Zoe Hobbs sixth in world indoors sprint
- Dave Worsley
- Mar 23
- 1 min read
New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs has finished sixth at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in the 60m sprint final..
In a blanket finish, Hobbs was just 0.06 seconds off a place on the podium and 0.09 seconds from gold, having clocked a time of 7.13sec.
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Swiss sprinter Mujinga Kambundji won in 7.04sec, edging Italy's pre-race favourite Zaynab Dosso and Luxembourg's Patrizia van der Weken.
It was the second straight year Hobbs had contested the final, placing fourth in Glasgow 12 months ago. On that occasion she timed in an Oceania record time of 7.06 seconds.
The 27-year-old was the fourth-fasted overall in the heats in Nanjing, winning her opening race in 7.18 seconds.
She qualified sevent fastest for the final with a time of 7.12 seconds, third in her heat..
