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Christian Coleman raced to his second global 60 metres title at the world indoor championships on Friday, exploding out of the blocks with his reliably fast start to edge American team mate Noah Lyles by three-hundredths of a second.
The 27-year-old Coleman clocked 6.41 seconds, the world’s fastest time this season.
“I had a lot of confidence in myself coming in, I set my mind on letting my body do what I have been doing in practice and I came out with a win,” Coleman said. “I can look forward to the rest of the summer (including the Paris Olympics).”
Lyles, triple gold medallist at last summer’s outdoor worlds in Budapest, crossed in 6.44 in what he calls his weakest event.
Lyles paused a live television interview during of “O Canada,” the national anthem playing for Canadian Sarah Mitten’s shot put gold medal ceremony, explaining afterward he was being respectful.
