Saturday, February 20, 2016

Schippers wins 60 meters in Glasgow, White qualifies for WC indoor – NU.nl

Schippers ran the 60 meters in 7.10 to win in the final and was the Jamaican Elaine Thompson just before. The world champion in the 200 meters (outdoor) was one hundredth faster than in the series.

Boaters won her third race makes this season in the 60 meters.

The match in Glasgow part of the World Tour Indoor, which consists of four games. During the previous race in Berlin equaled the 23-year-old Schippers thirty year old Dutch record in the 60 meters. She clocked last week in the finals a time of 7.00.

” Not my best race, but I’m happy with the win, ” said immediately after the final in Glasgow at the BBC . ” I think I can be, I hope my best at the World Indoor Championships in Portland. Under seven seconds ”

The Utrecht preparing for the world championships, which from 17 to March 20 take place. The Athlete of the Year will be released next week in action at the National Championships indoor in Apeldoorn. That is her last appearance for the global championship

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Koster

Koster insured in Glasgow at 3000 meters from participating in the World indoor Championships. The 23 year old athlete finished third in 8.49,18.

That she plunged well below the required 8.59,00 to participate in the global championship in Portland. Koster had this winter already qualified in the 1500 meters.

The Boskoopse, who last year at the indoor European Championships in Prague captured bronze in the 3,000 meters, ran well along in the international top field. Koster was the start of the last lap in the lead, but saw in the last meters yet the Kenyan Nancy Chepkwemoi (8.49,06) and the Polish Sofia Ennaoui (8.49,07) pass by.



White

the White placed himself Saturday in Glasgow for the world championships. The 23 year old South Holland finished the 400m in a time of 52.49 and third, but could be well below the limit for the World Championships in Portland. White additionally improved her personal record, which stood at 52.53.

In Glasgow they could come in the wake of the Jamaican Ann McPherson and British Seren Bundy Davies, who finished her. White won thanks to her third place or the overall standings in the 400 meters indoor.

The athlete triumphed Wednesday still in the 400 meters at the Globen Galan in Stockholm, an international indoor competition

By:. NU.nl/ANP

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