The men'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 3 March 2018.

Summary

Fifteen years after his first silver medal, remarkable 43-year-old

Kim Collins Kim Collins (born 5 April 1976) is a former track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on five occasions, from 1996 to 2016, a ...

returned to yet another World Championship, qualifying for the semi-final round, but he did not start. The favorite in the event was

Christian Coleman Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the former world champion in the 100 meters. He was a double gold medallist at the World Champions ...

, just two weeks after his second world record in this event this season. While two American athletes qualifying for the final is not uncommon, two Chinese athletes qualifying for the final might be the sign of a new trend. In the final, Coleman was out fast, but next to him in the center of the track Su Bingtian was out with him.

Ján Volko Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter. He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His biggest successes to date are: the silver medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships with a new nationa ...

and

Emre Zafer Barnes Emre Zafer Barnes, (born Winston Barnes on 7 November 1988) is a Jamaica-born Turkish sprinter.Barnes won the 100 m race at the 2015 Salzburg Athletics Gala in Austria. Also at 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games he was awarded third place while h ...

were also out fast, but faded quickly. Giving ground at the beginning, Ronnie Baker hit his top speed mid-race, about the same time as Coleman reached his. Coleman managed a little separation from Su, while Baker was making up lost ground. Su continued to press Coleman to the line, but Coleman finished strongly with a lean for a metre victory. Su barely held off the fast closing Baker to take the first global medal for a Chinese sprinter. Behind the medalists, Zhenye Xie gave China a 2-4 punch as he barely held off the last to fifth explosion by

Hassan Taftian Hassan Taftian ( fa, حسن تفتیان; born 4 May 1993 in Torbat-e Heydarieh) is an Iranian sprinter. He is an olympic sprinter than represented Iran at Rio2016 and Tokyo2020. He represented his country at four outdoor and three indoor World C ...

. Coleman's winning time of 6.37 would have been the world record prior to his other efforts this season. Su improved upon his own Asian record, his third consecutive national record at the World Indoor Championships.

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:15.

Semifinal

The semifinals were started at 19:11.

Final

The final was started at 21:09.Final results
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References

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