The women's

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior at ...

at the

2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships was held from 1 to 4 March 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This was the city's second hosting of the event as it previously did so in 2003. Bidding process Birmingham bid for the 2016 IAAF World Indo ...

took place on 2 March 2018.

Summary

Carolle Zahi Carolle Zahi (born 12 June 1994) is a French sprinter. She obtained French citizenship and began representing France internationally in 2015. She had already been the 2011 French Youth champion in the 100 meters. She was the French national ...

led the opening heats with her personal best of 7.11.

Murielle Ahouré Murielle Ahouré (born 23 August 1987) is an Ivorian sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 m and 200 m. She was a double silver medalist at the 2013 world championships in Moscow. She came second in both the 100 and 200 meters at this e ...

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 Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD ( née Thompson; born June 28, 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champ ...

. 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 Dafne Schippers (; born 15 June 1992) is a Dutch track and field athlete. She competes primarily in the sprints, having previously participated in the heptathlon. She is the 2015 and 2017 World Champion and won silver at the 2016 Summer Olym ...

as Zahi faded. Schippers also faded, the battle in the center of the track was between

Mujinga Kambundji Mujinga Kambundji (born 17 June 1992) is a Swiss sprinter. She won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2019 World Championships. Kambundji is the 60 metres 2022 World indoor champion, becoming the joint fourth-fastest woman of all time ...

and

Marie-Josée Ta Lou Gonezie Marie Josée Dominique Ta Lou (born 18 November 1988) is an Ivorian sprinter competing in the 100 metres and 200 m. She finished fourth in the 100 metres and 200 metres finals at the 2016 Olympic Games, missing out on a medal in the 10 ...

, 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. 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.

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:35.

Semifinal

The semifinals were started at 18:50.

Final

Ta Lou, Ahoure and Kambundji Birmingham 2018

The final was started at 21:42.

Irish Flag

When

celebrated winning the final, she borrowed an Irish flag from a spectator and reversed it due to the two flag's similarity.

References

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60 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2018 in women's athletics