LAST UPDATE | 23 Mar
AN EARLY MISTAKE cost Sarah Lavin her chance of a place in the 60m hurdles final as she bowed out of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China on Sunday.
Limerick’s Lavin, who was fifth at World Indoors in Glasgow last year, never recovered from hitting the first hurdle in her semi-final as she finished seventh in a disappointing 8.14 seconds.
A top-two finish and automatic qualification already looked beyond Lavin’s reach when a stroke of bad luck cost her valuable fractions at the finish. Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent hit her final hurdle and the top became dislodged from the base, bouncing across Lavin’s lane and forcing her to change course slightly.
Nugent recovered to take second in 8.00 seconds behind European bronze medallist Pia Skrzyszowska of Poland (7.79s).
Overnight on Sunday, Lavin successfully negotiated her heat with 8.04 seconds in her opener — more than a tenth of a second outside her season’s best, but still comfortably enough to see her through one of the slower heats and safely into the semi-finals.
Drawn against reigning world indoor champion Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas, Lavin finished second of the heat’s four automatic qualifiers as Charlton tuned up for her title defence with a 7.94 run that barely took her out of third gear.
The world final takes place at 1.01pm on Sunday.
Suarez is a total scumbag. Continuing to play the innocent. Idiot.
Evra is a weasel as well as being the worst left back in the Premier League.
Yes John, as his four Premier League & Champions League medal will testify!!! He’s pure useless altogether!!
His Champions League medal came 4 yrs ago (when he was a decent player). They won league last yr in spite of his wretched displays. Glad that u recognise he’s useless now tho.
A weasel? Haha youre ignorance knows no bounds. Congrats.
Well unfortunately Fergie has yet to find the calibre of players Liverpool always manage to!! You know, the kind that play to the same mediocre standard throughout their playing career & who end up with fook all to show for it!!! Case in point; Jamie ‘Thomas Cooke’ Redknapp!!
@Nuffsaid Thatsall or some of their quality buys like Andrea Dossena
LMAO
@Manchester – take it u don’t support Man City. @ Conroy. Ur name is synonymous with ….. ??!! My eyesight is perfectly intact unlike urs. Enjoy d victory.
THANK YOU!!! Your bitterness warms my soul! :D
You stay classy Luis Suarez.
I wouldn’t expect any less. Just heard Jordan Henderson’s name there for the first time. Quality signing!! :)
Shankly would be ashamed of LFC today & rightly so. A true gentleman of the game unlike KKK and his carry on.
I tink football is winning today and as for dat ********* wouldnt waste ma breath on him
Ronan – is calling someone a “retard” appropriate?
In this case,yes.
Not quite, I implied he may be one of two choices, he stringently denied the first but chose not to defend the second, therefore by means of elimination … (and if you read his reply you’ll get the gist)
Allowed