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60m hurdles (F): Cyréna Samba-Mayela in silver, the world record for Dvynne Charlton for
Bahamian Devynne Charlton won the title by setting a new world record in 7.65.
(France TV)
After gold in Belgrade in 2022, the licensee of Lille Métropole Athlétisme took silver on the Glasgow track on Sunday, only ahead of the Bahamian Devynne Charlton.
France can thank its hurdlers. After Just Kwaou-Mathey’s bronze in the men’s 60m hurdles, Saturday, Cyréna Samba-Mayela offered the second medal to the French contingent, Sunday March 3, by taking second place at the world indoor athletics championships in Glasgow . Gold medalist in 2022 in Belgrade, ahead of Devynne Charlton, the Tricolor this time could do nothing against a Bahamian above the fray who won gold and the world record for the distance in 7 ”65.
A personal best in the semi-finals for Samba-Mayela
In good shape, Cyréna Samba-Mayela nevertheless ran faster than in Serbia when she had established her personal best at 7″78, a mark which she improved in the semi-finals (7″73), becoming co-ninth best performer in history over the distance, before running the final in an almost identical time of 7″74. The Frenchwoman, who has already achieved the Olympic minimums, will now turn to the 100m hurdles and Paris 2024, hoping a new charm.
