Tia Jones came close to the world record in the 60m hurdles

American athlete Tia Jones produced an impressive run at the World Athletics Tour’s gold-label indoor event in Boston last night to close in on the indoor world record as she won the 60m hurdles in 7.72sec, just 4 hundredths off the all-time high.

Outdoor world record holder Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) also ran very strongly and finished second in a new African record of 7.75sec. Third place went to Devynne Charlton with 7.76 sec.

“The race was clean, but I still have a lot to work on. I had problems with my start, but if I can do that first part I could be closer to the world record”, said Tia Jones, who is the 2018 U20 girls’ world champion.

Tia Jones is an American track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting events. She has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the 13-14 girl 100m and 200m hurdles and setting national and Junior Olympic records in both events at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships on July 28, 2013.

Tia Jones won the 100m hurdles at the 2016 USA Junior Championships in a time of 12.84 sec, which equaled Aliuska López’s world junior record dating from 1987. It was the best ever time set by a 15-year-old athlete.