing drama before the finals began. Aleia Hobbs, the second-fastest U.S. champion in women's history over this distance, suffered a calf injury just before her gun went off at the starting line.
She tried her best to stretch, but ultimately had to endure pain and was carried off the course on a stretcher, leaving just seven starters.
When the gun went off, Swoboda was the fastest to break away, narrowly ahead of Alfred, Italy's Zainab Dosso and New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs.
Swoboda continued to perform well, but Alfred also showed composure in the final stages and won with a score of 6.98.
Swoboda finished with a score of 7.00 and won the silver medal, his first medal at the Senior Worlds, while Dosso won the bronze medal with a score of 7.05, finishing 0.01 point ahead of Hobbs, who finished fourth with an Oceania record of 7.06. .
American Mikia Briscoe, who won silver in Belgrade two years ago, finished fifth this time with a time of 7.08 seconds. Belgium's Lani Rosius took 6th place with a time of 7.14 seconds, and Patrizia van der Veken took 7th place with a time of 7.15 seconds, making them Luxembourg's best-ever results in the women's event at the Senior World Championships.
Until these championships, Saint Lucia had never had a medalist at the Senior World Championships. A world champion has been born in this small Caribbean country.
John Malkin of World Athletics
| Women's 60m medalist | ||
| 🥇 | Julian Alfred 🇱🇨 LCA | 6.98=WL |
| 🥈 | Eva Swoboda 🇵🇱 POL | 7.00 |
| 🥉 | Zainab Dosso 🇮🇹ITA | 7.05 |
| complete results | ||
