ARKANSAS, United States, CMC – Julien Alfred continued her impressive buildup to next month’s World Indoor Championships with another impressive performance, this time at the Tyson Invitational here on Friday.
The reigning women’s 100 metre Olympic champion sprinted to a world-leading time of 6.99 seconds in the 60 metres to cop gold in a strong field at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.
It broke the previous meet record of 7.02 seconds, which was set by Tiana Madison of the USA in 2012.
The USA’s Jacious Spears finished second in 7.03 seconds while Brianna Lyston took home bronze in 7.07 seconds.
Earlier in the preliminary rounds, the 24-year-old Alfred ran 7.01 to win Heat 2, setting a meet record at the time.
It means that Alfred, the 2004 World Indoor champion, now holds the three fastest times in the event this year.
She has run under 7 seconds on 6 occasions, which is the second-most, behind world record holder Irina Privalova, with 13.
