Bahamian hurdler Devynne Charlton kicked off Sunday’s Millrose Video games in New York Metropolis in record-setting model. Charlton broke the ladies’s 60m hurdles world report in 7.67 seconds, surpassing the earlier report set by Sweden’s Susanna Kallur in 2008 by a hundredth of a second.
Charlton, the world indoor silver medalist within the 60m hurdles occasion, secured her victory by 0.12 of a second over the two-time world 100m hurdles champion Danielle Williams of Jamaica, with American Tia Jones taking third place in the identical time of seven.80 seconds.
“I knew I had it in me, but it surely took lots to place that race collectively,” mentioned Charlton in a post-race interview with NBC Sports activities. “I felt good in my prep main as much as in the present day. I acquired the beginning that I wanted. I simply held it. I can’t say it was greater than that.”
With solely three weeks remaining till the 2024 World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Charlton is poised to be one of many favourites to win the ladies’s 60m hurdles.
7.67 world report 👀
What a race from @DevynneCharlton within the 60m hurdles 🤯#WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/fKhCkQSxb0
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 11, 2024
Charlton is the only Bahamian athlete to carry a world indoor report.
Within the males’s 60m, Andre De Grasse completed eighth in a season’s greatest time of 6.62 seconds. His time was solely 0.02 seconds off his private better of 6.62 from 2015.
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