Birmingham
on Saturday night witnessed twenty One-year-old
American, Christian Coleman set a championship record as he claimed gold over
60m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham.Coleman, who set a world record of 6.34 seconds in February, led from the
start in the final, clocking 6.37.
He saw off China's Su Bingtian (6.42), with USA's Ronnie Baker third
(6.44), but Britain's CJ Ujah was disqualified for a false start in the
semi-finals.
"I've been working so hard. I'm truly blessed," Coleman told BBC
Sport.
"I felt good out of the blocks. I knew I had to just stand up, finish
through and get it."
Expectations of Coleman grew markedly when he took a world record which
had stood for almost 20 years from USA's former Olympic 100m champion Maurice
Greene just two weeks before the championships.
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