2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.[1][2]

Women's 60 metres
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates2 March
Competitors47 from 35 nations
Winning time6.97
Medalists
gold medal    Ivory Coast
silver medal    Ivory Coast
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Summary

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Carolle Zahi led the opening heats with her personal best of 7.11.[3] Murielle Ahouré showed her cards in the semi-final round, her 7.01 .06 faster than the top sprinter in the world the last couple of seasons, Elaine Thompson. 7.01 would have been fast enough to win the final.

In the final, Ahouré blasted out of the blocks. With short quick, strides she had opened up a metre lead over Zahi, 20 metres into the race. The rest of the contenders formed a line across the track, only Remona Burchell was beaten at this point. The first to run down Zahi was returning silver medalist Dafne Schippers as Zahi faded. Schippers also faded, the battle in the center of the track was between Mujinga Kambundji and Marie-Josée Ta Lou, with Thompson inches behind. With her pursuers in full flight, Ahouré's lead shrunk slightly, but was insurmountable. Ta Lou and Kambundji crossed the line together, Ta Lou getting the silver by .005 over Kambundji.[4]

It was the first gold medal for the Ivory Coast, made more remarkable by the fact that it was a one-two sweep for the nation.[5]

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started at 10:35.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Carolle Zahi   France 7.11 Q, PB
2 5 8 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 7.12 Q
3 4 4 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 7.15 Q
4 2 5 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 7.17 Q
5 5 5 Asha Philip   Great Britain 7.18 Q
6 6 4 Tatjana Pinto   Germany 7.18 Q
7 3 3 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 7.19 Q
8 6 2 Remona Burchell   Jamaica 7.19 Q
9 2 2 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 7.20 Q
10 1 8 Ezinne Okparaebo   Norway 7.22 Q
11 1 5 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 7.23 Q
12 2 4 Anna Kiełbasińska   Poland 7.23 Q, =PB
13 3 8 Carina Horn   South Africa 7.23 Q
14 3 5 Liang Xiaojing   China 7.24 Q
15 5 1 Destiny Carter   United States 7.24 Q
16 6 1 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 7.24 Q
17 6 3 Anna Bongiorni   Italy 7.24 q, PB
18 6 5 Kelly-Ann Baptiste   Trinidad and Tobago 7.25 q, SB
19 3 4 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada 7.26 q, SB
20 1 3 Javianne Oliver   United States 7.29 Q
21 3 7 Klára Seidlová   Czech Republic 7.30 q
22 1 2 Bianca Williams   Great Britain 7.31 q
23 5 3 Ajla Del Ponte   Switzerland 7.31 q
24 2 6 Rosângela Santos   Brazil 7.32
25 4 6 Gayon Evans   Jamaica 7.33 Q
26 4 8 Jamile Samuel   Netherlands 7.34
27 4 3 Hrystyna Stuy   Ukraine 7.34
28 1 4 Wei Yongli   China 7.35
29 2 1 Amy Foster   Ireland 7.35
30 6 6 Andrea Purica   Venezuela 7.36
31 1 6 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya   Belarus 7.37
32 2 3 Isidora Jiménez   Chile 7.38
33 3 1 Lorène Bazolo   Portugal 7.39
34 5 7 Vitoria Cristina Rosa   Brazil 7.39
35 5 2 Rafailia Spanoudaki-Hatziriga   Greece 7.40
36 5 4 Mathilde Kramer   Denmark 7.43 PB
37 1 7 Ciara Neville   Ireland 7.47
38 6 7 Flings Owusu-Agyapong   Ghana 7.49
39 4 7 Tahesia Harrigan-Scott   British Virgin Islands 7.50
40 2 7 Jolene Jacobs   Namibia 7.67
41 4 1 Yasmin Kwadwo   Germany 7.68
42 3 6 Loi Im Lan   Macau 7.69 NR
43 2 8 Mazoon Al-Alawi   Oman 7.78 NR
44 3 2 Cristina Llovera   Andorra 7.84
45 5 6 Patricia Taea   Cook Islands 7.90 NR
46 4 2 Kendi Rosales   Honduras 8.18 PB
47 6 8 Zarinae Sapong   Northern Mariana Islands 8.54 PB

Semifinal

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The semifinals were started at 18:50.[7]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 3 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 7.01 Q
2 1 6 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 7.07 Q, SB
3 2 5 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 7.08 Q
4 1 5 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 7.09 q, SB
5 1 8 Javianne Oliver   United States 7.10
6 3 3 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 7.10 Q
7 1 4 Asha Philip   Great Britain 7.13
8 2 4 Remona Burchell   Jamaica 7.15 Q
8 2 6 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 7.15 Q, SB
10 3 6 Carolle Zahi   France 7.17 Q
11 3 4 Carina Horn   South Africa 7.18
12 2 3 Tatjana Pinto   Germany 7.18
13 3 5 Ezinne Okparaebo   Norway 7.19
14 1 2 Kelly-Ann Baptiste   Trinidad and Tobago 7.21 SB
15 3 8 Anna Kiełbasińska   Poland 7.23 =PB
16 2 8 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 7.25
17 3 1 Bianca Williams   Great Britain 7.26 PB
18 2 1 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada 7.27
19 2 7 Destiny Carter   United States 7.28
20 3 2 Anna Bongiorni   Italy 7.30
21 1 7 Liang Xiaojing   China 7.30
22 2 2 Klára Seidlová   Czech Republic 7.35
23 1 1 Ajla Del Ponte   Switzerland 7.40
3 7 Gayon Evans   Jamaica DNS

Final

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The medallists, Murielle Ahouré (left) borrowed an Irish flag from a spectator and reversed due to the two flag's similarity

The final was started at 21:42.[8]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 6.97 WL
  6 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 7.05 PB
  5 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 7.05
4 3 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 7.08
5 2 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 7.10
6 7 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 7.13 SB
7 1 Carolle Zahi   France 7.19
8 8 Remona Burchell   Jamaica 7.50

Irish Flag

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When Murielle Ahouré celebrated winning the final, she borrowed an Irish flag from a spectator and reversed it due to the two flag's similarity.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Media.aws.iaff.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Report: women's 60m heats - IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018- News". Iaaf.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Report: women's 60m final - IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018- News". Iaaf.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  5. ^ "UPDATE 3-Athletics-Ahoure, Ta Lou roar to glorious Ivorian one-two". Af.reuters.com. March 2, 2018. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  7. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  8. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  9. ^ "Quick-thinking Irish fans come to the rescue of victorious Ivory Coast star at World Indoor Athletics Championships". Irish Independent. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.