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Sports briefly: Christian Coleman sets world record in indoor 60-yard dash

February 19, 2018 at 6:07AM
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Christian Coleman broke the world indoor record in the 60 meters in 6.34 seconds Sunday to win his first U.S. title in the final event of the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. .

Coleman had run a world best a month ago at the Clemson Invitational, but the mark was not recognized because electronic blocks were not used.

This time there was no doubt when he put on an extra burst about midway through the run, pulling away from former champion Ronnie Baker, who finished with a personal best of 6.40.

"I was just trying to come out with the win," Coleman said. "I knew it would take something special with a great group of guys in the field and so I was just running to win. The world record was just icing on the cake really."

Vashti Cunningham won her third straight high jump, clearing 6 feet, 5 ½ inches, then received her championship medal from father Randall Cunningham, the former Vikings quarterback.

"That was a good moment with my dad," she said. "I've never really accepted an award from him or anything like that since I was a little kid. It felt good to have him there with me."

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Roger Federer came to the ABN AMRO World Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, aiming to return to the top of the world rankings. He achieved that goal Friday. On Sunday, he won the tournament for good measure.

Federer overpowered Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 in less than an hour to win his 97th career title.

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• Petra Kvitova continued her remarkable comeback by beating Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Qatar Open final for her 13th straight win and second consecutive title. Kvitova will return to the top 10 for the first time since she was the victim of a knife attack in December 2016.

• Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the Delray Beach (Fla.) Open beginning Monday because of a right elbow injury. He was seeded fifth.

• Top-seeded Kevin Anderson won the first New York Open, beating No. 2 seed Sam Querrey 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) for his fourth career ATP Tour title.

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