2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

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 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast
silver medal Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast
bronze medal Mujinga Kambundji    Switzerland
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The women's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.[1][2]

Summary

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

Heats

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

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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 6.97 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 7.05 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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

  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.