Daigle equals world year's best in 60m

Little-known Angela Daigle used an explosive start to equal the fastest women's 60 metres in the world this year at the US indoor championships in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday. The 28-year-old Daigle, eighth in the US Olympic trials 100 metres last...

Little-known Angela Daigle used an explosive start to equal the fastest women's 60 metres in the world this year at the US indoor championships in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Daigle, eighth in the US Olympic trials 100 metres last year, clocked 7.09 seconds to tie Jamaican Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell for the year's fastest time.

The performance improved Daigle's personal best in the event by 0.12 seconds. US Olympian Muna Lee was second in 7.11 seconds.

Daigle received $25,000 for her overall championship on the four-meeting US indoor circuit and $2,500 for the US title.

"This is the most (money) I've ever made at a single event and my second win as a professional after Millrose this year," said the teary-eyed Daigle. "I tweaked my hamstring at Millrose, and I came here thinking that I could either worry about my hamstring or run hard. I decided to run."

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