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The elite programme at the Millrose Games got off to a rousing start when Devynne Charlton blazed to a stunning world 60m hurdles record*, clocking 7.67 at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in New York on Sunday (11).
Placed between two-time world champion Danielle Williams and Nia Ali, a two-time indoor world champ, the Bahamian rocketed out of the blocks and led wire-to-wire.
Williams was second in 7.79 while Tia Jones, whose PB of 7.72 was the class of the field last week in Boston, was also timed in 7.79 for third. Ali came in seventh at 7.95.
Charlton set the tone on a day in which Josh Kerr posted a world best in the men’s two miles. Yared Nuguse couldn’t quite match him, despite running the third-fastest indoor mile, and Elle St Pierre led five national record setters in the women’s mile.
Charlton was coming off sensational outings of 7.88 in Louisville, a 7.75 national record in Lubbock, and 7.76 in Boston. She said her race at The Armory, in which she shaved .01 off Susanna Kallur’s 7.68 set 16 years and one day earlier, didn’t feel like a record.
“It felt fast,” Charlton said. “I felt myself separate from the field, but when they announced the time, it was a shock to me.”
And it was all a blur. “If I tried to recall that race for you, I’d be lying,” Charlton said. “I got the start and that was it.”
Charlton earned world indoor silver in 2022 and feels ready to take the top step of the podium in Glasgow this year.
“When I saw that clock, I felt relief,” she said. “When you set a goal and work towards it all year, and then you achieve it, it makes you feel you’re on top of the world.”
SOURCE: World Athletics
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