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Carter wins silver in World Indoors 60m

Justlin Gatlin romped to a clear victory in the Men’s 60m Final to regain the title he last won some nine years ago in Birmingham.

The American has had his problems since that success but looked ominous in the semi-final before destroying the opposition when it really mattered. Gatlin led after just 20m and streaked clear of the field to stop the clock in 6.46 – exactly the same winning time as he recorded when last winning this title in 2003. Behind him Jamaica’s Nesta Carter had to settle for silver in 6.54 with Dwain Chambers, the defending champion, awarded the bronze medal despite being given the same time as the US champion Trell Kimmons in 6.60.

It was also a memorable night for Turkey who in the space of around 60 minutes secured their first two medals in World Indoor Championship history. The first came in an absorbing Women’s 1500m as Asli Cakir bided her time before timing her run for the bronze medal over the final 400m.

Out front, the pre-event favourite Genzebe Dibaba controlled the race from the front with the help of her Ethiopian team-mate Tizita Bogale for the majority of the race. Dibaba – the younger sister of the reigning 5000m and 10,000m Olympic champion Tirunesh – skilfully cranked up the pace in the second half of the race to simply run the legs out of the opposition and strike gold in 4:05.78. Mariem Selsouli of Morocco finished a full two seconds behind for silver.

Turkey’s second medal came courtesy of Ilham Tanui Ozbilen in the men’s metric mile, after he missed out to Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco in one of the most physical championship finals witnessed for many years. Ozbilen moved to the head of affairs in the final 400m and both Ethiopian Mekonnen Gebremedhin and Iguider were physically rebuffed by the Turk, who was determined to hold his position in front of a partisan home crowd. However, Iguider would not be denied and even when Ozbilen attempted to block him down the home stretch the Moroccan found a way around the outside to take the win in 3:45.21. Gebremedhin secured bronze.

TOMORROW

Afternoon session

07:00 a.m:	W	Pole Vault Final
07:05 a.m:	W	Long Jump Final
07:15 a.m:	W	60m Semi-Final
07:45 a.m:	M	60m Hurdles Semi-Final
08:10 a.m:	M	3000m Final
08:30 a.m:	M	High Jump Final
08:35 a.m:	W	800m Final
08:50 a.m:	W	3000m Final
09:10 a.m:	M	Triple Jump Final
09:20 a.m:	M	800 Metres Final
09:40 a.m:	W	4x400m Relay Final
10:05 a.m:	W	60m Final
10:20 a.m:	M	60m Hurdles Final
10:40 a.m:	M	4x400m Relay Final