WORLD INDOORS ATHLETICS Ahoure makes history with 60m goldBIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Murielle Ahoure blasted out of her blocks to lead Ivory Coast to a 1-2 after scorching to a historic gun-to-tape victory in the women’s 60m at the World Indoors Athletics Championships on Friday. Ahoure, with two previous world indoor silvers to her name, clocked an electric 6.97 seconds down the blue track in Birmingham, the fastest time run over the sprint this season. It was not only a first world indoor gold for Ivory Coast but also the first time an African sprinter, male or female, has won the 60m title. South Africa’s world outdoor champion Luvo Manyonga was upstaged by Cuban teenager Juan Miguel Echevarria in a thrilling men’s long jump competition that went down to the wire. France’s Kevin Mayer, world outdoor champion and Olympic silver medallist in the decathlon, was in overnight pole after the first four events in the seven-discipline heptathlon, with the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m to come.

Source: Ethiopian News March 04, 2018 04:41 UTC