Jamaica's Megan Simmonds competes in the women's 60 metres hurdles heat 3 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 22, 2026. (Photo AFP)
March 22, 2026
World Indoors: Megan Simmonds runs PB to book spot in 60m hurdles final
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Megan Simmonds ran a personal best 7.82 seconds to book her lane in the final of the women’s 60m hurdles on Sunday’s third and final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships at Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Toruń, Poland.
The Olympic Games bronze medallist was second in her semi-final race behind Nadine Visser of the Netherlands who was given the same time.
Simmonds who had won her first round race in the morning session with 7.89 seconds, broke her previous personal best of 7.88 seconds set earlier this year, and ties Britney Anderson as the fifth fastest Jamaican in the event.
— Paul Reid
