Jamaican monitor stars Briana Williams and Shashalee Forbes are poised to showcase their sprinting prowess within the ladies’s 60m occasion on the prestigious Millrose Video games, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold assembly scheduled for February 11 in New York.
Williams, a 2021 Olympic 4x100m gold medalist, and Forbes, who clinched the silver medal in the identical occasion throughout the 2016 Olympics, will face formidable competitors. Their opponents embody Julien Alfred from St. Lucia, the second-fastest lady ever over the 60m distance.
Alfred garnered consideration by successful the NCAA indoor title in 2023, setting a North American document with a blistering time of 6.94 seconds—solely 0.02 seconds away from the long-standing world document. She additionally secured the NCAA indoor 200m title, clocking 22.01 seconds, which elevated her to the second place on the all-time listing for world indoor 200m performances.
Alfred’s dominance
Alfred’s dominance continued outdoor, the place she remained undefeated within the 100m from April to August. Nonetheless, her sole setback of the 12 months got here throughout the World Championships closing, the place she completed fifth within the 100m however improved to fourth within the 200m occasion.
The star-studded area doesn’t cease there, because it options 2019 world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith from the UK, who holds British data for the 60m, 100m, and 200m, and boasts a powerful assortment of eight international medals together with seven continental medals, together with 4 gold.
Including to the American illustration, English Gardner, the 2016 Olympic 4x100m champion, returns to the occasion the place she beforehand triumphed in 2019.
Finishing the line-up of outstanding sprinters are World indoor bronze medalist Marybeth Sant-Value, the 2023 Millrose Video games runner-up Tamari Davis, and NACAC silver medalist Celera Barnes, guaranteeing that the ladies’s 60m on the Millrose Video games guarantees to be an electrifying and extremely aggressive affair.
