Athletics: Kiwi speedster Zoe Hobbs breaks Oceania record to reach world indoor final at Glasgow

Kiwi sprinter Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania record over 60 metres to qualify for the world indoor final at Glasgow.

With two automatic qualifiers from each of the three semis advancing, Hobbs finished third in her race, behind American Aleia Hobbs (7.04s) and Italian Zaynab Dosso (7.09s), but her 7.09s was enough to sneak through as the fastest third-placegetter and fifth fastest overall.

The performance eclipsed her previous area record of 7.13s, set at Belgrade in 2022. After reaching the semi-finals at Belgrade (indoors), and Oregon 2022 and Budapest 2023 outdoors over 100 metres, this will be Hobbs' first major championship final.

Pole Ewa Swoboda led the field with 6.98s, followed by Julien Alfred of St Lucia with 7.03s and then American Hobbs, who appeared to hobble from the finish area, after a heavy collision with crash pads at the end of the straight.

The women's 60 metres final is scheduled for 10:45am Sunday (NZ time).

Meanwhile, fellow Kiwi Eliza McCartney has cleared her opening attempt at 4.55m, but the competition was held up, when Frenchwomen Margot Chevrier landed off the mats and broke her ankle.

More to come 

Kiwi sprinter Zoe Hobbs has broken her own Oceania record over 60 metres to qualify for the world indoor final at Glasgow.

With two automatic qualifiers from each of the three semis advancing, Hobbs finished third in her race, behind American Aleia Hobbs (7.04s) and Italian Zaynab Dosso (7.09s), but her 7.09s was enough to sneak through as the fastest third-placegetter and fifth fastest overall.

The performance eclipsed her previous area record of 7.13s, set at Belgrade in 2022. After reaching the semi-finals at Belgrade (indoors), and Oregon 2022 and Budapest 2023 outdoors over 100 metres, this will be Hobbs' first major championship final.

Pole Ewa Swoboda led the field with 6.98s, followed by Julien Alfred of St Lucia with 7.03s and then American Hobbs, who appeared to hobble from the finish area, after a heavy collision with crash pads at the end of the straight.

The women's 60 metres final is scheduled for 10:45am Sunday (NZ time).

Meanwhile, fellow Kiwi Eliza McCartney has cleared her opening attempt at 4.55m, but the competition was held up, when Frenchwomen Margot Chevrier landed off the mats and broke her ankle.

More to come 

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